Scarlet's POV

I have to find out what happened. I need to find the killer of my parents so I can give them my heart. They protected me when no one else would, and for that I am forever grateful. Andy holds my hand while driving till we get to school.

"Thanks for letting me stay with you." I tell him.

"Hey no problem babe."

"I'll see you in fourth period."

"Okay."

I get out of the car and he drives to the back to park. I enter my first class,which was English, to be greeted by Oli with a kiss.

"Hey, how'd things go yesterday?" He asks.

"They went fine, I stayed at a friend's house last night." I tell him. If I tell him the truth he'll hate me.

"Excuse me, Miss Kanes, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" A police officer asks.

"Of course officer." I say looking to the ground.

"Right this way miss." The young officer leads me down to the principal office. "Take a seat." And I do. "It's weird how your parents died this morning don't you think?"

"Yes." I say nodding and fidgeting my thumbs.

"Where were you this morning between 5 and 6am?"

"At a friend's house."

"Okay I'm going to need to know the name of that friend." I shake my head no. "Miss Kanes I need to know."

"Andrew Biersack."

"You mean to say you were at one of your teachers house?" I nod.

"Not because of what you think. He let me stay with him because of my parents."

"What about your parents?"

"The things they did, Mr Biersack, I told him what they did."

"Miss Kanes, I need to know what happened." The memories overwhelm me and I can't seem to speak. Suddenly, Andy walks in.

"Officer, I was told you needed to speak to me." Says Andy.

"Yes, let's talk outside." The cop says and they walk out to the hall.

There's a window in the office that allows me to view the hallway. I watch as they talk and then shouting began. Andy's angry, I can see that in his eyes. The cop is trying to keep calm, but Andy makes it insanely difficult. I don't hear it at first but then I heard;
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? SHE'S BEEN ABUSED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THESE MONSTERS FOR YEARS, AND FOR YOU TO COME IN AND TREAT HER WITH COMPLETE DISRESPECT IS HIDEOUS!" Andy yells.

"MR BIERSACK PLEASE CALM DOWN!" Yells the cop

"Andy, please don't yell at him, he's only trying to do his job. Officer, do you have anymore questions for me?" I ask

"No, I already know you didn't kill them. Thank you Miss Kanes for your time. As for you Mr Biersack, I have more questions for you."

"Let's go talk in my classroom." The two men go off. I return to my English class, but I don't enter the room. I don't want to talk to anyone else than Andy at this moment. He'd know what to say about this bullshit, but he can't, leaving me all by myself. I sit there listening to music on my phone and waited till the bell rang. I walked to my locker, took out all of my stuff, and pushed it into my bag. I walked out of that building with my head hung low. I don't want to talk or see anyone right now. I want Andy and that's it. Nothing more. But I can't, so why should I stay. I'll come back after lunch and maybe go to Mr Motionless's science class. Mr Motionless scares the hell out of me, but I can't switch classes, it's too late for that. So it's time to deal today. I sit under the stairs as usual, and just stare at the wall. On the wall there's this poem I wrote in freshman year and I read it aloud.

"Those lies that kept me awake at night,
all those everlasting bleeding fights, once you left me breathless,
but now you leave me heartless,
I cannot explain this feeling of rage, this image I get by flipping the page, you broke my heart and now you want it back,
so I could be Sally and you could be Jack,
I can't say yes so put it to rest,
you give my heart aches so stay away from me for god sakes.

I thought you were my Romeo and I your Juliet,
But then you turned me into your little pet,
You used me,
Abused me,
Wrote lies on my heart,
That just tells me I shouldn't have trusted you right from the start,
Because you tore my heart apart,
Made it your piece of art,
Killed me with your words,
That's why I flew away like a flock of birds,
You hurt me,
Cut me, made me bleed,
Is this where life leads?

The blood stains left on pillow cases shows my love for you,
You had me then left me for someone new,
I thought love at first sight,
Guess I wasn't right,
Your lies make scars on my heart,
You threw me like a single dart,
So don't say I love you,
Cause you know it's not true." I wrote it about my ex boyfriend, yes I have been in a relationship before, but it wasn't a good one. It was how I stated; he abused me, used me, lied to me, and cheated on me. His name was Jake, he had black long hair, kind brown eyes, and an adorable smile. He was also twenty three years old at the time. He was my neighbour, he got along well with my parents. So whenever he asked my parents for my help, they forced me over there, and then he took me. Don't get me wrong, I loved many moments with him, but near the end he had become a whole different person. Whenever I came over, he hit me, called me cruel names, and all for no reasons. The day before I ended it, I walked in on him with another girl. I ran out and he ran after me. He caught up to me and said it was a mistake and begged for my forgiveness, but I couldn't. So I ended it. Me and him never fucked, he knew and respected I wasn't ready, and for that I love him, but he hurt me and now I sit here. When I looked at Andy's friend, I thought, I still think that's him. He looked like it under the makeup. He probably doesn't remember me, but how could I forget my first boyfriend. Even if he doesn't remember, I'm not going to remind him. He is part of the reason why I'm so broken. I was his doll, he rounded me up, but then he threw me away, breaking my soul. The bell rings and soon Nicole and Ricky appeared.

"Scar, where'd you go last night? What happened? Tell me everything! Why are you sitting here? Did you skip one of your classes?" Nicole asks, she's been really worried.

"I stayed with Andy, everything's fine now the cops took care of it, I'm sitting here because I'm scared and humiliated, and I skipped my math class." I state, taking my earplugs out.

"Wait, who's Andy?" Ricky asks.

"Just a friend, he's graduated." I say, staring at the ground.

"I'm glad you're safe. What happened to your parents?" Nicole asks.

"Didn't you hear? They died this morning. An apparent home invasion. They killed them then burned the evidence."

"Who do you think did it?"

"Not sure, I'm just glad they did." Nicole hugs me and kisses my cheek.

"Do you wanna come with us, we're going to go to Ricky's house and have a few beers?"

"No thanks, I think I'm going to stay here for awhile."

"Okay, see ya later." They walk off as someone walks up, Kellin.

"You wanna know what my favourite art is? It's graffiti. Do you want to know why?" He asks.

"Sure."

"Because graffiti is the art that can be found almost anywhere. It's from artist that think the world is their canvas. And they're so passionate about their art that they break the law for the message to be heard."

"I guess I've never thought of it like that."

"I like what you've done here, on the wall I mean." He says sitting next to me.

"Oh, you like my poem."

"Yeah, you've got a lot of rage, don't you?"

"My ex did that to me, he's gone now though."

"I'm sorry to hear that, but I can't imagine anyone stupid enough to cheat on an amazing girl like you."

"Thanks Kellin, you just made my day."

"So where were you last period?"

"In the office. I was talking to a cop about my parents' investigation. They died this morning."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be, I'm not. They were disgusting human beings that deserved to die."

"Don't say that."

"It's true, they are the reason why I am who I am today, they are the reason why I don't belong anywhere. Because of those monsters, I'm unfixable."

"Do you think I'll ever be able to fix you?"

"No, but it's okay, I've already met the man who can." I get up and walk back into the school. Kellin doesn't follow, which is good because I'm going to go to that man. I walk down to Andy's classroom, and walk right in. Andy and Mr Gaskarth were in the middle of a discussion, but I didn't care, I need to get a hold of him.

"Biersack, I need your friend, Jake's number." I say and they both look at me funny.

"Excuse me Miss Kanes, you can't just walk into Mr Biersack's classroom like that." Says Mr Gaskarth.

"Why do you need Jake's number?" Asks Andy.

"Please Biersack."

"Here." Andy says handing me a slip of paper with the number on it. "Are you okay?"

"I'm going to be, thanks." I rush off and call the number. He finally picks up.

"Hello?" He asks.

"Jake, I need you now."

"Who is this? This you Scar?"

"Yes"

"Where do you want me to meet you?"

"The diner across from my house, please hurry."

"Of course." I hang up. He probably had more to say, but it can wait till I see him. I'm not nervous anymore, I know Jake, I just have to hope that he won't hurt me again, if there's anything left to damage. I walk to the diner in fifteen minutes flat, I sit at the booth next to the window. The waitress with the red hair from nights earlier hands me a cup of coffee.

"Here." Lisa says.

"Thanks."

"Are you here to meet with Andy again?"

"No, I'm actually waiting for an old friend."

"Okay, I only ask because I was hoping to see Ashley again. When you, Andy, and that girl left, Ashley brought me back to his place and you know. But I haven't heard from him since."

"I'll tell you what Lisa, I will get his number for you by the time I leave, okay?"

"Thank you Scarlet."

"You really like Ash, don't you?"

"Yes, between you and me, he was my first."

"Really? How old are you?"

"I'm only twenty one."

"You're so pretty."

"Yes, but I wanted my first to be special."

"That's good, I'll kill him if he hurts you."

"Thanks, so if you aren't meeting Andy, then who?"

"His name's Jake. I grew up next to him across the street."

"It was your house that burned down this morning. I'm so sorry."

"Don't be, everything burns in the end."

"So I still don't understand, what's your relationship status?"

"I'm taken, by two people. There's this guy my age and his name's Oliver. I've known him since the first grade. I thought he use to hate me, but apparently he thinks I'm perfect. But Andy, he knows I'm anything but perfect. And he's inclined to a more physical relationship. Andy's about eight years older than me, it illegal and I like it."

"Wait, how old are you?"

"Seventeen."

"If people found out, Andy could be fired, or worse arrested. And you, you could get pregnant, and trust me you don't want that at your age."

"So you're saying that I should break things off with Andy?"

"No, I'm just saying, be careful." Just as she says that, Jake walked in and I wave him over. Lisa walks back to her counter.

"So it was you." Jake says sitting across from me.

"And you."

"Scar, why'd you call me down here?"

"You're the only person who has ever had a part in fixing me, I need you."

"You want me back. I can't, I'm engaged."

"I don't want you back, I just need a friend. I never want to go back to us."

"Why? I thought we were

"No, you hurt me in an entirely different way, but you were there for me at the start, so please be there for me now."

"Okay. So, you're screwing Andy, I hear."

"Where'd you hear that from?"

"Ashley, don't worry, he only told us cause he was drunk."

"Oh my fuck, I am going to kill Ashley the moment I see him."

"That's the fiery girl who broke up with me."

"So, tell me about your fiancé."

"Her name's Ella, she's a model I met in California. She's pregnant."

"Congrats."

"Thanks, so how can I be of service?"

"For one, you can give me Ash's number. Two, you can convince Andy to make me the lead in this year's musical. Three, find out who killed my parents, I owe them everything."

"What makes you think I'll help you?"

"Because you hurt me years ago and if Andy finds out, he'll kill you."

"Looks like you already know the answer. Like you said, he would kill for you. Andy has done that for others before, what makes you think he wouldn't for you?"

"He'll never admit."

"You agree?"

"Of course, anyone can be a killer. Besides, he left early this morning and came back with breakfast. If he's not covering the murder, then he's hiding something else."

"I guess it's up to us to figure out. Isn't that what you were about to say?"

"Oh dear Jake, you know me too well."

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