Chapter ten,

are you a prey or predator?

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Citlali had a cup of strawberry and chocolate ice cream eating very small spoonful of her cold ice cream, as her boyfriend was gently leading her towards the bench his friend group and sister were all at, "You sure that you don't want any?" Citlali had stuck her spoon into her ice cream to grab a portion of her ice cream that he bought her, and began teasing him a bit to have some.

She had lightly laughed when he had taken some of her ice cream, "Only doing it because you tempted me, I shouldn't even be having ice cream, pretty girl." He playfully pinched her hip that made her squirm.

   "Sucks to be you then, I can have all the ice cream that I want." She smiled upwards with her lips curling upwards, he had smiled at her in adoration, but slowly frowned at her bruised up forehead, he wants whoever had harassed his girlfriend to be punished for hurting her.

   A gasp had easily captured both of their attention, although Citlali was just struggling a bit to even so determine where the girl was even at, "You two had stopped for ice cream!?" The voice she presumed to be her boyfriends sister.

Although a familiar gasp captured her attention, "What the hell happened to your forehead, Citlali. . ." Anika had approached the couple that captured everyone's attention at the friend group as their eyes widened at the big bruise on her forehead.

Unaware of a certain male who guilty swallowed down his very own saliva, all while his sister glared at him.

Citlali hissed, "Ow. . . don't touch it, Ani."

Chad who was still beyond furious to learn that some guy was harassing his girlfriend had spoken up, holding his girlfriends hand, "Some loser who's been harassing her, and was pissed for her rejection had smacked her with a coffee mug." His jaw clenched attempting to control his anger.

Anika had began to get beyond furious at hearing all of this found information, "What the fuck!? Did the cops catch whoever did this to her?" Her eyebrow had raised, and staring directly at Chad before glancing at her friend who didn't want to hear about the incident anymore.

Citlali spoken up, "Can we just drop it. . . please. I don't want to continue hearing about the incident. Let's just listen out to what your sister has to say. Please?" She had practically begged her bestfriend and boyfriend to stop already about the cafe incident.

The two sighed, "Okay." They didn't want to make her even more uncomfortable anymore, so they had agreed on dropping it.

   Citlali was unaware of a girl just eying her. Especially, after having a conversation with her boyfriend on how this girl looks similar to her. She couldn't help, but just notice some of their features were similar.

   It was a bit silent as she sat beside her boyfriend, and felt the presence of someone who was beside her, a soft smile on her face, "Sorry if I'm intruding this." She apologized to whoever else was beside her.

   Tara easily stumbled with her very own words, and speaking to her, "It's — Your fine, Mindy wanted everyone here." She couldn't like the girl no matter how kind she was, she was more jealous of the girl for being with him, she spent years liking him only for a strange girl to take him.

Citlali had focused on her hearing towards the front of her, as she was aware that Mindy was standing not far from them, and speaking a bit loudly to them, "Okay, nerds. Listen up. As terrifying as all this is, I'm actually glad that I get a chance to redeem myself for not calling the killers last time." She let out a frustrated sigh before continuing, "But, it's fine. The way I see it someone's out to make a sequel to the requel." She pointed out.

   Citlali had turned her head when she heard her friend speak in confusion, "Uhm, what's a requel?" She casually said.

Mindy easily retorted, "You're beautiful, sweetie but let's hold questions for the end." Citlali had heard the girl blow out an air kiss, that made a small smile appear on her lips.

She was happy her friend found someone.

Though, her attention was directed back towards a familiar voice, Sam, "Stab One took place in Woodsboro. Stab Two took place in College." She mumbled out, as Citlali couldn't help, but somehow began to get nervous for her boyfriend and and bestfriend.

Her attention was now focused to the girl beside her, "Do we think the killer is trying to copy the movies?" She sounded a bit uncertain.

Citlali was lost in her very own head, all of this was so confusing to her. She's never been in the middle of a masked killer who's running around, and it's what genuinely terrified her, as she's already an easy target with her very own disability. And, this was when she despised her blindness because she wasn't ever aware of her surroundings like today.

She had never seen the mug when it was swung on her forehead, she had no damn idea because of her disability.

She had felt stupid. Ashamed of her very own self, perhaps she was what everyone had called her throughout the years.

   Her attention was somehow easily brought back when she felt her boyfriend place his hand on her thigh, "Hey, are you okay, sweetheart? You're zoning out?" He was worried for her, as he realized she was focusing on on his sister's monologue, and missed the first rule.

   Citlali offered a smile, "I'm okay. . . I'm just thinking about all of this, it's terrifying." She had quietly told him.

Chad reassured her, "I know it's terrifying, but you're going to be okay. I've got you, and I'm not going to let anyone hurt you." It was the truth, he'd protect her until his very last breath.

   Tara had overheard the conversation, swallowing her saliva. She wanted to be in Citlali's place to hear that from him.

   Mindy had clapped her hands to gain her brothers attention, "Pay attention, dingus. You've already missed rule two, so heading onto rule three. . ." She sighed before she had continued, "No one's safe. Legacy characters can die as well usually in some cheap bit for nostalgia. So, it's not looking good for Kirby or Gale." She deadpanned.

   Citlali had smiled at the mention of Gale, slightly speaking, "Gale is so nice, she signed my book once. . ." Tara narrowed her eyes at the girl, all while Citlali continued, "She's been through, so much. It's inspiring how she holds herself up, and venting about her trauma in her books." It was why she actually liked Gale, she had went to one of her book conventions two years ago, and was able to speak to the women.

   Her mom was upset that she attended the convention, but never dived into the reasoning on being upset.

Sam who was offended at her comment, spoken to the girl, "She only exploits people's trauma for her benefit." She snapped.

Citlali had remained quiet after that comment, she didn't ever read the book that Gale written a year ago, so she had no idea on what Gale written only for Mindy to interrupt the conversation, "Okay, then. . . Oh, this isn't even the worst part — " She was now casually interrupted by her brother, "Oh, this is the part where she tells us the worst part." He had sarcastically said.

"The worst part is. . . Franchises are just continuing episodic elements designed to boost an IP —" She had mildly paused in her sentence before she had continued, "Which means main characters are completely expandable now, that means it's not just the friend group. . . any of us can go at any time. Especially Sam and Tara."

   It was awfully silent until a voice spoken up, but it sounded a bit familiar to her, as she had tensed up.

   "Wait a minute — Any of us?"

   "Yeah. . ." Mindy retorted.

   It was then that unknown male had easily stumbled out with his own words, "Does that — Am I in the friend group? Am I like one of the targets?" Retorted.

   "Mhm. . ."

   She heard the nervousness in this males voice, "Am I gonna die a virgin?" Everyone turned their heads towards him, and giving him a weird look.

  All while, Citlali had blinked her very own eyes only to hear her boyfriend speaking, "Why do you sound congested, Ethan?" He had noticed how his roommate was speaking as if he were sick, or something.

   Ethan stuttered, "Wh— I always speak like this." He attempted to not stare at Citlali, as even though she's blind, Chad and Anika would be able to detect his behavior towards her.

   Mindy interrupted the conversation, "That was a weird over share, but it brings us to our first suspect. . ." She had heard Mindy's voice slowly drifting away from her, "Ethan. The shy and dorky guy who no one suspects because he's so shy and dorky." She detected the entire sarcasm in her voice.

"Okay — Wait, why am I on the suspect list?" She had easily noticed the confusion on the guys voice, but there was something that was just fucking bugging her about him, "Cause I'm randomly Chads roommate? It's not like he's even in are dorm anyways." He pointed out.

It was the truth. Chad mostly spends his nights at Citlali's house even before they began their relationship, he would sleep beside her in bed. He'd only ever go to his shared dorm for extra clothes, or if he was missing some things for his school assignments.

Mindy spoken loudly, "Roommate lotteries can be juked. You could've fixed it to be next to us." She retorted.

The guy scoffed.

Citlali wasn't too fond of that dude. He sounded a lot like Matt, it had terrified her.

Citlali had heard someone stepping close towards her before the sound drifted away, as she had heard Mindy, again, "Quinn, the slutty roommate, the horror movie classic." She had heard Mindy kissing the air.

Quinn who spoken unsure, "Sex positive, but thank you?" She sounded a bit questionable at the comment.

"Mhm. . . how'd you even come to live with Sam and Tara?" She retorted.

Quinn who replied, "By answering their online ad." She deadpanned.

Mindy who had exaggerated, "Okay, say no more you already implicated yourself enough." She deadpanned. It had seemed to Citlali that Mindy had major trust issues, but she couldn't blame her.

Tara who tiredly spoken, "It was an anonymous ad, Mindy. Plus, her dad is a cop." She defended her friend.

   Mindy had slightly snapped, quickly speaking to Tara and sounding a bit annoyed, "And that makes it more likely that she's the killer because having a cop dad is great coverage!" She informed quickly, "Do you not know how all these movies work, Tara?" Mindy scowled at her friend.

Quinn who spoken to whoever on the friend group, "Is she always like this?" A worried look on her face.

As, Citlali had easily heard that familiar voice, again, "Yup." Sam quietly mumbled out.

Citlali heard Mindy approaching her, as her voice boomed a bit loudly, "And, finally Anika and Citlali." She had easily blew a kiss out at Anika before focusing her attention back to the two girls, "Never trust the love interest." She has quickly said.

   Citlali frowned, "What's that supposed to mean?" Her voice slightly cracked.

   Mindy who had answered, "I mean. . . don't get me wrong, but you could possibly be faking your blindness. . ." She was interrupted by her brother who had spoken up, "What the fuck, Mindy?" He snapped.

   Citlali swallowed down her saliva, and speaking to him, "Stop, please don't start an argument." She didn't want him to fight for her.

   Chad who had held his girlfriends hand, caressing her knuckles, "No. I'm tired of people being hypocrites. You don't ever accuse her of lying, I've told you to not be a bitch with her, or excuse her of being a suspect." He snapped at his sister.

   Citlali had immediately stood up, and reaching out for his other hand, "Come on. Let's go." She didn't want him to fucking explode to his sister, so she thought it would be best to have a little walk with him, so he can calm down.

   Mindy swallowed down her saliva, and regretting what came out of her mouth because she easily seen how Anika wouldn't look at her in adoring eyes, but even more so ashamed at her damn comments.

The only thing that the friend group had managed to hear had been the complains of Chad who was criticizing his friend group, and sister.

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞, I hope you
like this chapter, I feel a bit rusty
since I just got back from Cancun to
write this chapter.

Honestly, next chapter it's
with Anika, Chad and her.

Getting closer to Anika's death,
and then her moms.🥲🥲.