“Good game Friday night Chris!”
“Atta boy Chris!”
“Let’s see that again this weekend, alright?”
That’s all I heard as I walked through the halls Monday morning at school. It felt good to be the big man on campus, all eyes on you. I loved it. I was lead scorer in Friday night’s football game. It was great. Everything was great. I had it all. I had the glory and fame from my peers at school and my girl right by my side. But I knew that night was the biggest mistake of my life. I wanted to test the waters. I wanted to see if Anna Lyn was the one for me and that is exactly what I did that night.
Her name was Gina Pitzer. I knew it wouldn’t be so hard to get her. She always had an eye on me but could never get to me because of Anna Lyn. That’s one thing I loved about Anna, she was determined. Whatever she wanted she made sure she got. So that night it was just me and the guys celebrating our big victory. There were a couple of girls here and there and one of them happened to be Gina. So I went in for the kill. I walked up to Gina offering her a cup of beer. She couldn’t resist me. With no hesitation she took the beer and everything seemed to fall into place from there. One thing led to another and the next thing you know I’m in the master bedroom with Gina having sex.
Everything was coming at me all at once. I loved the attention I was getting, but I still knew in the back of my mind what I had done Friday night, I would have to live in guilt for the rest of my life. I knew it wouldn’t go away. I knew Anna would find out one way or another and when she did, I thought I was going to die. Just the thought of her leaving me killed me.
“How could you do this to me, Chris? How could you do this to us?”
“I don’t know baby! I wasn’t thinking! It was the alcohol, I didn’t know what I was doing!”
“Right! That makes is all better, Chris! Just blame it on the alcohol! Haven’t you ever heard of truth comes out when you’re drunk?”
“Anna, baby! I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to. I did it to prove my love to you. To see if you were really the one for me.”
She was really going to leave. I could see it in her eyes. I have never seen her look at me the way she did that night she found out. The love of my life was about to walk out of my life. I needed a miracle. I was desperate. I would do anything to prove to Anna that she was and always will be the one for me. That what I did Friday night was the biggest mistake and it didn’t mean a thing to me.
“You expect me to believe you, Chris?! You slept with another girl. And you did intentionally! You said you wanted to see if I was the one for you.”
“I know. I’m sorry Anna! I love you more than anything in this world. You know that! We have plans remember? We’re gonna get married. Have our own kids, all that good stuff. You are the one Anna. I love you and only want to be with you. I mean that with all my heart. What can I do to prove what I’m saying it true?”
That’s when she came up with the plan. That’s when she decided to kill Gina Pitzer. WE were gonna kill Gina Pitzer together.
I couldn’t believe what was coming out of Anna’s mouth. How could the love of my life say something like that? How could a small, innocent and nice girl like Anna come up with this? She said we were going to kill Gina Pitzer. I didn’t know how to react to such an idea like that. I’m not a murderer. I’m not a killer. I mean, Yeah. Sure I’ve wanted to kill a few people because I have temper. But I would never actually do it. Was she serious? We were gonna kill Gina?
“What did you say?”
“I said we’re gonna kill that little witch!”
“You can’t be serious, Anna! Why would you even think of such a thing?”
“Do you know how hurt I am right now?! You slept with another girl! You’re supposed to love me! Since we were 13 years old, Chris? What…”
“I know! I know! I’m sorry, babe! I wasn’t thinking! But you really can’t be serious about this?!”
“Do you love me? Will you do anything for me? Because you’re sure not showing me that.”
“You know I do! More than anything and anyone in this world, babe!”
“You’re lying! You don’t love me!”
She started to cry and sat there for awhile sobbing. I really messed up. I messed up big time. The love of my life was slipping out of my life with every second that passed. Then she stopped crying and looked at me. And at that moment when she said it, I felt my heart drop. I had just lost the love of my life.
“It’s over, Chris.”
She reached for the door and she walked out of the car. Where she was going? I don’t know where. We were at the marina. How was she supposed to go home? But that didn’t matter. I immediately got out of the car and ran after her.
“Anna, baby! Come here! I’m sorry! I’ll do anything! Give me one more chance! Please?!”
She looked at me with her eyes full of tears. It hurt so much to see her like that. To see how much I hurt the most important person in my life. I was desperate. I was really willing to do anything for this girl.
“Anything, babe. I’ll do it.”
She looked at me and this look was a look that I have never seen from her. She looked at me with so much hate and anger.
“Then prove it to me, Chris. Show not tell.”
“What do you want?”
“I already told you. I want that witch dead. I want her out of your life forever!”
I couldn’t believe she really wanted me to go through with it. She really wanted Gina dead. And I couldn’t believe the words that came out of my mouth… “Then I’ll do it. Let’s do it.”
The next two days was a blur. That was the time we did all of the planning and arrangements for the murder. We really couldn’t think of a perfect way to do it. I mean come on. We weren’t actual murderers. This was going to be our first and only murder. The only thing we could think of was shooting her. Our plan was to take her somewhere deserted and shoot her right then and there. And Anna was going to be in the trunk the back seat hiding the whole time.
During those two days, I would have to say that it was one of the best two days of my life. Me and Anna really got closer and connected more, and it made me realize why and how much I love this girl. She really was my everything. We would crack jokes and smile at each other, it was the best feeling in the world to know she was mine and I was hers.
But we also had to come with a whole act for everyone at school. Just in case there were any suspicions. I mean when people found out that Gina was dead or missing, fingers would be automatically pointed at either one of us. So we acted as if everything was the same. Anna acted as if she never found out about me and Gina. Anna acted as if she never found out about anything and to the guys I was some big hot shot because I never got caught. I got to have my cake and eat it too. We were still that couple that everyone knew was going to be together forever. We were still Adams High’s cutest couple. So I guess we were doing it right, playing it cool.
January 3, 2007 was the day. The day we were gonna kill Gina Pitzer. I have never been so scared and nervous in my life. That night at around 11:30 I came to pick up Gina at her house. I had called her earlier that day and told her I wanted to see her and that we needed to talk. I explained to her that I’ve always had feelings for her and that I wanted to brake it off with Anna but it would have to wait awhile, because I just didn’t want to hurt Anna. But that was all for show. I was just putting on an act so I can see her.
So that night I picked her up and we drove to the marina. We just sat and talked looking at the view of the city in my pick up, while we made out. I knew it killed Anna to see or hear us. Anna was in the back trunk. She was supposed to wait until my signal, which was when I would ask Gina, “Are you sure you’re willing to wait?” and as soon as Gina answered was when Anna was supposed to hit here over the head with a bat. And that is exactly what happened. Anna hit her good too. There was blood everywhere in my car. But Gina still somehow was able to get herself out of my car and try to run away. That was when we were forced to shoot her. We were hoping that, that one hit to her head from the steel bat would do it, but it didn’t.
When we shot her, we knew she was dead. Gina laid there on the ground with her eyes wide open in shock. I couldn’t believe we actually killed her. We both stood there for a good minute. That good minute felt like forever because we were still in shock. Then we finally took her and dropped her into the marina.
We were now both covered and blood and scared. Anna was crying because she was so traumatized about what she and I had just done. We had no where else to go so we went to my best friend, DJ’s house. When we got there, he automatically knew that something bad had happened. He could see it in our faces, but of course we didn’t say or tell him anything. I did all the talking when we got to his house. I just told him that he had to promise that he would never tell anyone that he saw us that night and as a good friend that is exactly what he promised.
But I guess what Anna and I did that night was something that we would just never get away with. But she is and always will be my everything. I would put her before anything and anyone. What I did that night was out of love. I loved Anna and she knows that. We will now be together forever despite anything and all that is happening right now. We killed Gina Pitzer. I played part in the murder because I had to prove to Anna that I loved her and Anna played part because it was both of us in it and because she has always hated Gina. She knew Gina always wanted me. She knew Gina was jealous of her. But it’s over now. We both made the decision to do this and we will face the consequences together.