Take me home

Chapter Seven - Truth or Die

July 15, 2013

The perfect Judy Grey's life was turning upside down right in front of her eyes. This seemed to her like a realistic nightmare that she was going to wake up from someday. She believed that she had fallen into a deep sleep like Sleeping Beauty did and she was dreaming. Of course she knew all of it was real. She just hesitated to believe it. As she sat in the chair she was tied onto, she thought of the horrible things she had called her mother before she got abducted. Will she ever be able to see her again? Her father? Ida? Will she ever be able to see another sunrise?

"Judy? Wake up." Reina snapped her fingers across JG's face as she slowly opened her eyes. A bright light lit upon her face as she quickly shut her eyes and cursed some words. "Get that out of my face!" She screamed. With a little sigh, Reina put down the flashlight in her hand. "There. Now open your eyes." As JG opened her eyes with several blinks, Reina's figure came into focus as she stood over her. JG coughed and licked her dry lips. "Want some water?" Reina asked as she pulled out a water bottle from her side bag. She opened it's cap and slowly poured some into JG's mouth. "More?" She asked as JG nodded. Gently pouring some more water into the young lady's mouth, Reina spoke, "You must get really bored down here." JG loudly gulped the water and looked up at her sister. Reina smiled. Not the kind of smile she usually gave her. This smile seemed... nicer? "So today, we're gonna play a little game. What say?" She put the water bottle back into her bag and sat cross-legged on the floor in front of Judy. "Wha- what kind of g-game?" Judy asked with her voice trembling. "Well, I was thinking more of a game sorta like, Truth or Dare." "Truth or dare?" JG asked. Reina nodded. "But of course, we'll play it differently." She reached into her bag and pulled out a gun. "This gun is loaded. We're gonna play truth or die." JG's heart jumped up to her throat. Truth or die? The fuck kinda game is this? "Here's how we play it. I'll spin the gun on the floor and the one its end point at will have to answer a question asked to her honestly. If she doesn't answer honestly, the other one will have to shoot her to death." Reina explained. "For example, if I asked you a question and I somehow realized that you were lying to me, I'll shoot you." She held up the gun in front of her and pointed it at JG, who stared blankly. "So... let's get started." Reina smiled, putting the gun down and giving it a spin.

For Ida Frey, it was just another dull and boring day at school without her best friend. Her mother had forbidden her to step out of the room under any circumstance, except for school and an emergency. Well, fuck this. She groaned as she lay her head on the desk. It sucked to her that her mother had to drop her and pick her up from school like she was a kindergartener. "Well, we have a surprise in class today!" Ms. Hastings announced as she entered into the class. She had tied her hair up in a ponytail, which made her look a lot younger. Ida slowly looked up at her teacher, heart beating fast in curiosity. "Whoa dude, she looks extra hot today." She heard one of the jocks whisper from one of the seats behind. "Why, thank you, Will." Bella Hastings gave him a warm smile as she stood in front of her desk. "Well, someone has cared to join us today after a long time." With hearing her teacher say that, Ida jumped up from her chair and started looking at the door, as if eagerly waiting for someone to arrive, and sure enough, someone did appear at the door, but it was not whom Ida was expecting. This was not the curly-haired, green-eyed Barbadian beauty she was expecting to see. No, rather this one was a ginger, and had hazel eyes and freckles on her face. "Samantha..." Ida whispered as she realized who it was. It did not take her long enough to realize that the whole class had their eyes focused on her. Slowly, she sat down, embarrassed and disappointed. "Samantha Wells, everyone. Please give her a warm welcome." Hastings said as she touched the ginger's shoulder. The whole class clapped and welcomed her. "How are you now, Samantha?" One of the girls from the front row asked. "I'm feeling pretty good. Thanks Ruby." Samantha replied as she gave the girl a wide grin. She felt good to be back. "Since her legs are now all better, the doctor has allowed Samantha to join us for classes again. Welcome back Samantha." She motioned the student to go take her seat as she walked across the room and sat on her usual seat at the very back. Ida sat quietly, holding her right thumb tightly in her left palm. She did this when she was upset or worried. Slowly she spun around and stared at the empty seat behind. The usual seat of Judy Grey, her missing best friend. Tears filling her eyes, she bit her bottom lip hard, so hard she started tasting blood at the tip of her tongue. She still decided not to stop, as she needed to fight back the tears that were appearing in her eyes. Wiping them off with her sweater sleeve, she spun around, sniffling and ignoring the looks on her classmates' faces. As the classroom grew quieter each second, Ida looked up at her teacher. Bella's heart broke as their eyes met. Ida could see the sympathetic look upon her teacher's face. She gave her student a little smile as her own chin quivered. She felt bad and horrible. She missed having Judy in her class. Seeing her raise up her hand to answer any question asked before anyone else could. Hearing her scream out the answer when Hastings had her back on the students. She missed the girl. Ida, feeling even more upset now, gave her a smile back as tears rolled down her cheeks again. She quickly looked away in embarrassment and looked down at her desk. Who was she to fool? She missed her best friend so much, it felt like a whole part of her was gone.