Murder 2

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Detention Tension

So, I found the helmet, after spending too much time trying to find it, and I was on my way to Alice’s.

There was a lot of traffic, like you’d expect at eight thirty in the morning, and I was happy to be on my motor. It was a lot faster that way, because with my motor I could still fit between two cars stuck in traffic. And, naturally, I used this benefit a lot. The drive to Alice’s didn’t take that long, just about fifteen minutes, but that wasn’t why I‘d left my house a few minutes early. Alice was the kind of girl that could still be late after getting up three hours early. But we couldn’t be late this morning, due to a written exam we had during our Spanish class first period. So Alice had to be ready on time, meaning; she had to be ready in five minutes.

“Alice!” I decided to try and speed her up by yelling at her. I didn’t know if it was a smart decision, but Alice didn’t leave me with much of a choice.

“Yes?!” Judging by the sound of her voice, she was nowhere near ready, but didn’t want me to know that.

“Alice, I love you, but you got five minutes before I leave!” I meant it and made that clear, the “I love you” part was just to make it sound less harsh.

“Okay, mom, thank you!” Nope, no way she was going to be ready in five minutes. She wouldn’t have been so irritated if she could make it. Damn it.

“She won’t be ready in time.” That voice made me jump a little, not the voice itself, but the fact I didn’t see the person coming. That wasn’t really possible, since my head rested on my steering-wheel and my eyes were closed, but you get the point.

“Good morning to you too, Casey.” I replied with a hint of sarcasm in the tone of my voice. Casey was my brother’s best friend and Alice’s older brother (thought you should know).

“Good morning. And you already knew she wouldn’t be, didn’t you?”

“I had a feeling, yes.” I paused for a second and stared at Alice’s window, trying to see how far she was with her morning-ritual. “God, how long can it take someone to put on a top and jeans?!” I was getting my frustration out, but realized too late to whom I was talking.

But it got me a smile. “Want to hear a secret?” Hard to tell if I would want to know it.

“Sure” I said carefully.

Another smile. “It only takes my sister seconds to do that. The thing that takes her so long, is deciding what shoes she’s going to wear.” I smiled this time.

“Hey! Lynn?” Alice had heard it. And calling my name meant she wanted me to do something. So I hit Casey in the stomach with my helmet.

“Hey!” This came from Casey, directed to me.

“Thank you!” Alice.

“Happy to do it!” I shouted back to Alice. “But you could be right about that.” I whispered back to Casey. Alice owned a lot of shoes, it looked like she never wore the same pair twice, that’s how many.

Casey shook his head and quickly recovered. “Anyway… don’t you have any manners at all?”

“Huh?!”

“Screaming before nine am. I could have still been asleep!” When I saw his smile reappear, I knew he was joking.

“Well, I happen to know for a fact that’s very unlikely. With you having an appointment at nine and all.”

“I keep forgetting you and Liam are siblings.” That was true, this wasn’t the first time he’d forgotten that. “Not my fault though, you guys just don’t look alike.”

“Well, that’s funny, because you and Alice don’t look alike at all either, but I never forget about that. Maybe you just don’t want to remember your best friend’s sister is also your sister’s best friend.”

“Wow, psychologist much? But maybe your right, or maybe I’m just forgetful. Besides with me and Alice it’s easy to see when we’re with our parents, but with you a…” I must have shown something, because right the second Casey looked at me, he stopped talking. “Uhm, never mind.” He tried to smile, but it wasn’t easy for him to. He really felt sorry for bringing up parents. I felt down, but returned the smile nevertheless.

I checked my watch again. “Liz! One minute!” A grunt came from her window.

“She won’t make it.” Casey accepted the change in subject as very welcome.

“No, probably not.”

“Didn’t you guys have a test?” Alice must have told him about that.

“Yup”

“Sucks”

“Yup”

“How’s the band?” Back to small talk it was.

“Same”

“Could we move on to multiple syllables please?” I laughed quietly and softly hit him again with my helmet. He overreacted with the sound he made, making  it sound like I was really beating him up.

“Save some for me!” Alice shouted, still from her room.

“Well then hurry, ‘cause soon there will be nothing left!” I looked at Casey and he was making a gesture as if to fend me off. And we both laughed.

“This will take you forever.” Casey said when we both stopped laughing.

I shrugged. Then realized it was almost nine. “Don’t you have somewhere to go?”

“Well, I think Liam won’t mind if I’m late because I watched his little sister.” I shot him a glare, I didn’t particularly like to be seen as Liam’s little sister.

“Be careful who you call little, I’m seventeen.”

“Excusez-moi madame.” He said and made a bow. I just shook my head and turned towards the front door of the house, where I could see movement.

“Huh, maybe she’ll even make it.”

“That would be a first.” He looked skeptical, which was understandable in this situation.

“First time for everything I guess.”