Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Suspense/Mystery

After lunch Analisa ended up in a class with Clarissa and Blaze. Good thing today's topic was partner work.
    
      "So the boy that gave you the invitations." Blaze said to her. "You really want me to start with that, Blaze?" "Well, Ana, that's the only start to how we even got into this mess." 
      Of course, back when she had gotten the invitations from that strange boy, it seemed she had thought nothing of him. Since she hadn't seen him before in her life. The only thought she had of him was that he may have been a brother of Nicole.  But she didn't see him at the party...

       October 27, 2011...
 
   It was a few days until Nicole's Halloween party. By now Clarissa and Avery were passing out the invitations. In one glimpse Analisa had seen Lamees and Amanda take an invitation. Both of them with smiles on their faces. Analisa was confused how both of them had gotten an invite from people they mostly despise of. From people that do nothing but ruin a person's day. And those who adore and admire them are dumbfounded. Blinded because they don't realize the fact that they're not appreciated for their given support. 
       Analisa didn't want to intrude, so for some reason she tried to debunk whatever she had witnessed. The next day she was so curious, she ended up following Avery. As she was the one who gave her friends a pass for the party. She followed her until she couldn't go any further. Avery had soon stopped and went inside Nicole's house.
       She wanted to ask Avery a few questions. Neither of the questions had the slightest bit of kindness. Such a plan to come to an expected fail.
     Analisa stared at the house for a few minutes. Then after a while she decided to turn back. She was just going to ask Lamees and Amanda for herself for why they're going to the party tomorrow. 
     "I will just ask them at school." She said to herself. "Are you also trying to ask for an invitation?" Analisa turned around and saw a boy in front of her. He had dark hair and green eyes. For some reason he was in front of Nicole's house, as well.
       "For your information, I wouldn't go to a party when the hosts are nothing but spoiled brats." She said to him. He smiled at her. She had no idea why or how, but her mind was in love with his appearance. "Here." He gave her three cards. Analisa took a look at them. They were invitations to Nicole's party. She looked up at the boy. He was still carrying on his handsome smirk. "I don't want these. Didn't I say I wasn't here to get invited to a stupid girl's party?" Analisa planned on walking away, but in an instant he caught her hand.
       "What are you doing?! Let go of my hand!" "But you do need these. I think you might just want to know why they are attending the party." Analisa looked at him strangely. She was wondering what he was getting at, but she must have knew who he was talking about.
        Without saying anything to him, she ended up taking the invitations. Ever since that night she hadn't ever seen her strange encounter.
    
       Present...
    
    "So that's how I got the invitations. Somehow he may have known why I was there in the first place." Analisa had told Blaze everything on that October night of the boy who had given her the tickets to see the last images of Amanda and Lamees. 
      "Oh. So he had dark hair and green eyes. But Nicole has blonde hair and hazel eyes. There's no way he could've been her brother. " "Well to be sure. Does she have a brother?" Analisa asked her. "She has a little brother. But he's like five years old." They both sighed. "Great. The only sad part in this case is the fact that you never once caught his name." Analisa couldn't believe she had forgotten to ask. She was only focused on the most important thing that she forgot to ask of his name. Well it couldn't be helped now. But still it's like he knew what she was there for.
 ..."Excuse me, Ana is it okay if I work with you?" Clarissa asked her. Blaze and Analisa looked at each other in shock. Was she really going to work with someone like her. Someone she suspects having to do with both of her friends' murders. "Well?" "Umm...sure. Why not?" She looked at Blaze and whispered quietly so Clarissa wouldn't hear. "I will ask her a few questions. She might know somethings." Blaze nodded.
        Analisa and Clarissa sat at two empty desks and started working on the assigned projects. "Say. Uh, I'm sorry about your friends." Analisa looked at her. "Aren't we all?" She went back to her paper and continued writing. "I can't exactly imagine what you and your friends go through after something like that." "Believe me. You're not the first at everything. I've heard others." She said without even giving her a look this time. It seemed that if she did look at her, the wrong face expression will define her. 
      Clarissa sighs and takes a look at her paper. Analisa still stayed on her paper. As if everything was silent. She couldn't bring the words to ask one question to her mouth. It was too much. Everything was quiet until somehow Analisa heard a tear drop. She quickly turned to Clarissa. The stain of her one tear had wet a spot on her paper. "What could she be crying for?" Analisa thought to herself.  
       "Is something wrong?" Analisa finally asked her. Clarissa slowly turned to her with a few tears in her eyes. Before she attempted to speak she looked around. Then she looked at Analisa. 
        "There's something you need to know." Clarissa said to her. "There's a lot of things I want to know and lots of what I don't want to know."
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      "So you don't want to know anything about your friends. I'm the only one that knows you were at the party. After some eye contact with Amanda my eyesight had caught on to you." Analisa looked at her. Now she was a lot interested. "What do you know?" She asked her.
        "After school at my house. I'll tell you what I may know. But you have to come alone. " Analisa nodded. Now this was a turning point. Soon the bell had rang for next period. 
          Just one more period left until another piece of her mystery enters the puzzle.