Blue Creek

Ryan walked into class, his face buried in a book. He glanced over to see a pair of girls talking. He searched his memory to find out their names. Ellie and Addy he believed were their names. He heard on say something about the murder and he walked over curious.

"You guy here about the murder?"

One of the girls, Addy, looked up and threw her face in a book, but slowly brought it out, "Yes."

"What do you think is going on around here?"

Ellie nuged me in the back suppressing a snigger. i mean oh my gosh he was talking.. TO ME! He looked even cuter up close. I wanted to shy away from the whole situation, run somewhere, but i couldn;t, he was waiting for a response.
"I don't know." my voice was slightly shaky i hoped he couldn't tell, "I just now found out about it, scary though." Ellie was really trying not to laugh now. I turned in my seat and "accidentally" elbowed her in the shoulder, "What do you think Ellie?"
"OW!" she laughed some more, "I dunno but i hear there was like a message carved into the guy's flesh."
I made a disgusted face and looked back up at Ryan.

After trying so hard to hold it in but couldn't and I began to laugh. I leaned over to Addy and whispered, "You look like a puppy dog." Addy's face turned scarlet. Which made me laugh even more. I gotta help her. I thought to myself.

"Ryan? I know this is kind of short notice, but me, Addy, and a bunch of friends are getting together on Friday, and Addy and I want to know if you would come." I told him. Addy flashed me a look of half anger and half gratefulness. All I could do was smile and wait for Ryan's reply.

Addy-

i couldn't believe it, she invited him to come with us on Firday! We didn't even officially have plans for Friday. I told myself he was going to say no because i knew he was, i braced myself for the blow..oh gosh he was sooooo friggin hot!

Ryan thought for a moment before slapping his book closed, "Why not, I need to go out and to something evey once in a while right?"

*Not sure where to go with it*

I watched Ryan go back to his seat, and i couldn't believe that he had said yes.. he said YES! Now i only to wait until Friday.. today was monday though. I slumped back into my seat as the teacher started talking. The rest of my classes until lunch were excrutiatingly long.

Danielle

They left the house and drove around the corner, stopping briefly at the vets to let Carla out.

"Goodbye!" she called, walking backwards from the car.

"Goodbye," Dani replied.

"See you later," Jamie added before driving on. The radio blasted music around the car and Dani frowned as a song she disliked began. She switched the station and then paused as an authoritative voice began to speak.

"...everything possible is being done to fine the perpetrators of this crime. We urge you to be careful. The murderer will be found..."

"Wait, murder? Here?" Jamie exclaimed.

"It is the local station," Danielle confirmed worriedly. "I'm going to call Carla." Danielle pulled out her mobile, selected the number and then frowned.

"That's strange. The signal must be blocked." And at that point, the radio went silent.

I smiled at Addy who's face was still scarlet. "So we are going to the movies right?" I asked her. Addy looked at me and nodded slightly. "And then we are going to the usual place." I told her. The usual place was a cliff that overlooked the entire town. It was beautiful. Addy's eyes widened and she dropped her jaw. I threw my head back and laughed out loud.

"Ellie?" I looked up and saw Emmett, one of my best friends.

"What?" I asked him.

"Well, you see, the thing is me and Amber won't be able to make it?" He said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Well, we are going to dinner and wanted to uh, talk. In private." He said rubbing the back of his neck. I smiled and stood up. We where now face to face. I grabbed his shoulders and turned him around. Amber was standing in the lunch line about twenty feet in front of him.

"Go get 'em tiger." I said as I pushed him towards her.

I snickered and sat back down to finish my lunch.

All of a sudden Addy asked, "I thought you like Emmett."

"I did but he likes Amber. t doesn't matter to me though. There are other fish in the sea." I told Addy. Addy looked at me and sighed. "What?" I asked her.

Jared Luke

Well, it turned out that Jared and Jennifer couldn't even see what was going on around the flagpole. Police barricaded the perimeter, and when they pulled up to see what was going on, the police ordered them to go away.

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Jared said, "Thanks," and Jennifer nodded. It was a habit to thank her every time that she dropped him off. Slamming the door shut, Jared walked away from the car.

There was a group of girls standing a little away, and he walked up to them. Immediatly, they began heading into the building, as if Jared was a vicious monster. As always...Jared thought. No girls ever liked being around him.

Slowly, he made his way towards his chemistry class.

"Nothing." Addy laughed. I reached over and stole her apple pie."Hey! That's mine!" She yelled.

"That's what you get for laughing at me." I said as I took a huge bite. Addy stood up and walked to the trash can. I, of course followed. We both dumped the remains of our lunch and walked out the door.

"Race you to chemistry ." I laughed and I started to run. I heard Addy yell something that I couldn't hear. All of a sudden, WHAM! I was on the ground with a throbbing head. I sat up to see what I ran into. As I looked up I saw Jared Luke.

"You okay?" I asked as he sat up.

"I think so." he said rubbing his head.

Addy-

I rushed back to see if Ellie was alright. When i got to the scene of the accident I saw both her and Jared Luke on the floor.
"You guys alright?" i said helping Ellie to her feet.

"I am fine. I just know about him." I said, pointing towards Jared. I walked over and offered my hand. He grabbed it and stood. "Are you sure you are okay?" I asked, concerned.

Haylen put the finishing touches on his mustache. He had successfully turned himself into a respectible police officer. It was time to make sure no one left town. He got into the police car and headed out to the only road that led out of town.

Blue Creek was a top a large hill surrounded by a "moat". The the only way out of town was a single bridge. A bridge that would be easy to blow up. He looked at the dynamite next to him. Very easy to blow up.

He pulled up to the old concrete bridge. No cars in sight. Good. He didn't really care if he was caught, but it made the game more exciting if he wasn't. He placed the dynamite by the rail. Just to make sure the bridge was totally useless he put a few sticks under the hood of his car. Haylen unrolled the long wick of the strands of dynamite ran to a safe distance. He lit it with a match and watched the wick burn.

Closer...closer...closer...BLAM!!! The bridge went up in flames like a volcano, spewing firey chunks of tar and concrete. What was left of the car landed with a great splash into the river. Level three was complete.

"What the hell did you do!?!" a voice screamed from behind him. Haylen turned around. Standing three feet away from him was a man. A ferrari was not to far away.

"Oh, just making sure you play by the rules."

"What?"

"Oh not you. You'll be dead by the time they start."

"Oh my god!" The man turned to run but Haylen was faster. He chucked his knife at the fleeing man, ripping into the back of his leg. He fell to the ground.

"So sorry I have to do this." He pulled out a rope.

"What are you going to do to me?" He cried as Haylen tied the rope around his neck.

"Making sure you "hang" around here."

addy-

I got home from cheer practice around five. My parents wouldn't be home for another half hour. I decided to go for a run. I stayed on the sidewalk and took my usual path. I ran past the luke's house waving at mr. Luke as I went. When I reached the end of the street there was a flagpole. The area around the flagpole was taped off. It looked very csi with various members of the forensics crew examining things. It was then that I noticed the blood on the ground. I immediatly turned around deviating from my path. As I ran back past the luke's mr. Luke called after me so I stopped.
"you okay addy?" he asked, "you look spooked."
" there was... There was blood down there by the flag pole." then jared came out. I imagined I looked simply spectacular. Not only was I sweating from the run but I was pretty sure all the color was drained from my face.

Jared began to answer but something came over the intercom. "Attention students. Would Ellie Thornton please report to the front office. I repeat will Ellie Thornton please report to the front office." The intercom blared. I flashed Addy a worried look before running off. My dad hadn't been home since last night and a dead cop was found murdered. What if it was dad?! My mind screamed. I began to panic and run faster avoiding people along the way. I bursted through the office door and sure enough there was a cop standing there. But, it wasn't my dad. Instead it was my dad's partner Jagger Smith. He stood there looking at me with saddened eyes. His cap was off and his eyes were full of shock, saddness, and worry.

"What happened?" I begged.

"Y-your father, Sargent Thornton was sadly murdered last night. W-we were going to announce his name over the television but decided it would be better if you had known first." He said, his voice breaking. I lowered my head and began to cry.

"I knew his job was dangerous. So did mom. T-that's why she tried to get him to quit. B-but, he refused and n-now look what's h-happened!" I screamed. I ran back through the door with my tears still falling to the ground. I ran all the way home. Past the Luke's house. Past Addy's house. And right into mine. (My house is right next to Addy's )