Chapter 11

Scarlet's POV

We watched as Britney was carried out of her car onto an emergency stretcher.

“Is that Britney “?

“Is she dead?”

“OMG poor thing “Will she be okay”

“I don't think she will be able to walk again”

I could hear people muttering all sects of hogwash. I kept my equanimity calm but within me, I was screaming out in dread. The photograph and the note in my locker all made sense to me now and I became awfully frightened. I peered at the far end of the group and I saw Eva standing there dead-eyed. And for the first time, she looked frightened.

“Okay, disperse now there is nothing to see. Back to class everyone" Mrs Hamilton kept saying while clapping her hands.

We all start to disassemble amidst the murmurs. Students could be heard talking to each other about their own opinions.

“ Hey,” Selena said as she came and locked her arms with mine.

“Hey,” I mumbled back looking all weary.

“There is something I need to show you,” she said while looking over her shoulder. She looked frightened.

“Don't tell me you also received the photograph with the note behind it!?”

I inquired looking at her with interest.

Selena's eyes opened wide when the sentence came out from my mouth.

“OMG! What's going on?” Selena said looking scared.

“I... I think w...we should talk the rest” she hesitated.

“I don't think that's a good idea,” I whispered.

“Are you serious? There is a note lying down in my locker right now and you expect me to do nothing about it!” She raised her voice out of frustration.

“I am not implying we do nothing about it, let's just take our time to figure things out”

“You are kidding, right? We received a note about Britney and a photograph of her this morning and just like that she is involved in an accident, what does that tell you? I don't know about you but I'm definitely gonna talk to Eva about it!.” She said and commenced to walk away from me.

“ Fine! You are right” I backed down.

Selena turned and looked at me with relief. I gave her a faint smile.

“ See you later I said and walked in the direction of my class.

I infiltrated in the class and I noticed everyone was already seated. Luckily for me, the teacher was not in yet. I strolled straight to the back and took a seat on an empty desk. I glimpsed at my right side and noticed Ian looking intensely at me. He looked like he was trying to decide on something. “Well if there is something he wants to tell me, then that makes two of us”. I thought to myself.

The teacher entered the class and the teaching began.

Till the end of the lesson, my mind was far away from class.

The wailing of the siren brought me back to the present. Everyone started putting their stuff together and those who already did that during the lesson just bolted out of the classroom. I just sat there doing none of those. I wasn't even up for my next class.

“ Come with me” Ian whispered in my ears making me leap in fright.

“You scared the hell outta me” I exclaimed still looking alarmed.

“Sorry but I gotta talk to you about something real quick,” he said impatiently not feeling sorry about startling me. I squeezed the only book on my desk into my backpack and got up and followed Ian. We stepped out of the classroom and strode into the hallways to God knows where. I had no idea where he was taking me to. Suddenly he took a right turn and I became cognizant of where we were headed. The parking lot!

“ Hey school's not over yet,” I said from behind. I certainly didn't want to earn myself an after school detention today. He ignored me and kept walking. I kept quiet and continued to follow still fuming.

“Get in,” he said, more like decreed as he opened his car and sat in. I swerved my head to both sides, checking if we were alone. I entered the car after convincing myself that we were the only ones around.

“What is it that you wanted to say that couldn't wait till after school ?” I asked still fuming. He ignored me and opened his backpack which has been in his hands the whole time we were walking. I dawdled nervously seeing as the news he wanted to tell me was in his backpack, I had a fair idea what he was gonna pull out from his backpack. The instant he took his hands out of the bag, my eyes fell on the familiar envelope. My heart starts to race faster than normal for the third time today.

“ I found this stamped with a pin in my locker this morning,” he said, going straight to the point. He had a confused look on his face. I stared at him trying hard to stay calm.

“ Don't tell me you received one,” he asked confused when he noticed my calm demeanor. I nodded slowly.

“ I found this same envelope with a photograph of Britney in it”

“ Fuck” Ian hit the wheels making the horn blow. I couldn't tell if he was terrified or mad.

“ Hey, you gonna get us caught!” I howled at him while looking around through the glass. I looked at the front and I saw three figures. They were also making an effort to figure us out. Ian wasn't even looking. His head was down on the wheel. I looked back at the three individuals standing beside the car which was two cars away from Ian's car. The long blond hair looked familiar. Of course, it was Eva, and obviously, the other two were Dylan and Eric. Well, just the person I was looking for.

“Wait, were they also skipping school??” I asked no one in particular. I opened the door and walked out leaving Ian in the car. I saw the look on Eva's face when she became aware I was the one in the car. She looked anxious and scared. I walked up to them without taking my eyes of Eva. “We need to talk, I said the minute I got to them. Dylan scoffed still not taking his eyes of Ian back there in the car.

“Asshole” I rolled my eyes angrily.

“I'm sorry about what happened to Britney,” I said sincerely.

“Why do you care?” She said, trying to act rigorously.

“I'm not like you, I care about people even when they wrong me!” I exclaimed.

She rolled her eyes still trying to hide her feelings.

“ I received an envelope from some unknown person today,” I said while looking into her eyes for any indication that she may have also received one.

Her eyes widened when she heard me, making her look like a female anime character.

I think we all need to talk. Someone out there is out to get us.