SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

The Next Day. I'm sitting on the sofa bench, wearing my hair in a ponytail.

Yvonne sits down beside me on the sofa bench. "Connor's been suspended."

"Good. He deserved it." I said.

"Okay, what's with your behavior, AngieCat?" Yvonne asked me, concerned about my behavior. "You seem . . . not yourself."

I look at Yvonne, calmly. "I'm fine, Yvonne." And reassuring my best friend with a small smile.

Yvonne and I exchange small smiles at each other and I sniff something in the air.

"Do you smell that?" I asked Yvonne.

"Yeah." Yvonne said, sniffing the scent in the air. "What is that?"

Yvonne and I gets up and follows the scent to the janitor's closet. She and I exchange looks at each other.

I gently opens the janitor's closet and a dead body falls out onto the floor with their throat silt.

"Oh my gosh." Yvonne said.

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After Yvonne and I discovered a dead body in the janitor's closet, I had phone called my Mom and Mrs. Gibbs.

The paramedics had escorted the dead body, which is wrapped up in cloth with blood stains on it, of the unknown person on a stretcher.

"The unknown dead body was found in the Woodland Woods yesterday night." My Mom said to me and Yvonne.

"So, the unknown dead body was killed by some crazy maniac in the Woodland Woods?" I asked my Mom.

"The Woodland Woods does have a creepy reputation." Yvonne said.

"Okay, we'll see you two girls around." Mrs. Gibbs said.

"Yes, ma'am." I said.

My Mom and Mrs. Gibbs walks away from Yvonne and Me.

"Mom?" I said, and she turns around and looks at me. "The school has surveillance."

afterwards...

In the school office, My Mom, Mrs. Gibbs and I are looking at the computer, which has surveillance footage of the evening formal dance party.

"The grownups were chaperoning at the evening formal school dance, right?" I said to my Mom.

"Yeah. Of course." My Mom said. "But I don't see anything out of the ordinary, which is odd."

I glance at the school janitor, Mr. Carol Burgess at the school janitor closet in the school hallway. I walks out of the school office and slowly walks up Mr. Carol Burgess.

"Hi, Mr. Burgess." I said to him.

Mr. Carol Burgess glances at me as he gently sweeps the hallway floor with a flat sweeping broom. "Hi, Angie. How are you?"

"I'm pretty good. Can I asks you a small question?" I asked him.

"Sure, what is it?" Mr. Carol Burgess asked me as he stopped sweeping for a little bit.

"It's about the evening formal school dance here at Somerville High. The parents were chaperoning the formal dance. Were you there?" I asked him.

"I was, but I was doing my usual janitor stuff. Cleaning, sweeping, mopping."
Mr. Carol Burgess said.

"Okay, thanks, Mr. Burgess." I said, and slowly walks away from him.

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In the student lounge, the Saunders Gang and I are sitting around on the three seat sofas. And I've also informed my best friends about the dead body in the janitor's closet.

"Damn. That's messed up." Jed said, snacking on a bag of chips. "You and Yvonne smelled the blood?"

"Angie and I smelled something, but didn't know what it was. And she and I followed the scent to the janitor's closet." Yvonne said.

"Guys, maybe there's a possible serial killer somewhere in Arrington." I said.

Rowan, sitting on the three seat sofa, gently holds my hand in his hand. He and I exchange small smiles at each other.

Aiden looks at Rowan and Me and becomes a bit jealous, which Yvonne, Robyn and Zach notices and exchange looks at each other.

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I slowly walks into an empty classroom. Gilmore is gently leaning backwards on a desk.

"Hey, Gillie. I got your text message. What did you want to talk about?" I asked her.

"Aiden and I broke up." Gilmore said.

I become gloomily at what Gilmore has just told me about her breakup with Aiden. "I'm sorry. Have you two talked it out?"

"Not really. Ever since, Rowan and You started spending some time together, Aiden has become slightly jealous." Gilmore said to me with her arms folded. "Aiden isn't quite completely over you, Angie. Maybe, you can talk to him."

"Yeah. Sure." I said.

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In the Arts&Crafts room, I'm slowly pacing back and forth with my arms folded.

Aiden slowly walks into the Arts&Crafts room. "Hey, Andy."

"Hey, Aidy." I said to him, upon stop pacing. "We need to talk."

"I assume that Zach told you that Rowan and I argued over you." Aiden said.

I look at Aiden. "Yeah. He did. What are you doing, Aiden?"

"I don't know, Angie. I really don't know." Aiden said, gently leaning backwards on the round table.

"You knew I loved you, Aiden. But you didn't reciprocate, and so, I've gotten over it." I said to him.

Aiden and I exchange intense lingering looks at each other.

"What are we doing?" I asked him, gloomily. "You and I can be best friends, despite our strong chemistry that's between us. We can talk about anything. And we can still spend time together."

"I know, and I'm sorry." Aiden said.

"I went to Gilmore and she told me that you and her broke up." I said to Aiden.

"She did?" Aiden says, a bit surprised.

"Yeah. She wants to be with you, Aiden. But she thinks that you don't quite love her as much as you love me." I said, unfolding my arms, and slowly walks up to Aiden. "Gillie wants to be with you, Aiden. And like I told you, I'm genuinely happy for you."

"I know, and I believe you." Aiden said, and smiles a little. "Okay, then, I'll talk to Gilmore, and thanks, Angie, for your advice." Aiden said to me with a smile.

"You're welcome." I said.

Aiden and I exchange smiles at each other. And we hugs each other.

"Love you, Bestie Aiden." I said to him.

"Love you too, Bestie Angie." Aiden replies.

Aiden and I gently pulls away from the hug and he walks away from me.

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ANDERSON HOME

Aiden opens the door. Gilmore is there. The two exes looks at each other.

"Hey, Gilmore. I spoke to Angie. She and I agreed to be best friends." Aiden said.

"Okay. I'm glad that you two are good again." Gilmore said.

"Yeah. Me too." Aiden said.

Aiden and Gilmore exchange looks at each other and they share a kiss. He and Gilmore kisses each other as she slowly walks into the house. And Aiden closes the door behind them.

                         shortly afterwards...

In Aiden's nightly bedroom, he and Gilmore, both shirtless, wearing his boxer briefs and her undies, are laying in his bed, with the plaid bedcover covering them both.

"I'm sorry that my slight jealousy put a wedge in between our relationship." Aiden said to Gilmore.

"It's okay, and I forgive you." Gilmore said. "By the way, with that dead body that Angie and Yvonne found at the school, do you think it's a possible serial killer?"

"Maybe." Aiden said.

Aiden and Gilmore exchange worried looks at each other.

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SAUNDERS HOME

In the living room, I'm sitting on the three seat sofa, looking at my Mom's laptop, looking at the surveillance footage, which she has on a flash drive.

And so, I'm looking at the surveillance footage. And I switch to another angle of the surveillance footage.

Mr. Carol Burgess is in the empty school hallway. And the deceased male unknown person is there.

Mr. Carol Burgess pulls out his pocket knife and silts the deceased male person's throat.

Afterwards, Mr. Carol Burgess puts the deceased male person in the janitor's closet, and proceeds to mop up the little blood from the floor.

I become astonished.

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