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|| Hana ||
I can't wait to see Brianna tomorrow and get her busted. For good. I mean; that girl nearly took my life. If I could, I'd jam her little poison needle back into her arm and poison her to death. I may seem pretty melodramatic but... meh.
"We know the third baddie!" I exclaim once they all gather around me. "It's Brianna the goth!"
"Her?" Erin muses, raising an eyebrow. "Well, come to think of it..."
"Did you find out anything?" Alicia cuts in excitedly, her blonde locks batting my face. It's all I can do not to sneeze.
"I managed to shoot two of them--" Nikki's interrupted by Alicia again.
"NIKKI!" she screams. "You shot someone?!"
"Um, yeah?" she replies. "What am I supposed to do with my sniper? Dance?"
Erin and Sara snicker behind their hands, but Alicia bats it aside for now. "So, did you find out anything?"
"As I was saying before you interrupted me," Nikki mutters, clearing her throat. "I managed to shoot two of them. When--not if--they show up tomorrow, we'll have concrete evidence."
"I get your point," Sara agrees and nods. "I'm gonna phone the President ASAP and have her assemble three SWAT cars a block away from the school, so when we name the criminals, we have immediate backup."
"Gotcha," Erin replies, but I can see how sad and crestfallen her eyes look. I place my hand on her shoulder. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"It's just that... you know... Theo--he--I--I don't know what to feel right now," she admits quietly.
"Oh," I say, and I almost cringe at how shallow I sound. At least Shane and I are working out pretty well...
Nikki gives her a small smile. "Come on, Erin. You're a strong girl. You can just move on, yeah? Forget about him and find someone else."
"Yeah, but..." she lowers her gaze again and I can see a single tear fall onto her lap. I know that things will never be the same again.
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|| Erin ||
As I sit there in the middle of all my amazing friends, memories of my short-lived time with Theo ricochet inside my brain, unable to be locked up.
I remember how, on the first day we met, he acted so kind and indifferent to us, the 'new girls'. Me, in particular. How he'd been a total gentleman (even though, admittedly, I was sorta creeped out by it at first). And then the days we worked on our English essay, when he never failed to surprise me. My last good memory of him was at his house. Jessie. What would a girl like her do to survive without any relatives or an older brother?
Hopefully, his mom will take her back, I think, swallowing a lump in my throat. And then, But we won't know for sure yet until we go to school tomorrow. Maybe it isn't him. Maybe it's someone else! But not so deep down, I know I'm going to be proved wrong. All I can do is hope.
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|| Nikki ||
Although I can't entirely share the same downcast feelings as Erin, I know how she feels. Seriously. Even though my techical 'love interest' of the three was Mr. Jason Moore, probably the biggest jerk with the biggest ego in the world.
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