December

Emily stopped coming to class and she stopped taking the train, it was as if she was trying to seclude herself from the world. Each morning I would wake up to a new text message from her on my phone, sometimes they would say "I love you." or "Be mine."

Two days before Christmas break I got a text message from Jessica, she asked if we could talk, she said she was working on a project in room 309 of the Science Center and she would be there until five o'clock. I wanted to get this mess cleared up; she hadn't spoken to me in about a week and a half. It didn't dawn on me at the time, but room 309 was the same room I had Dr. Fredgold's class with Emily.

It had begun to snow when I got off the train, and the wind began to pick up. It was the makings of a blizzard. The college was about a ten minute walk from the college, it didn't take long before I was standing in front of room 309 and without a second thought I opened the door and stepped inside. The first thing I noticed was that the lights were off.

"Jessica are you in here?" I said thinking I entered the wrong room. I reached for the light switch and I heard a voice through the darkness.

"Leave it off." The voice was that of a woman's, the words felt like barbed wire.

"Hello? Who's there?" A shiver went down my spine, I had a very bad feeling.

I took a few steps into the center of the room and noticed there was a body at the foot of the staircase that lead to the upper rows of desks. I raced to it my fears fully realized; it was Jessica.

"I had to do it." Emily said as she slowly descended the staircase. I had taken Jessica into my arms trying to find a pulse. I found one, but it was faint. It seemed that Emily had hit her over the head with something and left her for dead.

"Why?" I asked watching Emily slowly descend.

"I told you that I wanted you to be mine and now you can." Her voice was cold and callous.

"The second day of class I asked Susan to switch seats with me so I could be closer to you, despite telling Jessica I liked you she just couldn't leave well enough alone. She told me it was too late and that she wanted to see where the relationship would take her." Emily said motioning towards Jessica's unconscious body.

"It most certainly took her down a different path than she had imagined." The same sinister smile resurfaced on Emily's once friendly face.

Emily descended a few more stairs and was close enough to me so I could see her clearly. She was illuminated in the moonlight, her clothes was covered in blood and her eyes were lifeless.

"Emily, don't do anything silly. I'm going to go get help." I said rising to my feet showing my palms to Emily.

"No. You're not going anywhere. There's still one thing I need to take care of." Emily was now on the step above me looking down.

"To make sure that no one will ever take you from me again, there is one thing that must be done." I saw something metallic glisten in her hand, but by the time I realized what it was, it was too late. Emily jumped on top of me knocking me over, my head hit the floor pretty hard and everything was hazy. Emily raised the scalpel above her head and said the last words she would ever say to me:

"Good bye."

The world began to melt away and I felt Emily's body collapse on top of me. I thought I saw Jessica standing over us with a biology book in her right hand, but I wasn't sure. I thought I heard someone; it had to have been Jessica, say 'hold on.' The floor was cold and it chilled me to the bones. I realized that it wasn't the floor that was cold, I was the one who was cold, and it was just getting worse. I closed my eyes succumbing to the cold tile floor and before the world melted away I heard a faint voice say: "I love you."

And thus ends my short story, I hope those who read this story will enjoy it and leave feedback.