2 Whispering by Amanda M. Lee

Author:Amanda M. Lee [Lee, Amanda M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty

I can’t remember a lot about the walk home – other than it was cold. I happily tumbled into bed still dressed and didn’t open my eyes again until 10 a.m. the next morning.

When I did manage to wrench my eyes open it took me a second to get my bearings. I was afraid the room was spinning at first, but then I realized that I had just passed out with my head at the wrong end of the bed.

I hopped out of the bunk and headed into the bathroom – pausing when I realized I was the only one in the room. Both Brittany’s and Paris’ bunks were empty. I wracked my brain for the previous night’s timeline and tried to pin down exactly where my roommates were. The last time one of my roommates didn’t come home she faked her death and then turned up a week later and tried to kill us. No one wanted that to happen again.

I remembered that we had left Brittany at the sorority house. That didn’t seem like a big deal since she had warned us prior to the party that she might spend the night there if her pledge mistress demanded it of her pledge class. I had been so tipsy by that point I hadn’t been able to think of anything biting to say about her pledge mistress – at least I don’t think.

Paris was another story, though. I remembered that she had been with us when we walked back to the dorms. I don’t especially remember her being in the elevator when Michelle, Laura and I had ascended to our floor, though. Huh. Had she stayed the night with Mark? That would be an interesting conversation.

I pushed my concerns for Paris off long enough to shower and get cleaned up. When I walked back out in the common room after getting dressed I found Paris sitting on the couch smoking a cigarette and watching the television curiously. She looked as rough as I had felt an hour before.

“Where have you been?”

Paris didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she took another drag on her cigarette and glanced around the room blankly – like she’d just realized she and I were sharing the same space. She pointed to the television dubiously. “Did you see that some girl was almost abducted from outside the sorority party last night?”

“No,” I said in surprise and turned to the television. I watched the broadcast for a while – including an interview with a breathy girl that recounted a stranger stalking her in the dark and her narrow escape. When the anchor switched to another story, I glanced back at Paris. “Maybe she imagined it?”

“On this campus?”

“Good point.”

“She left about the same time we did,” Paris reminded me.

“That doesn’t necessarily mean anything,” I said. It was quite a coincidence, though. I turned back to Paris. I had bigger concerns than a girl that may or may not have been stalked in the dark right now. “When did you start smoking?”

“I just needed it,” Paris said haltingly.

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