Death at Rivers End

The knock at the door awoke Brookelle from her sleep. She groaned and turned over on her right side. It was Sunday and anyone who knew her, knew that she slept all day on Sundays. She even turned off her cell phone so that she couldn’t be bothered. The second knock echoed in her ears. She kicked wildly in her bed. What was so important that I have to be woken on a Sunday? She wondered. She threw her sheets off of her and headed to the door. Brookelle answered the knocker in blue Victoria Secret sweat pants and a white tank top, her brown hair wild in curls. When Brookelle opened the door she was a bit shocked to see who was knocking. Jessica stood in front of her in a light yellow called skirt with a white V-neck shirt. Travis stood but against the wall, dressed in a washed up pair of skinny jeans and a black shirt. “Have you guys lost your minds?” Brookelle asked angrily. Jessica gave her a puzzled look. “Its Sunday Cherry.” Jessica nodded. “I know Brookelle and I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t important.” Jessica said with worry in her voices. Brookelle left her door open as she walked away. Jessica and Travis walked in. Travis shut the door be hide him. “Someone better be dieing.” Brookelle said heading back to her comfy warm bed. “He questioned us B.” Travis whispered. Jessica set on the couch that was in front of the bed. Before Brookelle dived back in to her bed she let Travis’s words sink in to her. “Who?” She watched Travis join Jessica on the couch. “King, He picked me and Travis up yesterday and asked questions about April.” Jessica said. Her hands were shaking. She pulled at the hem of her skirt to get her hands to stop shaking.  Brookelle dropped down on the edge of her bed. She knew Sunday sleeping was no longer on her to do list.

“What she ask?” She asked Jessica. “Just questions about her, like how I knew here and if we were friends.” “B he was really pushy on the questions and half the time it felt like he knew we were bull shitting him.” Travis added. Brookelle nodded. She licked her lips. “When will he be coming for me and the others?” Jessica shrugged “I don’t know.”  The knock at the door pulled everyone out of his or her thoughts. Travis stood up fast. Brookelle just looked out to where the front door was. “It’s the others.” Jessica said in a hush tone. “I’ll let them in.” Travis walked out the bedroom. The girls looked down at the floor in silence. Moments later Fox and Dominic joined them in Brookelle’s room. Dominic sat down next to Jessica. He had on a gray V-neck shirt on which made his muscles stand out.  “Are you ok?” He asked her. She nodded but didn’t look up. Fox leaned up against the wall. He crossed his arms. His plaid green shirt made his red hair seem brighter. “What do we do?” He asked just as Travis was coming back into the room. Dominic looked up him and then tossed his gaze at Brookelle then back at Jessica. “We let B sleep.” Dominic said. “Huh?” Brookelle looked up at Dominic. She was stunned at his response. They met gazes. “But this is..” “Not important.” Dominic said cutting Brookelle off. “We can talk about this later. Even Travis and Jessica need sleep.” Dominic told the group.  “Right.” Fox said.  “I’ll be in your living room.” Fox left the room with out hearing Brookelle’s or anyone’s response. “Umm right. The guest room is free.” Brookelle said. “The sheets were just cleaned. My parents are way on a business trip.”  “We know.” Travis said. It was rare for Brookelle’s parents to be home. They were more of strangers to Brookelle then parents. “I take the guest room.” Jessica spoke taking her eyes off the ground. When she got up and left Dominic followed her. If you didn’t know them or the group you would have thought that the two of them were together. “I’ll sleep on here.” Travis dropped on the couch taking his shoes off. Brookelle shock her head. “Travis your gay. Come sleep in my bed with me.” Brookelle told Travis as she was getting back under her covers. Travis took his shirt off and slipped in to the bed with Brookelle. “You will charge up faster if we are together.” Brookelle reached from Travis’s hand and intertwined her fingers with his. He pulled her in to him. Their bodies gave off a soft glow as they fell asleep. If someone were to walk in on them they would see that their skin glowed. 

King lit his cigarette. “It’s ok if I smoke right?” He asked the girl in front of him. She nodded her head. “Good.” He smiled the choked grin. He pushed a record on the recorder. “Now lets get started.” He said blowing smoke out. “Your name?” He asked the female. “Oh Beth Green.” She spoke in the mic of the recorder. Beth Green was very popular at her school and knows all most everything about anyone. “So tell me about April Smith?”