# CHAPTER 08
Beca's POV
We're here in the Detective Club with Ashley, Amy and Emily eating foods while talking shits. I'm a little bit because they are now teasing me to Chloe.
Yeah. I kissed her because I'm mad at her and I think I deserve that.
"Is her lips soft as Aubrey's?"
"Her lips is softer than- what the hell?" I glared at Amy and she only shows me her perfect arranged teeth.
"Seriously. I thought you hate her?" Ashley asked.
"That's my usual reaction whenever someone wants to be my friend."
"She even ask your inexistence to me." Emily said. I looked at her. Really?
"You too?" Ashley asked.
"Yeah. And I think I made her mad when I said to her, maybe you're in the hospital. She thought I beat you when I called you in the library." Emily said and took a sip of her fruit juice.
"But still you kissed her." Fat Amy blurted. Starting the forgotten topic a while ago. I rolled my eyes.
"Isn't reasonable to kiss her because I'm mad at her?" I asked.
"No." They answered in chorus.
"Well if you're a heartless bitch you can do that without anything else." Fat Amy exclaimed. "Even a bitch like Emily couldn't kiss anyone without their permission."
"Nah. I kissed a lot of guys and gals. But they liked it so there's no problem with that at all." Emily said while pulling her crop top shirt down. She looks like she's been cold. "Can someone turn off the fucking aircon? I'm freezing!" Ashley turned off the aircon.
"But Beca. You know the consequences of what you are doing, right? We're worrying about you being alone at the end again after making memories with her." Fat Amy said.
"Yeah. I don't care. Maybe trying and trying will not make me bored or numb at all. Atleast I tried." I said in a lowered voice. I remembered the moments I'm being abandoned by my friends because they already knew my problem.
Making me realized that they are all toxic people who wouldn't care if I stay or leave. Doesn't know about my existence at all or even care if I'm sick. They don't even know if I'm okay or not. They only want me because I have something they don't have.
Money.
It's my fault why they treat me like that. Why they took advantage to me.
I let them do that. I let them degrade me and I don't want Chloe to do the same mistake I did before.
Chloe was such a sweet slash nice person. I don't think she deserves that kind of treatment of her classmates. I really don't understand them, why they are doing that.
Bullies doesn't choose their victims. They randomly did that to anyone who looks pathetic and weak. They picked those who can't harm them.
But my friends before are not bullying me. They only just abandoned me after saying sorry for taking advantage of me. I'm really hurt at that time because we're having fun and then after dramatic genre will entered the moment saying they finally knew my secret and they don't want a friend with weird thing in her body.
I let them go. What else should I do? Beg for them to stay? Big NO.
People really come and go. Accept it.
I remembered the case awhile ago..
*flashback*
"This guy is so weird. He used codes in writing for his schedules and others." I commented.
"Numbers? Do you think it's a formula? No. He's not a math teacher so there's a little probablilities that it's an equation." Fat Amy said.
"How about we'll take a look at the periodic table? He's a science club secretary and he's murdered in a lab. It could be an atomic mass, combination of atomic numbers or even number of isotopes or what." I said.
"I don't think so. He's murdered in the Science Lab B extension and not in the other wing where you can find everything concerning the periodic table." Fat Amy said while staring at the keyboard that has a blood.
According to the police, the laptop belongs to Mint and there's a big possibilities that his killer is the one who formatted the laptop.
I looked at Ashley who was silent at the corner, staring at us.
"What?" I asked her.
"Are you done solving the case? Because I'm done. I'm just waiting for you guys." She said and caught the attention of the police and the suspects who's still being interrogate.
"Wait. What? You already solve the case?" One of the police asked.
"Eventually, yeah. Anyway. I'm Ashley. President of Barden Detective Club saying I already solve this awful case." Ashley introduced smiling.
"That's incredible. So who's the killer then?" A fat police asked. Fat Amy and I only watch her deduction show.
"Let's start with the clues in the memopad. 0321-0419 is Ram. If we base it on astrology. It's the zodiac symbol for Ares which is represented by a ram which is from March 21 to April 19, the 0321-0419 . That student, Mint was a biology major so he must be familiar with those in astrology. 0722-0821 is Leo, the zodiac sign for the dates July 22 to August 21. That means there's a big chance that the killer is one of them. Mint said it himself through the clue he gave in the keyboard. B, F and E." Ashley pause for awhile and looked at the laptop. "If we arrange those letters, it will become FEB. Short for February and february's birthstone is Amethyst. That means, the killer is Amethyst." She said that made Amethyst stood up.
"I didn't do that! And what's your basis huh?", she asked and this time Fat Amy spoke.
"It's pretty obvious, Amethyst. Eventhough you're in a relationship with Ram, you still have an affair with Mint. The memopad tells everything. Probably you wanted to break up with him but he doesn't want. He threatend you that he will tell your boyfriend so you decided to end his life without knowing that they already met and talked about it." Amy said. "Right Ram?"
Ram's head down in sadness. "Yes Amethyst. The murder is useless because we already talked. He told me everything. How could you do this to me Ame?" Ram said and Amethyst cried.
"R-ram. I wanted to stop everything between me and Mint but he doesn't want. He blackmailed me. Ram, please forgive me." She said between her sobs. She tried to touch Ram's arm but he flinched.
"You shouldn't have done it on the first place. Don't go around doing things like those and asked for forgiveness as if it's not your choice! Sorry is a big word Ame! You don't have to say it if you don't really mean it!" Ram said in anger and her girlfriend just cried out.
"Good job ladies." The police interrupted. "How about the laptop? Why is it formatted?"
"Leo did it. Maybe he's been blackmail by Ram so he did it. You've deposited 500$ on his account right? So he doesn't blackmail you anymore." Fat Amy said again that made Leo nodded.
"Yes, I did. I'm one of those people who he blackmailed."
*end of flashback*
They are still talking about the unforgettable cases Ashley solved.
I heard my phone rang, sign that someone is calling me. They all looked at me. I took it out of my pocket and saw the caller ID.
It's Chloe.
I answered it. "Hey Chlo."
"Hey. What happen to the case?"
"Let's talk about it somewhere. Where are you?"
"At my place. You?"
"I will go there. Bye." And I hung up. I looked at them. "I need to go."
"Take care shorty." Fat Amy said and I walked away.
When I got to Chloe's dorm I knocked and the door immediately opened. Showing the redhead in her tank top and sweatpants with her messy bun. I entered the room and sat at Chloe's bed while roaming my eyes to the room. It's very well organize unlike my room. Chloe laid down in her bed. Her dorm mates are not yet here. Maybe they still have class.
"You don't have a class?" I looked at her and asked her. Based on the schedule she showed me she must have a class right now.
"My Russian Lit professor is absent." She said. "So how's the case going?"
"That Mint is your stalker Chlo but he already died because the Amethyst you were told us, killed him." I exclaimed. Chloe has not-so-visible shock on her face but exact for me to notice it.
"Really? But why?" Chloe asked.
"She's having an affair with him and she wanted to end what they have but Mint doesn't want to break up with her so he blackmailed her that he will going to say it to her lovable, loyal boyfriend if she attempt again to break up with him. It's the reason that triggered Amethyst to kill him. She doesn't know that Mint and Ram which was her boyfriend already talked about it." I breathlessly- joke. I told her while she's intently looking at me.
"That's a tragic one." Chloe said with a hint of sadness. If I were her I will be happy that Mint died, but she wasn't me. "What about the videos and photos?"
"Don't worry about it. It's already gone. That Leo guy formatted Mint's laptop coz he's one of those Mint was blackmailing for money."
"Why people did those stunts for money. They didn't know it will maybe cost their lives? I don't understand them." Chloe said and place her both hands to the back of her head and stared at the ceiling.
"We have different perspective and level of struggles Chlo."
"But we have same organs and for Pete's sake. We are all human."
"Maybe we have same physically but not mentally and emotionally. It's a considerable also that we have different lives and problems to live with it." I said that made Chloe thinks and shut her eyes.
"Well. I still don't understand humanity."
"I don't understand you too." I said in a very serious tone. Obviously changing the subject. Chloe didn't response. "Why'd you kept those from me?"
"Why did you kiss me?"
"Answer me first lady bug." I said when I saw again her tattoo on her wrist.
"I won't answer you until you answer me." She smirked. Still with close eyes.
"Fine. I'm mad at you." I said and looked away.
"Why are you mad at me?" She asked. I smirked.
"One question at the time, Red. Answer me first." I smiled when she turned her side and finally looked at me.
"I'm confused." She said while smiling. I don't dare to question it coz she will probably do the same. I answered her instead.
"Why I'm mad at you? Because you hide it from me. Isn't obvious?" I said calmly and looked at her. "So why was the redhead confuse?"
"Someone's making me confuse and I won't tell you who."
"Oh man. You're unfair." I said in disappointment then suddenly she looked at me oddly.
"Oh. my. Beca. You're the first one who was unfair here. You kissed me and told me you kissed me because of a damn reason which is, YOU are only mad at me?" Chloe said emphasizing the 'YOU' which is me. I smirked.
"You sounds complaining Chlo. I know you like it too." I grinned and gave her a playful wink. She cringed that made me laughed.
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A/N: TANTANANAN~! What do you think about the chapter? Pff. #Bechloe