#absolutelynobody

Resurfacing, you pushed your now soaked hair back while glaring at your boyfriend. Jake’s hair was plastered to his head, he smirked at you before shaking his head like a wet dog, sending droplets of water everywhere. “I really hate you sometimes,” you said while shaking your head at him. Jake gives you a cheeky grin and wraps his arms around your waist, easily pulling your body towards his, “but you love me all the time.” You rolled your eyes, “In your dreams, jackass.” You winked before disappearing from his grip and under the water. You swam underneath the water, feeling it smoothly go by you as you glided through the silky water. You relaxed under the water. Letting yourself slip to the bottom of the pool. When you ran out of breath, you kicked off from the bottom of the pool. Resurfacing you pulled yourself out of the pool, you sat on the edge of the pool. 

 Swaying your feet in the pool, you continued to talk to Jake, Sam, Colby, Corey, and Katrina. “I bet that Jake was one of those kids that would walk down the street jamming out to the playlist of some comic movie.” Corey said before wheezing. Everyone laughed at the joke, including Jake. Still laughing you stood up, that’s when you felt it. Your head pounded and then all you saw was black. You felt the hard impact of the concrete ground, your body limp on the cold floor. 

  Okay so you weren’t paying attention to how much water you were drinking..well in this case, not drinking. Plus with it being 100+ degrees outside, being at a pool party, dancing, and swimming. You didn’t notice that you were dizzy or that your mind was fuzzy. No one saw it coming, it scared the shit out of them once they saw your body just collapse on the floor. “oh what the fuck?!” Jake screamed. He was panicking, not knowing what to do. Corey jumped out of the pool and rushed over to your body, “Jake get your ass up here!” Corey teller over his shoulder before scooping your head up and rested it on his lap. 

 Jake pulled himself out of the pool and quickly ran to you. “Kat, go get a bottle of water please.” She lifted you into his arms, “Gotta get her into the sun,” he told Corey, Sam, and Colby. Kat ran out with a couple of cold water bottles in her hands, “Here,” she said softly handing one to Corey. He unscrewed the top of it and she poured a little on the back of your neck. While Corey was doing that, Colby opened another one for you to drink when you came to. 

 The feeling of a cold liquid running down your neck and back made you shiver. Opening your eyes you saw figures of people, blinking your eyes you could see the figure right above you was Jake. A smile twitched your lips, “Hi baby,” your voice was hoarse and your throat was dry. You clear your throat in hopes that it would make the scratchy feelings disappear. “What happened?” you questioned. You go to sip up but Jake makes you stay down, your head now elevated on Jake’s lap as Corey, Sam, and Colby were squatted down next to you, and Kat was sitting by your feet. “You fainted,” Corey wheezed. Everyone laughed a little, letting the anxiety and shock out of their system. “You scared me bubba,” Jake said, taking the open water bottle from Colby. He brought it to your lips, letting you chug a couple of drinks. He took it away when you went to down the rest, “You’re gonna get sick if you chug it like that,” Jake chuckled, setting the bottle down. 

He couldn’t blame anyone but himself though. He did it. He was the one that cheated. He was the one that brought another girl into his apartment and fucked her, knowing damn well that he had a girlfriend. A girlfriend that he was supposedly in love with. It was clear to him now that you were the only one that he wanted but it was too late for that. You were leaving. For good. “Babe,” “No. Do not even think to call me that! Are you kidding me? After what I just walked in on, you have the audacity to call me babe? Are you fucking serious Cole?!” You screamed, whipping around and finally looking at him. It was then that you could see the tears in his eyes but that didn’t faze you. He didn’t have the right to cry. You scoffed and turned back around, continuing to throw your shit the bag. “I don’t want to know why. I don’t want to know how. I don’t want a fucking thing from you Cole. Not a thing. What I want is to leave this fucking apartment and go home and never see your fucking face again!” You were in the bathroom now, placing all your face products in your bag and your toothbrush. Everything. 

 While you were, you caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and the only thing that caught your attention was the hoodie you were wearing. It was Colby’s ‘i saw you in a dream within a dream’ hoodie. You laughed a little and ripped it off yourself. Leaving you in your bra, turning to Colby, you threw it at him. He caught it and looked up at you, “I don’t want it.” You said. Digging out your own hoodie from the bag full of your stuff, you grabbed your black hoodie that said lil peep on it. You walked out of the bathroom, pushing past Colby and into the living room, “So that’s it? You’re just going to leave without talking this through?” Colby asked, his own anger raising just a little bit. But he wasn’t mad at you. He was mad at his damn self. You stopped in your tracks and turned back around to face him. “Yes, that is exactly what I am doing. You know why?” You asked, tilting your head and narrowing your eyes at him. “Because I don't want to hear the excuses that you are trying to come up with. ‘I was drunk.’ ‘It was an accident.’ ‘She meant nothing to me.’ ‘I never wanted to hurt you.’ It’s all bullshit Colby. All of it. I don’t want to hear that you “love” me.” You said doing air quotes around the word love. 

  Colby sat on the couch in Sam’s apartment, along with everyone else. Everyone was anxious and fidgeting in their seat, worried if you were even going to show up. “ Think she was being serious?” Sam questioned Colby. His leg bounces as he stares at the door waiting for you to walk in. The week that you were gone had sent Colby into a spiral of worry. He didn’t know if you were okay or what you were doing. He cried for nights on end thinking that you were leaving him. Leaving everything you guys had behind. That wasn’t the case and deep down he knew that but it was just the shock of the sudden run away. 

  The grey apartment door swung open and you stepped into the room. All the eyes snapped over to you the second that you walked through the door. “Baby!” Colby’s voice echoed through the space. Before you could reply, his arms were locked tight around your neck. You sighed and circled your own arms around his waist, pulling him as tight as you could against your body. “I missed you so much,” Colby whispered into your hair. You sniffled and buried your face further into his chest, “I missed you too.” You squeaked. You pulled back from the hug to see that your beautiful boyfriend’s cheeks had tears running down them. Wiping them away with your thumbs, you smiled wide at him. “Hey, we all missed you too!” You heard Katrina exclaim, causing you to let out a watery laugh. Enveloping Kat into a hug, all the girls followed suit, including Tara. “We missed you,” Devyn whispered. “I missed all of you too. So, so much.” 

 As soon as all the girls let go of you, you were pulled into your blonde best friend's arms, “ That was fucked up, Y/n. You had me and everyone worried.” Sam scolded you. You shook your head, “I know and I’m so sorry but I have something that you’ll want to see,” Sam let go of you, his eyes widened and questioning. “Wait, before all of that, I want my hug too!” Mike said, holding his arms out. You fell into his arms, “Me too!” Reggie called. You were passed around, hugging everyone, letting them and you cry. All of the stress and anxiety leaving their bodies. Them knowing that you’re safe and with them, made everyone relax immensely. You felt so much better to be home. To be with all the people that you love. 

 Colby pulled you into his lap. His arms wrapping tightly around your waist. His chin resting on your shoulder. You looked behind you, Colby raised his head to look at you. You gave him a small smile and pressed your lips to his, soft and slow. Savoring the feeling of his soft, plump lips against yours. You missed him, everything about him. “So what do you have to show us?” Sam asked, breaking the moment. “Cockblock,” Colby grumbled. You elbowed him in the stomach which made him laugh and squeeze you tighter. “So I left because I needed to figure some things out. And while I did that, I ended up going to see my brother..” You trailed off waiting to see everyone’s reaction. “You did what?” Colby asked. You turned in his lap and held your hand up, “ Before you get mad, let me explain.” He gave you a small nod, letting you continue. “I needed to talk to him. So I went back to my hometown, talked to my parents who visit him twice a year at the most. They told me that I can visit but to be careful since they know how much everything affected me.” 

 “So what? You went to prison, talked to your brother and?” Kat asked you. Grabbing your laptop, you took a deep breath. Your heart was racing, you were scared to tell your friends what you found out. They knew both Corey and Ariya before they knew you so you knew that this was going to be hard for them. Connecting your phone to your computer, you continued to explain, “Drew is in Los Angeles State Prison. And when I got there, I checked in and the lady told me that he already had visitors..so I waited and when the door opened..” you paused and turned your computer screen around. The pictures of Corey and Ariya coming out of the visitors lounge were pulled up on the screen. Everyone gasped, some moved closer to the screen to see if what was on the screen was real. “ What the fuck,” Mike whispered. “But there’s more,” you said quietly. Everyone looked back up at you with wide eyes, you glanced back to Colby and he sent you a slight nod. You could see the shock and disbelief in his eyes. Turning the screen back towards you, you went to find the file of the audio recording that you took during the visit. 

 “I got in and started to have a conversation with my brother when he started to tell me everything that was going on and I got everything on a recording because I needed some evidence to show you guys. When I first brought up that I thought it was people in our group..a couple of you didn’t even want to consider it-” you saw both Tara and Sam open their mouths but you held up a hand to stop them, “and I understand why. You all have known Corey and Ariya longer than you have known me and I know that it seemed like I was just throwing it out and out of the blue.” You looked around the group, “Are you guys ready?” “Yea,” Colby replied and everyone agreed so you started the recording and put the computer on the table so all of you could listen. 

  Once the recording was over everyone was up in riles. “How the fuck were they doing this shit without us knowing?” “It doesn’t make any sense though,” “Why did they even start in the first place?” “This isn’t like them or even sound like something that they could be capable of,” “I’m pissed off, they were supposed to be our best friends,” the constant comments that were flying around the room made your head spin, “GUYS STOP!” you yelled. Catching the attention of everyone, you started trying to figure out what was going to happen next, “ Okay like Drew said, behind Costco. We have 24 hours starting now. So we need a plan and we need one fast.” Colby shot up, “ Okay how about we try to bait them? Like someone can say that they know that they are the ones behind the killings. Then they would want to take them out because they don’t want anyone to know. We bait them using someone then when they get to the location, we will be there with cops just to make sure that nothing happens.” You nodded your head, “ I like that. But we would have to make sure that everything went according to plan and nothing goes wrong because this is a life we’re talking about.” Everyone agrees, “But who is gonna be the bait?” Tara asked. You chewed your lip, “I will be.” Colby’s eyes widened, “Oh hell no. Baby you are not doing that.” He demanded. “Colby, babe, I think that I would be the best at this. I promise nothing will go wrong.” He shook his head again, refusing to meet your eyes. You walked up to him and grabbed his face, forcing him to look at you, “Do you trust me?” You asked him once his blue eyes met yours. He didn’t reply so you pressed again, “Colby, do you trust me?” “Yes but I don’t trust them.” You pressed your lips against his quickly, “Then trust that I will be okay,” 

 He sighed again and dropped his head, “Fine but we need to start planning now because if anything goes wrong and you get hurt in any way, I will kill them myself.” Colby growled. You really did miss his attitude and how protective he gets over you. You smirked at him, “Yessir, let’s start now.” Turning back to the group, you all started planning and talking about what was going to happen and how we are doing to do this. You spent hours planning and replanning, “So I’ll get them alone at CostCo, tell them that I know everything, they’ll take me to the back alley like they’re planning, where you all will be waiting in the shadows with the police. Sam and Reggie are going to go down to the police tonight to tell them everything, the recording, the pictures, and the plan. Colby will be following me around everywhere because he said so, Kat, Tara, Cassie, Devyn, and Xepher are going to be waiting in the car for me and Colby to get into once the police show up. Everyone else will be in another car. We will stay in contact with everyone the whole time so everyone will be in the loop. Nothing can go wrong guys, I’m being dead serious. So I don’t end up dead.” You explained to everyone. 

 “We can do that. Everything will be perfect. We’re not going to take the chance of you getting hurt or worse,” Griffin reassured you. “Don’t even say that,” Colby said, dragging his hands through his hair. You caught one of his hands in yours and squeezed it, trying to show him some comfort. “Okay so everything is planned and we will continue to plan and make sure that everything goes right. But for now everyone needs to go home and get some rest. We have a long, hard day ahead of us. In the morning me and Mike will head to the police and get everything settled,” Sam told all of us while standing up. “Okay, thank you all for helping and this will all be over soon.” You said to everyone. Colby followed you to the door, along with everyone else. 

 “Are you ready for all this?” You asked your boyfriend once you were finally in your room. He sighed and peeled his shirt and pants off, “No, yes, I don’t know. I’m just worried.” You sighed and crawled on top of him after getting changed into just one of his shirts, “Baby, I’m going to be fine. All of our friends are going with us and working to make sure nothing goes wrong. I’ll be super careful. Okay? I promise.” You said running your fingers through his now blue hair. Colby nodded before raising his head and pressing a kiss to your lips. The kiss soon turned passionate when he flipped you over so he was hovering over you. Colby broke the kiss and locked eyes with you, “I still can’t believe that you left without telling me. I was worried and I missed you like crazy.” You smirked at him, 

"Okayyy now that, that is over," Colby shot a look at me before returning back to the camera. I laughed slightly and thought over the prank that he so desperately wanted to pull on his parents. It was a fake proposal, like the one he did on me a year back. We even got Gage and his girlfriend, Sarah in on it. The plan was that all of us were going to go to the fair that was here in Kansas, that's where he would "propose" to me, then we would go to dinner to make up for pranking them. I didn't want to prank his parents like that, they're such nice and genuine people. Plus with the fact the Mrs. Brock literally said that if she witnessed him proposing to me that she would cry. I didn't want to make the poor women cry but fucking Colby can get me to do anything when he gives me those damn big blue eyes and stick out that plump bottom lip in a pout.

"Baby, you ready?" Colby asked pointing the camera in my direction. I slipped on my shoes and nodded, "Yup, Gage is meeting us here right?" He shook his head and stopped the camera, "No. Him and Sarah are going to meet us at the fair," he said as he grabbed his phone and fake ring off of the bed. I sighed and draped my arms around Colby's waist, resting my head on his chest. Colby's hand ran down my back a couple of times before wrapping his own arms around my neck. "I love you," my voice barely a whisper and muffled by his sweater that I didn't think he heard me but the way his hold tightened on me, I knew he heard me. " I love you too," he replied just as quietly. Colby's arms started to slide off of my neck and I whined gripped him tighter, "Nooo" I whined, "I'm comfy." His chest shook with his suppressed laughter, "Babe, so am I but we have to go," he said completely breaking contact. I grumbled and glared at my boyfriend which earned me another laugh from him. Colby stepped towards me, trying to kiss me but I quickly ducked and twirled away from him, "No." I said. Grabbing my own phone, I slid it into my back pocket, I heard Colby say something but I didn't know exactly what he said, so I continued to pretend to be mad at him and started out the bedroom door. I didn't get far, after I took the second step out the door Colby rushed in front of me. Placing one hand on my face he squished my cheeks together and roughly placed his lips on mine. It took me by surprise, he usually wasn't so forceful but I wasn't complaining. Colby pulled back, " I said I wanted a kiss," his voice was raspy whisper. It sends shiver down my back and images flash through my mind, " oops," I breathed out. I watched as one corner of his mouth turned up into a smirk and his larger hand gripped mine, "Let's go," he said pulling me behind him. I shook my head to clear the fog that was building up there and followed him down the stairs.

"Wait, mom and dad, let me and Y/n take a picture in front of the ferris wheel," Colby raised his voice over the loudness of the fair. I looked over at Gage and nodded my head slightly, signaling for him to turn on the camera. He nodded back, acknowledging that he saw my nod. I followed Colby to the front of the ferris wheel, " Ready?" his voice was a small whisper in my ear. I smiled and nodded. Colby and I poses a couple of times before he turned completely turned towards me and I knew that the prank was in motion. My hands start to shake and I could feel the beats of sweat roll down my back and disappear into in maroon sweater that I had on. I could see that Colby was also nervous, his hands were shaking when he took mine and kneeled down on one knee. I heard the surprised gasp from both of his parents causing me to take a quick glance at them. From what I saw in the second I looked at them were tears in Mrs. Brock's eyes. My eyes met Colby's again, the blue of them look like they are glowing from the lights projecting off of the big wheel behind us.

Colby reached his shaky hands into the pocket of his black windbreaker and pulled out the royal blue, felt ring box and popped the lid that hid the silver band and small diamond. For being a $20 fake ring off of amazon, it sure as hell looked real and beautiful. "Y/n, we've together for five years and those five years have been the best years of my life. I was hoping that you would make the rest of my life just as amazing. Y/f/n Y/m/n Y/l/n, will you do me the honor of being my wife?" Colby asked me. My eyes watered without me even trying. I brought one of my hands up to my eyes and wiped the stray tears. My lips spread into a wide grin, "Yes. I would love to," I sniffled out. His face split with his beautiful smile, hsi eyes lighting up. Colby stood up, "Really?" I nodded my head vigorously, my cheeks hurting from how wide my smile was. Even though we both knew that is was a prank, it still felt real in some way. I knew that I loved Colby and that he loved me, I knew that I always thought I would end up marrying him, he's my forever. But in this moment of a fake proposal, it solidified that thought. I am going to marry this amazing man in front of me. "May I?" Colby's voice broke through my thoughts. I cleared my throat and nodded, still sniffling. Colby took the beautifully simple ring out of the box and slid it onto my finger.

As soon as the ring was securely on my finger, I threw my arms around Colby's neck. His arms encircled my waist, lifting my in the air he spun me around.  We both erupted in a fit of giggles as we continued to spin around. Clapping caught our attention causing us to stop spinning and for Colby to set me down. Both of our head swung over to the source of the noise, there stood Colby's parents, Sarah, and some other random people that were bystanders to this prank. Mrs. Brock had tears silently streaming down her face, Mr. Brock had his arms wrapped tightly around his wife with tears of his own sliding down his cheeks and into his hoodie. Sarah had her hands in front of her face in a praying pose as her eyes glistened with unshed tears, Gage was still holding the camera but his face was softer than usual but had a underlying look of humor. I felt bad for tricking his parents and now innocent bystanders into thinking that he proposed to me but if I am being honest, it was a little funny to see how easily they all fell for it.

Colby's fingers gripped my chin and pulled my face to his, the next second is soft lips were on mine. They moved perfectly together and I melted into him, my body molded against his and my fingers gripped the soft fabric of his shirt that was underneath his windbreaker. I removed my lips from his, my eyes fluttering open only to be met with bright blue ones. His amazing lips still spread into a wonderful smile, "This may be fake, but I will marry you one day. You're my forever." he whispered so only I could hear. I felt the heat rise to my cheeks and my lips tug into a wide smile, "You're my forever" I repeated. Colby broke out eye contact and looked over to see that most of the random people have disbursed and went to do their own thing. His parents were wiping their faces and taking deep breaths to calm their breathing. We interlaced our fingers together and walked over to were his parents and Sarah were. Gage followed us with the camera still rolling, Colby detached hsi hand from mine and pulled his mom into a hug as I went and hugged his dad. "I knew you were keeper from the second he brought you home," Mr. Brock whispered in my ear before we pulled away. The tears sprang to my eyes again and now I feel really bad, curse Colby for having such an effect on me. I gave him a warm smile to which he gladly returned and I moved to Mrs. Brock and Colby went to his dad. Mrs. Brock enveloped me in a giant hug, smothering me with the smell of her perfume and her tears, " I'm so happy for you guys," her warm breath passed over my ear and neck causing goosebumps to erupt all over my skin. I hugged her tighter, "I am too."

"Mom, dad, we have something to tell you," Colby started as we all stood around our cars, ready to go to dinner. "What is it son?" Mr. Brock asked wrapping an arm around Mrs. Brock's neck. "Yeah, what more can happen? You just proposed to Y/n." Mrs. Brock added in. Her eyes grew wide and she gasped, covering her mouth with her hand, " Are you pregnant?" My own eyes grew wide and I shook my head, hard, "No. No, I'm not," I quickly said holding my hands out in a sign of protest. "No, ma'am. Too young for that," I said. Colby nodded, "Yeah, way too young." he agreed. Mrs. Brock covered her heart with one of her hands, "Oh thank god. I'm also too young to be a grandma," she said. "We do have something to tell you though," Colby said looking from his mom to his dad. "Right, sorry. Please continue," Mr. Brock said. Colby looked at me and nodded shortly. I took a deep breath, slowly letting it out, "This was..." I looked over at Colby. "A PRANK !" we both exclaimed at the same time. I watched as both of his parents eyes widened and their mouths drop open. "Wh-what?" Mrs. Brock stammered out, looking at us with wide and disbelieving eyes. I almost laughed at their facial expressions, "So you're telling me that, all of that" Mr. Brock said, pointing over to the ferris wheel, "was fake?" he finished off. I nodded my head, "Yup." "Woww," Mrs. Brock dragged out. "That's so messed up," his dad said, shaking his head at us.

 The blaring noise beeped again causing all of our attention to snap over to the TV once more, “This is not a test.” A women’s voice came through the speakers, almost sounding animatronic like. “This an emergency announcement sanctioned by The U.S Government. There has a murder that took place tonight outside the club ‘Boarder’s Night Club’ located in North Hollywood. Officers and the F.B.I are working to find who the main suspect could be. The sex, age, and name of the the victim is being foreclosed for their privacy.” The same voice continued to flow throughout the apartment. Your eyes were wide and your breathing began to pick up, your hands shaking violently by your sides. Colby slipped his arm from your waist to your hands, holding them tightly, trying to calm your nerves. “Everyone is being advised to stay away from any Night Clubs or Bars until further notice. We are trying to keep everyone as safe as possible. If anyone has any information on the murder that had taken place this tragic evening, please contact 911 immediately. May you all be safe.”  The announcement ended with the same ear splitting static blare. 

 Your eyes dragged from the television to all of your friends, who you’re sure their faces mirrored your own. Mouths agape, eyes wide, hands shaking, and eyes watering out of fear. “ They wouldn’t announce it if it was like any other murder,” Sam’s voice broke through the silence of the room. You nodded your head, lifting your hand wipe your tears, “ Yeah, if were any other murder it would’ve been on the news, not an emergency announcement,” you agreed. All the voices of your close friends rang through the space, it was a whirlwind of yelling and concern. You’re sure that you head a couple of sniffles from the girls and maybe some of the guys but you couldn’t exactly pinpoint who they belonged to. Your heart was racing, your eyes raking from one friend to the next, mind running one hundred miles an hour as you desperately tried to take in the situation. However, everyone's mouth snapped shut when the door flung open to reveal Aryia and Corey. Their own eyes wide and disbelieving, “ Did you hear?” Ariya asked locking the door behind them. Colby dragged you to Sam’s moveable loveseat, pulling you onto his white jean covered lap. Wrapping a protective arm around your waist he replied, “ Yeah we heard. “ Your eyes searched the boys that had just walked in. Taking in their appearance. You could see that their hands shaking and they looked just as nervous, if not more nervous than you guys. But the thing that stood out the most was how their hair was mussed and clothing rippled in some places.

Other than that nothing about them struck you as odd for all of you were scared, shaking like you were in shock..and maybe you were. Maybe the news of the newly found murder had shocked you all into fear. It was weird, not only because it was a murder but because it was such a bad one. So bad that they broadcasted it as a ‘Public Service Announcement’. It’s nerve-wracking to say the least. There is someone out there that murdered someone and they are still walking around as if they hadn’t just ended someone's life. “It feels like the purge had just begun and it’s making me more creeped out,” Mike spoke from his seat on the couch. His comment broke through the uneasy silence that once filled the room, “It does feel like that, and those movies never turn out well,” you replied shifting in Colby’s lap. Sam sat up, rubbing his chinstrap, “Okay, well let’s think of it realistically. It happened at Boarder’s Night Club, we have no idea the time estimate of the murder. We only know where it happened. If we can somehow get into the files of who was there that night, we might be able to get a suspect.” Reggie sat up as well, chewing on his bottom lip, “That might work. I could get into Boarders security footage and the bouncers list. I just need my computer and I’ll have to be able to pinpoint the exact I.P address.” I nodded my head, “ I can help with the I.P and security footage. I used to do that all the time in highschool.” you said looking around to see if everyone was following. After receiving nods from everyone, you knew that everyone understood what we were talking about. “But how long would that take?” Cassie asked pulling her newly dyed black hair up in a messy bun. 

You hummed, chewing on the inside of your cheek while you thought. To be honest, it won’t take that long with you and Reggie both working on it. You both are good with tech and hacking since you took tech/ electronic classes in high school. Plus you practiced it past school as well, “ With both of us working on getting into the Clubs’ security, it won’t take long.” You said looking back at your boyfriend who was just sitting there silently debating in his head. You could tell that he was thinking something through, “Are you okay?” You whispered. Your voice was enough to pull him from his mind, his blue eyes snapping up to meet your own. Colby nodded, “ Yeah, just thinking. I remember that someone I follow on instagram was at that night club tonight.” He said. Your eyes widened and you jumped off of his lap, “ Well check!” you exclaimed. Colby hurriedly pulled his phone from the front pocket of his white jeans. “Wait, what is happening?” Devyn asked. You whirled around to face your worried friends that were spread throughout the apartment, “Someone that Colby follows was at Boarders’ tonight, if we find out who it was then we could talk to them and see if they know anything about what happened tonight.” You explained. Just as Tara was about to say something, Colby revealed who was there tonight, “It was Brennen, he was there tonight with this girl he has been talking to.” “What’s the girls name?” Corey asked pulling out his phone. “Umm...Ruby,” Colby said looking up from his phone. Everyone was silent for a moment before he held up his phone, “Got it. Her name is Ruby Lopez. She posted on her story thirty minutes ago. It was of her and Brennen dancing in his apartment.” “What about her earlier slides?” you asked walking over to where Corey and Ariya still stood by the door. You glanced over his shoulder to see the screen of his iPhone. “Uh yeah. Two hours ago she was at Boarders’ with Brennen, taking shots at the bar. An hour ago she posted a video of them dancing on each other, still at Boarders’. Then that’s it before her post at his apartment.” Corey said shutting off his phone and sliding it back into his pocket. “Okay so two hours ago was ten o’ clock pm,” Mike said rubbing his tattoo covered arm, “ And since that place is always packed, it wouldn’t take long to find the body. The announcement sounded out twenty minutes ago which means that the murder couldn’t of happened too, too long ago.” You said walking back over to Colby. “You’re right. It would’ve taken place about an hour or two hours ago.” Colby said while pulling you down into his lap once more. A short lived silence filled the room once more, “We know what we need to do,” Kevin said. You nodded your head, 

“ What about the hotel murder?” Colby asked. Reggie hummed and pulled out his phone, all of our attention was focused on him as he scrolled through his phone for a moment, “ Corey said that he was feeling sick and stayed home while Aryia had posted on his Instagram story. He was in a car, I’m guessing an UBER because he wasn’t driving.” Reggie said while slipping his phone back into the front pocket of his jeans. You typed all of it into the document that you had open. “Okay, the iPics theater, where were they?” You asked pausing your movement. Colby held up a finger and grabbed his phone from the coffee table, scrolling through his phone. “ Corey posted a TikTok that day with Big Nik in the morning, the murder was at night. Aryia posted on his story, a picture of his music equipment. Then they both went MIA for the rest of the night.” Colby informed all of us. He looked around until his eyes landed on you, we were having a silent conversation. You nodded and looked back over at all of your friends, “ Colby and I had an idea,” you started. “What’s the idea?” Xepher asked from her spot next to Griffen and Tara. You cleared your throat and slid your computer off of your legs and back onto the coffee table, “I can track their phones. I used to do it in high school, all I need is their password to their phone and their email and I can track them. See where they are at all times. It’ll help us.” You said, your eyes studying everyone's faces for their responses.  

“ I say we do it.” Kevin said. You look over at him to see him nodding his head. You nodded your own back, “Okay, who knows their phone passwords?” You asked picking up your computer again. Devyn cleared her throat making you glance over at her. She sat up, lacing her fingers together, she rested her chin on her intertwined fingers. “I um know Corey’s password,” her voice soft, almost ashamed. “Okay, what is it?” you asked meeting Devyn’s eyes again. “042717” she said. Your fingers swiftly typed the password into your computer document, your fingers stopped quickly as a wave of realization washed over you. You held in the comment that wanted to say because you needed the hear the other password to seal your fear. “Anyone know Aryia’s?” you asked raising your head once more to look. Mike lifted his index finger in the air with his head down. He raised his head to look in your eyes and as soon as his brown eyes  met yours, you could see that he had a little fear in his eyes, making you think that he had the same thought as yourself. “050517”. Your breath hitched in your throat as you typed the numbers into your computer. Colby noticed the way that stiffened, your posture straightening, the features of your face had fear etched across them. HIs muscular arm came around your waist, “Are you okay babe?” Colby’s voice was a concerned whisper in your ear. His warm breath fanning over the sensitive skin of your neck. You almost didn’t tell him. It was like the words were stuck in your throat. You didn’t want to say them, in the fear that if you did, they would actually be true. Corey and Ariya have been your best friends for years, every since you moved out here to change your life, create a better one. Away from your phycopath of a brother. In all honesty, you didn’t want it to be true. You hoped that this was all just a bad dream that you would wake up soon. That you would hear the blaring noise of your annoying alarm clock and when you wake up, it’ll all be normal. You’d wake up next to your amazing boyfriend, film and edit, then hang out with your friend group. Just a normal day. But the longer that time goes on, the more bodies that are dropping, the more all the evidence is lining up, the more you realize that it’s not a dream. 

  Colby shakes you again, pulling you from your head. You turn to meet your boyfriends worried pretty blue eyes that were turning darker every second that passed and you didn’t answer. “What is it Y/N?” he asked again this time his voice had an urgency to it. “ 042717 is April 27, 201. The first murder that was committed on that date. 050517 is May 5, 2017 is when the second murder was committed.” you explained to Colby. You watched as eyes grew wide and realization washed over his face. “This all is lining up. Pointing to our friends.” Sam shook his head as he spoke. Tara shook her head and sat up, “ What if you’re wrong Y/n? What if all of this is wrong and we’re wasting our time on investigating our friends?” she asked, staring at you. You automatically stiffened once more and slid your computer off of your lap and onto Colby’s. “What is that supposed to mean Tara?” you asked. You were offended that she had made a point like that right after Sam had made that same jab days ago. Even then Sam almost instantly knew that he fucked up by what he was saying. He was tired and all the drama was fucking with his head. But Tara? She was barely even involved in the investigation and the notes that were being taken. This was one of the three hangouts/ meetings that she had actually shown up to. Tara is one of your best friends, she has always been on your side with everything. So her saying this kind of hurt. “I’m saying that what if they aren’t the ones that are committing all the murders. What if it’s you? I mean, you did grow up with one. You would know all the ways to cover your tracks, to lead us away from suspecting its you. So wanna tell us what you’re doing? Why is it that all of the sudden you think that it’s Corey and Ariya? Our best friends?” she said, her voice taunting. Her brown eyes boring into your own, the room was silent. All of your friends stunned by what was coming out of the tiny girls mouth. “And why would I do any of that? Seriously, Tara. Give me one damn good reason.” you replied moving closer to edge of the couch. Tara followed your movement, “Maybe it’s because you were the last person to be in our friend group. Maybe it’s because you’re upset that it took you a loooong time to be accepted into our friend group because we didn’t trust you. We didn’t trust your past.” 

  Your heart dropped and tears instantly filled your eyes. Gasps were heard from around the room but they were all muffled noise in the back of your head. Your chest got heavier and it got harder to breath. You could hear your friends' voices echoing around the room but you didn’t pay them much attention as the hot tears ran down your face, stinging your cheeks. You stood up and grabbed your phone off of the coffee table, Colby’s voice was a little more apparent as he got louder, “Baby..Y/n!” you didn’t reply, the lump in your throat making it impossible to speak, knowing that if you opened your mouth that you would break down. Everyone’s voices started to blend together as you made your way to the door. You could make out bits of what they were saying, some yelling at Tara for saying what she said, others calling your name. Either way you didn’t reply and kept walking towards the door. “Baby, where are you going?!” you heard Colby call out one last time before you shut the door, officially blocking out all the noise, but you could still hear the words that Tara sound. They were bouncing off the walls of you brain. Your cheat convulsed and a sob raked your body, your lungs burned with the air that was wasn’t making its way to your lungs. Tara’s words stung more and more every time that they rattled through head. But the sadness that you were feeling quickly turned into anger as you continued to think about what both Sam and Tara had insinuated and the thought of all of your friends, your second family, not trusting you from the start, it all started to build up into a ball of rage. You wanted to prove them wrong and be able to rub it in their faces. They wanted to say that they couldn’t trust you? Fine.