Deception

bonus #1: the confrontation

(IMPORTANT: this is a continuation of a scene from the epilogue from Kris's point of view so if it seems familiar that's why)

// darling, i'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream //

"She was too weak. She let you take him away from me. She should've fought for him. She should've fought you but instead, she stood back and let her happiness walk away. It's all because of you!" Cass screams at me and I can't help the surprised look on my face.

"What?" I say softly and a smirk appears on her face. She takes a few steps towards me and my feet seems to be rooted on the ground, a million possibilities of her words running through my mind so fast I can barely process them. I don't speak for a few moments and her grin seems to be growing wider the longer my silence drags.

"Cat got your tongue, sister?" She says sister mockingly and I can't wrap my head around how she looks so much like my sister but she isn't her. "In case you were wondering," she continues, "we started dating last summer. And by he I mean Nate."

At the mention of his name my whole body freezes and that seems to only make her happier. There's a dull ache in my heart when I see his face in my mind but it's not as painful as it used to be.

"Long story short, he broke my heart." I bring my attention back to her and she's looking at her nails like she would rather be doing a million things than telling me this. She looks back up at me and the mischievous look in her eyes seems so foreign.

"Not that it matters now anyways, he's dead to me." The pieces form a puzzle in my head and I blurt out my next words without even thinking.

"Did you kill him?"

"Ding ding ding. Looks like we have a winner!" She says happily and even claps her hands, as if I just won a prize in a game show. I didn't know what to say, I don't even know what to think. For the first time in this coversation I start to question if this is a dream, no, this is a nightmare. This cannot be happening.

"You know it's actually kind of funny what happened that day." She looks like she's thinking back to that day, "Do you want to hear it?" She doesn't give me a chance to decide and continues as she walks around my room.

"Cassidy asked to talk to Nate after school and even though he was reluctant, he agreed at the end. We decided to meet at the school roof since no one ever seems to go up there." She shrugs. "It was just supposed to be small talk, her asking him why he did what he did, nothing major really but Nate had other plans I guess." She says the last part so casually it's kind of scary.

She sighs and stops pacing, "Oh well, what's past is past so let's not linger on it." She says but all I can think about is my sister pushing Nate off the building. I should be running away from her, I should be calling the police but I feel like I won't be able to. What if she hurts someone when I report her? I can't let her kill anyone! What if she kills-

"And save yourself the trouble of going to the police or even telling someone about me, you'll regret it." The serious look on her face is giving me goosebumps. My blood runs cold at the possibility of someone getting hurt because of me.

I look at her once again, she dresses like Cassidy and sounds exactly like her but I know my little sister is long gone. There's a couple minutes of silence, and just as I was about to say something someone knocks on the door. Mom's head peeks in and when she sees her in my room she steps inside.

"Why are you in Kristiana's room so late at night Cassidy?"

"Oh I'm just giving Kris her the aspirin mom and making sure she's okay." She sounds so much like Cassidy it's making me question if Cassidy was even real from the start.

"Well that's nice of you honey but you should go to bed soon." Mom says and she nods with a smile, just like the good girl she is. As soon as mom is out the door her smile drops and it reminds me that all of it is just an act and this is the real her.

I wonder if Cassidy was just a role for her all this time.

"Well I have to go to bed soon as mommy dearest said but you do know what is in-store for you after this right?" I had a feeling of what the answer might be but I wanted to hear her say it.

"What do you mean?"

"I guess I'll just say it out loud then. You my dear sister will finally be able to find your best friend and the boy who started all of this." I should have seen this coming but that didn't stop my mind from freaking out.

I was going to die and I can't do anything to change that. I'm going to die under the hands of my own sister and I'm not even questioning why.

"You don't look as shocked as I was hoping." She says as she cocks her head to the side.

"You're insane." I say softly.

"Yeah that's what they all say but they never get to tell other people." She says with a small smile.

"I guess I'm in the list of people who don't get to share." I say calmly which is weird because I should be crying and screaming at her. Maybe it's because I know it's a small price to keep the people I love from her.

"Don't worry sister, I'll make it easier for you than the others. It's the least I can do." She leaves the room without another word, leaving me to my own thoughts.

Thoughts that should be keeping me up all night, but instead I fell asleep with the lights on with a person in mind who I know will haunt me.

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Hey guys! Welcome to the very first bonus chapter and hope you enjoyed :)

Basically Kris had suspected something was going on and Cass decided she'd tell her the whole story, knowing Kris already knew a little, so what harm in knowing the whole thing?

Besides Kris dying, of course.

Happy 2015 and we will see you guys with a bonus chapter soon! Thank you for all the reads we appreciate it <3

Love,
Lacy & Leah