"Hey, over here!" Ali shouted from across the street. I smiled and started to walk toward her. It has been almost a week since I moved into this neighborhood and Ali was my only friend so far. "What do you wanna do today?" she asked. "Let's go by the lake again," I said. "Are you sure? Those kids might be there," Ali asked. I grew quiet. Some kids from our school have been teasing me and making fun of me since I moved here. They usually hang out by the lake around this time. "Yes, I'm sure, but I can't let them get to me," I said confidently. "Okay, let's go," she said and we headed there. I saw some of the kids from our school swimming and fishing at the lake. I wanted to say hi but resisted the urge. There was no point in drawing attention to myself. "Hey there!" I turned around and saw Marcus DeMarco smiling at me. He was one of the cutest boys in my school who never paid any attention, so I was a little surp

MARINA The club was crowded with people my age and the music was loud. Eddie took my hand and pulled me inside. "Want something to drink?" he shouted through the music so I could hear him talk. "I can't! I'm not twenty-one yet," I said. God, I sound so lame. I wish I was twenty-one already. Eddie grinned, then leaned down. "Neither am I, but I've got a fake ID," he whispered in my ears so only I could hear him. I was surprised. Eddie didn't seem like the type, but I guess I was wrong. "They won't know if I go get you one. Are you sure you don't want any?" Eddie smirked. Maybe I shouldn't keep saying no, I thought. I didn't want to seem like a total loser. "Okay, maybe just one," I said. Eddie smiled. "I know just what to get you." He walked away, leaving me alone with the crowd. I stood there awkwardly as he disappeared. I looked around and observed the strange faces in the crowd

LOGANShoot…I didn’t mean for her to see me like this. I thought I could duck before she saw me pointing the camera at her, but she saw me before I could put it away. I was caught red-handed.Last night, I came home from college and tried to go to sleep but couldn’t. And then I saw movements in her bedroom, so I got curious.I’ve always been curious about Marina. We grew up together, but I always felt like I didn’t know her. Like, really know her. She had an aura of mystery as if she was always trying to hide something or herself. And it didn’t hurt that she was hauntingly beautiful.We were best friends growing up and did everything together. We played together but it was mostly at my house because her mother was always passed out in her room and didn’t like us to make too much noise. We had to tip-toe around her mom because she was always angry and abusive toward her.We stopped hanging

M.D. I stood by silently and watched the faces in the crowd. Look at them, pretending to be disturbed, pretending that they care about Eddie. Bunch of fakes and assholes. No one cared about Eddie. Not like I did anyway. Gosh, he was such a joke. He thought he could get handsy with a girl and get away with it. Dumbass. He wasn't so cocky when I took him to the little shed and pulled out the knife. I always carry the knife with me when I go out at night. Because you never know when you might need it. The world is a dangerous place! It wasn't easy for me to get him to the woods. I had to wait patiently until he was ready to leave the club. But before that, I managed to slip something in his drink while he was too busy gawking at some slut. He came out of the club all drunk and disoriented. I didn't waste any time and quickly met him at the parking lot before he left. He was surprised to see me at first, shocked ev

MARINAI did something terrible. I put some sleeping pills in my mom's soup and fed it to her so she would fall asleep. Then I would be able to sneak out and go to the party. I only wanted her to sleep and not realize I was gone for the whole night.She kept her prescription pills next to her nightstand, but I managed to take one or two out each day and hide them in my room just in case I ever needed them. I've been doing that for months now, so I have at least twenty of those pills in my possession. I put them inside a Ziploc bag and hid them under my mattress.I crushed them up and mixed them into the soup. I put a lot of seasonings in her food so she would never taste the bitterness of the pills. She drank it all without missing a beat. She complained about me being useless all day long, but she always ate everything I cooked for her.It was going to be chilly outside, so I put on a leather jacket over a red tank top. One of my old friends from high sc