# CHAPTER 11
Ashley's POV
When we saw the diary. It's exact that the Detective and policemen entered the room. They gave us a questioning look so I stood to introduce myself.
"Hi. I'm Ashley. President of Detective Club and room mate of Allison Ferrer that I assumed that committed suicide." I exclaimed and Detective looked at the head Campus Police. He nodded as approval that I'm saying the truth.
"Okay. How do you know that?" Detective asked with met brows.
"My further investigastion along with my room mates are 100% sure that will help the case and will prove that none of us killed the victim. As you can see. We're seven and you may think that one of us or worst all of us played a foul play for the victim to look like she's been murder. But unfortunately, we spent exactly 6 minutes to open the victim's diary and as I've read this, it's sure that she really committed suicide." I handed the diary to the detective and he immediately read it.
~0613** They know, deep in their hearts that in the end of the day, the most important thing is their love to each other and not their pride.
~0619** I am still trying to understand why the universe brings two people together only to tear them apart. It is cruel.
~0709** If you love her, never fill her ears with lies, her mouth with words, her eyes with tears, her mind with confusion and her heart with pain.
~0727** You just want me but not totally care about me.
~0801** I let myself fall asleep at night with tears in my eyes and you're the reason why.
~0811** Losing a good friend is never easy. Especially when you don't understand why you lost them in the first place.
~0828** Sometimes you have to give up on people, not because you don't care but because they don't.
~0907** And suddenly, we were strangers again.
~0915** I'm a paradox. i want to be happy, but i think of things that make me sad. i'm lazy, yet i'm ambitious. i say i don't care, but i do.
~1002** Worst painful thing ever was being betrayed with your friend just to be with your ex.
~1021** I always wonder what I've done to deserve all the pain I feel day by day.
~1023** These days, all those memories start to haunt you. I know you've probably lost count of the number of times you punched the wall, slapped your head or broken down before you finally drift away into sleep.. sometimes secretly hoping you'll never wake up.
~1025** Good bye for now, I have to leave. Till we meet again.
"It says there that she and her ex boyfriend broke up. The boy tries to bring them back because of some matters he need from her but Allison felt she's being taken for granted so she let him go. Then her bestfriend suddenly disappeared when she needed her the most not knowing her bestfriend was dating her ex. Isn't it so cruel? Well, bitches really do awful things." I exclaimed and commented. "After that. She found out that they are dating. And boom! Everything triggered her to do such mindless act."
"It's so lame." Detective commented without looking at us. "It doesn't make sense." What?
"Well, if you are really a detective, you know that people do such thing not because they want to die but because they want to stop the pain." I explained that made her look at me. I smirked at him.
"We still didn't know if it's really her hand written." Detective exclaimed. Why I felt the tension between us?
"Then check her notes to slap it on your face." I said with my blank face and was about to left the room but I turned around. "There's a code in that diary notes saying 'I DECIDED TO DIE'. You will see that if you're really a detective." I was about to turned around when I almost forgot to say something when I'm pissed by another detective. "Well, I'm not just a President and a student Detective of well known Barden University for nothing." I smugly said and leave.
With my pajamas. Shit.
Thank God I have spare clothes in my office.
Beca's POV
Me and Chloe are now playing Kalah board game in the bedroom's floor. The game provides a Kalah board and a number of seeds or counters. The board has 12 small pits, called houses, on each side and a big pit, called an end zone, at each end. The object of the game is to capture more seeds than one's opponent. So we both need strategies.
At the beginning of the game, four seeds are placed in each house. This is the traditional method though.
Both of us controls the six houses and their seeds on the side of the board. The score is the number of seeds in the store to their right. We take turns sowing their seeds. On a turn, we removes all seeds from one of the houses under our control. Moving counter-clockwise, we drops one seed in each house in turn, including the my own store but not their opponent's. If the last sown seed lands in an empty house owned by me, and the opposite house contains seeds, both the last seed and the opposite seeds are captured and placed into the my store. And it's so exciting seeing Chloe made a face whenever she did that.
If the last sown seed lands in my store, I will gets an additional move. There is no limit on the number of moves a player can make in their turn. When one of us has no longer any seeds in any of their houses, the game ends. The other moves all remaining seeds to their store, and the player with the most seeds in their store wins.
So if one of us lose. Then the winner will ask questions.
The first round was intense coz it looks like Chloe wouldn't let me to take a shot.
"Hello~ It looks like you're the only player here." I rolled my eyes when I saw Chloe smirked while continuing to put the seeds in each houses.
"It looks like you're going to lose your shit sexy shorty." Chloe said.
After half an hour..
I WON. And my laugh echoed around the room.
"What the hell? How come you beat me with only one seed?" Chloe said in a very disappointed voice.
"Well, I'm smartass." I said after recovering to my breathing. "Why are you not around this past few days? We need to be honest!"
Chloe hissed. "My EX boyfriend told me to distance to you."
When I heard that my mood changed. What the hell? Why? Is that the reason why she's not texting me back too?
"Complete the sentence Beale." I said sternly. Chloe's head down.
"Fine. He told me that because he saw you as a rival. I don't know why he acted like that but now I know. He's so possessive and I can't take it anymore. You're my only friend here Beca and I don't want that to end just for another jerk. And also of course, I don't want another one to take possession on me in a very possessive way."
Oh.
"So you two already broke up then?" I asked even it's obvious.. I WANNA MAKE SURE.
"Yeah." She said. "I texted him last night so maybe this morning he already read it."
"If he wants you back and apologize, you will let him again?"
"No. As long as you are with me. I'm already fine with that. I don't need him anymore." Chloe sincerely said.
She choose me over him..
Aw. So sweet!
"Okay. I'll take care of it. Don't worry about him now." I said and gave her an reassuring smile. She smiled back and seconds after her eye brows met.
"But how? You are-
"Shut up Chlo. I know I'm small but I can be invisible." I smugly said and winked at her.
We played another round and at this time she won.
She excitedly jumped as if she won a lottery. I sighed. So childish.
"See? I just play dumb a while ago that's why I lost the game but this time HUH! I won bitch!" Chloe laughed hard and I only rolled my eyes.
"So Mitchell why are you so short?" She asked.
She asked.. WHAT?
"What the hell?"
"Kidding!" She giggled. "I just wanna ask if you do have an ex girlfriend? Or boyfriend?"
"I have one. Girlfriend but unfortunately.. she died." I said in a low voice but exactly to be heard. I smiled bitterly.
"Oh Becs. I'm so sorry. I didn't meant to ask that.." Chloe exclaimed.
"Its okay. I have been moved on. So maybe it's the time to unfold and share some secrets in you. You treated me as a friend so maybe doing the same is gonna be fair." I said and let out a small smile. "She committed suicide because her parents were against us and she wanted to be with me but she can't so.. that happens." I saw Chloe gasped. "Now they're blaming me for what happen."
"Is that the reason why you're avoiding me at the first time we met?"
"Maybe? I don't know." There's no way I will tell you my problem now. Not now.
"If that's a yes Becs. I don't have parents to be against us if we would be together in the near future." She said that the both of us widen our eyes. "I mean-fuck-It's just a theory." She continue and stood up. I only stared at her. "What? I don't like you, duh. Let's go outside. You looks like no one is taking care of you that's why you're still small." She said that made me sighed in relief. She opened the door. "What the fuck."
I stood up. "What?"
"WE'RE STILL IN BARDEN?" She said in surprise.
"Yep." I answered and took two jackets in my walk in closet.
"Where's your room mates? How come this dorm has only one student inside?"
"I simply don't want room mates."
"How does that possible?"
"I don't know. I just request it and they accept so there's no problem at all." I said and threw her one of the jacket I took. I took my key with me.
"Unbelievable. Is it the only room here that has one student?"
"I don't know."
Not at all because Emily's room too.
When we got to the nearest coffee shop of Barden. Chloe became uneasy when she saw someone. I also saw Ashley, Flo and Jessica at one corner.
Suddenly Chloe pulled me out of the coffee shop. "Hey what's happening?" She looks so terrified at what she saw.
She was about to speak when a tall guy forcefully pulled her hair that made gasped. Chloe whined.
"FUCK. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" I shouted at him and grasped at his arms for him to let go of Chloe's hair but he only pushed me that made me fell on the ground and fisted into Chloe's hair.
Everything was so fast and now the Chloe was crying in my shoulder while the tall guy was laying on the ground being punch by Jessica.
Ashley tried pull Jessica to stop because the guy is now unconcious with his bleeding face.
I comforted Chloe to my arms. We're still sitting of on the ground but we don't care. Jessica ran towards us. "Are you two fine?" She worriedly asked. I nodded.
"I think the redhead is unconscious?" Ashley said that made me nervous. Chloe's sobs disappeared so I shook her.
No response.
Damn.
Jessica insisted to carry Chloe into her arms because if I am, surely there will be a disaster before we got to infirmary.
This is bullshit.
Ashley and Flo are with the unconscious guy. They said that they will call a police and tell them what just happened.
When we got to the infirmary, we put Chloe in the hospital bed saw Nurse Ramirez as the afternoon nurse and being asked some questions before leaving us.
She said that Chloe has a nervous breakdown.
"Who's that guy?" Jessica asked.
"I don't know. Maybe her possessive ex." I answered.
Oh. I'm so surprised that I'm talking to her right now.
We didn't talk again. Maybe she felt that I already remember my anger to her.
We waited for Chloe to wake up.
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A/N: Figure out how does clues possible detectives. *smirk* I will reveal the encrypted code in the next chapter. It's same code with the previous chapter. *wink*