Part 21-Murderer

I, Clementine Evert, murdered someone. His body lay on the ground. Blood lay across his face and clothes. A gaping hole was placed on Aasim's head. My breathing was heavy and filled with anger, and sense of hunger.    I stood above the lifeless corpse. How...how am I supposed to get away with this? I wiped the beads of sweat off my head and took a deep breath. The hot air coming out of my mouth caused my lips to feel a hot aroma around them.   My small pocket knife still lay in my right hand. Red blood was splattered all over it. The blade itself was extremely sharp for a pocket knife. I still can't believe that I killed someone. No, he was just a 'someone' he was someone I knew on a personal level. I picked up the body and carried it bridal style. The whole time it felt like I was carrying a huge bolder. Man how much did he eat? I walked behind Ericsson's, a place where no one usually goes. I laid the body on the wet grass. The body itself was completely gray. He looked...lifeless. (Well, that's because you killed him, dummy). I reached for my back pocket to only feel a small pocket knife inside of it. 'I'm such a dummy', I thought to myself.  If I'm really gonna get rid of all the evidence I need to burn it. I need matches to burn it. I scoffed and rolled my eyes even though i was alone and no one could hear me.  I walked away from the corpse and made way for the library. The wooden floor made squeaking sounds under my leather boots. I sighed and shaked my head from left to right as I walked. 'I cannot believe that I'm doing this',I thought to myself.   I made my way to the library's wooden doors and threw them open. I walked quietly and quickly over the the empty wooden desk. A women used to work here before the apocalypse, at least that's what I'm assuming.    A  wooden drawer lay under the desk itself. The drawer was missing from its spot and instead lay under the desk itself. It lay upside down and coated in a layer of dust. 'My god this thing has been here for ages.'   I lifted up the drawer and saw a yellow and blue box of chalk, a calculator with a few missing buttons, a few pencils (some with almost no erasers), an empty pregnancy test box, and last of all a box of matches with a few matches missing. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. The pregnancy test box looked wasn't covered in dust like the rest of the items. This means... this means it has to be used not to long ago. My thoughts were interrupted by an ear piercing scream. Fuck someone found him. I ran out the library and towards the scream. I stopped my running when I saw Ruby kneeling by Aasim's body.   "Oh my god, Ruby, are you ok?" I pretended like I actually cared even though I'm the one who killed him. Tears streamed down her red cheeks. She looked up at me with her red and puffy eyes.   "C-Clementine  g-go get help" The poor girl could barely even speak from crying so much. I really left no sympathy for her. She was always (usually) a bitch towards me. I ran to the front of the school and yelled for help like the manipulative genius I am. Violet, Willy, Tenn, and behind them came Minnie. I explained to them the whole Aasim situation while pretending to be all "sad". They all darted to where Ruby was with me behind them. Tenn and Willy gasped while Violet and Minnie didn't really seem to affected by this. I wonder why they seem so....emotionless. Tenn and Willy started to somewhat cry while Minnie and Violet stayed emotionless. I guess I'll talk to them later about it? Ruby's uncontrolled sobs ran through our eyes as she continued to let out muffled cries. I wonder why Ruby was behind the school anyways. I did notice a small leather journal to the left of her. I picked it up and flipped to the first page. It started out with the words "Dear Diary". Ah, she must write diary entries back here. Like for.....privacy or some shit. I laid the journal back onto the wet grass so I don't look like a dick by not giving her 'privacy'. I finally broke the silence between all of us. "Shouldn't we have like....a f-funeral? Or something to pay out respects?" I suggested to them. Ruby wiped away some her her tears away before speaking. "Y-Yeah that would be great." Violet gave me a loving smile. "That would be great, Clem." Although on the outside she looked ok she really wasn't. I could tell that something was so so wrong. I don't know how to describe it. Almost like a...like a gut feeling? "I..I just can't believe he's dead you guys. It was just so...so sudden. And the fact that he didn't die of natural causes makes me 10x more scared than anything,.", Ruby genuinely seemed scared. No, not scared. Horrified, she was horrified. "Alright..let's start digging a hole for Aasim." Violet put a hand on my arm with a concerned look on her face. "C-Can we please just burn the body? It'll take a lot less of time then to bury it." She seemed genuinely upset. She gave me a 'please' look, almost like she was begging with her eyes. I took her hand and held it in mine. "Of course we can, Violet." He let out a sigh of relief. "T-Thank you." I gave a small little smile. She returned a smile of gratitude and appreciation.

  I striked the match against the box which caused a yellow and orange flame to appear. It created a sense of heat around my fingertips. We all were gathered around in a circle, ready to pay our respects. I threw the match with the flame on it onto the corpse. The orange and yellow flames grew bigger by the second. The body in the middle of it was burning, letting out a deadly smell. "I-Aasim was a great person. H-He didn't deserve this." Ruby spoke breaking the silence. "Y-Yeah Aasim was a great person.." Violet seemed like...like a broken doll when she spoke. Almost like...almost like she wasn't ok. I felt like I was on another episode of Pretty Little Liars. Each of us kept secrets from each other, I could sense it. And whatever these secrets were I was gonna find them out. "Yeah..Aasim was always nice to me. I don't know who would do such a thing." I spoke without stuttering. I already knew how I was gonna get away with this. I was gonna frame Ruby. I still have the pocket knife with blood splattered all over it. And I have plenty of a story to use against Ruby. Plenty of a story.

  A/N: I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in so long. I'm gonna start updating every Wednesday from now on. :) Word count: 1,219 words