GUILTY OF LOVE

Three

ROSA's POV

"Hey Junior, your dad... (swallowed some spit in my mouth first) David is missing", I told Junior.

"What? How? When?" he sounded concerned.

"I don't know. Come pick me up at school. Now", I said before cutting the call

I handed my phone over to Steve who was standing beside me. The wailing of the police sirens were very close now. Three cars parked close to David's new bloody car, one of which was Steve dad's car. Steve's dad is Darwin's county sheriff. They all stepped out of their cars. Some of them taking pictures of the car, some putting the crime scene yellow tape around the perimeters of Dave's. Steve walked up to his dad. I could hear Steve telling his dad that he can't question me right now and that I was too shocked to answer any questions at the moment. Steve's dad instructed him to take me home.

"No", I immediately got up and walked over to Steve's dad.

"What?", he asked while removing his sunshade. I felt intimidated but I stood my ground. I didn't want to go home. Junior was going to pick me up at school in a few hours time. I needed to talk to Junior privately.

"I want to go to school, I need to get my class schedule today and I've called Junior already. He's going to pick me up at school, you can take my statement when I get home with Junior", I answered. My hands were still shaking.

"Young lady, do you think you have a choice in this", another officer practically yelled in my face.

"Dad please let us go, she'll talk to you immediately she get back. She's...", Steve was asking his dad when his dad interrupted him

"She's good. I'll question her when she's back from school", he told the other officer.

"But sir...", the other detective tried to talk but was rudely interrupted by the sheriff

"Is she running to another town?" he asked

"No sir", the officer replied

"Don't question my orders and besides, you can see that she's shaking", he said

"Don't take too long to get your statement taken down. The first 48 hours of a kidnapping or missing person case is always crucial", he said to me and then turned back and walked over to the crime scene.

Steve wrapped him arms around me as he gently led me to the car while Claire opened the back seat door and I was meant to sit at the back. I just kept in staring outside the window, looking at the officers take pictures of the pool of blood, the state of the car. Lastly, I saw the same officer who wouldn't let me leave without giving my statement drop David's phone in an evidence bag.

Mama and David met four years ago and married each other a year later. I was participating in the middle school play, Junior and his ex (Natasha) attended the program because of Natasha's little sister (Maddy) who was played the lead role in the drama.

Junior is secretly asthmatic. He hides this from everyone. I think I'm the only one who knows the truth and that's because I'm now family. Luckily for him, he hardly have attacks. The asthma isn't really really, and I quote 'really serious'. It's just that sometimes he's out if breath and needs a few pumps of his inhaler.

That day, Junior forgot his inhaler at home and David came to the school play to give it to him. It was pouring hard that day and David didn't come with an umbrella. My mama shared her umbrella with David and that was how they first met.

I used to have a big crush on Junior before he became my step brother.

I was hearing someone call my name but it was so faint. I could hear my name louder and louder by the moment but it was still low, until I felt someone touch my shoulder and I jump a little in fear.

"Rosa... are you okay?" Claire asked

I cleared my throat and opened my mouth to talk but nothing came out so I closed it back and nodded in agreement.

"I've been calling you for a while now. We're in school, are you sure you're okay?"

I just nodded and came down from the car. When did we get to school? I guess my eyes were looking out the window but my mind was someplace else.

We all walked into the school front door in silence. Climbing the steps, I could hear my boots hit the floor with every step i made. Entering the door, I looked down the school hall and hoped that the same good magic feelings that Will gets whenever he's in school grounds that makes him so happy would make me feel better. I saw the two girls by their lockers hugging each other, a group of boys bullying a junior, two guys kissing, a group of students that looked lost in the halls (they should be newbies) and my feet were suddenly stuck to the ground. Images of the car, the dried blood, the broken phone, the officer who wanted my statement taken immediately started flooding into my mind.

"Let's go meet my dad. He should be in his office", Claire must have realized that I was left behind so she came back to get me.

"I made a mistake coming to school Claire, I should have gone straight home"

She put her hands in my shoulders and started shaking me violently, "coward!"

Two girls came in between us and hugged us each, one of them whispered in my ear to go to biology laboratory, then she squealed as squeezed my arms a little tightly before letting go.

"What was that about?", Claire asked

"Go on and ask them", I replied angrily walking away.

What was awaiting me in the biology laboratory? I don't even offer biology, it's too complicated for me. I'm more into music, literature, arts... I do hope it's not our creepy janitor, Craig. He's just like a ghost, sometimes invincible but he's there alright. No one knows where he lives.

I stood outside the door and peeked into the class. I first saw his blonde hair. He back was facing the door son I could see his neatly tucked uniform that hugged his arm muscles and left a good image of how huge he is, suit in hand. I opened the door and locked it behind me and then he turned to face me.

His brown eyes met mine, a smirk emerged in that handsome face. There he was, my boyfriend, Will. We haven't seen each other for weeks now. He travelled to Hawaii with his family for the summer.

"Aloha", I said slowly walking towards him

"Aloha", he replied slowly walking towards me in order to close the gap between us

"I got back yesterday"

"Yeah, I heard", i replied. We were now face to face so we stopped walking and were just staring into our eyes. I had to look up because he's so freaking tall. I always feel intimidated by his height.

"I called but you didn't pick up"

"I was busy last night...", images of my new neighbour ran through my mind, his brown sleek hair, gray eyes... I suddenly felt hot and dropped my bag on one of the stools close to me, removed my suit and placed it on my bag

"I couldn't reach you so I tried Steve and Claire. I even went to your place but your door was locked"

"I went out... to clear my head a little... sorry about that though", I said

He put his hands on my waist and roughly pulled me to him, whispering "You should be punished for that" into my ears and then he kissed me.

One hand grabbed my ass while another cupped my breast, he flicked his tongue asking to gain an entrance and when he finally did, his tongue explored everywhere in my mouth. He lifted me up and sat me on one of the tables in the lab, i subconsciously spread my legs wide apart and then he finally broke the kiss. I was breathless and be was alo breathing hard but he stepped back to look at me for less than a minute before saying, "God, I've missed you".

He kissed me again on the lips and then his kisses started going down to my neck, I let out a low moan. His fingers were travelling down from my thighs up to my panties, my fingers dug into his hair as I moaned. God knows this was just what I needed. The timing was right, so right... but the place, the place was wrong. I held his arm to stop him.

"Not here", I managed to say.

"Bathroom then?", he raised one eyebrow up

"Not in school", I pushed him to one side while I jumped down from the table.

I felt like my clothes were in the wrong order and arranged myself. God, my lip gloss will be a mess right now. I picked up my school bag and my suit.

"See you later", I blew a kiss at him before walking out.

I went into the girls' bathroom, some girls were just leaving when I entered. I checked all the stalls and made sure I was alone before calling Junior and he picked immediately.

"Hey, where the f**k are you?"

"I'm on the highway sis, give me about thirty minutes"

"Ok"

I hung up and started to fix my makeup, when Maddy entered the bathroom.

"Welcome back to school", she said to me

"Who told you that you could talk to me?", I turned to face her

"I... I just... I...", she stammered

"You what?", I yelled

"I was just greeting you, I wasn't insulting you or...", she talked so fast it was hard to comprehend but I heard her loud and clear with her small tiny voice.

Remember Junior's ex that I told you had a younger sister who was the lead in the middle school play? This is Maddy. She likes to steal my spot in school plays. Acting is my passion and Maddy steals the lead role every year. Acting is actually the only thing I'm good at but the lead role is always given to Maddy because of her tiny, annoying, infuriating small voice.

I grabbed her by the jaw and pushed her against the wall. My breathing increased and her heart was beating so hard, I could hear it. I hardened my grip on her jaw. Her shoulder length blond hair was held out of her face with the help of bobby pins. She looked terrified as her blue eyes were staring at me. I could see the fear in her eyes. I moved closer to her ears and whispered, "Don't even think you can steal my spot in school play this year. This is my year, you got me?".

I looked in her glistening eyes for her answer but she didn't reply. So I yelled this time, "You got me?". She nodded so I let her. Just then the bells rang. She was still catching her breath, looking at me terrified.

"Why are you still here? I'm done with you, f**k off", she ran out of the bathroom so I went back to the mirror to look at myself before heading to the guardian counsellor (Claire's dad).