15 Reasons Why | "You Could Save Her?"

Cassette 7: Side A

The tape ended. I felt a large wave hit me. My soul and mind. That was no normal talk through tape. It was a plan to kill her self. She wanted to plan it. Why didn't I do anything then?

No..she never told me. She couldn't talk. When things felt so pressured she could never even talk. She'd cry. Her eyes would water so quick.

"She's dead, Clay." Miguel's words cut right through me.
"No. She's not." My voice shakes. I didn't want to believe that. Not yet. Not ever, hopefully.

Miguel knew about the intermediate school. So we went inside. "This is the place she was talking about. Those classes. It's real." I tell him.

The announcements go off: "Sections 4 and 7 please go on scout. Number 318 is currently missing. Please go and retrieve."

318?

A group of people run beside us. Right passed us. "Who's that?" Miguel asks.
I shrug. I didn't know either.

Miguel sighs, "There's slips."
I look to him. "Like little notes. Given to her. They were threats towards her. Telling me what to do."
"From who?"
"David."
David. Why David? "Yeah. What did they say?.."

"Something about them watching. From windows. And something about, I don't know, death and cuts. How she was trained to kill. Hunt and kill."

"Kill?.."

"I'm not sure. All I know is that he wanted me to do something to her. Something bad. He mentioned moving her hair to aside. To see her eyes. 'You'd like something you'll see' is what was written down. I didn't believe it. I thought it was her hand writing."

"He wanted you to..."

There was a small pause.

"No I didn't do anything."
"You still hurt her!"
"I didn't-"
"You made her feel like shit! You left her! What else happened?.."

"Amber mentioned she was being taken out of the school. Last year. She was sent to hospital, taken by an officer. Amber said she was crying."
"Hospital?"
"Yeah. From what I know, she confessed about wanting to hurt herself."
"And you didn't to shit to help?" My voice wanted to shake from anger. "I was in Science at that time," Miguel said. "Who's Amber?"

"I..use to date her. She's a short girl. Very short."

Amber? Everyone has been exposing her lately. Then again she did that on her own.

"Was there any cuts on her? Bruises? Anything?"

"Bruises yes."

"Where?"

"Wrists. Black eyes."

"From who?"

"Not sure."

Dante walks into us. "Oh, Clay?" He looks to Miguel. "Well, this is a surprise. Anyways, um, Clay I gotta go with the scouts. So I'll be back soon!" He leaves with in a dash.
"Ok? Miguel, go to Fong. He's like near the office." He nods, "Alright?"

He leaves.

I head to the lunch room. It was empty so that'd be a great place to listen more to the tapes.

Play.

Friends are the best. In fact, I thought I was not a friend to him. Apparently I was. Because I was a friend of his friend.
Jesus, this is your tape.

I think it was a Thursday, and everything was going wrong for me. We never talked. Not even a wave or anything. Nothing. I told some friends I might not stay in school. I told Clay that too.
So gym passed.
And I go to Copper. I signed in then left. I left school. I was scared and shaken up. I didn't want to talk or anything. I felt to exposed. Like someone knew too much about me.