It All Started In Paris

***Naomi's Point Of View

I lift my head from Ethan's chest. We must've fell asleep while watching movies. I lay my head back into Ethan's chest, and I can't stop thinking about Toby.

Was it a suicide? Was it a murder. And if it was a murder, who was it?

I believe if it was a murder, Thomas did it. Ethan may act big and tuff, but he wouldn't have it in him. Whereas Thomas, well, he keeps bringing it up and blaming E. What if he was trying to stop the guilt by blaming it on E?

"Naomi?" Ethan yawns in his deep morning voice.

"Morning Ethan" I smile sitting up.

"How long have you been awake?" He asks, "You could've woke me up".

"I've just woke up," I lie, "Did you sleep well?"

"No, I just couldn't stop thinking about Toby, what if they do arrest me Naomi? For something I didn't do!" He panics sitting legs crossed facing me on the sofa.

"Ethan, I promise, you will not be taken away. I wouldn't let them" I say taking his hands into mine.

He kisses my forehead and walks out of living room, leaving me, and my thoughts.

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"Mrs Cavenaugh, I can promise you, what your son did was not our fault, we miss him dearly and wish we could've spent longer with him" Ethan says.

We are all sat around Toby's parents dining room table. Ethan, Charlotte, Tom, Toby's parents and I. Each couple sat next to each other.

"And Amy too, I still cry at night thinking we could've saved her, could've stopped her" Charlotte says wiping away a tears which had just fallen off her nose.

"I know you were his closest friends, and, I've known you all since you were in kindergarten. You can tell me you know" Mrs Cavenaugh says.

Ethan rubs my arm as tears start to fall. Thomas and Charlotte the same.

"You think we're lying? Can't you see how upset Charlotte and Naomi are about this?!" Thomas raises his voice standing up.

Charlotte looks up at him, "Thomas please, sit down! Is getting blamed is bad enough!"

"We're not blaming you all for anything!" Mr Cavenaugh replies, clearly getting annoyed.

"Well, it seems like you are! You know what! It's bad enough our best friends dying, but I'd expect his parents to know better than their best friends to kill them! What happened to Toby was his own fault! You need to accept that!" Thomas shouts, "You know what! I can't deal with this" He walks out of the kitchen as we soon hear the front door slam.

"I'm so sorry, he's just upset" Charlotte says wiping away her tears and chasing after Tom.

At this point, Mrs Cavenaugh is crying, her husband comforting her.

"We'd best go to, we all need to clear our minds" Ethan tells them. He grabs my hand and walks me out of the house where we are joined by Charlotte and Thomas arguing.

"I can't believe you'd say that Tom! They're dealing with enough already!"Charlotte cries.

"Why is everyone against me!" Thomas shouts looking at us all, "Huh?!"

"Bro, calm down" Ethan says trying to comfort him.

"Don't fucking touch me you murderer!" Thomas yells pulling his own arm away.

I look at Ethan. He looks hurt. He looks destroyed.

"Bro, I know your upset, but he was my best friend too" Ethan tells him standing next to me again.

"I'm fucking done with all of you" And with that, Thomas gets in his car and starts racing down the street.

I face Charlotte. With her eyes full of tears, I pull her into a hug, Ethan hugging both of us.

*

It's 11:32pm and we still haven't heard from Thomas. He must have at least, 100 missed calls off of all of us put together.

"You wanna spend the night at ours?" I ask, "Ethan's parents are still out for 4 more weeks and Grayson and Cameron are at college"

"I'd love that, thank you guys" She smiles hugging into me.

"Now time for the 11:30 news," The newsman says before the titles come on, "A huge car crash has occurred down south of LA, reports have been made that a man by the name of Thomas Right, was the creator of this tragic event".

By this point, Ethan has turned off the TV.

"Charlotte I am so sorry" I say with glassy eyes. I hug into her tightly as she lets her emotions out. Ethan joins us and starts comforting her.

"I didn't get to say goodbye" Charlotte cries. Her voice cracking when she said 'Goodbye'.

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I hug Charlotte once more as she enters the guest bedroom.

"I love you Charlotte, I really do" I say as I let her go.

"I love you too Naomi, goodnight" She replies.

"Night" I try my best to smile as I close her down.

I join Ethan in bed, who looks to be asleep. I slowly and quietly get into bed and plug my phone into charge.

I'm about to fall asleep when I feel Ethan's arm sling around my body, closely followed by his snores. He can be super cute sometimes.

I want to fall asleep, but I can't stop thinking about what's going to happen to us three. First Amy, and then Toby and now Thomas? Do you think it'll happen to someone else? And if so, who will be next?