The Secret Life of Chloe Lyons #WATTYS2015

After School - The Bus Stops - Monday, August 15th - 3:30 P.M.

I can't get this feeling out of my head that someone is watching me. If I don't catch this killer, someone else might die.

The bus drives up. Every student hops into the bus. I wait, wanting to go last.

Suddenly, I hear walking. I jump and turn around quickly.

It's just Joe.

"Hey." He waves jogging up to me.

"Hey." I reply back, staring ahead.

We walk into the bus, together. Some people stare. While I'm walking, I see Carter sitting in the seat I always sit in, the far back left.

Oh crap. I completely forgot about Carter.

He smiles at me. His smile fades when he sees Joe walking behind me.

"Um, hey, Carter." I fake smile at him, scooting in next to him on the bench.

He just glares at Joe.

"Have room for a third?" Joe asks, grinning. He sits in the seat, sandwiching me in the middle.

Carter looks pissed. "CHLOE WHAT IS GOING ON? He loses his temper. "Are you... are you, cheating on me?" He asks, looking straight into me.

"Whoa. You guys are dating?" Joe asks,

Carter still looks at me, waiting for an answer.

He speaks. "You missed first period and you acted weird in every other class. You kept looking around. And now your acting weird.... now!"

I finally speak, avoiding eye contact with him and Joe. "Listen Carter, what's going on right now.... It isn't you... it's me. You have to understand that. I'm not breaking up with you. Im just... not used to this.... whole.... Relationship thing!" I save myself. I look at him, trying to make it seem convincing.

"I know, Chloe. I'm not either, but we at least have to try to make this work, together." He sighs.

I think of the way he said 'together'. Maybe I should tell him what's going on. It's better than lying to my boyfriend. But then again it's too risky.

I just kiss him. And we kiss for a long time. I don't want to lose him.

The bus suddenly stops.

"Well this is my stop!" I exclaim, collecting my things.

Carter grabs my arm, kissing my cheek. "But I thought your stop isn't until the next one."

It feels like I just swallowed electricity. "I.... I have to get out at this stop. My mom wants to take the family to this kind of convention thing." I lie, smiling.

"Oh. Okay." He hesitates, then lets me go.

I walk down the isle. I can feel Joe following behind me.

Stepping off of the bus, I wait a while, until the coast is clear.

The bus left, and I start walking towards my house.

"Why'd you get off here, at this stop?" Joe asks, jogging up to me.

"Because I didn't want my boyfriend to get any ideas." I say.

"Listen, Chloe, I didn't know you had a boyfriend." He says.

"Were you supposed to know?" I say.

He just looks down at me.

"C'mon. We're almost to my house." I walk faster.

"So you and Carter Danielle's, huh?" He says.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask, staring straight ahead.

"Well, I would never expect you of all people to be dating the schools biggest douche." He says.

I laugh. "Why are you calling my boyfriend a douche?"

"Did you see the way he looked at me when I came on the bus with you? Then you two start making out?" he says.

I pause. "Joe. I feel uncomfortable. You know? I feel as if I'm lying to Carter about not telling him anything."

He looks down at me. "So your saying we should tell him?"

"I'm really staring to consider it." I say.

"Chloe, if we tell Carter, next thing you know, the entire school is going to know that one of there classmates are dead and now there's a killer on the loose, while he's stalking you, trying to make you play along and keep it a secret!"

"How would the entire school know, if I just tell Carter?" I ask, looking at him.

He sighs. "I don't think you know Carter as well as you think you do."

I just stare at him, confused. "Like you do?"

He sighs, again. "I guess you can say Carter and I used to be friends.

Suddenly, I laugh. "You and Carter? Friends? I never would've imagined that!"

We arrive to the front of my house. I dig through my bag, searching for my house key.

Joe stands behind me, as I open the front door.

"Mom! I'm home!" I yell.

My mother comes from out of the kitchen, smiling. "Hey Chloe!" She says, her brown eyes gleaming.

"Hey mom." I reply. "This is-"

"You must be Joe!" She says, staring at him.

Confused, he replies, "Yeah. I'm Joe."

"Carter told me so much about you!" She exclaims, smiling.

"Carter? When did Carter tell you about-" I get cut off.

"Hey Chloe." Carter says, suddenly coming from out of my kitchen. He smiles. It's a fake smile.

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