One step ahead

Tessa's speech

"Wake up Paisley" a deep voice said, "ughh why???" He grumbled "because I want you out my room" "what?", a pillow was flung at my face getting me up to see Dylan dressed looking at me with knitted eyebrows.
"Hey... why am I..." I looked around yeah I was in his room. "Why didn't you wake me up to tell me go home?", "mom said you should stay and so I slept on the couch, Kelly brought your clothes to change so get up."
   I got up and rubbed my eyes, "why are you going to school?" I asked still super tired "because I'd rather not listen to mom cry more" he answered. I got up, "where are my clothes?" I asked still really disoriented," in a suitcase in the living room, wash up change and I'll be in the kitchen." I nodded and went to the living room and saw a big black suitcase lying on the floor mom hasn't come back from Japan yet . I picked up the suitcase and carried it to Dylan's room, he was gone. I pulled out a blue jeans and a yellow long sleeve top and went into the bathroom.
    I came out dressed and went downstairs, Dylan was waiting by the door "no time for breakfast mom will wake up anytime and come to tell us not to leave come on" he said hurrying me to the door does he have to be so straightforward .
   Outside was Alex's red Audi A6 and Dylan has the keys and go in. "Alex would've never let me touch this" he laughed after I got in I frowned "how can you be so happy?" I looked away "I'm not happy, I'm just a bit confused and want a distraction Paisley" he grumbled pulling out of the driveway yeah but did you kill Alex? I pushed the thought out of my head.
When we got to school there were crowds of people around the school. "Looks like the news is out" Dylan said arriving to school poking his head getting out of Alex's car "probably should have stayed at home" I said, he nodded. We walked around trying to hide ourselves but all eyes were on us.
  "Dylan!" A female voice yelled, it was Kory I hadn't seen her in a while she had grew out her hair like me. "Ms. Gillan is looking for you" she said breathlessly then looked at me "Paisley you should come too you'll have to testify soon" she says "testify?" I ask but she ignores me and says "follow me" and we both just follow her.                              
     We arrive in the principal's office and Kory opens the door both Ms. Gillan and Mr. Corwin are in the office. "Have a seat" Mr. Corwin says, we both take a seat "you picked a bad day to come to school didn't you" he says in his commanding assertive voice making me freeze. "It's not easy having murder pinned on my school you know" he continues, "you kids picked the wrong person to deal with" he grimaced "sir, I believe you are putting this in the wrong context, neither of us have committed murder" Dylan speaks up, how can he? he seems calm though. "So you say Mr. Spring, but hear this, the challenges you face after this meeting are of your own problem, do not bring these problems to my office please, if you cannot handle it stay home" Mr. Corwin states waving us to go, and so we left the office, Ms. Gillan came out shortly after with Kory, she told us to get to assembly.
   Walking to assembly someone was already at the stand it was Tessa Stampen, her eyes meet mine before she begun to speak, "good morning everyone today I bring some deflating news, I'm sorry to break this news to you all but a fellow schoolmate of ours Alex Spring has passed away Sunday early morning at around 1:00 am we have gotten this news from Mrs. Spring yesterday night but further notice from the authorities have said that this was not casual events rather murder" she stopped and looked at Dylan and I she thinks it was us "as you all know that Alex had a party late Saturday night to celebrate his achievement, so it is believed that a member of that party could possibly be the murderer..." whispers broke out over the entire school "there will be investigators coming to school but I ask anyone who has information on these events to give to Ms. Carlin or Mr. Corwin" she says finally "how do we know you're not the murderer!" Someone shouted, "yeah! You were at the party too!" another agreed Tessa looked stunned and broke "are you really going to pin this on me? What about those two" she said pointing to me and Dylan, there were whispers all around. "It's true they weren't at the party! What if they were planning this whole thing!" Someone shouted, others were shouting different things and someone pulled us away.
   "You two better go home" Micheal said, looking at the crowd he carried us down the hallway, "dude your sister started this" Dylan said, Micheal nodded "she's gone mad since that night, you guys should stay clear, she will do anything to prove you guys guilty" I looked at him "why don't you believe it?" I ask, he couldn't look at me "there was a lot that happened that night so, I can't really say I believe you guys would do it, but whoever did they knew what they were doing" he said, could Micheal have done it? "Anyway guys we have to go away soon let's go outside",
  It was windy outside, I clasped my hands together looking up, the smell of death in the air everywhere but I feel closer to the truth.