Chapter 11: Chapter 11

Hell hole. My name for school. School sucks and eating in cafeteria alone with Charlie in hospital and Kez..... I don't want to think about it.

My life is a mess now and I need to face this too. It's just too much for me to take at once. Why can't I take a break? My best friend is dead and nobody cares and I have to face this shitty school with shitty people in it. It's just too much.

When I try to concentrate on hacking. All faces on cafeteria turn to the entrance and everyone's jaw fall to the ground.

Oh god... The Stewart Sisters or more like the 'Gems of Deorgon High' are entering the cafeteria in slow-mo.

They are quadruplets; I didn't know quadruplets existed until I saw them.

It's like the scene right now is when there is a mean girls’ entrance in very single high school movie.

When I see my laptop screen to get things going and not to pay attention to them, they straight up come to me.

All four of them — Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire and Ruby stand front in a line facing me.

"I am sorry for your loss" says Diamond pouting her lips.

Whoa, what is happening. The meanest girl of the entire high school sending me condolences? Something is fishy.

Emerald and Sapphire singsong it once again.

"And me and my sisters are going to visit Charlie at the hospital" Diamond saying flipping her hair.

Oh, they are not doing this to genuinely wish him better recovery. The whole school knows that Charlie is the son of Jamey Gray—the richest man in Deorgon and the Stewarts being obsessed with money, if one of them dates Charlie, they think they can become rich, on their mindset, especially Sapphire think she would marry him. That too with Kez not being here, they think they can have him now.

"I don't know Diamond, if they would allow outsiders to visit him" I say trying to avoid the Stewarts meeting Charlie.

"Oh, don't worry about that. When they leave you in, why wouldn't they allow us? Am I right girls?"

All of them nod in response. God, I have never seen anything like this in my entire life.

"Sure, suite yourself gemstones" I say mocking them.

"C'mon girls, let's go" Diamond says clapping her hands.

They walk but Sapphire stops and bends down to my ears and whispers "Kezya took the right decision" and walks away to join her sisters.

What does she mean by saying that she took the right decision? Kez was immune to all the hate and she was very strong.

She had it all, the perfect life, perfect boyfriend, perfect everything. And there was me—the girl no one noticed, the friend of a girl who had everything and basically I was a loser, nobody liked me — the only person who saw me as a human with feelings before Kezya came to Deorgon was Charlie, he talked to me all night and that made me the happiest person, I forgot about the other things and I really liked — "Hey, what was that? Why were the Gems talking to you?" Jacks asks me waking up from my thoughts.

"Um, why? They can't talk to me?" I mockingly ask him.

"S-sure they can, geez Ken! Just say me already, your killing me with the suspense!"

"Just Kidding!" I say and laugh but that didn't last for a second because I am not in the mood for laughing right now. "The gems want to meet Charlie at hospital"

"Oh, now they think they can brainwash Charlie with their hair flips? He would never fall for it"

"I know right? And shouldn't you be with Charlie at hospital now?"

"I visited him, he is not ok, he said he wanted to be alone for some time. So, I left"

The one person who got really affected by her death was Charlie. He loved her so much. He always did. Charlie was all different before Kez, he was that typical bad boy minus the bullying and still is, people loved him, just like how they loved Kezya. There is something about him that makes everybody go crazy about him— just like I did.

I don't know how to feel, he is angry all the time and he doesn't know what to do. He is blaming himself for her death. He always asking questions like "Why did she do that" and "Why didn't she tell me" and too many questions that I am unable to answer.

Too many things that are left unknown.

"Jack, there is something I need to tell you"

"What?"

"Charlie received a photo of Kezya and another guy from the e-mail named 'HonneyDead3541' He is going crazy about it. I don't know if someone said something to him but he thinks Kez cheated on him with that guy in the photo. So, I am trying to hack this e-mail but the codes are too hard to crack"

"Dude, are you serious? If you are shitting me, you are dead"

"No, I am not. I scooped through Charlie phone when I received an e-mail from the same person telling Charlie that maybe he should commit suicide too. And I am not kidding— this the photo that he sent him" I turn my laptop, so Jack could see the picture.

"This shit is crazy" he says keeping his hand on his forehead and I nod in response.

"He is basically cyber-bullying him but I am scared that Charlie would do anything to find him and I am scared that I wouldn't be able to crack the encrypted codes"

"You shouldn't crack anything you crack head. We need to show this to the police!" He stands up and his voice is high that some people around us turn their head our way.

"Keep your voice low and sit down. You think police can crack this codes? They find people not through screens. You understand? And this also proves that you are scared"

"I am not scared"

"Well, then welcome to crackers!" I say making up a lame name to welcome him.

"Well, I guess, if this shit gets deeper, we take this to the police?"

"Sure but sometimes, the problems are ours and we have to handle them"

The bell rings. I leave taking my bag but Jack catches my arm and says "Let's try to crack it tonight. Your mom wouldn't let us do it at your house and there are relatives at my house. So, we will have that crackers party in my car"

"Ok. Bye"

"Bye"

When I enter the hallway passing the bathroom someone pulls me inside the bathroom. When I turn to see, Ruby Stewart the least favorite gem of the quadruplet stands behind me with concerned eyes.

"Um, Hey Ruby?"

"Look, Kezya is dead. And I kind of feel like her death wasn't suicide"

"What makes you think that?"

"I saw something before the night of her death"

"Look, if this is going to be one of the jokes you Stewart girls play, I am not for it"

"No, I am not like my sisters. Believe me. I don't want to tell it now. When me and my sisters come to meet Charlie. I'll wait until my sisters leave and will telling it in front of you and Charlie. You understand?"

"Ok, I guess"

"Thanks Kendal"

She leaves the bathroom swaying her hips and leaves me curious with questions that will never be answered.