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I couldn't help but think about Rory and her life at home. Rory didn't talk about her parents at all, which I didn't find strange until now. Before she left Anika seemed worried about Rory going back home. But I brushed it off and thought maybe she just didn't have a great relationship with her parents.

"Earth Logan!" Mindy waved her hand in my face and sat back down beside Anika. "You okay?"

"Uh- Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Ghostface being back is just bringing up some memories" That wasn't entirely a lie, it was bringing up some memories but that wasn't what I was thinking about at the moment. I was worried about Rory.

Anika's phone buzzed once, then twice, she stared at it for a moment before leaving the apartment without saying a word.

"The fuck was that?"

Mindy shrugged her shoulders in response. Mindy and I looked at each other and gagged at Chad and Tara's conversation, and Liam just laughed. They were saying some cute couple-y shit.

"Just kiss already" Mindy shouted at the two.

"Real mature Mindy!" Chad groaned from the kitchen and Sam laughed at the four of us from the table. "Sam! Really?!"

"You two are making me nauseous" Liam laughed.

Sam, Mindy, and I had suddenly decided to join Tara and Chad in the kitchen.

"Aw, it's like a little sleepover with the core five!" Chad realized. "Core five! Up top!"

Chad raised his hand hoping to get a high five from at least one of us.

"Get that away from me" Tara laughed.

Mindy shook her head and let out a slight laugh, "No"

Chad turned to me, still with his hand held up high, "Please, for the love of god!" I chuckled and high fived Chad. "Hell yeah!"

The door swung open and in came Rory and Anika. Anika shooed us back into the kitchen and went into Tara's room with Rory.

"What was that all about?" Liam asked from the couch.

I left the kitchen and walked into Tara's room. Anika sat at the edge of the bed comforting Rory.

"Logan- "

"No, it's okay Anika, she can stay"

"Anika, can you give us a minute?" Rory asked her friend through tears.

The girl nodded and left us alone.

I leaned against the dresser, "What happened?"

Rory was quiet for a minute before she spoke, "My dad, he um... I forgot my ID back at home and he... " Rory looked up at me, I was horrified when I saw her bruised cheek.

I filled in the empty spot on the bed Anika had left and softly brushed my finger on the purple bruise on her cheek, "Did your dad do this?"

Rory nodded and faced away from me, "I piss him off, it's my fault, I deserve it. It's fine"

"A father isn't supposed to hit his kid, Rory"

"Well I don't have a warm and fuzzy dad like you do so.. I'm stuck with him"

I pulled Rory in for a hug and we stayed like that for a moment, in silence.

"Logan?"

"Yeah, Rory?"

"I love you."

I was caught off guard but Rory couldn't possibly be in love with me. We were just best friends after all. "I love you too, you're my best friend"

"No," Rory pulled away from the hug, "I love you, Logan"

I stared at Rory for moment, wondering if this was all in my head or if this was actually happening. I thought back to all the memories I've made with Rory. I may have fallen asleep in her arms once or twice, or maybe a lot but that's what normal friends do, right? Normal friends felt at home around each other, right? I didn't love Rory. No, I couldn't. We were just friends, that's it, we were nothing more.

"I'm sorry, this was stupid, I'm stupid"

Rory started to stand but I reached for her wrist and pulled her back down onto Tara's bed. Rory fell on top of me and I immediately kissed her.

"Logan- "

"Shut up"

Rory pulled away to take a breath, and the two of us just stared at each other; admired each other.

"What's about to happen?" Rory asked, clearly out of breath.

"I don't know"

Rory bent back down and pressed her lips to mine, we sat up, not breaking from the kiss. Her hand found its way under my shirt and removed it from my body and tossed it aside in a rush. I lifted Rorys t-shirt over her head and threw it beside mine.

Rory went to unhook my bra but paused, "Is this okay?"

I nodded, "Yeah"

Screams suddenly erupted from outside the bedroom door. We both quickly grabbed a shirt off the floor and threw it on. The two of us stepped out of the room and saw that Ghostface had pinned Anika to the wall.

"Hey! Dickhead!" Ghostface turned around, "Yeah, you! You don't want her, you want me! Come kill my ass you bitch!"

Ghostface tossed Anika aside and began walking towards me.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Rory scolded, "What's your plan now?!"

"Yeah, didn't think that far ahead"

Ghostface grabbed a chunk of Rorys hair and slammed her into the wall and then proceeded to grab me by the neck of my shirt. But before Ghostface could do anything, Liam tackled him and got a few good punches in before Ghostface shoved the knife into his leg. He fell over screaming holding his stab wound.

Rory helped Liam up and we followed the others into Quinn's room. I almost tripped over her dead body that was just lying there outside her door. God, it was so awful. Her throat was sliced open and her neck and tank top were covered in blood.

Liam and I moved the dresser in front of the door and pushed back so Ghostface couldn't get in. Sam slid the window open and grabbed a ladder coming from god knows who's apartment. The first to go was Sam, then Mindy, then Anika, and Rory, the only two left were Liam and I. The three girls shouted for one of us to cross the ladder, but for a second neither of us moved.

"Logan, you have to go, I'll be right behind you" Liam assured me, but I shook my head and stay put. "I will, I promise. Now, go!" Liam pushed me away from the dresser and towards the open window.

But Ghostface somehow managed to push the door open. The dresser fell on top of Liam who now lay under the dresser. I ran to the window but Ghostface grabbed a chunk of my hair and pulled me back. I turned around and kept the knife from puncturing my chest. I pushed it back but the blade was slowly getting closer to my chest.

Half my body was leaning out the window, and Ghostface got the idea to shove me out the window instead. And that's exactly what he did. I rolled off the ladder and landed inside a dumpster. I could hear the blood curdling screams as I fell to what I thought was my death. Rory poked her head out the window and looked down at my body.

The ladder was then pulled back into the apartment the others were in, and the last thing I heard were the horrified screams before Liam's body was thrown out the window. His face smashed right on the corner of the dumpster, blood splattered everywhere.

Then everything when black.

I was out.

A/N:

I have a love-hate relationship with this chapter