Layla, a highschool student, same class as Shaun. She was always made fun of because of her accent, but still she tried her best to blend in. She hung out with a group of girls, who were typical high school mean girls. Amy Morgan, the drama queen and the leader of this group. "Hey Layla, we are planning to go to karaoke but we don't have money, you are coming with us", this was Amy's usual reason for inviting her. Layla didn't think much about it as she desperately needed to blend in and not singled out.
At the karaoke, as Layla was about to enter with her 'friends', Amy looked at her and ordered, "We'll go ahead, just give me the money". "Um~ excuse me?", said Layla confused. "You seriously thought you could come with us!? Who the fuck do you think you are!?", laughed Amy and her followers smirked too. "Listen here you whore, the only reason I invited you here because we needed someone to pay for us, don't get the wrong idea you fake-accent bitch". Layla was utterly frozen, she knew Amy was using her, but she never did it directly, it was usually subtle stuff like asking her to pay for the food, or write her homework or something like that. Layla started walking towards home, but then she was overwhelmed by the humiliation and sadness, she started running towards school. She snuck in through the window, entered a class and sat down on her seat. She put her head on the table and closed her eyes.
"whyyy~! Why Sid!? "
Layla suddenly opened her eyes, apparently she fell asleep and it was almost around 10 at night. She went towards the window to see who was shouting.
_Its Harry and Josh, what are they doing here? _
Before she could finish her thoughts, she noticed a dark figure in the shadows, he's wearing a black hoodie. "~Who's that~", mumbled Layla to herself just when the figure stood up and threw a stone at Harry. "What the-", Layla shut her mouth afraid she might be noticed, Harry and Josh started chasing the figure. "Why the hell would you do that!? It's like you are asking them to chase you! ", whispered Layla and she got out of the school and started following them, but from a safe distance. She could feel something sinister is going down, and couldn't stop her self from following.
Layla saw them enter the warehouse, she approached very cautiously when suddenly she heard a scream. She peaked around the edge, it was Josh, he was pressing his hand near his mouth, there was blood everywhere. Layla immediately felt faint, "What the fuck is going on!?", thought Layla, just as she looked at the guy in the hoodie, it was Shaun! She heard Harry saying, "You are the one who killed Sid! ", and then she heard Shaun laughing. She decided to go around and look from a different place. Just as she reached the back door, she saw Harry rushing towards Shaun, and then, it happened.
*THUD*
Harry's head rolled down and then his body followed. Layla had to bite her fingers to stop herself from screaming. Shaun then killed Josh, Layla knew that she had to get out of here or she's gonna be killed too. She turned around and started running as fast as she could until she saw an old garage behind a house. She went in and hid, hoping Shaun hadn't noticed her.
She waited, for what felt like years, before she decided to move out and return home. Just as she got up and approached the door, she saw it. Red devilish eyes looking through the crack of the door. Layla gasped and ducked, trying to find any sort of weapon. She found a wrench, she took it in her hands and waited, for him to come in.
10min
Nothing happened, she gathered all her courage to stand up. She looked through the crack, nothing. She decided to step outside, slowly opening the door, afraid he might jump in front any time. No one to be found, she started running towards her home, wrench still in hand. She reached home, and rushed to her room, ignoring her parents' questions. She jumped into bed and covered her face with the blanket, she couldn't stop shaking.
*Ding dong*
It's next morning, Layla had passed out, it's Saturday which meant no school. Her mom called from downstairs, "Layla! Your friend is here!", Layla woke up, still shaken about last night.
She freshened up and headed downstairs, "Who is it mum?", asked Layla. "I don't know, he just said he's a friend, mentioned that he's here to return something to you".
_Who might it be? Did I lend something to someone? _
As she thought this she entered the hall, and she was immediately struck with dread and despair.
In front of her was Shaun, smiling. "Hey there, haven't seen you since last night", he said, then with a deeper, colder voice, "HOW YOU DOING? ", and then his eyes turned red.