Missing

A Memorial To Plan and the Usual Suspects

Two weeks later the school's population was beginning to move past the death of Lia and Camren and Kayla still weren't speaking to each other. However, for all four of them moving on passed Lia's death was proving to be a very tough thing to do.

During a passing period between classes, Maple came up to the three other girls to ask if they wanted to go shopping with her and Lauren after school. Kayla said that they couldn't, that she and Jay had two weeks of after school detention for skipping class a few weeks before. Camren declined as well so that just left Maple and Lauren.

Before the passing period was over, Bloodgood came over the intercom. She called the four Girls to her office. Maple groaned and said that she was tired of constantly being called into the Headmistress's office.

Once in Bloodgood's office, all of the Girls sat down across from her. Bloodgood told them that she had noticed that it was harder for them to move after Lia's death. She suggested that the four of them could set up a memorial for their friend and added that Rachel said that she would be willing to build a bust of Lia.

"If Rachel is making it then what would we do?" Maple asks.

"You, Girls, will be in charge of it all." Bloodgood adds, "The completed bust will be placed in the park. All of you will decide how the area will look and what the finished product will look like."

"And why are you doing this?" Camren asks.

"Because I think that this will help you four to move on and have some more closure. What happened to Lia was horrible but there is hope beyond her death."

None of the Girls speak and Bloodgood makes a comment about the fact that Kayla and Camren still aren't speaking to each other.

"Their argument would give soap opera stars a run for the money," Maple says.

"Watch it," Jay says as she ribs Maple in her side. Jay turns to Bloodgood and says, "So when do we start working on this memorial?"

"After school today. We want to get this done by homecoming."

"In two weeks?!" Kayla exclaimed, "That's impossible!"

"Well, I know you Girls well enough to know that nothing's impossible. Now, are there any further questions?"

All four said that they had no questions and Bloodgood let them go, except for Kayla and Camren. The two of them look nervously at each other and then at the headmistress. She told them that it pained her to see two friends refusing to talk to each other because of a small argument. She told them that she understood Kayla's hurt feelings and that she also understood that Camren felt horrible about what she had done.

"You don't even know what she did," Kayla says.

"Honey, the whole school knows what happened," Bloodgood softly says, "And that Camren was the one to tell."

"How many times do I have to say I'm sorry?" Camren pleads to Kayla.

Kayla crosses her arms and says, "I'll let you know when you get there." She turns to the headmistress and asks her if they're done and if they can be excused.

"I suppose but let me say this. You can't stay mad at Camren forever."

For the next week, the Girls worked hard on Lia's memorial and were in the park it was going to be placed. All throughout the week Caleb, Jay, and Maple all kept trying to get Camren and Kayla to apologize and become friends again. By the end of the week, they had enough of this feud and Maple came up with a plan to all meet up at the Coffin Bean. They all met up at the coffee shop but Maple's plan didn't work, so they decided to discuss who L could be. Who could be twisted and mean enough to blackmail them and make their lives hell? Maple suggested that it could be her older sister Nora and Camren suggested that Toralei could be L. Kayla said that Lory could be behind all this as well.

Camren said that Nora would only be after Maple, not the rest of them. Kayla said that Lory would want revenge on all of them for the incident which cost her her flying ability. And Toralei has always been mean to them so they couldn't count her out. Then the barista had called up their orders, Jay volunteered to pick them up. Maple ordered a decaf latte, Kayla had iced tea, Camren had a frappuccino, and Jay a smoothie. As they were finishing their drinks though, Sophia came and interrupted them.

"What is it Sophia," Camren asks.

"I have bad news," Sophia admits, "Someone had smashed Lia's memorial."

They all gasp and ask Sophia who would do such a thing. Sophia answers that the information on who had done it hadn't come to her knowledge yet. When Sophia left the cafe though the four girls saw a group of police officers barging into the store next door. The police dragged out someone unexpected, it was Toby, Lia's Ex-boyfriends. The police said: "You young man are under arrest for the murder of Lia Blue. Anything you can and will say can be held against you. You're coming with us!"