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I pace around for what feels like hours, I finally hear a knock at the door and rush downstairs

"I'll get it" I shout

I open it and

"Hey" Billy says,

"Act straight" I whisper, hopefully he isn't offended

We walk into the kitchen and I introduce Billy to my parents

"Mom, dad. This is my friend Billy, we have a project to work on" I try to emphasize on the friend part

"Hi, it's nice to meet you guys" Billy says, nervously

"Oh hi Billy, what project are you guys working on?" My mom asks,

I didn't plan this far ahead

"Uh- M-Math" I blurt out, how basic

"Oh ok, well get to it. Hopefully Billy can help you get those grades up" My mom is so embarrassing

Billy chuckles as we walk away

"Sorry for making you act straight, I'm not out to them yet" I hope he understands

"It's ok, you don't have to apologize. I get it" His voice is so comforting

There's some awkward silence for a moment

"I-I'm sorry." I pause "for being so rude this morning. I didn't wanna be alone, I wanted to be with you but I tend to push people away when I'm upset" My voice starts to crack, but I am not crying again today

"It's ok, what happened today, wasn't your fault, I hope you can see that" He's so sweet, and I feel a single tear fall down my face, but I'm not gonna let myself have another breakdown in front of him. One is enough for now

"Why are you so nice to me?" I didn't mean to ask that, it just came out

"Because I-I like you" He blushes a little,

I really, really hope he means that romantically, or this may be awkward

I lean in to kiss him

"I like you too" I say as a pull away for a moment,

"Knock knock" My mom says as she enters my room,

I jump off my bed and grab my backpack, trying to not seem suspicious

"Y/n, someone's here to talk to you. Come downstairs" My mom says, she sounds worried

Me and her walk downstairs and I see the sheriff, fuck

"Hey y/n, I'm just here to ask a few questions about the boys who were found dead today" Sheriff Burke says, how is he so calm

I sit down and sigh

"I didn't do it" I pause "Those kids were dicks but they didn't deserve to be murdered" My voice starts to break but I need to seem calm

"I don't think you did it. But after what they did to you, I have no choice but to question you" I can tell he's being genuine

"What'd they do to you?" My mom asks, I haven't told her yet and I was planning on never telling her

"The kids painted "Fag" on y/n's car and then proceeded to jump y/n. Did you not know about this?" The sheriff seems confused, and worried

"Oh yeah, sorry I just had a brain fart. Of course I know about that" My mom sucks at lying

"Ok. Can we get along with the questions now?" The sheriff seems eager to get this over with, but so am I

"Sure, ask away" I say, nervously

• • •

When the sheriff is finally done questioning me he leaves right away. I get up to go to my room but my mom stops me,

"When we're you gonna tell me about that?" She is pissed

"I wasn't going too" I sound like a brat

"Why? Those kids bullied you" I can't tell if she's being sympathetic or angry

"Because it doesn't matter" I say as I mock her a little, I get rude when I'm nervous

"Yes it does. What if they said to someone who actually is" She lowers her voice to almost a whisper "gay"

"Ok jeez, I'm sorry, I'll tell you next time something like that happens." That's a lie, no I won't

"Ok. I love you" My mom says as she steps aside so I can go to my room

"Love you too" I say as I walk away

When I get back to my room I lay face down into my pillow, I would scream but I don't wanna freak Billy out.

"What was that about?" Billy asks

"The police think I'm a murderer" I mumble with my face still in my pillow

"They will catch the person responsible soon enough" He says, confidently

My body has a flash of panic when he says that,

"Yeah I hope so" I say nervously as I sit up

The room goes silent for a minute.

"Hey, could you spend the night? You don't have to I just haven't been able to sleep very well" I suck at lying but I don't wanna see ghostface right now, he seems to stay away when I'm with people

"Yeah, are you parents ok with it?" He asks,

"I'll say you have to stay due to curfew" It is technically true