C18 The Tragedy

Tina and her friends were watching from some distance as Phidelia and her friends parted ways. This was her chance to get back at Phidelia, she thought to herself with a mischievous smirk pasted on her face. Rowan and herself have been family friends for a while now with her having the hope that he will one day fall in love with her. Though he pretended not to know her at school, she still had that hope but then, Phidelia appeared from nowhere; posing as a threat.

To make matters worse, She stood up against her on her very first day in the school when she had wanted to bully Claire. That might have seemed like a joke to Phidelia but to her, it was a great deal. Not to even talk of Rowan's threat to forever break any friendship with her if she kept pestering her. So she thought of a way to make Phidelia distance herself from Rowan. She stared at Phidelia's back as turned the corner to the washroom with so much hatred boiling in her heart. "Are you girls ready?" She queried.

"Of course," Bella smirked. "Anything for you girlfriend." Roxy also added.

"Let's go." She took the lead, followed by Roxy and Bella. Phidelia on the other hand didn't know that she was being followed and what had been planned in stock for her. Getting to the washroom, she pulled the door open and sauntered in to meet a few girls in there. She strolled passed them to one of the empty urinals to do what she came to do. After about 5 minutes, she walked out to meet the washroom almost empty but that wasn't something to be alarmed about.

She shuffled over to the sink and placed her bag beside it. She stared at her reflection and the mirror and smiled. "Let's not give up yet Phidelia. Lots of people care and worry about you." She muttered encouragely to herself. She instinctively sighed, pushing behind her ear, the small strands of hair that had escaped from the ribbon which she had used to hold it up before opening the tap as she stared at her reflection once again, washing her hands under the running water. It was then that Tina and her friends barged in, slamming the door shut.

She got startled and jolted in fright deftly turning her gaze to face them. The look on their faces was evident enough to show what they were up to. Phidelia swiftly lurked around in panic and to her surprise, the washroom was empty. She didn't even notice when all the students left.Tina instinctively smirked at the look on her on.

"Well..., well, see who we have here, the weakling. You look like a scared cat." She gave a lopsided grin, leaning on the door of one of the washrooms as her friends took their stand beside Phidelia. "Guess what," She clasped her hand with a thoughtful look. "I've been searching for you in the entire school. Am I just not thoughtful..?" she added, a wicked smile dancing merrily on her lips.

"Wh–what are you girls up to?" Phidelia stuttered with shaky hands, slowly tracing her hand to her bag which lay beside the sink, picking it up. Tina noticed her and scoffed.

"Where do you think you're going?" she got provoked and snatched the bag, giving her a dirty slap on the face. Stepping back, she gestured for her friends to take over, "Get her." she ordered.

Before Phidelia could utter a word, Roxy grabbed a fistful of her hair, "Ah." She cried out, holding onto Roxy's hand which held her hair but before she could tell what was happening, Roxy shoved her aside roughly. A wince of pain flashed on her face as she hit her back on the door.

"Get her clothes off," Tina shouted.

"No, please..." Phidelia grasped, holding on to her shirt as Roxy and Bella rushed on her with Tina turning on her phone's camera. She struggled with them for about 30 minutes. Feeling suffocated, her asthma kicked in.

She gasped for breath as she slowly reached into her pocket for her inhaler. Just then, Roxy snatched it from her, stepping back with a smirk.

"Ple– please give it back," she murmured faintly, reaching for it.

"You want this..?" Tina took the inhaler from Roxy, lifting it in the air. "Come get it."

"Please Tina," she gasped for breath. "Please the inhaler..." she begged, struggling for her life. But Tina and her friends looked on, laughing their hearts out. They thought they were having fun but little did they know of the impending danger.

After a while of pleading and struggling to breathe, Phidelia collapsed on the floor. The smiles on their faces slowly faded away as they didn't know what was happening. They looked aghast at each other then Roxy knelt over to Phidelia, passing a finger beneath her nose. With bated breath, Tina and Bella waited for the result.

"What happened to her?" Tina questioned, looking anxiously between the body on the floor and the person kneeling beside it.

Roxy raised a horrified gaze at them, instantly getting up on her feet, trembling. "She..., she is dead.."

"What!? What do we do?" queried Bella. "This– this is not good." she ruffled her hair."

Tina was by herself shocked too. This was not what she had planned for but then, she quickly had to think of a way to get out of this mess.

"Alright, calm down Bella, no panicking. I think I have a plan."

Bella and Roxy waited anxiously as she strolled over to the door and pecked through. When she was sure they were safe, she sauntered back to her friends.

"Let's hide her body and bury it later." She suggested but then, Bella didn't buy that idea.

"No Tina," She replied. "That's too dangerous."

"And do you have any better ideas...?" Roxy snapped in. "Let's hear it."

Bella who had no special plans or ideas just growled, not saying anything in particular.

"Then it's sorted then," Tina responded. "Come help me." She added and they sauntered over to Phidelia's body.

Claire and Rowan on the other hand had been sitting in the cafeteria for quite some time now. They had long ordered their meals and were just in wait for Phidelia to return but she hadn't. Claire glanced expectantly at the entrance and sighed, turning her gaze to Rowan. "What do you think could be keeping her?" She questioned and Rowan shrugged.

Claire scoffed at his reply. "I will go check on her." She stood up, slightly pushing the chair back as it made a scrapping noise and sauntered off.

*****

After much effort, Tina, Bella, and Roxy were able to carry Phidelia's body into one of the urinals, tossing her bag on her. They instinctively let out a deep sigh, exhausted. "Come on, let's get out of here," Tina uttered and they slammed the urinal door shut. Just as they turned the keys to lock it, they heard the knob of the washroom door turn.

They paled out, deftly turning to the door as a flush crept up their faces.