Flashback
"So what is your one true wish in life? Serienna questioned.
" To write a book. " Joanne answered pushing up her glasses.
"Of course." Serienna laughed. "What did I say about the glasses." She reached out and took Them off of Joanne's face. "You look better with them off." Joanne blushed slightly from embarrassment.
"So what is yours?" Joanne asked Crystal.
"It kinda cliche but its to fall in love and live happily ever after." Crystal said.
"Serienna what about you?" They both asked simultaneously.
"Well since every one wants to know." She said dramatically flipping her hair. "My dream is to turn to the camera and say 'No more question's." She looked up her friends and they all started laughing hysterically.
PRESENT
Joanne had went back to Crystal's house because Joanne's parents had went out and didn't want Joanne to be alone. They didn't feel like she was emotionally stable enough yet. Not that Joanne was complaining about that.
"So what are we gonna do?" Joanne asked.
"We're going to go to the police." Crystal answered.
"Really now? Its pretty late."
"Well he's killed before once he finds out what what we found he'll possibly come here and attempt to kill again." Crystal said putting the pictures into a purse.
"Come on let's go." Joanne said grabbing her keys. They were careful not to wake up Crystals mom because she had a flight in the morning. They headed down the stairs. And opened the front door only to come face to face with the one person they were dreading to see. As soon as she saw Landon's face Crystal panicked and slammed the door.
"Look I just want to explain myself." Landon said talking to the door.
"What do we do?" Crystal mouthes to Joanne. Joanne shrugged.
"Okay fine I'll leave. But just know my brother is pretty pissed about whatever you did to his room." Landon said leaving. The two girls waited until they heared a car start. They watched out the window as Landon drove away.
"Wait his brother's room?" Joanne asked. Crystal began to remember what Landon had told her over the phone the other day.
She always got along with my step brother though.
"His brother. It wasn't him it was his step brother. The one Serienna was talking about in her journal. The one that was watching her and the one that killed her." Crystal said running outside and to the car.
"Where are you going?" Joanne whisper shouted.
"To warn Landon. Come on you have the keys." Joanne ran to the car and got in.
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Joanne and Crystal ran up to the front door of Landon's house and knocked. The party looked like it was still going on. Some strange guy came to the door.
"Dudes wassup." It was obvious that he was stoned.
"Where is Landon?"
"He went upstairs about five minutes ago." The two pushed past him and up stairs.
"Wait which one is his room?" The two girls stood lost. Then heared shouting coming from a couple doors down.
"I told you. If we had this party make sure no one went in my room. And its your fault your stupid little bitch of a girlfriend destroyed it." A familiar voice yelled.
"Look I said I'm sorry and that I'll clean up the mess-" Landon's voice was interrupted.
"NO. DONT COME NEAR MY ROOM I'LL HANDLE IT. BUT I HAVE PERSONAL STUFF IN THERE AND I WILL NOT-" the familiar voice was interrupted by Landon.
"LOOK I SAID IM SORRY. SO TAKE THE DAMN APOLOGY AND GET THE HELL OUT OF MY FACE AND MY ROOM." The two girls took this as the time to burst through the door.
"Crystal?" Landon said puzzeled. Crystal paid no attention to the Landon but to the person standing across from Landon. Kyle.
"Landon move away from him." Crystal said warningly.
"What? Why." Landon asked. Kyles eyes flew opened with alarm.
"He's a murderer. He did it. He killed Serienna!" Joanne said crying and shaking her head fiercely. "We found the evidence he had pictures of her all over his wall."
"That's crazy. Landon you know these bitches are crazy. For gods sake they murdered their best friend and Piper." Kyle said.
"They never said anything about Piper being dead they said she was missing." Landon said slowly backing up.
"What? No they said it this morning on the news. I thought you saw it." Kyle said moving closer to Landon.
"Run!" Landon said jumping over his bed and ushering Crystal and Joanne out the door. Kyle was right on their tails as they ran down the hall that seemingly became longer. Joanne was first so she just went into any room and the other two followed.
"Lock the door." Landon said telling Crystal who was last. She started to but then Kyle tried to opened. Crystal started to lean on the door and Landon and Joanne rushed over to help. Joanne leaned on the door with her and Landon turned the lock.
When they were safe enough Landon turned around to see pictures of Serienna on the floor. He noticed some where from a distance like when the person took them they didn't want to be noticed.
"What do we do?" Joanne cried.
"I'll call the police." Crystal said grabbing Kyles phone from off his bed.
"OPEN THS DAMN DOOR. YOU F*CKING" the banging stopped abrubtly. Landon looked at Joanne and panicked. Whenever a noise stops for a second in scary movies that never meant something good. "Closet" Landon mouthed to her.
"He's going to kill us!" Crystal screamed into the phone. Joanne struggled to opened the closet door because it seemed to be jammed so Landon tried. It took most of his strength to open it.
When it opened an garbage bag fell out. It smelled very bad. Landon's eyes followed the trail of the zipper and seen that it wasnt all the way zipped. He noticed a peice of long hair sticking out.
"What the hell!" He yelled standing back. At the time he heared Crystal start to scream.
"There's a body in the room!" Crystal shouted into the phone. While Joanne gripped Landon for dear life.
"Its Piper isn't it!" He just nodded his head as he stared down at a frightened Joanne. He was going to attempt to console her until the door knob began to jiggle. It twisted while everyone watched intently. Even Crystal who was still on the phone froze. Within a couple of seconds the door was opened and Kyle was in the room holding a gun. Crystal dropped the phone in fear and stood still immediately.
"See I told you." He said laughing and pointing at them all. "I told you to keep people out of my room. But you just had to be HARD HEADED!" he said hitting the gun on his head multiple times.
"Why?" Joanne cried.
"Well I guess this is the part when the bad guy tells his motives right?" He laughed. "Why would Kyle want to hurt poor little Serienna?" He said in a mocking tone. "Poor little bitchy Serienna." He said waving his gun around.
" Landon do you remember when we first met Serienna?" He asked with real curiosity.
"Vaguely." Landon swallowed attempting to moisturize his dry throat.
"We were on our parents boat and I was in one of the rooms in the basement. And she found me drawing pictures."
"Pic-pictures of what?" Crystal stuttered.
"Pic-pictures of what?" Kyle mocked then went to his dresser and pulled out one of the droors. He then pulled out satanic drawings. "She found !e drawing these but told me she'd never tell. I trusted her and that's why we got so close. But one day that all changed. I asked her to be a sacrifice and she wanted to know if I was using her. Yeah I was." He said with a shrug. "But then I began to care about her so I wanted someone special to me to be the sacrifice. She refused which only made me angry so I followed and watched her every move until the right time." He said with a reminiscing smile.
"Oh and as for her." He said knodding his head towards Piper's body. " That one was for you Crystal." He pointed the gun at Crystal who was careful to not make any sudden movements. She looked over at Landon and Joanne who both were being as still as a statue. "Well not more than it was for me. She tried to blame you for something you didn't do. I think I deserve a thank you for handling that." He stared at Crystal with expectant eyes. When she didn't say anything he exploded. "DAMMIT I HELP YOU FIX A PROBLEM AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN THANKFUL FOR IT? SEE THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR TRYING TO HELP." he said pacing back and forth.
"No. No I am thankful I was just." Crystal stopped and looked at the body bag and gagged a little. " I was just surprised that you did it for me." A tear made its way down her cheek.
"NO DONT YOU LISTEN. IT WASNT ALL FOR YOU." Kyle said aggressively.
"Most of it was for me. She tried to give you credit for what I did. I mean you know what they say gives credit where credit is due."
"Kyle you dont have to do this." Crystal said. "Its not too late."
"SHUT UP." he said hitting himself in the head looking as if he was having some sort of self conflict. "It is way too late to go back." He pointed the gun at Crystal's chest while her eyes pleaded. He then pulled the trigger.
Crystal closed there eyes and waited the sound of the gun went off but her body remained untouched. She opened her eyes to see Kyle standing there with the gun in his hand. And looked to the floor and saw Landon with a hole in his chest blinking up at her.
"Landon!" She got down to the floor and held him. Joanne tried to move but in a matter of seconds the gun was making direct contact with her head. Instead of shooting her he hit her with it.
She fell to the floor and started seeing double. The last thing she saw in perfect vision was someone kick the door in. Everything else was in double. They were yelling at Kyle to put down his weapon and he put his hands up in surrender. But didn't put down the gun he tried to be smart and shoot quickly but missed one of the cops. They shot him in the arm and he dropped the gun. Other shots were fired but Joanne couldn't see exactly where.
She was grabbed from behind and turned around to see Crystal. Crystal and another cop helped her out of the room and down the stairs.
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When the two girls stepped out of the house they were flooded by reporters. Man they worked fast.
Crystal! Joanne over here!
How does it feel to get closure on who killed Serienna?
Is it true that there was a decayed body found somewhere in the house?
What do you have to say to all of the people who thought you had something to do with it?
How does it feel to be the hero's of tonight. And the case closers of Serienna's murder?
Did either of you have any type of relationship with the murderer?
What happened up there? It was rumored to be four of you upstairs including the killer where is the fourth person? Who was it? Where they helping Kyle?
This made Crystal turn around. "The fourth person was my boyfriend Landon. Who just so happens to be the killers step-brother and he was just shot up there. Not because he was helping Kyle whom the police gunned down. But because he jumped in front of a bullet for me. So no we aren't the hero's of tonight he is. And he's the case closer." She stared as all the journalist had the microphones in her face.
This time Joanne spoke. "And for those who thought we had something to do with it. Suck my ass. And reevaluate your life cause chances are you might not know your friends for real. Take Kyle for instance he seemed like a normal teenager he had friends a family good grades and all. But he murdered his best friends girlfriend. The moral to the story is even the most normal person has secrets. The question is are they deadly." The journalist started asking a whole new wave of questions Crystal and Joanne looked at each other and spoke simultaneously. "No more questions."
"We got a live one here!" Someone putting a stretcher into an ambulance. Crystal and Joanne ran up to it and saw Landon staring up at them smiling.
"We're going with you buddy." Joanne said hopping into the vehicle.
"Yeah we promise we won't leave your side." Crystal said taking his hand and hers and squeezing it weakly.
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A murder case solved by a couple of friends and a party.
Serienna Williams murderer found and killed.
Kyle Armstrong was his name.
Murderer sought in Serienna Williams case dead at 17.
Some say he was just a troubled boy. Others say he was just a evil as the devil.
"I'll say." Landon said laughing turning the TV off. " So how long are you two staying?" He asked Crystal who was in the hospital bed with him.
"For about an hour more. Crystal your mom said she canceled her flight for tomorrow and she is on her way to come pick us up." Joanne said walking into the room with a cup of coffee.
"Aww really I was hoping we'd have more time to snuggle." Landon said pulling her a little closer.
"Gross." Joanne faked gagged.
"So how do you expect people at school to react to us now?" Crystal asked.
"Well they could either hate us because they think they Kyle was just troubled and didn't deserve to die. Or they'll love us because they think we are hero's." Landon said.
"Yeah but we weren't the ones that killed him the police were." Joanne said.
"They'll find a way to make it our fault." Landon said. Everyone else nodded.
"I actually learned something from this." Joanne said.
"What's that?" Crystal asked.
"No matter what life hands to you or throws at you in this case. There are going to bad things and good things to come of it."
Landon nodded in agreement. "Yeah Serienna got murdered and people blamed you for it. But you two found who did and it. Now you guys are being called hero's and respecting you. But at the end of the day you still lost Serienna."
"I think she would be proud of us." Crystal said.
"Why is that?" Joanne asked.
"Look I learned to stand up for myself and you learned to tell it like it is." She laughed.
"Well we learned from the best." They all looked out the window and at the dark sky. Where they knew Serienna was watching and smiling down at them.
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Tear, tear. I'm crying right now(not really but close to it). I can't believe its over. There will be no sequal but there will be an epilogue that will be posted in no time. So tell me the questions you want answered in the epilogue or tell me what you want to see. Please comment like and share this story.
P.S my apologies for the long wait. My tablet was acting really dumb and wouldn't let me write this story but others. Which was weird. Sorry again and good day to you.