Not only did Lilith want to murder Emerson, she also wanted to ruin his life. One late night Lilith arose out of bed, trying carefully not to wake her roommate, Bethany.

Bethany was the type of person who would tell the teacher that they forgot to collect the homework at the end of class. Simply put, she was annoying. Fortunately, Bethany slept like a rock. She wore noise-canceling earplugs to bed, due to the fact that she hated being woken up.

As much as she wanted to strangle Bethany in her sleep, Lilith put on her shoes and a coat and slipped away. The nights in Rhode Island were often cold this time of year. With winter just having ended and spring showers often coming and going, the nights were almost always damp and freezing. It was to Lilith's dismay when a security guard was roaming around the parking lot of the school. She didn't want to wait out in the cold and decided just to go for it.

She made a beeline right to Emerson's parked car. A black Mercedes he had received for his 21st birthday last year.

"Spoiled brat," Lilith whispered.

She turned to make sure the security guard couldn't see her and when she knew she was safe, she immediately began scratching the door of the driver's seat with her Swiss Army knife. She wrote the words "fuck you" and began laughing hysterically to herself. She had to cup her mouth just to make sure no one would hear her. Once Lilith was satisfied, she pocketed the knife and bent down low enough just so the guard wouldn't see her. She began to slowly sneak away.

However, it was so dark that she wasn't able to see a cold puddle right in front of her, making her slip and fall down.

"Hey! Who's there?!" The security guard flashed his light directly at Lilith. She turned away so he would not recognize her face.

"I-I was just getting something from my car," Lilith said timidly.

"A young lady shouldn't be out this late at night. There's a murderer on the loose you know. What exactly were you getting from your car?"

Lilith hesitated. She did not plan on getting caught. She then took out her Swiss Army knife and presented it to the guard.

"I wanted to get this because it'd make me feel safer at night. I couldn't sleep unless I had it with me."

The guard took the knife out of her hands and analyzed it. "Show me your ID."

Lilith fumbled getting up. "I didn't bring it with me."

"What's your student number then."

"40623488."

They were random numbers Lilith had thought up in her head. The guard quickly took down the numbers on a notepad and placed it back in his pocket.

"Alright listen here kid, I'm gonna let you off with a warning. Always carry your ID with you, even if you think you won't need it." He gave the knife back to Lilith.

"And keep that where no one but you can reach it."

Lilith hid her devious smile behind her hair. "Thank you, goodnight."

She ran off. Everything had worked out. Of course it did. To Lilith, that night was a success. It had only proved to her that she could get away with anything.

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"Can you believe someone did that to my car?!" Emerson yelled as he paced back and forth in Lilith's dorm room.

"Who would do such a thing? Do you know anyone who hates you?" Lilith said as her eyes trailed Emerson as he walked.

"Not that I know of... Fuck my parents are gonna be so pissed. But it's not like it's my fault some nut job is jealous of me."

Lilith tried everything in her power not to shank him right then and there. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

"Hey, Lilith." It was Esme. "I could hear your shouting from across the hall Emerson, what's got your panties in a bunch?"

Emerson scowled at Esme. "Someone fucking scratched up my car."

"What? Who?"

"We don't know," Lilith said with a sigh.

Esme laughed. "Well maybe someone hates you. Not everyone you meet thinks you're a gentleman."

"Whatever." Emerson grabbed his backpack, "I'll see you later, Lilith." And left the room.

"What a baby," Esme said as she sat down at Lilith's desk.

Lilith asked, "Why do you hate Emerson so much?"

"He's just so stuck up, no offense. I honestly don't know what you see in him."

Lilith winced. If only she knew what she had been plotting.

"His daddy can just buy him a new one anyway."

Lilith couldn't help but chuckle. "Well, you're not wrong. What's up?"

"I just came by to talk about club elections. I sent out an email asking to vote in a poll. I got the results. It looks like Ming won for President."

"Good for her. I knew she would."

Lilith wanted nothing to do with any of this. All she wanted to do at this moment was to follow Emerson.

"Sorry Esme, but do you think we could talk about this another time, I have a meeting with one of my professors at four."

Esme checked the time and got up. "Yeah sure, I should've texted you before. Let's meet up on Thursday at Starbucks."

"Cool, I'll text you later."

Esme nodded and left the room. As soon as Lilith felt she was completely gone, she ran out the door. She had more things she wanted to do to Emerson before she would murder Gwen. Lilith opened Snapchat to see where Emerson was, but his location had been turned off. Fucking asshole, Lilith thought. So that she wouldn't seem suspicious, she actually walked through campus towards the professor's office.

Unexpectedly, she spotted a certain someone. Emerson suspiciously went behind one of the buildings on the far end of the quad. He was most likely meeting up with Gwen. Lilith wanted to see it with her own two eyes again so she headed straight to where he had disappeared to and hid behind, this time, a large tree. But when she peeked, she had seen something she again was not expecting.

Emerson was kissing a girl who was not Gwen.

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