Red dropped love

Dead?! I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, Brooke Sanchez is dead?! “how? Why,“ I asked my older brother Marco. “Apparently she was strangled to death,”Marco answered. Marco is the chief of the LAPD which also means he can boss around all the other cops. “Oh dear. Where was her body found,“ mom asked. Marco was hesitant to answer but then he said, “school grounds.” Mom gasped and started to cry. Dad pounded his fist on the table and said, “That's it! I told you that this school is filled with shady people especially that Knight family! Valentina, you aren’t going to school.” “Dad, I will be fine,” I said a little quietly. “Yeah dad, cops are patrolling the area day and night. She will be completely safe,” Marco said.

Dad seemed to think about it for a while then finally said, ”OK you can go but if anything remotely suspicious happens you find your brother rush home immediately. Comprende?” “Got it dad,” I said and got into Marco‘s cop car. Marco and I were silent throughout the car ride. When we finally got to school I noticed that mostly everyone was acting like nothing happened. I walked in and my best friend Isabella came up to me and said, “we should party! She’s dead! Woo hoo! Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead.” I gasped and said, ”Isabella flower, how can you be so insensitive.”

“Are you kidding! Brooke has embarrassed you, humiliated me, and vouch to ruin our lives. She has for the past 10 years. So excuse me for not shedding a tear for our torturer,” Isabella said, crossing her arms. “So she may have been a brat but no one deserves to die for that,” I said walking towards my locker. “You have too much faith in people. Anyways, did your hottie brother tell you anything about what happened,” Isabella asked anticipated. Isabella has always had a weird obsession with my brother for a reason I can’t figure out. I sighed and said, “He told me that she was strangled to death and they haven’t got the person responsible.”

I heard a gasp from behind me and turned around. It was one of the gossip girls who loved drama. She quickly ran to her ‘friends’ to tell him what I had just said. In a matter of minutes I could see Lexi- one of Brooks minions- burst into tears. I internally cursed at myself and rushed to class. As I walked into class I saw Brook’s entire minion group bawling their eyes out. I walked over to the seat I normally sit in and saw that Ryder Knight was sitting in it. oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! What on earth do I do?

I take a deep breathe and walk over to him. “Um, you're kind of in the seat, that I usually sit in,” I said a little shyly. Ryder looked up at me then smirked. “We could always share,” he said with an amused smile. I sighed and said, “Ryder, could you just move to another seat.” “OK princess, only if you say these 13 words,” Ryder said. Did he just call me princess, what in the world? “OK what words? My name is Valentina,” I said irritated. “sure princess, say ‘Ryder is the best and i would love to have his babies someday,” Ryder said with his stupid smirk.

“Yeah I'm not saying that,” I said and went to a different seat. Ryder got up and sat behind me. I sighed and ignored him. Ms. Gonzilla came in and told everyone to get their books out. I flipped her off when she turned around. I nicknamed her Godzilla because she is super tall but not skinny at all. “Wow I didn’t know you even knew what that finger meant,” Ryder said from behind me. “What,” I said slightly annoyed.

“You know since you’re such a goody two shoes I never thought you’d flip anyone off,” Ryder said. I rolled my eyes and said, “you don’t know anything about me. “Yeah but I'll learn everything about you soon,” Ryder said with a smile. “Mhm sure you do you,” I said, focusing on the lesson. In the middle of class, Melody Gross said she needed to go to the restroom. I heard Ryder laught from behind me. He stood up to go to the restroom. A few minutes later Godzilla asked me to go check on Melody. As I walked into the bathroom my jaw dropped in horror.

“Oh. My. God,” I said frozen in fear. “help,” I heard Melody say. Ryder held a knife to Melody's neck and when she said the word ‘help’ he pressed the knife a little harder. “Ryder please,” I whispered. Just like that he slit her throat. I gasped and slowly backed away. “Valentina, please just wait,” Ryder said, getting closer to me. “Stop,” I said, my voice shaking. “Val, I’m not going to hurt you,” he said as he stopped two feet away from me. I ran. I ran out of the bathroom. I zoomed out of the school and heard Ryder yell my name.

I turned my head- still running- to check if Ryder was following me. As I did that I ran smack dab in the middle of someone’s chest. I couldn’t see because my eye were filled with tears. “Valley, are you ok? What’s going on?” I knew it was Marco because he’s the only person who calls me ‘valley’. “Body. dead…Bathroom… Scared,” I said panting. “Breathe,” Marco said, patting my head. I slapped his hand and took a deep breath. If I told them it was Ryder he could come after me. If I don't tell them I could be an accomplice. I could be protected by my brother and his cop enforcements if I told them.

Then again I have no idea what Ryders intentions were before I marched my a** off into the bathroom. You know exactly what he was gonna do if you were or were not there, my inner self thought. For some reason I ignored my gut and decided not to give Ryder up. Not yet at least. “I found another dead body,” I said. Marco’s expression got dark, “where is it? Were you hurt?” “Marco, I'm fine. It’s in the girls bathroom,” I said and just like that Marco ran into the school. The rest of the school day was off.