One day, Angie started to believe what Marla said as she saw Josh sitting on the neat, cut grass laughing and talking with another girl, his ex-girlfriend. Angie made up her mind that he was not worth it. Finally, the day was over and the sun was setting behind the forest’s green tops. Angie felt so upset and angry like she did not matter to anyone and stormed home. The only thing she wanted was a chat with her mum about everything that had happened. When she got home, she immediately burst in tears, and told her mother about everything that was bothering her, only to hear her mother yet again say,
“Not my problem”. This made Angie angrier and she stormed up to her room banging her door shut. She knew what she had to do; she was going to phone Josh and say it’s over. She really wanted to say she did not like him anymore, but didn’t. Thus, she broke up with him. He screamed at her down the phone and swore at her. He was devastated, and lost his mind.
He sneaked out of his house at about 11 pm after his mother and father were sleeping, he pulled out a piece of thick, white rope and looking at it, he smiled, a smile like a little child about to get something it really wanted. He then headed to Marla’s house. Marla always kept her window open at night, as she liked a breeze as she slept. Josh knew this as he once dated her and she would always tell him she kept the window open so he could visit her while she was grounded. They never told Angie that they dated, or sneaked out to visit each other, this of course would complicate both friendships for her to know. From then on in, she got used to opening her window at night. He slowly and carefully clambered up her pipes with the same smile as before, but now twisted, and sick. Josh made sure to peer into each window to check the inhabitants were still sleeping. When he reached Marla’s window, he pushed the window open slightly and hoisted himself inside. He looked round her pink, neat and beautifully decorated room and said to himself,
“Pity, such a nice room”. He gradually walked over to her bed and in two seconds flat killed her by choking her with the white rope.
“Knew this would come in handy one of these days”. He said sickly to himself.
He then threw her out of her window and she landed on the pavement. He pulled a black bag from his pocket and tied her up in it like some sort of laundry bag and laughed while walking away down the road with Marla in a bag over his shoulder.
The next day it was announced on the news that a 14-year-old girl had ran away from home, and that if anyone knows where she is to contact the police right away. If only Angie had given some attention to the name on the screen, this story would not have happened. Later that night, Josh walked up to Angie's house and called at the door. When she answered, he said to her in a quiet voice,
“ Are you coming out? I really want to show you something, something I have never shown or even done before let alone shown anyone.” She looked at him and said,
“ What? What are you talking about, if you want to show me, be quick I am suppose to be studying?”
“Don’t worry this wont take long.” Angie was starting to get scared and did not know why he was here after all they did break-up.
“Look, I have your surprise now”. She did not know what else to do, so she opened the bag quickly and found Marla’s body. She screamed and took one look up at the sick smile on Josh’s face and ran inside. Angie grabbed her mother and pulled her outside explaining what Josh had done. When they got outside, no one was there. Her mother then said in an angry voice,
“ If your boyfriend is playing jokes on you, then deal with it yourself!” She walked back into the house muttering,
“ Not my problem”
Years later, Angie had not seen any sign of Josh and by the time she reached college, she was glad. Yet, one day while she was watching the news, she started to daydream about her past and only heard a little bit of what was on the news, something about a man and his girlfriend being stuck in a fire, and the girl died, but they never found the man. Angie had now met a new boyfriend, and his name was Daniel, and she really liked him, but she always thought he had familiar eyes. They ended up becoming so close that he asked her to marry him only after one year. She said yes. When they moved in together Daniel told Angie that he always had flashbacks of things he doesn’t remember, when she asked what they were about, all he ever said was red and lights. Angie thought nothing of it. Although, after they were married, they always fought. One night they had a bad fight; he hit her and swore at her. She was so frightened; and didn’t know this side of her husband. Daniel came downstairs to see her standing there crying.
"See. Now you know how I felt!” He said.
“What? She asked. What are you talking about?” Smiling slightly, he said to her,
“Back when I first went out with you, he said. You really shouldn’t have broken my heart”.
"Oh my god!” She said.
"What? You’re not scared of me, are you?" he asked in a mocking tone of voice. Suddenly, she realized that this man was the one who years ago killed her best friend and showed her body to her.
“You… you… you’re Josh Daniel. You killed Marla,” she said. He just laughed and said,
“After you broke my heart, I just changed, I like to call it, into a better person, if you will. Yet, scars like the ones you left me with fade in time. However, to help the healing, another girl came into my life, only to do the exact thing you did. Not wanting my secret to get around I burnt her house, only to find myself trapped in a room of fire to, stupid, I know. Nevertheless, scars like them, they don’t fade, so here I am, good as new.”
“ But… but your face?” She said whilst shaking uncontrollably.
“ Yes, about my face, if you had bothered to watch the news last year, or at all, you would have heard that a man and women were caught in a fire in a place near where you used to live, yet the man was never found. Yes, bad things happen, I thought I had lost my face forever. Although, it is always good to have a relationship with a girl whose father owns a plastic surgery, don’t you think? Mark, yes that’s what his called, changed my face for free, nice don’t you think?” She could not take all of it in, so she just screamed at him and yelled,
“What do you want, huh? Come to finish the job, or are you too scared, do you love me so much?” Strangely, he started to laugh.
“…. No, good point though, well as they say, love is blind. Nevertheless, here I am, good as new”.
Angie looked over to the front door, and decided to keep him talking as long as possible so she could make a break for it.
“So is that it then? Or, are you going to kill me?”
“You know what, your right I should kill you!” He said while chasing her down the rest of the stairs, he caught her before she reached the door, grabbing her; he thrust her to the floor. “This way, we will always be together!” He then, killed her.
By the time the police found her, he was dead beside her. She was hanging from a rope hung from the railing of the top stair, and he was shot. "It was a murder, she murdered him and then hung herself,” the police officer said, as he shoved her body into the ambulance. When the police came to Angie’s house to tell her mother what had happened, she closed the door in their face before saying, “ Not my problem”