FrAcTuReD (Part One) (Completed continued in Part Two)

Chapter. 07 (Slight Edit)

Jacob glanced at her. "I heard she lost her brother a few years ago. And that it's related to her coming here. Maybe she's looking for a fresh start to move on? If you think of it like that it might make better sense then her causing something."

Alex didn't comment, she also had an assumption that Charla coming here might have been so that she could move on, she vaguely recalled that years ago a boy died who was from the Liebert family. With the town being as it was if something had happened to one of the founding families it was taken notice by everyone within the town. But now she knew the real reason for it at least she did mostly.

"Nah it's nothing like that. But if you guys really want to know it was for safety, her father was worried about this killer in the city since the murderer was attacking in places that Charla has gone too."

"Makes sense," Jacob said. "If I had a kid I'd probably do the same thing."

"Dude really?" Will jumped in with surprise then added. "Wow, hey wouldn't it be messed up if Charla was the killer?"

Jacob then smacked Will lightly in the back of the head. "That's not funny man; the girl has probably enough rumors to sink a ship. You don't need to add to it."

"Ow, okay geese, lighten up it was only a joke." Will muttered softly as he quickly readjusted his beanie.

Then Erin's watch beeped and he stood up with a sigh. "Okay that's my que to go back to work, catch you lot tomorrow at school."

"I should probably head home too." Jacob said as he stood up as well then looked to Alex who remained sitting. "Al, want me to walk you back to your place?"

"Nah I'm good, I think I'll stay here for a bit before heading home. Catch you guys later."

"Alright then, see you at school."

"Try not to get murdered." Will added in a spooky voice and laughed only to be swatted again by Jacob. "Ow! Okay, I'll stop just quit hitting me."

"Not likely..."

When Alex was left alone she couldn't help but scoff at what Will had said, she would have wondered about those rumors more if she hadn't already met Charla, but that did make Alex frown at what he said. Who would be so dumb to come up with that on the girl's first day?

Hell Charla didn't seem the type to make rumors about herself so others would look at her, if anything she looked like the observing type, watching people as they go by not saying a word to anyone. Or listening to music to tune of the world when she was in crowds, though it did make her wonder why Charla always seemed to have those headphones on her.

But her thoughts came to a stop when someone walked towards her then stood a few feet away, Alex looked up and realized who it was. There, just a few feet away was Charla, wearing that same black hoodie and capris with those headphones resting on her shoulders as the hood was left up.

"Yo," Alex said with a smile. "You know, this might sound nuts but I had a feeling you might show up again. Want to sit with me Charla?"

Charla moved and sat down next to her, elbows resting on knees, not saying a word. And after a moment of silence she spoke. "You knew I would come here?"

"More of a guess, after talking to you about seeing you that night I had a feeling you might try and approach." With a glance Alex looked at Charla, who remained staring out at the dark empty road. "So..." Alex began and looked to Charla who remained looking straight ahead. "Mind if I ask you something?"