murder?

I stared at his lifeless body in shock.

"What the fuck just happened?" I asked myself in panic.

I could still hear Ricky screaming my name so I hurriedly searched his body and found the key to her room. With shaking hands I opened the door for Ricky.

Immediately the door opened, I saw a baseball bat swinging towards me aiming my face but I quickly dodged it.

"Ricky!" I screamed a little.

"Oh my God, Ariana, it's you!" Ricky said as she dropped the baseball bat and engulfed me in a hug.

"I told you it was a bad idea coming to my house but you simply don't listen to common sense. What did that bastard do to you? Did he touch you? I am so sorry for what happened Ariana" she asked crying loudly.

I could feel my top soaked with her tears.

"Don't worry Ricky, he didn't do anything" I said patting her back soothingly.

After she was done crying, she finally let me go and began to sniff.

"So, where is he?" Ricky asked as she wiped her nose with a handkerchief.

"He's dead" I replied simply.

Ricky looked at me like I've gone insane and began to laugh loudly.

"You are joking right?" She asked still laughing.

I stared at her unsmiling till she finally stopped laughing.

"Wait, you are serious?" She asked with wide eyes.

I said nothing and simple led her to the sitting room .

When she saw her uncle on the floor stiff and with a white face she stopped in her tracks.

"H-h-how did this happen? What did you do Ariana?" She asked her hands shaking and her face pale.

"I don't know as well. One moment he tried to kiss me and the next moment his on the floor dead" I replied with a straight face. I don't feel sorry for what happened to him. He deserved it for spiking my drink and trying to rape me.

"What are we going to do Ariana? We just murdered my uncle in his house" Ricky asked panicking already.

"We? You were fucking locked in your room Ricky. You didn't do anything" I said raising one of my eyebrows.

"Forget it Ariana. I won't let you take the blame for what happened alone " Ricky said holding my hands .

" Are you serious right now?" I asked with wide eyes.

"Yes Ariana, that's what best friends do. Now how do we get rid of the body or should we call the police?" Ricky asked looking like a criminal mastermind.

"Woah! Hold on girl. He is your uncle. Don't you feel something?" I asked again.

"Hell no! If you didn't kill him today, I would have done it myself soon. I can't stand his torment every night" Ricky replied laughing a bit.

"If we call the police, it's going to blow up and I don't want any attention. Besides, how am I going to explain his death?" I asked Ricky with my hands on my chin.

No reply.

Ricky was staring at me intently.

"Umh... Ricky, why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?" I asked touching my face.

Ricky didn't reply instead she raised her hands and touched my face.

"Did you put on some make up?" She asked still rubbing my face.

"No, why are you asking such a wierd question?" I asked her slightly irritated by her question.

"I'll be right back " Ricky said simply.

She returned carrying a mirror.

"Take a look at yourself " she said handing me the mirror.

I stared at the reflection of myself in the mirror.

I looked ravishing.

My hair was noticably fuller. When I looked back I saw it reached my butt.

My eyebrows were finally carved and my face was as smooth as a baby's. It looked like a put on some foundation.

"What the hell happened to me?" I asked Ricky touching my face in shock.

"I have no idea" Ricky replied.

She was as shocked as I was.

" Well, we will settle that later. What are we going to do about your dead uncle?" I asked again.

"Let's check his body for any valuables" Ricky suggested as she moved toward his dead body.

I dropped the mirror and walked towards the body as well.

The moment my fingers touched his skin, he gradually disinterested into dust and disappeared just like that.

Ricky and I screamed in shock.

,"What just happened?" Ricky asked.

"I'm totally freaking out right now" I replied.

"Ok, this is what we will do. You pretend like none of this happened and continue to go around like you used to. If anyone asks to you about him tell them you haven't seen him in a while" I said to Ricky pacing around.

"Got it Ariana. Now go home quickly. We will talk about everything when we get to school tomorrow because it's getting dark already " Ricky said pushing me out if her house.

"Goodbye Ricky "

"Night"

I sat on my bed looking at my hands in silence. What the heck did I do?

I stood up and walked to my mirror .

I stared at my face in awe. For the first time I thought I looked pretty.

I remembered what happened to James again and touched my lips.

Did I have some kind of power or it's the necklace? I thought touching the necklace my mum gave me.

I need answers and I need them now.

Still lost in my thoughts I heard bangings on my window. I became scared.

Moving quietly towards my Window, I peeped and saw a shadow throwing stones.

I opened the window and in the blink of an eye the figure was right in front of me.

"Oh my God! Drayce? What are you doing here? You scared me" I asked holding my chest dramatically.

He laughed heartily.

His voice sounding like music in my ears.

"Here, I got you something" he said presenting a package to me.

I opened the package and saw a brand new phone.

"Dray..ce, this is.. wow"

I said admiring the phone.

"It's all yours love. Now I can always reach you whenever I want" he said smiling.

"Thank you so much" I replied smiling.

My mum refused to buy me a phone for a reason best known to her.

"Don't you think I deserve something more than a Thank you?" He asked raising his eyebrows dramatically.

"And what is that?" I asked in return.

Before I knew it he stole a quick kiss from me.

My heart fluttered in my chest.