Room 406, Late Afternoon

[onlysmokesnics]

Hayley hadn't expected a visitor, let alone Roy Harper. The words he'd said stung in her head. Bianca wasn't a killer... but she was. She couldn't reconcile what he'd said with what she believed, and yet she couldn't shake off his words, either

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[tasenburn]

Elle had avoided the welcome because she didn't have anybody coming and why bother? It was still hurting that her father hadn't said he'd come. She was sure there was a reason, though, a reason that had nothing to do with her.

She needed to cheer up, she really did. So she figured she'd go to one of the few friends she'd made. Something had her going to Hayley rather than the other Elle, though. She knocked at Hayley's door and waited.

[onlysmokesnics]

It took a moment, but Hayley cracked open the door. Her eyes were swollen and puffy from crying, but she was grinning, a little too widely.

"Oh, hi Elle," she said.

[tasenburn]

Oh, that wasn't a good look. Crazy knows crazy, after all.

"What's wrong?" Elle asked, worried.

[onlysmokesnics]

Hayley opened the door the rest of the way. "Oh, I've just been redecorating, that's all."

Over Hayley's bed was a few tattered remains of photos and newspaper clippings, her bedside trashcan filled with crumpled paper.