A weekend to die for.

 I sat in the backseat between Sean and Abs.  Sean was asleep but every now and then he would elbow me in the side as he turned over.  Abs was grumbling about how he should have been in the other car with Danielle.  J was driving and Maria his girlfriend was in the passenger seat.  I watched as they shot each other love glances every now and again.  It was enough to make you sick.
 �How much longer J?�  I asked annoyed that the, what was supposed to be only a two-hour drive had already been on for three hours.
 �About 30 minutes more Christy.�  He replied.  I sighed heavily.  I hadn�t even wanted to go on the trip in the first place but Ritchie had dragged me along.  Heaven only knows why, he was in the car behind us with Scott, Kerry, Danielle and Billie.  He had brought Billie along and geesh the boy only needed one playmate no need to get greedy!
 �Christy, are you and Ritchie good friends?�  Maria asked me.  I shook my head no.
 �We use to be but I moved away when we were 10 and we just ran into each other a few months ago.�  I replied.  Next to me Sean was snoring.  I rammed my elbow into his side roughly.  His eyes popped open and he gave me a dirty look.
 �Why you do that?�  He moaned.
 �You were starting to snore louder then that rattle the car is making.�  I looked at him and he smiled.  Ya something was going down between Sean and me but I wasn�t sure what.
 �Whose idea was this in the first place?�  I asked out loud.
 �Uh Scott�s I think,� Abs stopped grumbling long enough to answer.
 �Ya defiantly Scott�s�But why did he drag us all along?�  Sean asked.
 �He figures we all need a break I guess.�  J answered as he pulled off of the main road and onto a dirt path.  I starred past Sean�s head and out the window.  We were driving into the middle of the woods.
 �Man I hope this place has electricity,� Abs said as we drove further in to the woods and farther from human contact.  �And a telephone, I forgot mine.�  He sighed.
 �Ya I did to,� J replied.  Maria nodded her head. And Sean starred at me.
 �What?�  I asked him.
 �Well now it is your turn to say you forgot yours.�  He smiled cheekily at me.
 �I would but I don�t own a cell phone.�  I replied back.  Finally the car came to a stop in front of a huge castle looking house.  �Wow,� I said as I shoved Sean out of the car.  Ritchie parked his car behind ours and got out.  Billie jumped out and attached herself to him.
 �I love long drives like that.�  She smiled a bright toothy grin and giggled.
 �Ugh, I don�t.�  Danielle replied as she walked over to Abs.
 �Great now we get to be sick because of the displayed view of all the love birds.�  Sean laughed as he walked up the front steps to the house.  I followed him in with my bag and stopped.  The inside was even bigger then the outside.
 �Ok so how it goes is like this.  Kerry and I share a room, Danielle and Abs, Billie and Ritchie, J and Maria, and Sean and Christy well since they are not here with anyone, they get have their own rooms.�  Scott scuffled us the stairs with Kerry at his heels.
 �Ya don�t have to rub it in,� I mumbled to myself.
 �Hey there is one good thing about this trip,� Sean followed me as I headed up the stairs to the second floor.
 �And that would be?�  I asked him as I started climbing the second set of stairs to the third floor.
 �Our rooms are going to be next to each other, and we don�t have to listen to those love fools all night!�  He laughed.  I stopped at the top of the fourth floor.  He was right two rooms, mine and his right next to each other.
 �Ya I guess that last part is a good thing, but you snore so the first part is more of a insomniac sentence then anything else.�  I replied as I walked into the first room and threw down my suite case on the bed.  Ya this was going to be one hell of a weekend, I sighed to myself.

Dinner

 �What do you mean no Telle?�  Abs followed Scott into the dinning hall.
 �Exactly what I said Abs, there is no Television.  End of story get over it.�  Scott sat down next to Kerry.
 �I haven�t seen any phones yet and I didn�t bring my mobile.�  Billie told Ritchie.
 �I don�t think any one remembered to bring their mobiles,� Scott replied.  Everyone shook his or her head no.  �There is one phone in the wine cellar only to be used in emergencies.�  Scott told us.  We nodded our heads in agreement.  Everyone talked excitedly about this weekend but I was already praying for it to be over.
 �Oh did you read the papers?  It is going to storm very badly this weekend.�  Billie said excitedly.  We all just starred at her.  �I love storms, they are so romantic.�  She smiled at Ritchie.  He starred down at his plate on the table.  I looked over at Sean and we both made sick faces at each other and then burst out laughing.
 �What is so funny?�  Billie pouted.
 �Nothing just a shared opinion between Christy and myself.�  Sean told her.  Ritchie smiled at me across the table and I half-heartedly smiled back.  I sighed and stood up.
 �Where are you going?  Aren�t you hungry?�  Sean asked me.  I shook my head no.
 �I am going to go for a bit of a walk.�  I replied as I left the dinning hall.

 I stepped outside and took a deep breath of the thick air.  It was defiantly going to storm.  I stepped off of the front porch and into the evening sun.  It was cold, I tucked my arms in towards me.  The bitter wind crept its icy fingers over my skin.  I sighed softly as I rounded the corner of the castle like house.  I walked past a garden and a small duck pond that was far beyond being sanitary, with its dark black waters and moss covered sides.  I walked past a small family graveyard that was about 30 feet from the house and finally stopped when I reached the trees that bordered the property.  I sat down on the hard ground and starred at the structure standing before me.
 The manor was more like a fortress.  There were no windows on the first floor nor were there any on the second floor.  On the third floor there were very few, and the were covered in bars.  There was only one on the fourth and that was the one in my room.  It was very small, but it didn�t have any bars on it.  The doors were very large and rather tough to open.
 �I bet no one would hear you if you screamed,� I said out loud.
 �Ya I think that is so cool,� a voice replied.  I nearly jumped out of my skin.  �Sorry I didn�t mean to scare you.�  Maria sat down next to me.
 �Aren�t you supposed to be in there with J?�  I asked her.
 �Sorry I didn�t know you wanted to be alone.�  She started to stand and I grabbed her arm.
 �Sorry I didn�t mean to be brash with you.  Sit down.  So you weren�t hungry either?�  I asked her.  She was very nice and very pretty.  She had long curly dark hair and almond colored skin.
 �Well I was but then Billie was going on about so much crap that I decided I need fresh air as well.�  She sighed softly.  �This place is amazing isn�t it?�  She smiled at me.
 �Ya I guess, a little to fancy for my taste really.�  I replied.  We both just sat there and stared at the manor.
 

Things that go bump

 I rolled over and looked at my clock.  3:12 am, it had only been five minutes since I had looked at the clock last.  I sighed and sat up.  I was never going to get to sleep.  In the room next to me like I had thought I could hear Sean snoring away.  I starred across the pitch-black room and sighed heavily.  I felt my stomach twisting, I hadn�t eaten since early this morning.  I threw the covers off of me and climbed out of bed.  My toes curled when they touched the cold wood floor.  I pulled on my robe and slowly crept out of my room.  When I finally reached the kitchen I was nearly exhausted from the climb downstairs.  I opened the refrigerator and peeked inside.  I was finding it hard to choose between the apple and the grapes.  I finally decided on the plumb and decided I would sit and eat it in the front room.  I walked past the counters and into the dinning hall.  I pushed on the large wooden doors and made my way into the front room.  I felt something brush across my hair.  I touched my head and realized that something was sticking in my hair.  I brushed past the couch and flipped on the light switch.  When I did a shattering scream emerged from my throat.
 

 �For crying out loud what is the�� Scott and Kerry came stumbling down the stairs.  Scott stopped short when he saw what I saw.  �Oh no.�
 �Danielle?�  Kerry squeaked.  Danielle�s lifeless body hung from the rafters by a rope.
 �Hey what�s all the ruckus about?�  J flew down the stairs.  Maria was right behind him and ran into him when he stopped suddenly.
 �What happened?�  Scott looked at me.
 �I don�t know I went to the kitchen to get something to snack on came out here and there she was.�  I felt my stomach start to lurch.  Sean, Ritchie and Billie came down the stairs.  Billie covered her mouth with her hand.
 �Oh no Danni,� she cried.
 �Oh my god, where is Abs?�  Ritchie asked.  We looked around he wasn�t anywhere to be seen.  �I will try his room.�  He said and headed back up the stairs.
 �I will check the back rooms,� J answered quickly.  Maria and Billie sat down and cried and Scott tried to console them.  Kerry ran off to call the police on the phone downstairs.
 �You have blood all through your hair,� Sean came over and wiped some blood off of my face.  I just starred at Danielle�s lifeless body.
 �He isn�t in his room,� Ritchie came back down the stairs and wrapped his arms around Billie.
 �He isn�t anywhere in the house,� J walked back into the front room.
 �The phone doesn�t work.  Come on we have to go to the town we have to go get the police.�  Kerry walked towards the front door.  We all followed her.  I watched as her face fell.  �Oh no, look at the tires.�  She pointed at the cars.  All the tires were shredded to bits.
 �Wait why are the windows fogged up in Ritchie�s car?�  Billie asked to no one in particular.  I slowly walked over to Ritchie�s caH�}
�y�bsp; His lips were warm and sweet.  We let them linger a moment longer then we should have and broke apart.
 �Wow,� Ritchie whispered to me.  I smiled back at him.
 �Ya,� I sat back down next to Sean.  He shot Ritchie a bad look.  �What�s wrong?�  I asked him.  He just shook his head no.  The rest of the game was pretty much uneventful.
 

Sleep

 �Ugh I am going to my room to lay down.�  I stood up from the table and headed for the stairs.  I felt some one grab my waist and I almost screamed.  I turned around sharply.  �Oh Sean you scared me what are you doing?�  I asked him.  He looked so sad.
 �I want to say thank you for believing me, even though all odds point against me.�  He whispered.  We slowly climbed the stairs side by side.
 �Sean you don�t have to thank me.  I know you didn�t do it.  I mean Abs and you were best of mates and you�re not a likely suspect for a murder and you were sleeping.�  I stopped in front of my door.
 �Really?  I mean I always thought the quiet guys were the obvious pick when it came down to the who done it�s.�  He smiled at me.  I leaned my face up to his.  He smelled warm and sweet.  I lightly touched my lips to his lips.
 �Nah usually it is the butler.�  I pulled away and walked into my room.  He followed me in and shut the bedroom door.  I sat down on my bed and watched as he walked over to me.
 �Truth or dare?�  He asked me with a sexy grin on his face.
 �Dare.�  I replied coyly.
 �I dare you to let me have my way with you.�  He climbed on top of me.
 �Ah and I thought you would make me do something I didn�t want to do.�  I kissed his neck and pulled him closer to me.
 

 I turned my face away from the warm sun and opened my eyes.  Sean was starring at me.
 �Finally!  You are a sleepy head!�  Sean kissed me gently.  I smiled back.
 �Ya I know I tend to over sleep, and I thought you did too.�  I stood up and pulled my clothes on and watched as Sean did the same.
 �Ready to get some breakfast?�  He asked me and I nodded my head yes.  When we got down to the dinning hall Scott, Billie, Kerry and Maria were already there.  We said our good mornings and sat down to eat.
 �Maria where is J?�  Sean asked.
 �Taking a shower.  He has been up there for a while so I am sure he will be down really soon.�  She told him.  We all sat in silence as we ate.  I watched as Sean kept glancing at the stairs.  Finally I stood up and headed for the stairs.
 �Where are you going?�  Sean asked me.
 �To see if J fell back asleep or something.�  I replied.  Sean jumped up and followed me up the stairs.  We got to the bathroom and I noticed Maria was right behind us.  I knocked on the door.  �J you in there?�  I asked but I didn�t hear anything except for the shower running.  I tried the handle, it was unlocked.  I pushed open the door and walked inside.  I stopped and swallowed hard.  I saw J�s pale feet laid out of the floor.  There was blood every where.  Maria screamed and Sean started to cry.
 �What is the matter?�  Scott and Ritchie burst through the bathroom door.  They both stopped and starred at J�s lifeless body.

Sight to be seen

 I sat under the tall tree in the back.  I was hidden completely by the bushes.  This is where I have been all morning, since I had found J.  Sean was in his room crying and Billie and Kerry were counseling Maria.  Ritchie and Scott were cleaning the bathroom.  They had taken J, well J�s body out to the garden shed after they took Maria and Sean to their rooms.  I couldn�t believe that Abs, Danielle and J were gone, that they had been murdered here, while on holiday.  I heard someone walking over towards my hiding spot, and I peeked to see who it was.  It was Billie and Scott.  They didn�t say anything but instead they did something that shocked me even more.  I quietly watched as they embraced and kissed.
 

 I walked through the back halls admiring the woodwork.  It was such a beautiful home before all of this had started and now it was a hellhole.  I wanted nothing more then to leave and go find help, but I didn�t know my way back to town and I had a miserable since of direction.  I walked into the main walkway and bumped into Billie.
 �Oh hello Christy, have you seen Maria?�  She asked me.  I shook my head no.
 �No, not recently.  She was in the kitchen earlier.  Maybe she is back at her room now.�  I sighed softly.  I looked at her cautiously.  She had no realization that I had seen her with Scott.  I wasn�t about to bring it up either Ritchie had been through so much this weekend losing two very close friends.
 �What�s wrong?�  She asked me.  I shook my head again.
 �Nothing, just really confused.�  I answered and I walked out of the house and onto the front steps.  The sky was full of storm clouds and the air was already wet.  I took a breath of the thick air and watched as Ritchie walked around the side of the building.  His shirt and hands were covered in blood.  �Hi,� I said quietly.
 �Hey Christy,� he talked quietly almost in a whisper.  �How are you holding up?�  He asked.
 �Alright I guess.  How about you?�  I noticed the tears in his eyes.  I so wanted to pull him into a hug.
 �OK I guess.  I think I am in shock.  Actually I know I am in shock.�  He sat down on the front steps and pulled out a fag.  I watched as he lit it up and drew in deep breaths of the smoke.
 �I am so sorry Ritchie.�  I said softly.  I draped my arm over his shoulder.  He laid his head down on my shoulder and whispered back to me.
 �So am I.�  He turned his face towards me.  �Do you have any ideas of who might have done it?�
 �No not really.  How about you?�  I asked him.  He shook his head no.
 �I don�t know, I just don�t know,� he said softly.  I ran my fingers through his hair.  Sitting next to him like this reminded me of when we were 7 and my dog died.  Ritchie had held my while I cried and he even kissed my tears away, swearing that one-day he would buy me a new dog.  And he did, he saved up his dinner money and the next summer he bought me a puppy.  I had named him Ricky because that is what I had used to call Ritchie.  I leaned my head onto his and smelled his hair.  He always smelled so nice.
 �Christy?�  I heard Sean yell.  I smiled at Ritchie and stood up.  He took my hand in his and kissed my cheek before I left.  I made my way through the front room, which now had a deep brown stain on the floor and made my way up the stairs.  I found Sean lying on his bed curled up in a ball.
 �What love?�  I asked him.  He looked at me through blurry eyes.
 �Tell me it was a dream, that J and Abs are playing dumb tricks on us?�  He cried.  I sat down next to him and pulled him close to me.  I rubbed the tears off of his face.
 �I am so sorry Sean.  I am so sorry,� I whispered.  He started crying again.  He pulled me in his arms and buried his face in my shirt.  I rubbed his back as he cried.  There was a knock on the door.  �Come in,� I called.
 �Hi,� Kerry whispered.  She sat down next to Sean and me.  Sean had fallen asleep on me.
 �Hey Kerry,� I replied.  She looked so sad.
 �Have you seen Maria?�  She asked me softly.  I shook my head no.
 �No Billie asked me earlier too.  But now I haven�t seen her.  She probably wants to be alone.  I mean I can�t imagine what that must be like.  Seeing J the way he was.�  I sighed quietly.  Sean moved his head into my lap.  I traced the bridge of his nose to his lips with my finger.  �I couldn�t deal if I lost Sean.�  I said quietly.  Kerry shook her head in agreement.
 �I know if I lost Scott oh god I would kill myself.�  She replied.  Suddenly my stomach got sick.  Kerry must have been thinking the same thing.  �Oh no,� she said as her face fell.  I jumped up accidentally waking Sean.
 �What�s going on?�  He asked sleepily.
 �We have to find Maria, we got to make sure she doesn�t hurt herself.�  I started to run out of the room.  Sean jumped off of the bed and started to follow.
 �Kerry go check her room and the other bed rooms.  Christy take down stairs and I will take out back ok?�  Sean burst past us.  I ran down the stairs and Kerry ran off to check all of the rooms.  I ran through the front room.
 �Maria?  Where are you?  Maria?�  I screamed.  Scott poked his head out the kitchen and looked at me funny.  �Scott have you seen Maria?�  I asked him.  He shook his head no and walked back into the kitchen.  I ran through the back hallways and into some of the other rooms.  But I couldn�t find her anywhere.  I decided to find Scott, Ritchie and Billie maybe one of them had seen her.  I walked into the kitchen and there sat all three.
 �Have any of you seen Maria?�  I asked.  Ritchie looked terrible.  His eyes were puffy and he still had the bloody clothes on.
 �NO I haven�t,� Ritchie said to me.
 �I haven�t either.�  Scott answered.
 �She went looking for Kerry,� Billie looked at her cup of tea.  �About a hour ago.�  She finished.  I looked around at them.  They were tense, almost as though they were breaking down, but then again who wasn�t.
 �Thanks,� I answered.  Sean walked in through the back door.  �Any luck?�  I asked him.  He shook his head no.
 �How about you?�  He asked me.
 �No but Billie says she went to find Kerry about a hour ago.�  I told him.
 �Maybe she went for a walk, you know just to clear her head.�  Scott looked at me.  I just shrugged my shoulders.  I took Sean�s hand and lead him back up stairs.  She would turn up, hopefully.
 

 I starred out my small bedroom window.  Only one day left and if J had been right the boy�s manager would come looking for us.  Maria hadn�t came home last night, and she hadn�t came home this morning.  Sean and I had searched the grounds again this morning but we couldn�t find her or even a small clue to where she could have gone.  Sean was lying on my bed now and I walked over and sat at a desk in my room.  It was horrible to see him this way.  I had to beg him out of bed this morning to help me look for Maria and the moment we got back in he headed up to my room to sleep.  I sighed as I watched him shift softly under the covers.  I stood up and walked down stairs.  Ritchie sat on the kitchen counter with his head in his hands.  I looked around for Billie and didn�t see her.
 �Ritchie why are you sitting alone?�  I asked him.  He looked at me through blurry eyes.
 �I don�t know, I just,� he started crying.  I stood in front of him and gave him a tight hug.  I stood there not knowing what to say.  Ritchie and I had not been close in years, and I never really knew what to do when some one cried anyway.  �I feel so horrible,� Ritchie cried.
 �It is not your fault Ritchie I mean who ever is doing this is one sick and demented person.�  I told him softly.  He stayed quite and cried some more.
 �Ritchie?�  I heard Billie call him from the other room.  He pulled back and looked at me and then got up to leave.  I felt bad for Ritchie, had never been able handle things very well, he was very emotional.  I had a feeling that Billie wasn�t to supportive of that.
I watched Ritchie walk out of the room and then walked over to the back door.  I noticed something on the outskirts of the woods.  I walked outside to get a closer look.  It looked like someone had left his or her clothes outside.  As I got closer I realized whose clothes it was.  It was Maria�s Baby blue dress she had been wearing yesterday, and in fact it wasn�t just her dress it was all of her.  I started running until I had reached her and then I stopped.  She was lying on her side facing away from me.
 �Maria?�  I asked cautiously.  She didn�t say anything, I bent down and touched her arm.  She was freezing cold.  I rolled her over onto her back and a scream emerged from my throat.  I heard people running out to see what was wrong.  Everyone stopped when they saw her.  She wasn�t even recognizable.  Worms crawled all over her body, and maggots covered her opened wounds on her stomach and face.  She was no longer alive.
 �Oh poor Maria,� Billie cried.  I looked at her uneasily, she didn�t even have a tear on her face.
 �Oh man we have to tell�� Sean stopped quietly I knew what he was going to say.  I knew he was going to say �we have to tell J,� but unfortunately we couldn�t.  I watched as he dropped to his knees next to her.  He closed her eyes, since they had been open.  I watched as he picked her up and carried her to the garden shed.  Then he quietly went back inside.  I felt the tears flowing down my face.  I turned around, Billie was heading back inside followed by Scott.  Ritchie and I were left standing outside.
 �Where is Kerry?�  I asked him.  He just looked blankly at me.  �Ritchie, where is Kerry?�  I asked him again.
 �She is dead,� he replied and simply walked off.  What?  No she couldn�t be, Maria was yes.  Maybe Ritchie had thought that Maria was Kerry?  Had Ritchie lost it.  I starred after him.

All Is Quite

 I sat in front of the fireplace and shifted my weight.  It was storming outside and the lights had been flickering on and off.  I stuck my hands close to the fire to warm them up.  Sean sat down quietly next to me and starred at the flames.  Billie was sitting next to Ritchie on the love seat and Scott was lying alone on the couch.  I had begun to think that maybe Ritchie was speaking the truth earlier when he had said Kerry was dead, she wasn�t anywhere to be found in the house and as far as we knew she wouldn�t be outside, not in this storm at least.
 I am pretty sure we are all on the same brain wave now.  Sean is talking about having us all stay awake and in the same room tonight so no one else dies.  It is awful to hear him talk like that, but then it is also the only sane things that seem to be entering my ears.
 �Who wants to play a game?�  Billie asked every one.  I turned slightly into her direction and starred at her.  How could she be all bubbly like that?  Every one just shrugged their shoulders.  �How about 20 questions?�  Again she was given the same response.  �Ok I will go first!  Christy, do you have feelings for Ritchie?�  She looked at me.
 �You mean as more then friends?�  I asked dumbly.
 �Duh, don�t play stupid!�  I watched as her face changed.  Her eyes were filled with hatred.
 �Well no I guess.�  I replied.  I watched as Ritchie shifted in his seat.
 �You can�t just say �I guess,� do you or do you not?�  She nearly yelled.  I realized this game wasn�t going to be any fun.
 �Yes Billie I do have feelings for Ritchie, but unlike you when I am with some one like Sean and I are now I don�t go about snogging other lads!�  I told her bitterly.  I watched as she glared at me.
 �I haven�t a clue what you mean!�  She cried.  Ritchie moved away from her.
 �Who is it?  Huh Billie who are snogging behind my back?�  Ritchie asked her.
 �She is lying I wouldn�t do that!  I am not a slag,� she cried.  I watched Scott�s face fall.
 �Ok so it is my turn.  Scott!  Did you snog Billie yesterday?�  I asked him.  I watched as Billie�s face fell.
 �Um�Ya I did, I am sorry mate I never meant to hurt you.�  Scott told Ritchie.
 �I should have known it would be you!�  Ritchie hollered.  �Your no good, you both deserve each other.  And after everything I have done for you Billie!�  Ritchie started to cry.
 �My Turn, and what exactly have you done for her Ritchie?  Namely this weekend?�  Scott turned on him bitterly.
 �Nothing!  I haven�t done anything!�  Ritchie jumped up.  Billie stood up and faced him.  I watched as she reached under the couch cushion and pulled out a gun.  I jumped up.
 �What the hell?�  I asked her.  She smiled at me, and turned the gun on me.
 �Now what was it that you haven�t done for me this weekend Ritchie?�  She asked him in a bittersweet voice.  Sean stood up and walked in front of me.  Scott grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Sean.  �Come on now Ritchie tell the truth or your little obsessions goes bye bye!�  She yelled at him.  My mind was racing as I watched her pull the hammer on the gun back.
 �Billie don�t do this please?�  Ritchie begged.  Sean stood there frozen.
 �Now Ritchie!�  She screamed.
 �I killed them, all of them except for Kerry!�  Ritchie burst into tears again.  Then suddenly he stopped.  �I killed them because of you!  You made me do it you fucking bitch!�  He screamed at Billie.  She pointed the gun to my temple.
 �What was the Ritchie?�  She asked him.  He smiled at her and then jumped.  Pulling the gun out of her hands and throwing her to the floor.  Scott grabbed me and Ritchie slammed the gun upside his head.
 �I said you made me do it.�  He said in a low voice.  �You told me to kill Abs because he was trying to sleep with you, he wasn�t really was he?�  He asked her.  She shook her head no.
 �No he wasn�t,� she said quietly.  I watched Scott sit up and rub his head, where Ritchie had hit him.
 �No I realize it now.  And then you made me kill Danni because she had over heard you talking about how much fun it was to watch Abs beg for his life.  You are really one sick bitch.  Not to mention stupid you signed her damn name wrong on the suicide note�how to stupid can you get!�  He hollered waving the gun in the air.  �Then you said J knew and was going to tell everyone.  But J didn�t know, I didn�t realize that till afterwards. The way he cried, and pleaded with me and he even told me who he thought it was.  Sean you would be surprised how easily J believed you killed Abs and Danni.  To think your mourning over that bastard and he was going to have you locked up!�  Sean�s face fell.  I watched Ritchie, he wasn�t even Ritchie anymore.  He was so angry, so mean, so he was so�going to kill us all.  �And Maria damn that was awful!  All she did was scream.  But I drug her out far enough in the woods so you guys wouldn�t hear her.  And you Christy I am sure you thought that was J�s blood on my shirt from when I helped carry him to the shed,� I nodded my head yes.  �Well nope it was still fresh very fresh!� He giggled.  �I don�t even know why you had me kill Maria but it was fun!�  He laughed evilly.  Tears stung my eyes.
 �Who killed Kerry?�  I asked him.  He smiled at me.
 �That was Scott.  He killed Kerry I didn�t know why when I saw him doing it, which by the way Scott you should use quick motions and steady you were all shaky.  Such a amateur.�  He rolled his eyes at Scott.  Who was now standing and holding onto the fireplace ledge.  �I guess Scott couldn�t stand to break Kerry�s heart so he decided the only thing to do was Kill her.  Or was the Billie�s idea Scott?�  Ritchie pointed the gun at Billie.  He nodded his head yes and Ritchie pulled back the trigger sending a flash of light across the room.  I watched as a circle of blood spread out on Billie�s shoulder.  She started crying.
 �Ritchie?  Why?  I love you why are you trying to kill me?�  She bawled.
 �Bullshit!  You have never loved me!  You only started going with me to get close to Scott again!�  He burst into tears and then pointed then gun at Scott.  �And you!  You of all people!  Scott you were my best mate!  The only guy I trusted with everything I kept secret and you do this?�  He pulled the trigger and shot Scott in the chest.  The impact from the bullet sent him flying into the fire.
�Oh no!�  Billie screamed as she grabbed at him.
 �Billie, knock it off he is already dead!�  Ritchie screamed.  I watched as the flames engulfed Scott�s body and I cried.
 �Ritchie why?  How could you do all this?�  I asked him softly.  When he looked at me his face softened and I watched as tears slid down his face.
 �I know I shouldn�t have and I know it was wrong but they hurt me!  Abs and J always calling me a girl and a cry baby!  Then Scott was taking Billie away.  That isn�t so bad though.  Sean you have hurt me the most.  I even confided in you how I felt about Christy, and you promised you wouldn�t try and take her away.  Then you did!  How could you Sean?�  He cried.  He pointed the gun at Sean and then at Billie and pulled the trigger.  I watched as a bullet split her head.  I felt sick rising in my throat.  Ritchie put the aim back on Sean.
 �Mate I am sorry but I told you I loved her and she loves me!  Can�t you just leave it at that?�  Sean pleaded with him.  Ritchie pulled the trigger and shot Sean in his knee.  Sean dropped to the floor and clutched his knee.  Tears poured harder down my face.
 �Oh no Sean, no please!  Ritchie stop this why are you doing this to Sean?�  I cried.
 �Because he is like all the others he wants to take away the last thing I have.�  He cried.
 �You don�t have me Ritchie!  You won�t ever have me!  What do you think that after all this is done and only me and you are left standing I can put this behind me, and forget that you have murdered all of these people?  That maybe we can have a life together?  I can�t Ritchie!  I love Sean, and I will not let you hurt him anymore!�  I lunged forward and knocked Ritchie down.  He started kicking and screaming.  I could feel the gun come into contact with my hand and I pulled at hit.  I heard it go off and everything stopped.  Sean screamed and bright light engulfed the room.  The nothing no sounds at all.  I couldn�t fell my body and I couldn�t see.  I just lay there.
 

Two days later

 �It looks like she is coming out of it,� I heard a familiar voice.  I opened my eyes and closed them again.  The light was so bright.  I squinted and saw Sean and his mother.  Sean was in a wheel chair.  �Hello love,� he smiled at me.  I smiled back.
 �So it wasn�t a night mare?�  I cried.  He shook his head no.
 �No it really happened,� he sighed.  Mrs. Conlon excused her self so we could talk.  I ached all over.
 �What happened?  Is Ritchie still alive?�  I asked.  Sean nodded his head yes.
 �Yes when you tried pulling the gun away it went off and hit you, and then it ricochet off of you and hit him.  Knocking you both out.  Well that is when Chris walked in through the door with like ten police officers.  They had watched that part and knew something was going on.�  I must have looked deathly frightened.  �Love don�t worry he can�t hurt you ever again.  They locked him in London mental facility.  Apparently he lost his nut when he thought he killed you.�  He smiled at me and ran his hand down the side of my face.  �I am just glad he didn�t.�  I smiled at him.

The End or is it?