My Strange Neighbor

Prologue: The Accident

Anne's Pov

"Hi miss, can we dance?" I turned my back and raised my eyebrows when I saw the man who had just been dancing at the top of the stage approaching me. He smiled at me with his sparkling eyes .

"Sorry, but I don't know how to dance." I said coldly as I took the wine I had just ordered and was about to turn around when he stopped me by grabbing my arm.

"Not so fast babe." He said smiling. I looked at his hand holding my arm and glared at him.

"Get your filthy hands off me." I said as I squeezed his hand and quikly turned away. I heard him chuckled afterwards.

"Hey Annie, maybe next time!" He shouted but I didn't pay attention to him coz maybe I'm not the one he called because my name was Anne and not Annie.

When I reached the VIP room, which we occupied, the tension between Jake and Say was obvious. They are my couple friends.

Today is Jake's birthday so he invited the gang here to JayBar owned by his cousin.

"What's the problem?" I asked Sam who's pretending to be busy on his cellphone but obviously listening to the two.

"What took you so long?" He quietly asked in return.

"Someone blocked my way and annoyed me. So what's going on with those lovebirds?" I said as I looked at the two people silently arguing with each other.

"I don't know. They were just sweet like ants a moment ago and then Say just go to the restroom and Jake followed her but when they're back it seems like there's a wall between them." He said softly.

I gasped at what I heard and looked at the two guys, Bryce and Glenn who's being quiet at the side.

I gave them a 'why are they fighting?' look. But they just shrugged.

"Let's finish this!"Jake yelled and scram the room.

"Jake wait!" Say shouted and followed Jake.

Jake?

She never called him in his first name because their endearment was Hubby and wifey.

Something's not right here.

After Say followed Jake, we got along and followed them.

"Are they going to break up?" Sam asked innocently.

"No, they love each other so much so it won't happen." I answered him with a smile. He just pouted his lips and I couldn't resist to pinch his cheeks.

"Stop it Anne." He grasp my hand annoyingly. I just laughed at him and continued walking.

"Jake can you just slow down your driving." Say shouted.

The four of us just sat quietly in the back while looking at the two in the front.

Our car is moving fast. But for me this is normal because I played car racing even Bryce, Glenn and Sam. But not Say. She's girly and like a fragile thing that needs to be taken care of.

"You told me you didn't talk anymore, right? But what did I saw? Fuck Say! Did he offer his dick to you again ?!" Jake shouted angrily.

We can't interfere with them because it will only make Jake more angry. He never take order from anyone except Say but I think not anymore.

"How dare you say that to me? We just talked because we haven't seen each other for a long time." Say answered.

"Really? That's why he almost kissed you and you didn't even stop him?!? Damn!" Jake said while accelerating the vehicle.

He often stepped on the gas. It's a good thing there's no other car at the same time.

"Anne, can you drive. I don't wanna die yet." Bryce said next to me.

"Jake, maybe it's better for Anne to take the wheel." Glenn said to Jake.

Jake sighed and then looked at me in the rear view mirror.

I give him a 'let me drive' look and in less than a second he suddenly stepped on the brake.

Say even cried out in shock except for us who expected Jake to do that.

We switched places. I first looked at Say who was crying quietly before I started driving.

Suddenly everyone fell silent and only Say's weak crying could be heard.

Awkward.

I stopped the car when the traffic light turned red.

"Just hit the gas Anne there is no other vehicle here." Jake said a little irritated behind me.

"It's red light Jake." I answered.

"Fuck the traffic light. Just hit it!" He was annoyed and glared at me.

"Fine! Just don't ever dare to blame me if something's happened to us!" I answered as I felt becoming annoyed too and turned the steering wheel and then quickly pulled the car over.

"Anne please slow down!" I heard Sam shouted in the back of the car but I did not listen to him.

Which I truly regret.

It was too late to avoid the fast sports car that suddenly appeared on our side. It was crossing the line on the side of our car and it collided where Say was sitting and Bryce was in the back.

It was as if the surroundings were suddenly in slow motion because I could see firsthand how the glass of Say's window was broken and our car spinned along with the sports car we collided with.

I don't know how many times our car spun around before it stopped for a while.

I could feel the pain in my body and head as well as the numbness of my hands.

I even lowered myself before forcing my seatbelt to be removed.

But I was stunned to see a human body in the middle of the road where we interrupted.

I also smelled the gas dripping from our car so I was suddenly alarmed.

"G-guys, we need to get out of here now." I said trembling then turned to my friends.

But my eyes widened at what I saw.

Say's face and body were full of blood, one of her hands was cut off while a long tube stuck in her chest penetrated her back.

Oh God!!

I quickly looked at my friends but I could not see them clearly. I got out of the car and opened the back.

And that's how shocked I was by what I saw.

The tube pierced by Say penetrated Bryce's throat. They were full of blood. Jake is on the floor because he does not have a seatbelt. He broke one of his legs and neck.

I covered my mouth when I saw Glenn sitting in my old seat. His head was cut off.

I was twice as nervous and afraid of the situation we're in. I looked for Sam who was behind Bryce and Glenn earlier but I could'nt find him.

The rear of the car was flattened so I looked at the road and my eyes widened when I saw the prostrate man earlier.

An intense throbbing throbbed in my chest as I realized who it was.

"Sam! No!" I shouted then quickly headed to him.

And that's how I get trembled in fear when I saw that his head has cut on the side as if it was cutted by something. He was full of blood and obviously he's dead.

"S-Sam!?" I slowly approached him and there I burst into tears.

I held his hand and knelt beside him.

"Sam! Please wake up! I'm sorry!" I screamed then hold his bloody body. I put his head on my lap.

"Sam, Sam please wake up! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. Sammy please wake up. I didn't mean to. Sammy!"

But no matter how loud I shouted I got no answer. My brother was dead and so as my friends.

The news spread quickly throughout the school and the city. Because our families are known.

It was a horrible event that I will never forget. I want to kill myself for surviving that accident and blaming myself because it is my fault why we got involved in that terrible accident.

If I could only listen to my brother that time. He wouldn't have died at such a young age.

Sam was only 13 years old and because dad did not allow me to go out at night alone I forced him to accompany me to go to Jake's birthday treat.

But if I only knew that this would happen, I would have just let him play on his computer.

Our accident turned out to be noisy at school. And even five months later our whole class is still mourning. Especially the fans of Jake, Bryce and Glenn. Because they are the heartthrob of the school.

If the loss of my friends made everyone sad, it was the opposite of how they treated me.

I had a lot of haters. Even my softball fans hates me.

They're all blaming me for what happened to my friends and my only brother.

I wish I was the one who died and not them. Because in those five months, they didn't even let me sleep every night.

Everyone is right.

It's all my fault.

And even if I apologize a million times to everyone, my friends' lives will never be restored.

I killed them. I killed my friends and my brother.

I should kill myself too.

That's the only way to clear my conscience.

So I did.

I killed myself.