Unnatural death?

"You didn't know?", Noah asked Dawn with a puzzled look.

Dawn was confused. Neither Dawn nor William got to know their grandparents as they lived separately. The kids weren't there even during their grandparents' last moments. Still they never thought anything would be mysterious about them, but Noah's words made her curious.

"They say that your grandma-", before Noah could say another word, Anna's fist landed on his face.

"Hey! Why did you punch me?", Noah whined.

"To shut you up. You do talk a lot of crap.",she said.

Noah glared at her. When Anna glared back at him he turned away as if he wants to give up.

When their conversation ended, they were at the entrance of their school.

"Dawn, you should walk home with us, 'cause we all live nearby.", Noah suggested.

"Sure.", Dawn replied.

The three of them were chatting random stuff all the way. Dawn was laughing and smiling a lot. It has been a long time since she had laughed with friends like that. After that incident in middle School, she never had actual friends. She was truly happy now.

"Our houses are in this street. See you at school tomorrow! Bye! ", Anna said as they reached the entrance of a street.

Anna and Noah lived in the same neighborhood.

"Okay bye guys.", Dawn said to the both of them.

"Nope I'm not going home. I didn't see Skyler at school, so I'm gonna meet him now. I'll be coming with you Dawn."

"Alright!", Dawn smiled.

"You better not say anything idiotic to her.", Anna whispered into Noah's ear.

"O-okay", he replied. The way she warned him had actually scared him.

The both were walking quietly for  a few minutes. There was no sound except the noise made when their feet touched the ground.

"What were you saying about my grandma?", Dawn broke the ice.

"Uh. Um it was nothing.", Noah smiled awkwardly.

"It's fine. Anna's not here. Actually I'm really curious about my grandma.Me and my brother rarely saw her and Grandpa and that too when we were a lot younger. And mom and dad never spoke about them, so we basically never knew anything about them. ", Dawn said with a bitter smile.

Noah felt sorry. He wanted to be careful with his words and said, "People around here say that your grandma's death was not natural."

"What?", Dawn was shocked.

"Yeah. There are lots of rumours about her. They say that she was not normal. They also say that her death was some kind of sa-",as Noah was gonna say something a huge golden retriever jumped on him.

"Snoopy!!! You scared me!!", Noah shouted.

"Awww he's so cute!", Dawn started petting Snoopy.

"Snoopy"- said a new voice.

Dawn looked to see where the deep voice came from. It was that guy in black hoodie. Skyler. Only then she realized that she had reached her home.

"Hey Skyler! My buddy! I missed you!", Noah said excitedly as he rushed towards him.

Skyler  ignored him and approached Snoopy who was jumping and playing around Dawn. 

Noah stood there frozen with his hands in the air.

Snoopy jumped towards Skyler when he saw him. He started petting his head and said,"Why do you always rush to go out?".

Seeing him play with Snoopy, Dawn was surprised. "Wow the ice Lord can play like this too.", She thought.

Dawn looked at her watch and thought,"Mom must be looking for me."

"Hey Noah! See you at the school tomorrow! Bye! Thanks for walking with me!", Dawn said in a loud voice as he stood a little far from her and turned to leave.

"Bye! See you at the school", he said.

Suddenly Dawn's mobile rang. She nervously answered the call,"Hey..Luke."

As she spoke, her eyes met Skyler's and he was glaring at her. He suddenly looked away and called Snoopy,"Come-on buddy", as he walked towards his home.