Painful Truth
This time he woke up screaming and crying, he just couldn't hold the rage and pain he felt… it was as if the dagger was still lodged in his skull.
After a month had passed he finally came in contact with Jasmine's killer….
Blake quickly ran into his room as he heard Josh scream and cry out loud, "hey Jay are you okay?" Blake asked, concerned about Josh.
Josh turned and looked at his bestfriend, showing the most vulnerable part of himself that only Jasmine ever saw whenever he hit rock bottom, "my jazz, she didn't murder herself, someone killed her, I always knew my jazz wasn't depressed and neither was she going crazy, but she was being tormented by an entire month and she got killed," Josh whispered, big drop of tears spilled out of his eyes again, he was like a gushing man made waterfall without a stopping point.
Blake was still confused about what was going, "what do you mean by Jasmine didn't kill herself," Blake asked seriously, wanting an explanation from Josh.
"I came in contact with her killer last night and the…" Josh was saying, before he stopped and it suddenly dawned on him that he died again, this time he was surely convinced something was wrong somewhere.
"Blake, what's the time?"
"uh, 8:03 am," he replied with a confused look on his face.
"Today's date?" Josh asked a little bit calmly.
" First of October," Blake replied again.
Josh looked so pale that one would think he'd seen a ghost.
"Bro are you sure you're okay,"Blake asked, definitely convinced that something was wrong….
"What if I told you I've relieved this day twice," Josh stated to Blake, trying to see if he had any memory of anything.
"I won't believe it, but for the sake of being your best friend, I'll rather just go with your flow."
"You don't believe me," rubbing his palms on his face, with a frustrated sigh, Josh tried one more time.
"If I haven't relieved this day, then how do I know Ashley and the fact that she has a friend called Blair, one is a brunette the other a dirty blonde and they look like plastic dolls,'' Josh said, with his eyebrow shooting up into an I told you so…..
"How'd you know about them, did you look through my phone?" questioned Blake with an unsettled look.
"No I didn't, you still don't believe….um then how'd I know that you plan on setting me up with Blair while you take Ashley to your room for some alone time," he retorted back to make Blake believe him…
"Dude, you really relieved this day twice, not even Ashley knows about my plans."
Shifting his weight to his other leg for the fifth time, Blake finally sat down on the chair close to the bed, he was eager to ask Josh lots of questions, he just couldn't hold himself anymore, it felt like christmas had come early for him, he thought it was a blessing to relive a day not knowing it was a curse…..
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Josh finally came out of the shower fully dressed, picking his car keys from the table.
"Dude, where are you going?" asked Blake curiously, his eyes shining with a hint of adventure.
"To find answers, even if I don't know where to start from," Josh truthfully replied, running his hand through his hair, with visible frustration showing on him.
"I'll come with you just in case you need my help," Blake lied, wanting to tag along to ask Josh lots of questions, he wasn't one for containing his excitement and he always asks questions till he gets satisfied...
"So where are you headed to first?"
"The one house everyone always dreaded their halloween parties because of the rumours that went around, about them being real magical creatures,"Josh hinted at.
"Oh, yeah," Blake answered readily.
"That's where we're headed to," Josh looked at Blake as he quietly gulped and gave him a lopsided smirk.
"What are you waiting for, let's go," Blake said, almost too eagerly.
"Sure, let's go," chuckled Josh, knowing fully well that Blake has never been fond of halloween. Especially the advanced gore, he'll literally faint right on the spot.
"Why do I feel like I just signed a death contract with you," murmured Blake, with a soft sheen of sweat seen on his forehead.
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