A few days pass by repeating the same routine. Except each day Socks seemed to be even more nervous around Joocie. It was really odd. This day just felt even more strange.

Waking up with the sun directly in your eyes isn't how you would want to wake up. Joocie had already forgotten he had Literature Club today and fell asleep after he got home from the school. Luckily he could get there in time if he hurried.

He rushed to get everything together and booked it out of his house. He stopped and waited a few minutes for Socks. He never came outside though. Maybe he's already there. Must of got tired on waiting for me. He continues running and finally makes it to the school. Unfortunately he can't take a break until he gets there so he walks inside.

He walks into the room a little winded and looks around noticing Socks isn't in the room. Tbh and Meme were talking in the back of the room while Laff was sitting at the teachers desk reading through the poems from yesterday. Even with the mask on he kind of looks pissed.. I wonder why? Joocie stops staring when Laff looks over and notices him. "Ah! Mate welcome back." Tbh and Meme look over at him and start coming over. "Do you know where Socks is?" Tbh and Meme look confused. "He isn't with you?" Joocie shakes his head as Meme and Tbh look at each other. "Gentlemen he may just have a cold or didn't feel like coming today. He's got all day this week to come back." Joocie nods and walks over to where he sat last time and Tbh and Meme sit on either side of him. "Alright, today we are going to start a new book. This time it'll be your own choice of book instead of all of us reading the same one." Tbh walks over to the shelf and pulls out a horror book and another vibrant fantasy book to which he hands the vibrant one to Meme and sits down at his desk with the horror one.

"Would you like to look through a few books with me that might peak your interest?" Joocie looks behind him and notices Laff with a book that had to of contain science. When did he get there- "If you don't mind." Joocie says getting up. "It's not a problem." Laff says guiding Joocie to the room in the back. "There are plenty of books I've brought down here that this club has finished and just any random ones that I found. Would you like help searching for a specific topic?" Joocie nods, "Do you have any thrillers?" Laff seemed to like that response. "Ooo, I love thrillers. There are a few on the desk over there." Laff says bringing Joocie to an old classroom desk topped with some books.

After a few minutes Joocie finds an interesting topic. "One of us is lying." Laff reads as he looks over Joocie's shoulder to the book. Joocie turned around and their faces were close but didn't seem to mind it. A few seconds go by and they snap out of it. "I-uh.." Laff says a bit flushed under the mask. "It's a great topic." He says and backs up slowly. Joocie just snickers and grabs Laff's hand leading him to the door. "Thanks for the help my British mate!" He pushes the door open and hurriedly sits down at his desk. Laff shuts the door and started to daydream a little but realized he had work to do and goes to the teachers desk. He had already read the poems. Every.. last.. one of them. He kept one in his pocket to take home though to keep. That one was his favorite.

After a few minutes, Tbh walks up to Joocie who had just finished chapter three in his book. "Do you have a minute?" Joocie looks up and nods. Tbh leads him into back room. "I wanted to know something." Joocie tilts his head at him. "How do you feel about knives?" 'That's a weird question..' Joocie thinks and backs up a little. "They are used for cutting things like vegetables, they're fine yeah." Tbh twitches a little bit and nods then looks over through the one way window at Meme who is reading his book. "Cutting things? Stabbing things?" He asks and looks back at Joocie who seemed a little more nervous. "Depends on what your stabbing-" Tbh takes a knife out of his pocket and holds it up to Joocie's neck and pushes him to the wall. "This little knife could cut anything. Would you mind if it cut out your gorgeous face?" Joocie stops breathing for a minute and looks though the window behind Tbh. They were in another room anyway so it wouldn't matter. "Put the knife down-"
"I'm cutting myself for you Joocie. I love you so much and I can't let anybody take you away.."
"Please stop Tbh your scaring me.. and I only see you as a.. friend.." Joocie mumbles the last word. Tbh's eyes seemed to get wider and seem more crazy looking. He stops for a minute and lets go. "Tbh-" Joocie gets cut off by Tbh stabbing the knife into his own chest repeatedly. Joocie didn't know what to do so he screams and backs up. Meme finally looks up from his book, runs to the door and opens it, and gasps while watching as Tbh falls onto the floor. Blood spilling out of his body rapidly. Laff came in the room and didn't have a reaction under his mask but on the outside he figured he would pretend to be shocked. "CALL 911!" Meme screamed as he ran over to Tbh.

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It's been a few days after that incident. Meme was devastated and Joocie tried his best to calm him down. Laff was the only calm one. He seemed to feel a little relieved in fact. 2 down. 1 left. The thoughts kept repeating in his mind over and over again like a sickness that wouldn't go away.