💃 DEANNA 💃
Devils and angels
💃 Author Viola 💃
💃 Episode 4 💃
{Will you still love me.. when you’ve met my demons}
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Aimee, Gina, and Meryl drove to Aimee’s house late in the night, screaming and squealing in the car.
“We’re p@rtying at my house tonight.. my parents are in a vaca” Aimee shouted over the loud music
“Alright!” Gina and Meryl squealed dancing to the music that was pla-ying in the car. They arrived at Aimee’s house and the car c@m£ to a st©p.
“we’re soooooooooo gonna blast the mansion” Aimee laughed, turning off the stereo as they unfastened their seatbelts
“you’re so rich Aimee” Gina said admiringly when they entered the living room
“let’s not talk about that now.. it’s p@rty, p@rty, all night” Aimee turned on the music with the speakers loud that there couldn’t even hear themselves “I’ll go get you girls something to drink” Aimee shouted over the loud music and danced to the drinks bar. She hummed to the music as she chose drinks from the bar. She placed the drinks on a table and went to get a tray in the kitchen when she heard what sounded like footsteps in the kitchen.
“Gina?! Meryl?!” she called but there was no answer. Her pulse ramped up. It’s nothing, she told herself, I’m imagining things. But then the floorboard beside the stove gro-an ed. She froze– all her breath ceased.
“Gina?! Meryl?! Don’t pl@ypranks with me” terror made her voice shrill. She strained to ear, but her heart pounded too loudly and her breathing was harsh…
The kitchen door suddenly closed and Aimee screamed.
“Aimee?!” Gina and Meryl shouted and ran to see what was happening to Aimee.
“Aimee open the door” they shouted trying to open the kitchen door to no avail. Aimee continued screaming and running round the kitchen. The kitchen door suddenly opened and Aimee ran out screaming with her hands raised up in the air. Gina and Meryl went after Aimee as she ran up the stairs screaming. Aimee ran into her room and Gina followed immediately. Before Meryl didn’t run in, the door closed and couldn’t open again.
“Gina open the door” Meryl shouted ban-ging on the door. From the room c@m£ the most horrifying sound Meryl ever heard. It was a whole series of sounds.
First there was screaming, Aimee screaming, “Gina! Gina! No!”
Then a resonant crash, the sound of glas-s shattering, as if a hvge hundred of windows were breaking at once.
Then Aimee screamed.
And it all st©pped. Everywhere bec@m£ quite again.
“Gina?! Open the door” Meryl shouted and the door opened. There was no one behind the door. Who must’ve opened it?
Meryl walked in and saw Gina. She was standing with her hands at her sides, as motionless as a block of stone.
“Gina! What happened? Where’s Aimee?” Meryl asked almost immediately.
Gina didn’t turn, didn’t answer. She was staring straight ahead at the window. Meryl traced her gaze to the balcony railing that had been blasted out like the French windows. Meryl ran to the window and st©pped on the edge of the dizzying drop. She could see straight down to the lighted yard below. On the ground there was a twisted figure like a broken doll, n£¢k bent at a grotesque angle, lim-bs askew, black hair fanned on the dark soil of the garden. It was Aimee Norman.
“Did you push Aimee out the window?” Meryl asked Gina. Gina shook her head in tears and Meryl hvgged her.
“you can always tell me the truth” Meryl said and tears trickled down her cheeks “Aimee is lying dead down there and you were the only one in the room with her. What happened?”
Gina chocked on her tears “I don’t know”
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THE NEXT MORNING ⛅
Damon stomped into the homeroom and met Courtney alone on Aimee’s seat.
“What happened to Aimee?” he asked furiously
“what do you mean?” Courtney asked back, feigning ignorance
“You heard me right. What happened to Aimee Norman?”
Courtney rolled her eyes “what would I want from her?”
“you threatened her Vivienne”
“point of correction. It’s Courtney and not Vivienne”
Damon sl@pped the table and it split into two “you wanna know what am capable of doing when am angry?”
“I didn’t do anything to her”
“you can’t lie to me Vivienne. You and I know you pushed her and made it look like her friend did”
“What if I did?”
“How could you take the life of the innocent girl? Now Gina gets the blame”
“we’re devils and it’s destruction remember? You shouldn’t be having human sympathy simply because you’re in a human form” Courtney stated
“you should’ve remained in hell” Damon pushed the split table to Courtney “just stay away from me” he added and stormed off.
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“am down with cleaning the science clas-sroom” Deanna said joining Hilda in the trophy case near the back of the school.
“That was quic-k” Hilda said cleaning the trophies carefully
“Am so tired” Deanna heaved a de-ep sigh and sat on the floor “and hungry” she yawned
“Didn’t you have breakfast?”
“I didn’t”
“Why?”
Deanna sighed in depress “Nothing really”
“we’ll steal leftovers from the kitchen after lunch time”
“wouldn’t that be risking our jobs?”
“who’s going to sack us for leftovers that should be thrown into the trashcan?”
Deanna shrugged “as long as I’ll get something to eat”
Hilda replaced the last trophy on the shelf. She looked around for a way to get down from the stool she was standing on. Her eyes drifted to Damon who was walking towards their direction with his friends.
“ohhhhhh myyyyyyyy gosshhhhhh!!!” Hilda squealed
“what’s wrong Hilda?” Deanna asked
“Damon is coming this way” she screamed jumping excitedly. Forgetting she was standing on a stool. “He’s insanely h0t.. catch me Deanna” she shut her eyes dreamily and fell back
“you’re standing on a….” Deanna was still talking when Hilda c@m£ crashing on the floor and Damon’s friends bur-st into laughter
“oh my! He laughing at me” Hilda blu-shed
Deanna rolled her eyes and helped Hilda up “is he worth risking your head?”
“He’s coming to talk to me” Hilda straightened her hair and looked at Deanna “how do I look?”
“Beautiful” Deanna replied
“Thanks Deanna, you’re…” Hilda trailed off as Damon walked pas-sed them with his friends. Her eyes wi-de-ned in disbelief “did he just walk pas-sed me?”
“I think he did or he’s going to come back” Deanna replied
“That does it.. am done crushing” Hilda blurted out “I heard there’s a new guy in school and he’s abominably handsome so my crushing formula has changed”
Deanna laughed “you mean Stefan?”
“The guy you spoke with yesterday. Is that his name?”
“yes”
“Great! My crushing formula has officially changed to @@@@@@@@@”
Deanna laughed “you’re so funny Hilda”
“let’s go to the school garden.. we deserve some rest”
Deanna nodded then they carried their leather duster and squeegee mop and walked out.
“Did you hear the news about the death of Aimee Norman?” Hilda asked Deanna when they got to the school garden
“who’s Aimee Norman?” Deanna asked back as she sat in the gras-s
“she’s the last daughter of the Commissioner for oaths in United Kingdom” Hilda explained
“I don’t know her”
“she used to be a very nice person.. so humble”
“what happened to her?
“She was found dead just below her window, she must’ve fallen out the window”
“Maybe she jumped or something”
“She didn’t. Few seconds before her death, she was heard screaming and begging her friend Gina, who we suspect must’ve pushed her”
“so sad” Deanna drawled “But why would her friend push her?”
“Gina is insisting she didn’t push Aimee. She said someone was chasing them but it isn’t like the house is haunted or something”
“maybe she’s telling the truth” Deanna said
“Hey! Deanna!” Stefan called walking into the garden with a bag
“My crush” Hilda fluttered her lashes admiringly
“Hi Stefan” Deanna greeted
“How’re you doing?” Stefan asked Deanna
“she’s fine” Hilda interrupted “and an Hilda by the way”
Stefan chuckled “am…. ”
“Stefan.. I know alre-ady” Hilda cut in
“I got you this” Stefan proffered Deanna with the bag
“Thanks.. am so hungry” Deanna said
“what about me?” Hilda pouted herl-ips
“I didn’t know she had company”
“don’t worry, we’ll share mine” Deanna said
“I’ll see you later” Stefan said “wait for me at the school gate after school”
“Sure– we’ll be waiting together” Hilda said
Stefan smiled “alright” and walked out
“Did you see?” Hilda blu-shed madly “he smiled at me”
Deanna frowned. Stefan was her crush and she wasn’t willing to share him with anyone.
“Let’s eat” Deanna stated and started bringing out the things Stefan had bought from the bag.
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Deanna hurried to the school gate that day to meet Stefan. She wasn’t done with her duty but she managed to sneak out. She bu-mped into Damon who was also running and almost fell but he caught her.
“Am so sorry” Deanna apologized
“you should be” Damon replied sternly and re-leased her
“You dropped this” Deanna prompted when he was about to walk out
Damon paused and looked at her That was when he recognized she was Deanna. “What are you doing here?” he asked
“Have we met before?”
“Right! That isn’t even my business” he stated and proceeded to walk out
“Are you leaving this behind? It’s….” Deanna trailed off when she realized Damon wasn’t listening. He walked out without wanting to know what he had dropped.
“A wallet” Deanna muttered and opened Damon’s wallet “so much” she brou-ght out the notes and realized there were thousands of dollars. Deanna looked around to be sure no one was watching her then she replaced the notes in the wallet. She continued searching and found his credit card.
“I guess he doesn’t know he dropped his wallet. I’ll return it later” she closed the wallet and shoved it into her bag then she ran to the school gate.
“you kept me waiting” Stefan said accusingly when Deanna met him at the school gate
“Am sorry.. I’ve been really busy” Deanna apologized
“where’s Hilda?”
“she couldn’t sneak out– we’ve got piles of work to do”
“so you’re not going now?”
“Not till am done with my work”
“I wanted to give you a ride”
“maybe some other time”
“call me when you’re done and I’ll come pick you”
“Alright”
“Goodbye” Stefan waved with a hvge grin but he wasn’t ma-king any attempt to leave. He just stood staring at her.
“you should leave now” Deanna said
“I.. uh.. can’t st©p staring at you”
Deanna blu-shed “am not going to ask you to st©p”
Stefan laughed “then I’ll have to st©p myself”
“Goodbye”
Stefan smiled then walked to the car that was waiting for him and st©pped by it. “Go in first” he said to Deanna whirling around.
Deanna reluctantly walked into the school then Stefan got into the car and the driver drove off.
LATER….
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“… Is this how you work everyday?” Deanna asked Hilda when they were done and were walking out of the school
“Hectic right? I do this everyday to be able to help my blind mother” Hilda replied
“I guess I’ll have to get used to it” Deanna sighed
“where do you live? We could walk together” Hilda said
“am not going yet”
“why? Are you waiting for someone?”
Deanna thought of a perfect lie to tell Hilda. She didn’t want to tell Hilda the truth that Stefan would come pick her cause she knew Hilda would insist on waiting.
“There’s someone I have to visit down the street” Deanna lied
“Alright then. I would’ve accompanied you but am really tied” Hilda said
Deanna smiled with a hidden grin “good”
“Goodbye!” Hilda waved
“Goodbye. See you tomorrow” Deanna grinned as she watched Hilda walk out throu-gh the school gate. She took out her phone and tried calling Stefan as she walked out throu-gh the gate. Immediately she stepped out throu-gh the gate, someone snatched her phone from her.
“Hey! Give it back” Deanna shouted as the person turned his back to her and started walking out. She couldn’t tell who he was cause he was wearing a big jacket with a hood.
Deanna ran after him shouting “give me my phone”
He increa-sed his pace and walked into an alley. Deanna followed him but couldn’t find him again. She ran to the end of the alley but there was no sign of anyone.
“Here” he c@m£ out from behind her and threw her phone to her
Deanna caught the phone by a hairs breath “you almost smashed my phone”
“Whatever! Am suffocating in this” he said and pu-ll-ed off the hood
“You again” Deanna g@sped realizing it was Damon
“Am Damon, if you’re interested, not you again”
“Are you Stefan’s cousin?”
“I hate to remember that” Damon rolled his eyes
“what?”
“Never mind. I c@m£ to get my wallet”
“Then you should’ve just to me instead of snatching my phone and bringing me here”
“I wish I could apologize but I can’t.. Now my wallet”
Deanna scoffed “you’re so proud, Mr President’s son”
“loud mouthed Stefan told you that” Damon laughed hysterically “what are you to him anyway?”
“I wish I could tell you but I can’t.. now here’s your wallet” Deanna brou-ght out his wallet from her bag and threw to him
“I hope my notes are complete”
“you can check, am not a thief”
Damon shoved the wallet into his pocket “I’ll try to believe that” then he turned and proceeded to leave
“That’s not the way to say thank you” Deanna prompted
“I wish I could say ‘Thank you’ but I can’t.. maybe some other time” he stated and walked out
“Mr arrogant” Deanna scoffed
TBC
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