"I was fighting some demons,
In the field, bitch, I'm deep in
I was raised in the deep end"
Sebastian is on the floor acting like he is having a seizure for a reason I don't know why. "MAKE IT STOP!!!"
"What is this song?" I ask as Katherine approaches the bed I am tied up on. "And why do they keep repeating the same words over and over??"
"I don't know, it's from the app TikTok," Katherine says. "Now, hold still."
She grabs a knife from the knife rack in the kitchenette and starts chopping through the rope. I hear crunching, so I guess the rope is breaking."
"So, why did you do all of that?" I ask, as my arms are let free from the rope.
"Do what??" She asks, as the crunching sound continues.
"Kill his math teacher... all for me," I say. I'm still confused about everything, and I think she is too. She takes a few seconds to answer.
"Love, Rami," she says, staring into my eyes as she stops chopping. "I'm doing this for love, and love will see me through."
"What does that mean?" I ask, puzzled.
"It means I'm doing it to show that I love somebody, and I hope that they love me back," Katherine says as she continues to hack at the rope. My legs are let loose and I push the rope off.
"Wait??" I ask, my face cringing in confusion. "You love me?"
"Yeah," she says sheepishly. "Sorry if this is awkward timing."
"Is this all because of the Ice Cream Museum?" I ask.
"Rami," she says with a worried smile. She motions all around the room. "All of this is because of the Ice Cream Museum! Now, we should get going. Let's sneak out the window. We can climb down the gutter."
I hop out of bed and go to the window. My muscles feel weak from just lying in that bed for so long. I take out the screen that keeps the bugs out of the room, and place it on the bed.
"Hey," I say as I turn around to talk to Katherine. "Thanks for everything."
"You're welcome, it was a lot," she says, pushing her hair behind her air, the way she did when she sat shotgun in my car just days ago.
"No girl's ever done that for me," I say with a laugh, shocked by how much all of this has surprised me. "If you want me to live you-"
"Rami, of course I want you to love me," Katherine says with a graceful smile. "Just, can we get out of this dorm room please! Climb out."
I climb out the window, and scurry to the left where the gutter is. I hold onto it with my life with one hand, and reach the other one out to Katherine.
"Join me," I say. "We can be together forever."
She takes my hand, and I feel our love like a connection. A beautiful connection I've never felt before.
She halts, and makes a face as if she is horrified.
"He's got my leg!" She screams. "Sebastian's got my leg!"
Sebastian pulls her leg with all of his life. She slips, and lets go of my hand. I can hear Sebastian laugh his psychopathic laugh.
"Katherine!" I scream.
"Run, Rami!!" Katherine falls to the floor.
"I can't leave without you, after everything you've done for me!" I scream, as I start to cry.
"Rami, listen to me... RUN!!!" She yells at the top of her lungs.
I jump down the the streets and glance back up to the window of my dorm room. The window shuts, and I can see Sebastian close it. I hear screaming, and soon I realize it's Katherine's scream. I hear a gun shot. Blood splatters all over the window. Dark red and horrid.
I feel sick to my stomach. Is Katherine dead?!
"KATHERINE!!!" I cry from the streets. I doubt she can hear me in the final seconds of her life.
Crying, I book it to my car. I try not to let my sobbing slow me down. I run to my car and realize I left my phone in my dorm. I need a phone. I need to call 9-1-1. Sebastian needs to be punished for the horrid thing he did.
I drive to Kate's house, speeding as fast as I can. I try to think of where the house is. I know it's on the outskirts of the campus, on the very western side.
After what seemed like a five hour drive, I come across an isolated cottage on the very western point of the campus. I park on the side of the road, and run up to the front door. I pound on the door repeatedly.
It swings open, revealing a distressed looking Kate. "Rami, you're okay!!"
She gives me a hug and pulls me inside.
"I'm worried, Rami!" She exclaims. "I gave Katherine this walkie-talkie so we could communicate. Sebastian Bails keeps answering it. He says he's on his way here, and that he needs to find out where you are!"
"Kate, I need you to go lock yourself up in a closet," I demand. "Go dial 9-1-1 on your house phone. Tell them there's been a murder of Katherine Steele in dorm 403 at the Staged Chicago Theatre School. You know the rest of the specifics about the location of my dorm."
I run to the kitchen to get a knife. I see one in a knife rack near the toaster.
"Wait.. she's dead?!" Kate asks.
"Kate, go do what I said, for the sake of both of our safeties," I demand and point my finger. "Now!"
She runs into the parlor and I can partially overhear her conversation with 9-1-1. I have the knife tucked beneath my chest.
Ten minutes pass. There's finally a knock on the door. Now's my chance to make up for all the bad things that have happened.
I answer the door.
"Time's up, Sebastian!" I scream and place the knife, ready to stab, beneath his rib cage. "You're dead."
"I think you are," Sebastian says slyly.
He pulls out a pistol and fired directly at my chest. It hits me hard, with excruciating pain. I fall to the ground in pain.
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Rami & Friends
FantasyAt a theatre school, jealousy between a social media star and his well-known actor roommate leads to chaos. What started out as a friendship, quickly turns to war with cults, murder, and arrests. Totally a joke btw i don't know why I wrote this Kind...
