Simon Death High (6 page)

Hannah turned around as she heard Michael’s
voice. She quickly went into a chemistry classroom, trying to avoid
them. As they walked passed the room she was in, she sipped her
fruit punch, accidentally letting it drip onto her new uniform.

“Crap!” she said as she walked out the room,
to hurry to wipe it off.

Linda entered the building and pointed at
Hannah, “There she is!”

Hannah sighed and turned around to face
Linda who was already holding hands with Adam. “Adam?” she
snapped.

“Yeah, this is Adam” Linda said, as she eyed
Hannah's stained shirt.

“Um, yeah...does Lucy know about this?”

Linda ignored Hannah's last comment and
pointed at her shirt. “What happened to your uniform?”

“What do you mean?” she said as she looked
down. The stain was worst than she thought. “Oh, I spilled fruit
punch on it.”

“Hmm...” she snapped. “Well, the gang was
worried about you. I don't know why, since you're my main suspect,”
she whispered. “I'm watching you.”

Hannah froze as Linda walked around her. She
tried not to laugh, but did anyway. “What are you talking
about?”

“You know exactly what I’m talking
about.”

“Um...okay?” she laughed, and then turned
serious. “Why don't you come back with me? I’m going to find Lucy
and Michael.”

“I'm hanging out with Adam now.” Linda ran
off with Adam and Hannah couldn't help but feel worried.

Lucy spotted Hannah walking toward them and
she felt relieved. Michael beamed as he saw she was okay. However,
he felt sad again when he realized Linda was gone.

“Where is she?” Lucy said to Hannah.

“Where is who?” Hannah said.

“Linda?”

“She was with um...Adam.”

“The Adam?” Michael said. “He better not
be—”

“No, he is like a big flirt. I have no idea
why she is getting involved with him. A few days ago, I needed
money for gas and he paid for it, but then he insisted to take me
out,” Hannah said.

“He took you out?” Lucy gasped. “You went on
a date with my Adam?”

“You guys broke up,” Hannah said. “But, I
didn't do anything with him. It was innocent. I can't ignored Adam.
I was friends with him before you two even met. I’ve known him
since kindergarten. You said it was no big deal if we all talked to
him.”

Lucy smiled, not worried about Adam. “I
know. I’m not mad about that, but you can't date other people—”

Michael rolled his eyes, as he felt out the
loop. “What's the big deal?”

“I have a boyfriend,” Hannah whispered.

“Since when?” he gasped. “How come I never
know anything?”

“Well, he's a
little
older. I didn't
want anyone to know because my mom would find out. Also, it's kind
of embarrassing,” she said.

Michael looked at Lucy as if she were crazy.
He couldn't believe Hannah was telling him that, “So, it's
true?”

“What is true?” Hannah said as she tried to
rub the fruit punch out her shirt.

“Linda said she saw you with
him
at a
bar...”

Hannah chuckled, “Oh, gosh, she is so
annoying. She followed me there and then got super wasted. I didn't
want her to find out like that. And I know what you're going to
say...
he's older
...I'm sure she told you everything by
now!”

“Yeah, she did,” Michael said.

“Good. I felt so guilty not telling you
guys.”

“We should go find Linda so we can go home.
I’m freaked out being here. I still have that girl's dead image in
my head,” Lucy shivered.

“I think we can all agree on that,” Michael
said.

“I heard the girl who died was from the
cheerleading team. I heard the police believe it's Susie Robin,”
Hannah said. “If it is, I will cry all night. Why won't they
stop!”

“I didn't know her too well,” Michael said.
“But, when we talked she was nice.”

“She wasn't
that
nice,” Lucy said.
“But, then again I only knew her from being on the team not outside
of the school.”

“I agree,” Hannah said as she remembered
Susie for her long blonde hair. “She wasn't too nice. She was
pretty, but not nice.”

“Shh,” Michael snapped as he covered her
mouth. “She's dead. Don't talk about dead people like that!”

Lucy and Hannah rolled their eyes, they
hated being fake.

6 | Linda’s Mistake

Michael quickly swallowed down his slushy,
as Linda and Adam walked ahead of him. The mall was surprisingly
empty on a Saturday morning due to the recent murder that happened
the night before. Usually on a Saturday, the mall was the only
place people could get away from their lives. Now, only elder
people, who were too demented to know what was going on, and
younger teens were the only ones roaming the mall. Everyone was so
frightened to walk outside and they had a right to be.

As expected, Michael didn't like the idea of
Adam hanging out with the gang again. Mainly due to the fact that
he felt as though he had to act more manly around him. “Let's go
into Forever 21,” he said, not caring about Adam's thoughts
anymore. Adam spent the whole summer with the gang, and it was
obvious he knew Michael was gay.

Linda grabbed Adam's hand and they followed
behind Michael. “So, did you talk to Hannah today?” she asked
Michael.

“The last I heard from her was last night,”
Michael mumbled as she scanned through the shirts. “Oh my gosh! You
missed what she told me last night too.”

“What did she say?” Linda said as she stood
next to Michael, waiting for him to speak. “Was she talking about
me again?”

It wouldn't be a shock to Linda if Hannah
was gossiping about her. Anytime Hannah got away from the gang, she
tended to talk trash about Linda to the dance team. It didn't
bother Linda because, well...she heard worse.

Michael turned to Linda, eyes huge with
excitement. “She admitted to it—she admitted to being in a
relationship with Dr. Smith—”

“Ew!” Adam said. “She is with him?”

“I guess so. Well, she didn't exactly say
his name because people were around but she said she is dating an
older man. She didn't want to tell us because it's
embarrassing.”

“Hmm...did she talk about the murders?”
Linda said.

“She knows about them?” Adam butted in.
“How?”

“Well, from my research I believe she and
Dr. Smith are the ones doing it. They're hiding it well because no
one would suspect them to be the killers,” Linda explained. “It's
quite obvious when you think about it.”

Adam laughed. “Really? Then, why haven't you
told the police yet if it's true?”

“I know, she's crazy, but it's starting to
make sense,” Michael said as he tried on some shades. “And by she,
I mean Linda,” he joked.

Linda smacked Michael, “This is
serious!”

“I am being serious.”

“Hannah was gone for six weeks. Where was
she? She must have been planning the murders. Then, the news said
that all of the people who died had bruises on their wrist. She has
it too—”

Adam rolled his eyes, “The news is stupid.
Those bruises are from a stupid game the jocks play. If Hannah was
the murderer, why would she have the bruises? That doesn’t even
make sense, Linda. Here give me your wrist...”

“Um...” She put her hand in Adam's hand and
stared at him, wondering what his actions were.

Adam tied a thin string around Linda’s tiny
wrist. He tightened it until Linda shoved him away. “Do you feel
anything?”

“No, but it hurts,” she moaned as she
snatched it off.

“The jocks thinks it gets them high.
Tomorrow I guaranteed you'll have a mark there.”

Michael rolled his eyes, “Interesting. Um,
so you hang out with the jocks?”

“Um, not really. I just float around.”

“Well, we never see you around...you
know...since you broke up with Lucy,” Linda said. “It sucks because
you're totally legit to hang out with.”

“Why do you guys still hang out with Lucy?”
Adam asked. “Isn't she like controlling?”

“Not really...I mean she can be a bitch, but
who isn't in our group,” Linda laughed.

“Well, I guess I knew her differently,” Adam
said. “Is she going away to college with you guys?”

“Um, I’m not sure,” Michael said. “Are you
going to college?”

“I won't be staying here; if that's what
you're wondering. I move all the time. I’ve been here for the last
two years though,” he smiled. “I like it here, but I probably won't
stay long. Everyone knows everything—it's annoying.”

“It's not too annoying if you have nothing
to hide,” Michael said. “Well, unless you have something to
hide.”

“I like to have secrets,” Adam winked.

Linda stared at Adam and then nodded that
she had to pee. Michael followed behind her, as if he could go into
the ladies restroom. As soon as she was out of Adam's sight, she
punched Michael, “Stop it! You're pulling a
Hannah
!”

“What am I doing?” Michael whined as she
smacked him harder.

“He's hitting on you. Oh gosh, I think he's
gay!” she whined as they stepped outside the store.

“Oh no, I don't want to come out yet. My dad
will kill me!”

“Stop it! No one said Adam is gay, I’m just
assuming, since he winked at you. I don't know why I’m getting
caught up with boys. I need to focus on more important things—like
exposing Hannah and her lies.”

Michael elbowed Linda to shut up as he saw
Tyler walking toward them. Tyler waved and smiled at Linda, trying
to see if she were still mad at him. “Did you hear there will be no
school on Monday?”

“Really?” Linda and Michael said. “Why?”

“Because the school is now a crime scene.
They said the murderer had to be there on campus. I mean, they're
thinking that maybe it might even be a staff member—”

Linda rolled her eyes, “Well duh! It's Dr.
Smith and Hannah. I’m not sure if you noticed yesterday, but she
had blood on her shirt—blood!”

Michael giggled. “That wasn't blood. It
looked more like juice.”

“Are you siding with her?” she snapped.
“Gosh, I hate when you don't defend me.”

“I defend you everyday—”

Tyler poked them both to stop arguing, “Is
he with you guys?” he asked as he pointed at Adam, who was looking
at the sunglasses.

“Yeah, why?” Michael said as a smile aroused
from his face. He didn't want to admit that he was kind of happy
that Adam could have been gay. “That's Adam. He's Lucy's
ex-boyfriend.”

“Hmm, so why are you guys with him?” Tyler
changed his thought. “Isn't that like a code—to not hang out with
Lucy's ex-boyfriend?”

“Well, Hannah knew him way before she knew
Lucy. We all knew him before we knew Lucy. He was kind of our best
friend for a while until high school we lost touch. Then, when he
started dating Lucy we all caught up again,” Michael said. “Why do
you care?”

“I was just wondering about him. I’ve never
seen him around.”

“So, where were you during the murder last
night?” Linda said to Tyler. “You weren't with me.”

“And?” Tyler snapped. “I was talking to some
people.”

“Like who? You don't have friends.”

“I can't remember. Why?”

“Well, I was with Michael and we were
talking, but you?” Linda questioned. “Were you with Hannah?”

“No!”

“I'm just wondering. Everyone is a suspect
when murder is involved,” she said and then walked back into the
store.

Michael shrugged, “I'm not sure what is
going on in her head. Sometimes I think she is loosing her
mind—just like her dad!”

Tyler laughed and then his heart pounded as
he spotted Hannah walking toward them. “Um, look.”

“Is that Hannah?” Michael said as he
narrowed his eyes. “Why is she here?”

“You're her best friend, why are you asking
me?” Tyler snapped.

“Hey!” Hannah said as she waved. “What's
up?”

Michael’s mouth turned dry as she kissed and
hugged him. “Um, not much...you?”

Hannah's perfume was loud, her hair was
perfect like always, and her teeth sparkled. “I had a girl day by
myself. I realized everything was empty today, so I used my credit
card to go to the local spa.”

“Oh, really?” Michael said. “How fun.”

“Well, tonight I’m going out to the city
with my boyfriend—”

“Ew,” Tyler muttered causing Hannah to stare
at him.

She rolled her eyes and then pulled out her
phone. “What do you need? Why are you always around?” she said to
Tyler. “I have ten bucks,” she handed him so money. “Here take it
to get some food.”

Tyler handed her money back to her, “I was
just leaving. I just wanted to tell them that school is closed
Monday. I'll see you guys later,” Tyler said as he walked away.

“Why didn't you just call them?” Hannah
said.

“I don't have a phone!” he shouted and
continued to walk.

“He freaks me out. I don't know why you guys
hang out with him. I mean, he could be the Simon murderer. You
never know,” she whispered. “I don't trust guys with long hair.
They could hide lots of secrets in there.”

Michael nervously laughed. “Ha, funny.”

“Don't you think it's odd that he's been
hanging out with Linda so much. She may be next, I’m just saying.
She better stay away from him. I’m going to avoid him too.”

“So, where did you go last night like when
the murder happened?” Michael said, trying not to be obvious that
he was questioning her.

“Oh, um well, I was inside the building and
then I heard screaming. I didn't want to tell the police that I
heard anything because I didn't want to get questioned.”

“Why would you be afraid to get questioned?
Unless you have secrets?”

“I have lots of secrets—secrets, I don't
want the world to know. Well, kisses, I’m going to continue my day.
I'll see you tomorrow,” Hannah said as she kissed Michael’s cheek.
“And remember, watch your back.”