Chapter 3

Benny and I were walking slowly to the bus stop, hoping that we'll miss it. We didn't wanna go to school without a scoop. I turned toward him "So what's all the information that we know about Sarah?" I was hoping he had gotten new information from Hollie.

"Well, she was a friend of you-know-who, so two grades above us." he paused to think, "She was Hollie's older sister, and she was dating Carson." This made me stop in mid-step,

"She was what?" I asked, surprised.

"You didn't know that they were dating?" he said surprised, "Hollie wouldn't shut up 'bout it. They were dating two years then that's when they found Sarah."

"He would never tell me anything about his love life, but of course he would say whenever he got a-" Benny pushed me, as I noticed that we were at the stop. I looked at him, and thanked him for not letting me finish about Carson in front of people. We waited and waited for the bus that was always late. The only time that it was on time was when we had a different bus driver. Which only happened twice, it was funny seeing everyone adjusted to the late bus, run to the bus when it had arrived. It was going to be an interesting day. The bus had finally arrived and I really didn't want to show up empty handed. I was grateful when a plan just came to my mind.

Lunch had just ended, Benny and I were walking to the Newspaper room.

"What's the plan?" He asked, I looked at him, looking into his green eyes.

"You'll see." I replied, smiling. We walked all the way across school. Benny was worried about not pleasing the teacher. Benny saw Mrs. Overtion standing in the hallway, her bright neon yellow heels clicking as she tapped her foot. She wore a lime green turtleneck and a long light pink skirt. One look at us and her expression didn't change, it was still extremely grumpy. Then out of nowhere Marco walked passed her, and Mrs. Overtion yelled "You look like a very sad boy, put on a skirt." I guess that Marco was used to her comments, and she turned around. Looked Mrs. Overtion right in her eyes and answered with "Thanks for the advice." She then simply walked away, passing us with a wave. Mrs. Overtion didn't know what to answer and looked around to see if anyone had heard it.

When her eyes had glances over at us then my heart sank, it was like the titanic hitting the iceberg. With her icy cold stare into our souls, even though this was my favorite class, I could understand if we had to get a new teacher. "Oh hello boys, got any good stuff for the newspaper?" She had asked this question with a smile. Mrs. Overton loved gossip, when she hear about Sarah Spear. She had nearly fainted from joy, she thought that it would make a great headline.

"Yes, just more information about her life. Before she had died, nothing on the investigation." I answered, not looking her in the face. She had personally asked me to go to the station. Just to find out more on her life, Mrs. Overton knew that Benny and I were in the same friend group as Sarah and Hollie. She expected us to know more about her life, but she was wrong. This just told us how well we actually know Sarah, but we didn't. Mrs. Overton stared at me and Benny, probably thinking of a good punishment to give us. That's when Mr. Robert walked by, he say her look and quickly started to talk. "Hey, Mrs. Overton having a good day so far?" he asked, the tension between the three of us stopped immediately. As she looked up and smiled,

"Yes, I am having a great one." she answered, behind grinding teeth.

"You boys better come with me I need to talk to you about something." said Mr. Robert, looking down at us.

We followed Mr. Robert to his room, he then slammed the door behind us. Then the three of us started to laugh.

"Do you think she bought it?" he asked, trying not to fall from laughing. Mr. Robert always had the students back when Mrs. Overton was about to explode with rage on them. Then out of nowhere the door opened, leaving the three of us with blank and fearful expressions. Our expressions were short lived when we saw, Anna Moufarrege. She was a small quiet girl, who loved stealing from others. She was also Benny's half sister, they looked nothing alike but they got along sometimes. We stood there in fear of what might happen, will she tell on us?

"Hey, guys why are ya laughing?" she asked, with a smile. She scanned the room and her face turned bright red, then she left. Without a word Mr. Robert saw us out and told us to call if there was anymore trouble. Mrs. Overton saw us come out of the room and her expression brighton. "Come, come tell the class the information that you have gained." she said closing the door behind us. Everyone stared at Benny and I, wondering what the heck Mrs. Overton was talking about. Benny stepped in since he knew her better, he put his hands up to his chest. Then he pushed them outwards very forcefully. This sign means angry, he used this because Benny was explaining the police situation which had happened the day before.

Once he was done explaining the story then I put my hands up to clap. Then I realized that no one there knew what he had said. I looked over at Benny whose face was red from embarrassment, the whole class turned to me to translate. I panicked and quickly said the last thing I should have. "Sarah and Carson were dating, they were two years in until Sarah died. Then shortly after he died." everyone was quiet as a mouse. No one moved not even a muscle, Benny elbowed me in the rib cage. He signed "Really, that's the first thing that popped into your mind!"