Rebecca

Since the break is over, schools are usually incredibly stupid and like to continue it on the wrong day. Like today. A Friday.

Two honks echo down the silent street through the house, I open the front door holding my black thermos filled with hot coffee.

Maya waves out the window, as I get closer to her car Maya laughs, "Great shitty hell! Your sisters home?" She points to the car in the driveway.

"I have no clue why she's here...I guess her rich college boyfriend got sick of her, and what the hell is 'Great Shitty Hell?" I laugh climbing into the back of her car.

"Oh shut up, how's Ezra?" Maya drives off.

"He is good...surprised he's back."

"Same, he was MIA." She continues driving.

"Anyway, did you get to do your Maya Duties at the party?" Giggling, I sip my coffee.

"Hey..." She laughs. "Actually we are in a relationship."

"What! Maya Renner, in a relationship?"

"Shut up Rebecca."

She enters the schools parking lot. Across the lot you can see people with cameras and vans arguing with the principal.

"Seriously...c'mon they have to do this here?" Maya sighs. Couldn't agree more. As we enter the school I notice Maya grinning and blushing.

"Uh? Is something wrong?"

"Nope..." Maya let's her hair fall in front of her face.

"Oh...I'm a bit slow here... but the boy coming this way, is the one you're in a relationship with? This is the boy whose got the Maya all shy?" Maya grabs my arm tightly.

"What!?" She looks forward and the boy is standing right in front of us.

"Maya...hey." He says.

"Hey...oh Rebecca this is Daniel and Daniel, Rebecca."

Daniel nods towards me in greeting.

"So I'm going to..." I look ahead, "go away."

I turn down the hall and knock myself right into the chest of someone, I back up, "Oh shit I'm sorry-" I look up, "Oh it's just you." I laugh.

Quentin backs up and hands me my thermos. "Oh just me?" He laughs.

I met Quentin when I was in the office, we were both late for school getting a pass. We became friends from just passing each other in the hallway.

I turn to face him and he pulls off his white baseball cap, his dark curls drop down and cover his forehead, but still shape around his head.

I begin to unlock my locker when he asks, "You're going to the trip tomorrow?"

I totally forgot about the trip, our history teacher decided to bring some of us to town hall...

"Oh yeah, I am, where do we all meet?" I ask.

"We meet here at the school, I can pick you up if you want." Quentin leans against the locker.

"Sure that would be nice, thanks."

"Okay I'll get you at 10am, and I'd like that hat back later." He tosses his cap inside my locker and walks down the hall.

I look back at the cap confused, "what?" But as I turn back he has already walked away with other students.

-

The day went by quickly, rushed if I can say. I met Maya at her car, and she drove me home. Non stop blabbering about how Daniel makes her happy.

But then she said one thing that caught my attention, "Don't you think it's weird that Ezra...came back the same exact day Joshua died?"

"Well we don't know much about Joshua's death you know...like when he was actually killed."

"Yea I get that... but I overheard him talking to this blonde chic.." Maya takes a turn on the road.

"What did you hear?" I ask.

"The blondie, she was way too interested in his death. Way too interested. She couldn't stop talking about it, asking questions..."

"She is curious...that's it. How does it connect to Ezra?"

"I don't know...just a thought." Maya makes it to my driveway. "Curiosity killed the cat Becca..."

I look at her as she slows down the car and parks in front of my driveway, "What do you mean?"

"Huh?" Maya stops the car and puts in in park.

"Killed the cat...do you mean whoever killed Joshua will kill again..?"

"I'm not shocked if so, our little town is boring."

"So because it's boring it needs murder?" I laugh.

"No...of course not. I'm just saying, maybe everyone's secrets are coming out." Maya taps the wheel and looks up to me like she is serious.

"Wait you're kidding me right? You really think that- Maya I think this is all getting to your head...c'mon...he was probably accidentally murdered, and that's it." I open the door and step out the car.

"Okay just like the house on Atticus Lane...that was also an accident too?" Maya says rolling her eyes at me.

"Maya the news said it was a damn gas leak...you're doing too much right now...." I close the door and walk up the driveway.

"Whatever! Bye!" Maya rolls her window up and drives away, I stare at the car disappear into the distance.