UNCHAINED!

seventeen

"AND THAT'S WHY Nadia would beat us both in the hunger games!" Lauren screeched, laughing with Kenzie and Nada. They just finished watching the Hunger Games Movies, kernels of popcorn sprawled all over the Orlando's living room couch. 

"But does Nadia have these muscles?" Johnny asked, coming out of the kitchen with a tub of ice cream. 

"I guess not," Kenzie smiled, motioning for Johnny to sit next to her.

"Aw... young love," Nadia teased when Johnny put his arm around Kenzie. 

"Shut up Nads!" Johnny yelled back, though secretly he enjoyed being labeled as a couple with Kenzie. 

"They're completely in love," Lauren laughed back to Nadia, the two of them thinking they were so funny. As Kenzie slapped her palm to her face, the doorbell rang. 

"I'll get it," Kenzie said, happy to let Johnny and her friends sit down since she would probably have to leave soon anyways. 

"What are you doing here Hayden?" Kenzie whispered as she saw her curly haired acquaintance's blank face by the door. 

"Who is it Kenz?" Johnny called out from the couch.

"Uh- no one! One second," Kenzie responded, shoving Hayden out the door with her and lightly closing the door.

"Why are you here Hayden?" Kenzie asked again, this time more calmly. 

"You know how you and Johnny found the article about Lilia? From March of 2015?" Hayden asked. 

"Yeah, what about it?" Kenzie asked. 

"I was going through my old texts from around that time. Lilia and I weren't close but Maisy and Brandon always texted me about her. Little things that I didn't think would be important," Hayden said.

"And?" Kenzie asked.

"The night of February 15th, Maisy texted that we were having a group hang out at my house. Only none of them showed up. The next day Lilia was gone and Maisy said they got into a huge fight and she moved to Ohio,"

"But we know that already Hayden... you already told me that," Kenzie said. 

"Here me out. The article was published in March, a little less than a month after Lilia disappeared. Lilia got registered in Ohio in March as well, but her parents never paid so she wasn't under the roster. On February 15th, Maisy and Brandon were with her. They were the last people to see her for a month until her body was discovered. And no one knows how. But maybe that's just it. Maybe Brandon and Maisy... maybe they killed her." 

"You think..." Kenzie stuttered. "You think they've killed?" Kenzie whispered.

"It all makes sense. Why they would want Lilia's friend to delete the story. It traces back to them since they were the last people with her. I'm the only one who knows that though since Lilia kept her hangouts secret, just like we all try to do with out parents. Then Maisy and Brandon refused to let me even say Lilia's name. I just thought Maisy didn't want to remember her ex best friend, but now it seems deeper. Now it seems like they don't want to get caught red handed..."