ROSE OF DEATH
By : Andre Grandier
Stephanie Herrera walked warily on her way to class. It was a warm spring day. The morning sky went from its usual faint white to a pale blue as the sun rose up in the horizon tinting the sky with yellowish pigments. Stephanie took out her newly given schedule to check on her first class, English Literature, Room #15.
“I hate literature”. Stephanie thought. “I mean what do I care about a bunch of dead guys who wrote stuff”. She pushed aside a lack of reddish hair blocking her sight as two guys looked at each other and giggled as they passed her.
“Idiots, they are probably freshman”. She muttered to herself. Stephanie knew how pretty she was, as a matter of fact she could have any boy she wanted, her big expressive emerald eyes matched perfectly her creamy white skin, her lips were a gleaming coral and her auburn hair looked always as if she had just walked out of the saloon. When she got to room 15 there were just a few students in the classroom. She gave her schedule to the teacher, a tall but chubby kind-looking lady who introduced herself as Mrs. Hampton, and trudged to her seat. It was then that she saw him, a fair-looking boy with short, shaggy blond hair, his eyes were a frigid icy-blue and his face intensely handsome. He smiled when he saw Stephanie looking at him, showing off his perfect, pearly white teeth. Stephanie felt the warmth rising up her cheeks and a sinking feeling setting into her stomach, yet she sat next to him.
“What up, I’m Alex, what’s your name babe?”. Said the fair-boy with a tone of mischief in his voice. “I’m Stephanie”. she responded sheepishly. Stephanie was startled by the sudden loud and sharp sound of the bell and several students stormed inside the classroom.
Mrs. Hampton started her boring routine of introduction to the class. Stephanie revised the list of books she had to read over the semester when Alex put a folded sheet of paper on her desk. Stephanie turned to face him but Alex was staring straight ahead avoiding her gaze. She unfolded the paper and read it noticing his elegant hand writing.
“What’s up Stephanie, you are the hottest girl I’ve ever met,
what do you say we meet at my place at 7:00, my address is
7746 Lankershim Bl , I’ll be waiting impatiently”
A strange tingle swept over her body. On one side it didn’t seem right to go and meet a complete stranger after school, but it felt so good to do something she wasn’t supposed to do. Without thinking it twice, she scribbled down her answer.
*
Stephanie took a glance at her wrist watch, 6:15. “great” Stephanie thought “ I’m just in time. She pulled on a clean neon-blue blouse and tight black jeans. She looked one more time herself in the mirror. “Perfect” she said feeling the same tickling of excitement an the pit of her stomach. When Stephanie got to the address given by Alex the sky had already turned pinkish purple as the sun set into a reddish twilight. She knocked loudly on the door to make sure he heard. A few seconds later Alex appeared in the door, his lips curled into a pleasant smile .
“I knew you’d come, come in” said Alex, the door clattered behind her. As soon as Stephanie stepped in Alex wrapped his arms around her waist and planted a passionate kiss on her lips. Stephanie responded to the kiss with the same intensity, his cold hands sliding under her blouse. Abruptly he pulled her away giving her a black rose.
“Ohh Alex it’s so pretty” Stephanie bent forward seeking another kiss but Alex kept his distance. “ There is something I want to show you”. His grin grew wider as he said that. He grabbed her hand and guided her to the living room. Stephanie sat in the couch. From the drawer besides the T.V. What he did next was more than enough to turn the situation from romantic to macabre. Alex took out two round objects the size of a coconut. Stephanie suddenly realized with horror what they were. Two human heads. Both had brown hair stained with scarlet blood. Their skin was repulsively green and their mouths and eyes were black, empty. She recognized them, It was Noemy Tovar and Rocio Rodriguez, the girls who had disappeared almost two months ago. The room was invaded by the acid smell of decaying flesh. Despite the warmth of the evening an icy-cold trill rolled down her spine, her heart scudded inside her beating wildly against her ribs as panic and terror overwhelmed her. Alex was standing there grinning evilly .His eyes shining with malice.
“ These are my trophies” Alex said casually as he slid out a silver blade from behind him. Stephanie’s eyes grew wide with horror and dread. Alex moved forward with surprising speed, slashing the sharp blade before him. Stephanie let out a cry of terror as Alex yelled
“I NEED ANOTHER THROPHY!!!”
--THE END
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
The Third Death -- Sweet Blood
Sweet Blood
By: André Grandier
The sun shone bright and hot up in a lovely, cloudless, blue sky. Karen Marquez and her friend Gracia trotted lazily on the track as they spoke
“So, how did he take it? Was it easy?” Gracia asked Karen eagerly.
“To be honest, it wasn’t easy,“ Karen confessed.
“When I told Sami I didn’t want to be his girlfriend anymore he got really upset”
“And what happened ?”Gracia said .
“Well…” Karen giggled. “He begged me not to dump him ! Can you believe it? What a looser !!”
“Totally” Gracia agreed. Gracia was Karen’s best friend. She was tall and tough, muscular and even mean and evil looking, her chocolate-toned skin matched her deep brown eyes which were also the same color as her short hair always tied back into a ponytail. Karen on the other hand had silky white skin, her glossy, brownish-dark hair was shoulder-length and her mischievous golden-brown eyes made her one of the prettiest girls in the whole school.
“I had to tell him I had a new boyfriend, but he told me something that frightened me”
“What ?” Gracia asked warily.
“He said that I belonged to him and that he wouldn’t accept this” Gracia burst out laughing.
“From what movie did he get that line? !” Then she repeated nastily in an high toned voice imitating Sami. “You belong to me ,I won’t accept this” The two friends burst out laughing hysterically. The sound of a whistle at distance made them turn. Mr. Valencia was calling the whole class to get changed, the two of them ran to the gym to change to their normal clothes, after that they went to fourth period. Karen had Geometry 1A and Gracia Biology. They waved goodbye to each other, oblivious that it will be the last.
“Noemi I have to talk to u it’s very important I’ll meet you
At the Gym at 3:30 and please be there”
Confused by her friend’s message she wondered what she wanted. The last hour of class seemed eternal, Karen was eager to know what was that so important that Gracia needed to tell her. She couldn’t wait to the accorded time to know it so she decided to go right to her class at the end of the period. At last the bell rang. Karen stormed out the door surprised to see that the perfect bright, sunny day had turned cloudy and gray as if the day’s happiness had been driven away and now sadness was held in the atmosphere. No time to think about that Karen thought. She went straight to Mrs. Reynosa’s room, Gracia’s Biology teacher.
“Hi Mrs. Reynosa !” greeted Karen.
“Hi Karen how are you?” said Mrs. Reynosa warmly
“Good thanks, uhh, I was wondering if Gracia is still here?” Mrs. Reynosa scrutinized Noemi’s face then in a serious tone she said
“Graica didn’t come to class today” now Karen was really confused, she thanked Mrs. Reynosa and walked away. Still feeling her gaze hammering her neck Karen glanced at her wrist watch. It was 3:15. Karen hurried to the gym, on her way there she realized that the hallways were oddly empty , then she remembered that many people had gone to the football game Poly High School against Van Nuys High School. She wasn’t surprised to see that the gym was empty as well. Karen sat on a bicycle and waited, waited, and waited. Karen took a look at her watch. 4:10 pm already.
I am so out of here Karen thought bitterly. Just when she was about to leave she something very wrong and dreadful. Little drops of red blood stained the wooden floor her heart started to pound hard and fast in her chest as she started stoned at the red liquid. The drops led to a small closet in the corner of the gym. She walked toward it, slowly, warily. She hesitated. Finally, with a trembling hand she opened the closet.
Karen stepped back, shocked in mute horror. She wanted to scream but her throat felt as dry as dirt. She wanted to run but her feet were planted in the floor. Karen felt the dizzy faintness spread through her body. She looked away and covered her mouth to stop the vomit from coming out, then she looked back at the horrible image of Gracia’s dead body. Karen could still see the terror in Gracia’s lifeless eyes and purple face, her mouth was open uttering a silent scream. The deep wounds on her throat and stomach still bleeding, still fresh. Abruptly she turned and ran just to be stopped by a pair of big and strong arms. Dazzled she looked up to see her ex-boyfriend Sami looking lovingly at her
“I knew you’d come my love” said Sami. Terrified as she was she understood it all.
“What have you done you sick psychopath ?!! Why did you kill her? ! Why?!!!!” Sami’s face turned wild.
“ Don’t you understand?!! She wanted to separate us ! But don’t worry my darling we will be together for ever !!!!!”
Karen felt cold and warm all at the same time her body trembling all over, yet all of a sudden she felt rage surging up inside her. She turned her hand into a fist, looking vehemently at Sami, and with all her might threw blindly a punch at him aiming for the face, fortunately she had good aim. Karen’s fist came crashing against Sami’s nose, then ran out the door feeling as tired as if she had been running for hours.
The front door was locked. Desperately, she whirled around and ran to the back door which led to the lockers. Karen ran though the large rows of navy-blue lockers one after the other until finally she spotted the back exit door opened. Karen had reached out the door and was about to jump down the three steps before her when a pair of strong hands pushed her hard from behind, her hand surged for something to grab but found nothing but thin air. She raised her arms to cover her face, then heard the sickening snap as her body bashed against the cold hardness of the marble floor and almost instantly felt the excruciating pain. Karen reached out for her leg screaming wildly, her piercing screams echoing through the emptiness of the school. Quickly Sami covered Karen’s mouth tightly and dragged her back into the gym, back to the gruesome scene of her murdered friend.
“You and I will be together whether you like it or not” .Sami told Karen.
“YOU ARE SICK !!” Karen yelled twisting in pain as she was dragged. They finally got inside the Gym. Sami’s eyes shone with excitement.
“You are, and always be mine” Sami said sadistically as he licked Karen’s cheek and ripped her blouse open. Karen tried helplessly to get him off her, but all her efforts were in vain, hot wetness welled up in her eyes.
“Please Sami don’t do this !!” begged Karen.
“Shut up !!!!” screamed Sami. More pain swept over her when something cold and sharp penetrated her stomach, then it came crashing down again and again. Suddenly the pain faded away, she could feel nothing , nor the pain, nor Sami’s body over her, nor her body at all, just then her sight became blurry, and she was gone.
By: André Grandier
The sun shone bright and hot up in a lovely, cloudless, blue sky. Karen Marquez and her friend Gracia trotted lazily on the track as they spoke
“So, how did he take it? Was it easy?” Gracia asked Karen eagerly.
“To be honest, it wasn’t easy,“ Karen confessed.
“When I told Sami I didn’t want to be his girlfriend anymore he got really upset”
“And what happened ?”Gracia said .
“Well…” Karen giggled. “He begged me not to dump him ! Can you believe it? What a looser !!”
“Totally” Gracia agreed. Gracia was Karen’s best friend. She was tall and tough, muscular and even mean and evil looking, her chocolate-toned skin matched her deep brown eyes which were also the same color as her short hair always tied back into a ponytail. Karen on the other hand had silky white skin, her glossy, brownish-dark hair was shoulder-length and her mischievous golden-brown eyes made her one of the prettiest girls in the whole school.
“I had to tell him I had a new boyfriend, but he told me something that frightened me”
“What ?” Gracia asked warily.
“He said that I belonged to him and that he wouldn’t accept this” Gracia burst out laughing.
“From what movie did he get that line? !” Then she repeated nastily in an high toned voice imitating Sami. “You belong to me ,I won’t accept this” The two friends burst out laughing hysterically. The sound of a whistle at distance made them turn. Mr. Valencia was calling the whole class to get changed, the two of them ran to the gym to change to their normal clothes, after that they went to fourth period. Karen had Geometry 1A and Gracia Biology. They waved goodbye to each other, oblivious that it will be the last.
♦♦♦
Karen tried hard to solve the area of a 12 by 15 rectangle when she felt a vibration in her pocket , carefully and making sure no one was looking she took out her cell phone. It was a message from Gracia. Karen read it.“Noemi I have to talk to u it’s very important I’ll meet you
At the Gym at 3:30 and please be there”
Confused by her friend’s message she wondered what she wanted. The last hour of class seemed eternal, Karen was eager to know what was that so important that Gracia needed to tell her. She couldn’t wait to the accorded time to know it so she decided to go right to her class at the end of the period. At last the bell rang. Karen stormed out the door surprised to see that the perfect bright, sunny day had turned cloudy and gray as if the day’s happiness had been driven away and now sadness was held in the atmosphere. No time to think about that Karen thought. She went straight to Mrs. Reynosa’s room, Gracia’s Biology teacher.
“Hi Mrs. Reynosa !” greeted Karen.
“Hi Karen how are you?” said Mrs. Reynosa warmly
“Good thanks, uhh, I was wondering if Gracia is still here?” Mrs. Reynosa scrutinized Noemi’s face then in a serious tone she said
“Graica didn’t come to class today” now Karen was really confused, she thanked Mrs. Reynosa and walked away. Still feeling her gaze hammering her neck Karen glanced at her wrist watch. It was 3:15. Karen hurried to the gym, on her way there she realized that the hallways were oddly empty , then she remembered that many people had gone to the football game Poly High School against Van Nuys High School. She wasn’t surprised to see that the gym was empty as well. Karen sat on a bicycle and waited, waited, and waited. Karen took a look at her watch. 4:10 pm already.
I am so out of here Karen thought bitterly. Just when she was about to leave she something very wrong and dreadful. Little drops of red blood stained the wooden floor her heart started to pound hard and fast in her chest as she started stoned at the red liquid. The drops led to a small closet in the corner of the gym. She walked toward it, slowly, warily. She hesitated. Finally, with a trembling hand she opened the closet.
Karen stepped back, shocked in mute horror. She wanted to scream but her throat felt as dry as dirt. She wanted to run but her feet were planted in the floor. Karen felt the dizzy faintness spread through her body. She looked away and covered her mouth to stop the vomit from coming out, then she looked back at the horrible image of Gracia’s dead body. Karen could still see the terror in Gracia’s lifeless eyes and purple face, her mouth was open uttering a silent scream. The deep wounds on her throat and stomach still bleeding, still fresh. Abruptly she turned and ran just to be stopped by a pair of big and strong arms. Dazzled she looked up to see her ex-boyfriend Sami looking lovingly at her
“I knew you’d come my love” said Sami. Terrified as she was she understood it all.
“What have you done you sick psychopath ?!! Why did you kill her? ! Why?!!!!” Sami’s face turned wild.
“ Don’t you understand?!! She wanted to separate us ! But don’t worry my darling we will be together for ever !!!!!”
Karen felt cold and warm all at the same time her body trembling all over, yet all of a sudden she felt rage surging up inside her. She turned her hand into a fist, looking vehemently at Sami, and with all her might threw blindly a punch at him aiming for the face, fortunately she had good aim. Karen’s fist came crashing against Sami’s nose, then ran out the door feeling as tired as if she had been running for hours.
The front door was locked. Desperately, she whirled around and ran to the back door which led to the lockers. Karen ran though the large rows of navy-blue lockers one after the other until finally she spotted the back exit door opened. Karen had reached out the door and was about to jump down the three steps before her when a pair of strong hands pushed her hard from behind, her hand surged for something to grab but found nothing but thin air. She raised her arms to cover her face, then heard the sickening snap as her body bashed against the cold hardness of the marble floor and almost instantly felt the excruciating pain. Karen reached out for her leg screaming wildly, her piercing screams echoing through the emptiness of the school. Quickly Sami covered Karen’s mouth tightly and dragged her back into the gym, back to the gruesome scene of her murdered friend.
“You and I will be together whether you like it or not” .Sami told Karen.
“YOU ARE SICK !!” Karen yelled twisting in pain as she was dragged. They finally got inside the Gym. Sami’s eyes shone with excitement.
“You are, and always be mine” Sami said sadistically as he licked Karen’s cheek and ripped her blouse open. Karen tried helplessly to get him off her, but all her efforts were in vain, hot wetness welled up in her eyes.
“Please Sami don’t do this !!” begged Karen.
“Shut up !!!!” screamed Sami. More pain swept over her when something cold and sharp penetrated her stomach, then it came crashing down again and again. Suddenly the pain faded away, she could feel nothing , nor the pain, nor Sami’s body over her, nor her body at all, just then her sight became blurry, and she was gone.
-- THE END.
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