My best friend the serial killer

Chapter 15. Learning

Melany and Jason were coming home today. I was really excited. My iPhone beeped in my back pocket, it was a text from Mells.
From: Mells❤️. Hey katie! we will b home very soon!
I replied back: ok! :) see ya soon!
My room was all clean except for a strange bag I found under my bed. I pulled it out it was black and looked very similar to the cheerleader's bags. There was something red and sticky all over the bag. There underneath the mess was a pink "A" embroidered into the material.
I held my breath and unzipped the bag. there was an old hair brush some make up and what looks like a bloody ribbon. "maybe I should take this to the sleep study or try to lace it into my dreams." I said aloud.
"Katie bell." my after called. "Melany and Jason are here!" I smiled at the thought of my father calling me Katie bell again. I shoved the bag under my bed and walked down the stairs.
"Wow three months has been way to long"! Melany squeezed me tightly. I hugged back. even though I had slight ideas that she might have planted the bag there. Jason stood behind her, he looked more muscular and happy than ever.
"Mom, dad, Katie, Isabel, let's go to the family room, we have something to tell all of you." my parents looked at each other in confusion but we walked down the hallway into the room. I sat in the recliner and scooped up Isabel and sat her beside me.
Melany and Jason stood in the front of the room. They stood close and held each others hands very tightly. I knew what was going on, I think everyone did with the exception of Isabel.
"Well, last week Melany and i learned we are going to be parents in a little less than 6 months." Jason said. Before he could completely Finnish mom and dad were up clapping and cheering about. Isabel and I sat there together. speechless.

After an hour of my parents and Mells and Jason cheering I went up to my room. I didn't know how to feel. Melany is only 19. she will be 20 before she has the baby, but how could this happen. I wasn't angry with her or Jason, just confused.
There was a knock at my door. "come in?" I called. Melany stepped in with a plate of food in your hand. she handed it to me. "you uh, kind of missed dinner" she said to me. She sat on the edge of the bed. I looked down at her stomach. you could see the roundness she had already developed. "wow, I can't believe this Mells." I said. "I remember how we used to joke around about me being the one pregnant first." we both started to laugh and I began to pick at my dinner slowly. "so they scheduled a sleep study for you." Melany said. "oh, uh, yeah just to try to help them." Melany looked up at me with a look on her face that I've never saw on her before. Disgust maybe? or was it guilt? I didn't know and did not want to pick around to find out.

"You know Katie, a lot has happened lately and I don't know if I want you poking around at this case." She had hints of concern in her words, but it sounded more muffled than caring.
"Why, I'm not going to get hurt." I asked her kind of defensively. "You don't know who your messing with Katie I'm telling you now this person Knows you very well and they know your strengths and weaknesses."
There was an utter silence in the room. the same one I get every time I am alone with her.
"Ok, Melany let's not about this." I spoke purposefully sounding defeated for her own pleasure. "tell me your plans for this baby." I said. we talked the rest of the night, only this time we didn't act like we usually did with the sleepover activities. instead we acted like a criminal talking to his disapproving mother behind the glass inside a jail.