Scott's my best friend

SCOTT’S BEST FRIEND

“My sister, she did this?” Chloe can’t able to accept what she’s hearing.

“Indeed, yes. I should leave now. The detectives going to ask me some questions.” Tiffany broke the hug, washed her face, and walked out of Chloe’s sight.

Chloe ran straight into Charlotte’s class. Every student left except Charlotte, who is talking with Scott.

“I need to talk with you alone,” Chloe makes her words clear by interrupting their conversation. Charlotte uncomfortably smiled at Scott, who walked out of the class politely.

“What’s going on, sis?” she smiled like everything is fine in her life.

“Did you blame Tiffany for the footage?” Chloe commanded. Charlotte’s eyes widened, but she remained calm after a breath.

“Yes, I did. Can I go now?”

“Not yet, sis. Why did you do that? You know the truth that she doesn’t involve in it,”

“So, what. I don’t need to explain this to you. I got to go.” Charlotte tapped her foot impatiently.

“Why are you in a hurry? We both are going home now,”

“Iam going to Scott’s house. It’s been many months since I spent time with him.”

“I know he’s your friend. But right in this situation, it’s better to stay home.”

“I don’t want to look at you, Caroline or Caleb. I need to relax. Let me go.” Charlotte furrowed her eyebrow.

"Your wish. Just answer me one last time. Why did you blame Tiffany without a purpose?" Chloe, try to control her anger. Deafening Tiffany isn’t her wish. She wants to know why her sister changed a lot after the murder. Everyone is involved in it. Hitting Becca with a Bat doesn’t mean she’s a criminal. That’s self-defence.

“You are nuts. When did you start caring about Tiffany? I can do whatever I want. Who are you to ask me questions? You are my sister. That doesn’t mean I need to tell you everything,” Charlotte shouted in sudden anger. Chloe is frozen in the same place, looking hurt. She’s always getting hurt by everyone. Just like Ruby.

“Is something wrong?” Scott asked outside the door with a lot of hesitation. He doesn’t want to involve in any of their sister’s issues.

“Nothing. I am coming,” she walked towards him without looking at Chloe. "You seem so stressed these days,” Scott asked her once she’s out of Chloe’s sight.

“Yes, Iam. Weird things happening in this school. I wish I haven’t joined here.” She let out a sign heading towards Scott’s car. She will be more relaxed if Jason is there with her. She hasn’t talked with him after the homecoming. He went to meet his family. They are living on the outskirts of the town. He hasn’t called her. He left her with just a message.

“I feel the same. I can understand the students. I am just four years older than them. I studied at Roshord high but nothing wrong happened here. I have been here since 11th grade. Now everything is changing. I hope soon Becca will be found and justice will be provided for Ruby's death.”

“When it does, everything will go back to normal.” Charlotte sat next to Scott in his car

Scott turned on the music. The car is filled with melody music, which gave calmness to Charlotte. She feels so bad about how she talked with Chloe. She can’t tell her about the task. She was compelled to do it. She doesn’t want to make her sister panic about it. She can face it alone. But she felt a little bit for Tiffany, who was grieving for the mistakes she didn’t do.

She reached Scott’s room without being aware of it.

“Feel Free. Make yourself at home.” Scott said, running his hands on his hair, which is messed up after a whole day. They were both seated on his couch.

“I feel so sorry for your brother’s loss. I can tell he truly loved Ruby from what I heard from you,” Scott went back to the same topic, which makes Charlotte more nervous. Thinking of what happened to Ruby and what she did to Becca was killing her inside.

She tried to make herself comfortable at his home. The rooms are tidy and clean. She can’t believe to seeing a perfect cleanroom in a Boy’s house. Everything is arranged perfectly. In fact, as an English teacher, he has more books on his shelf. Charlotte had no interest in reading. She’s the opposite of Caroline.

“Should we need to come back to this topic again? It gives me more unpleasant memories,” she talked sympathetically.

“I know. But I want to help you and your family. We haven’t been talking since this year. I feel like losing your friendship,”

“Iam still your friend, Scott. Soon, everything will go back to the way it was and we can talk like we did in high school.” she placed her hands on his lap. He has always been there for her. Now she can’t share anything, but she can’t avoid him. Scott smiled a little and hugged her.

“I can’t believe it’s been five years since we have been a Roshord student. I miss it,” he whispered.

“I know,” she hugged back. It’s been many days since she felt so safe. A best friend can make you feel better. She realized she needs to ask sorry to her sister even though she can’t tell the truth.

....

“Caleb” someone’s voice echoed in Caleb’s ear when he’s walking his way back home. There’s no lacrosse practice anymore and there’s no reason to stay back in school. He turned back in hesitation to see he’s standing next to Ruby’s house. Ruby’s mom was the one who called him. He didn’t talk with them since her death.

“Can you come here for a moment?” She asked him with her pale face. Even though it’s been weeks, her mom didn’t recover from her daughter’s loss. Caleb stood next to her, keeping his jaw shut.

“You haven’t visited us. Is there any reason?” her eyes tell, she didn’t sleep well this day. She seems so thin than he saw her the last time on Ruby’s birthday, which happened three months ago.

“I have been missing Ruby. I can’t able to come here which turns every good memory too bad. I can’t talk with you.” He openly told.

“I know. You don’t need to come inside. But we are going to have a funeral for her,” she muttered, leaning her hands on the wall. She looked strengthless in her late thirties because of her loss. He doesn’t think about how much it affected her.

“But” Caleb trailed off. They didn’t find the body. What if they found Ruby’s body?

“Did they find Ruby’s body?” he spoke with some hope of getting answers for her death.

"The funeral is going to happen without a body,"

They lost hope.