Diluted Blood

Jasmine slowly walked into the hallways, her head down. She had heard the news, it was everywhere. Ian had been found dead in a lonely, deserted road. It wasn't possible he had gone there since he was still recovering fron the injuries Andrew gave him, and everyone has come to be alerted. They say it is a wild animal, but everyone at school believes otherwise.

"How could he go that far?"

"What is new about joking around with a girl? What did he say so bad that he had to kill him?"

"That's her. She is the girl."

"She isn't even that pretty..."

Jasmine swallowed, her hands clenched into fists as she walked down to the row of lockers. Andrew was standing in front of hers, his back to it, one leg propped up so his foot was flat out on the wall.

She lowered her head, then took a step further, deciding to not open the locker at all.

"Do you believe it too?" Andrew suddenly asked, turning to her. He was wearing a hood, and when she turned, she could see how sunken his eyes were.

"We...we have