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Killer

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Killer. Killer. Killer.

I run a shaky hand through my brown locks, the fingers on my hand shaking vigorously. Not because of he cold, no, but for something entirely different.

The environment around me seems to have changed, though through he lenses of others, it's the exact same. Every once in a while, I receive wondrous looks and am met with the wandering eyes of curious teens, just waiting to hear the story...though what story?

The one where my whole life has changed, where all I see is darkness, everywhere I turn? The one where I'm now a beast, seemed to have lost all my friends, and am being chased by a psycho? So many things have changed, and I just want to share these hints with someone, someone who has known me longer than a few months, let alone a few years.

I take my retinas off of the surface in front of me, my elbows still set atop the cold table that I can't rip my gaze off of. But finally, I break away, averting my gaze blankly to those who surround me. Their faces are nothing to me, but I stare at them as if they were beautiful roses in a grassy meadow, rich soil weaving through the single strands of the stems of the plants.

  I search for two familiar faces, hoping to find them in the crowd of endless bodies. Instantly, I find them, but their eyes are already focused on me, glances of sorrow are laced within their eyes as they stare at me with questioned expressions. Aubrey stares at me strangely as Jordi gives me a gaze full of sympathy, though I bet he doesn't even know about anything, any of this.

  I turn away, averting my gaze back to the empty table in front of me, but it's only seconds when I start to hallucinate. Images of the old times flash within my mind, everyone's smiling faces and loud voices seem so distant though they're right in front of me.

But that all changes, when a brunette harshly plops down in front of me, taking me by surprise. Nicki.

"Well, look who's back from her little get away vacation!" She chirps, but not in the kind way, but rather in the way that a mean girl would.

I don't give her a glance, and she slams her hands down on the table, making me jump from my skin, harshly asking for my attention.

"What's wrong with you, Vivian?!" She bellows, and from this point, the whole cafeteria falls silent, their heads craning back to see the action.

"I still remember when you shut us out! I still remember when you acted so distant from us that it took me a good yelling at you to snap out of it! Don't you remember that, Vivian? Or have you lost that memory too along with everything else?!" She shouts at me, and I have no idea where any of this is coming from.

I feel my blood becoming to boil, like water in a pot, and it's only a matter of minutes before it boils over completely.

"I know what you are," she conveys a little quieter, "Rey told me...she told me everything."

Betrayal.

I feel nothing else than the hated feeling of deception.

"You're a monster, Vivian," she stops to take a breath, and with this I finally meet my gaze with hers, her eyes full of fury to the brim. "You're a monster, Vivian!" This time, she screams it. And everyone around us heard it, now all the heads in the area turned, even the staff.

At this, I paisley stand from my chair, the metal scraping across the ground as my legs thrust it backwards. I shoot towards her, ready to make her pay. My fingers now balled into fists.

But all is halted when I feel a warm hand grip my hip, restraining me from moving anywhere, and I swear I hear a few "aww's" because I was stopped.

I'm immediately pulled back into someone's rock hard chest..but it isn't just anyone's.

"Vivian, take deep breaths," he coos.

My nostrils flare with rage, as I see a sinister smile spread across Nicki's lips, wide for all to see.

"Not here, Vivian, not here," to his voice, I feel myself instantly calm down.

Alakade takes hold of my waist, pulling me out of the cafeteria, but I sneak one glance at Rey and Jordi, both now staring at me with sorrow and confusion due to Alakade, but I give them nothing but blank stares as I'm dragged away from the scene.

Dragged out of the one place I used to love so dearly.

But now, you can add this place to the list of things that have changed, and you might as well get a fresh page, for the list will forever be growing.

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Sorry for the short chapter, kind of just whipped it out real fast because it's 1 in the morning right now, but anyway I hope that you've enjoyed!

HAPPY READING

~AlexisJadeS22

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