AFTERLIFE, simon kalivoda ✓

𝐢𝐯. bloody valentine

Matthew raised a scar in a challenging way. "You are totally clueless."

Amy raised herself with the support of her elbows. "You think I wouldn't know if someone liked me?"

He laughed, holding his hand to his mouth not to spit the jello. "Remember the last year when Dean told you he wanted to be more than friends and you asked if he meant best friends?"

Amy made a wry face at the memory she was trying to forget and acting like it never happened. "I thought he was gay, how was I supposed to know?"

Matthew extended his legs. "Well, I did know back then, and I know now. Simon Kalivoda has got it bad for you."

Amy played with her dirty nails. "I didn't even talk to him until today."

Before Matthew could give a comeback, the door opened. He straightened himself, wary eyes on the door. "Crystal?" He furrowed his brows. "Aren't visiting hours over?"

"Did you threaten the poor lady again?" Amy asked yet had a small smile on her face with seeing her best friend.

"How have you been?" She asked, ignoring their questions. Her black hair was messier than normal, and her breaths were unsteady.

"I'm fine." Amy hesitantly responded. "Are you?"

"That fucking Peter is messing with us." Crystal explained, rolling her eyes. "She came to my house with his stupid skull mask, and he had a knife!"

"What?" Amy asked, struggling to comprehend.

"I have had enough of that asshole." Matthew's hand formed into a fist. "Someone needs to shake some sense to him."

"Deena went to talk with Sam." Her voice was neutral, which Amy knew she was holding herself back. "He broke into the house Kate was babysitting too, like they were kids in there!"

"That toffee-nosed!" Amy's voice was loud. "Who does he think he is?"

"I mean I understand why he would mess with Johnson but you," Matthew run his tongue over his bottom lip. "He is going to wish he was dead."

"Deena was acting all freaky." Crystal agreed, sitting on the edge of the bed. "A total chaos. I mean I understand that she is all heartbroken but what she did was just.."

"Nuts." Matthew completed her sentence. "If you hate Sam and Peter, go kill them. What the hell did we do to her?"

"And she said she got a nosebleed." Crystal huffed, clearly annoyed.

It was no secret that Crystal and Deena were at odds. The two used to be best friends but it all came crashing down when she started dating Sam. Now, Crystal hated her from the bottom of her heart. It might have been because Crystal had a fat crush on Deena, not that she would ever admit it. One time, Amy was foolish enough to make a comment about her jealousy and Crystal didn't stop arguing and getting all defensive for two hours.

"So did Amy, thanks to her." Matthew shook his head. No matter how different he was from the rest of his family, Matthew still had a bias against Shadysiders. "She and her friends... they are just waste of oxygen."

"But they had the right to get defensive after Peter started a fight twice." Amy wasn't sure why she had the need to find a reason for them. "This is all Peter's fault."

A screaming voice echoed in the hospital, the trio's heads snapped towards the door. Crystal was the first one approaching, Matthew following her with fast steps. Amy took out the serum, hissing to the pain. "Shit, they made it seem so easy in the movies." She muttered to herself. "Guys?"