Fan Friday

As the snow crunched under her feet she reached for her buzzing cell phone. It was the heartbeat vibration so she knew it was Cherry. She flipped open the screen to a bold LOL. It was the third one from her, must be a bad night. They'd been texting for hours now, which was their usual when one of them (usually Cherry) needed to vent. Alice's cell buzzed again alerting her to another Cherry text." You know I love you right" Alice looked at the screen for a second before typing out "of course I do. Just like you know I love you" she didn't like this not one bit something was definitely not right with Cherry. The next time the phone buzzed she knew she was right and her stomach plunged to her feet. Alice clutched her phone and ran. She ran as fast as she could the twenty six blocks to Cherry's front door. She didn't even bother to knock just ran in and down the hall to Cherry's door which again she went right through. She burst into tears the moment she saw her on the floor. Her bare arms and legs were covered in blood. Alice slid to her and knocking the razor out of her hand cradled her against her chest. Looking frantically around the room she found a few socks and quickly tied them around the cuts that were bleeding the most. "What the hell!" Alice sobbed. Cherry looked up and with her last bit of effort mouthed "I'm sorry babe". Her head fell back as the last sparkle of light left her eyes. "NO!!!!" Alice screamed through her sobs as she shook Cherry's now lifeless body. The police entered the room a few seconds later. Apparently someone saw her rush in then heard the screams and called the cops. It took three of them to get Alice away from the body. She felt numb almost as if she was the one not living anymore. A few hours later after the coroner had come and the police had everything taken care of. "Excuse me miss, is this yours?" She glanced to see her cell phone in his outstretched hand. She must have dropped in as she ran in. She nodded and reached to take it. Her hands where blood stained and as she took the phone she jolted outside and threw up over the side of the balcony. The snow began to fall again and she could hear people in the distance. As cheers of a happy new year rang out Cherry's last message burned brightly on the screen "sometimes love isn't enough".

-DS