This Devil May Cry

Chapter 4

    I woke up to birds chirping and the sun hitting my face, I was still in my towel but strangely enough I didn't feel sore at all and my headache was gone. Maybe it had all been dream? Oh god how I hoped it had been a dream. I got up and walked towards the mirror, I gasped surprised. The bruises were gone, the rope burn and my busted lip was gone. Maybe it had been a nightmare after all!

    I felt my head, the bumps were gone. I jumped when I heard knocking at my door. "Alice! Do you see what time it is, you're going to be late. I don't want any calls from your school, wake up!" There goes my mother yelling at me again, she could never talk to me without yelling.

    "I'll be ready in 5." I managed to say. "If you are late there will be consequences. I am tired of this, get it together." I heard her stomp down the stairs and slam the front door. Right, get it together. I threw on whatever clothes were near me. I reached down to grab my shoes and that's when I noticed my phone. I picked it up, the screen was cracked, I looked up and there was a small dent on the wall. No no, I must of accidentally flung the phone when I passed out. I put my shoes on and threw my broken phone on the bed. When I opened my car door I was shocked to see my seat covered in mud.

    No no! There was not a rational reason to explain this, except that last night might have actually happened. I grabbed a towel from my back seat and threw it over my drivers seat. I got in and headed to school. Although I was not in a mental position to be at school it would at least be a distraction. The memories of last night were still very much alive in my head. I hadn't dreamt it, I couldn't have. I sped into the schools parking lot, deciding weather I should skip it after all. I grabbed my backpack and decided to go in.

    I took the wooded path to the school instead of going through the front door. Big pines aligned the path making it a serene scene with the suns rays shining through and the birds chirping all around. The Northern Californian air felt nice on my hot skin. I took a moment to take it in, something felt different it was like I could feel the air around me more than I ever had ever before. It was like the warm breeze was going through me.

 "Alice!" I heard Kenna's voice coming from behind me. My concentration broke and the eerie feeling left, along with my peaceful moment. Her voice was the last thing I wanted to hear.

    I turned around and there she was, her red hair shinning bright in the sun, Her freckled skin looked like porcelain, her big brown doe eyes were sad and her nose was puffy red. "Alice, please we need to talk some more, I did not mean to blurt it out like I did. I know I have betrayed you in the worst type of way and I know I could never make up for it, but please believe me when I say that I am sorry." Even as pathetic as she was at that moment, she still looked beautiful. She was an effortless beauty.

    "Do you love him?" I asked in a flat voice. She looked down and subconsciously hugged herself. "Ah, well how ironic." A couple of days ago we were the best of friends until yesterday. I guess it was out of guilt but she blurted out what her and Logan had done. It wasn't a one time thing either it had been going on for a while, maybe since after the party.

Kenna wasn't around that morning after the party but I remember going to the party with her. Why had she left me there, it seems silly that I never asked her but I meant it when I said I wanted to forget that night. She never brought it up either and she never asked me about Santos. Anger started to boil in me and I felt it intensify. 

    "I do, but it wasn't planned. We were all friends and we hung out a lot together, I always had a crush on him. I never tried anything because of you but then you went to that party and the rumors started. He was so upset and you were absent. We just got close in the process, things got to far" She was rambling at this point, I did not care for any of it.

    "Ah yes lets go back to that night Kenna. Where were you and why did you ditch me there." My voice was full of anger. "You knew I never drank. All I remember is having spiked punch with you then everything went black." I yelled at her. She stared at me, with her arms crossed. "I...It looked like you wanted to go with him." Kenna mumbled.

"It looked like I wanted to go with him?! I was f*****g trashed Kenna, I don't even know what happened that night." I took a step closer to her, feeling my anger pulse through my body like fire. "I felt disgusting Kenna, not knowing what he did to me or who saw or what we even did." I pushed her and she stumbled back, not saying anything. She started to cry and it annoyed me. I wanted her to say something but she didn't.

    "Kenna, I hate you. Now get the f**k away from me." I turned to walk away but she reached for my arm and grabbed me. "No!" I yelled at her and then I felt it. That boiling anger finally burst out of me like a bolt. Kenna didn't even scream, her body was thrown in the air like a rag doll. Her body hit the ground hard and she bounced. I was horrified I looked at her body several meters away from me, there was smoke coming from her body. I ran to her. Her eyes were open but she wasn't moving or breathing. 

    I hesitated for a minute not wanting to touch her. I looked down at my hands, they felt like they were on fire. "Kenna, Kenna." I finally shook her.  She felt hot to the touch but there was no life in her. I fell backwards in dismay. It was as if she had been struck by lightning, cooked from the inside. 

I started to run, I ran as fast as I could towards the woods trying to escape everything.