Simon Death High by Blair Burden

answer if you don't want to.”
    Cassidy swallowed as her eyes began to
water, “Um, Jordan is going away.”
    “Going away where?”
    “He's being drafted.”
    “Like in the military?”
    “Yeah, he's going to war. He just shaved his
head a few weeks ago. We are going to visit family.”
    “Oh, wow I’m sorry,” Linda sighed.
    “You say it like it's such a dreadful
thing,” she playfully laughed. “He'll be okay...right?”
    “My dad went to war.”
    “And he's okay, right?”
    “Um...he's had better days,” she muttered.
“But, everyone is different. I’m sure Jordan will be fine. He's
strong minded.”
    “Yeah, I have no one else. I don't know what
I'll do if something happened to him,” she sighed. “Well, you
should get going. I’m sorry I wasn't much help.”
    “No, way! You were a lot of help. I'll keep
in touch with you guys.”
    Jordan walked back downstairs and shook
Linda’s hand. “Bye.”
    “Good luck; you'll do good.”
    “I hope so,” he winked and they walked her
back outside. “Also, that site you got those photos from isn't an
adult site. It's a social site...well, I change that...but, it's
more of a dating site. Facebook meets Match.com. A lot of the
seniors from last year have an account. So, it wouldn't surprise me
if Mandy had one too.”
    “So, it's a dating site?” Linda asked.
    “A dating site to find rich men. Well, there
were a lot of rich men on the site. Anyone could join, but if you
had a premium account you were connected to the richer men. The
sexier you are, the better men you get ,”
Jordan said.
    Cassidy laughed, “How do you know this?”
    Jordan began to chuckle, “My dad has rich
friends and so, I’m nosy and I hear the stories. Also, don't forget
I was pretty popular in high school.”
    “Oh, gosh! You should leave before his ego
gets so big,” she teased.
    Linda laughed, “Thanks so much you guys!
It's all adding up.”
    As Linda sat in her car, she organized her
notes. She crossed out the fact that the so-called web cam site was
really a dating site. There were only so many people in Simon,
Idaho so it was no shock that students would go onto that
site—especially, students who needed money.
     

11 | Busted Bitch
     
    Michael walked into the gym where the glee
club members were sitting doing homework. The school was so broke,
they didn't even have an extra room for them. He strutted his
stuff, dreading to even have a conversation with his old
friends.
    “Shh, it's the gay boy,” he overheard,
Debbie, an overweight blonde say—and they all laughed.
    Aw, Michael’s face turned red as a fresh
apple as they pointed at him. Of course, he didn't want to be
called a murderer but he would much rather be called that than have
a rumor going around that he was gay—even if it was true. He would
much rather tell his family first.
    He paused at the door, “What did you
say?”
    “You're gay!” Debbie shouted. “I would
respect you a lot more if you would just admit it. I’m gay
too.”
    “I'm not gay—”
    “Oh, yeah...sure...like you and your friends
aren't murderers too. If I were you, I would avoid this school or
better leave this damn town!”
    “Debbie, shut your ugly mouth up. You have
no right to talk so low to me. Firstly, you have no idea what is
going on. Secondly, you don't know my sexuality and it's my
business. Thirdly, you're an idiot.”
    Debbie stiffened up as everyone began to
chuckle. She hated not being liked. Debbie was the type of chick
that enjoyed putting others down because she had low
self-esteem— bully .
    Michael leaned on the door, with his arms
crossed. “I was here to just ask if you guys knew anything
suspicious about what is going on. Me and my friends need any help
because police are suspicious of us for no reason.”
    The group stayed quiet as they put their
heads down, ignoring Michael’s questioning. He hated the glee club
members which made him dislike the show, even though he loved
watching it.
    After a