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BREAKING NEWS:

Actor Jonathon Bailey was found dead outside of a gay bar, police say he was killed with a knife but when they searched for the weapon it was nowhere to be found. Fans say they're devastated for his loss along with his co-stars from the movie 'Wicked'. The killer is still yet to be found as there was no evidence left on scene. Was this a personal attack? Or are the rest of the Wicked actors possibly in danger. Find out more on www.gaytwinkdeaths.com

"So Miss Grande, how was Jonathan close to you?"

Ariana looks at the detective, tears in her eyes. She was brought in for questioning for his death, since theres little to no evidence they have to make sure no stone is left unturned.

"He was a best friend, his smile would light up a room, and wherever he walked everybody's heads would turn."

The detective started writing in his notepad, he seemed fed up at this point since everyone had the same answer for these questions. "Their smile lit up a room" bs.

"And did you two ever fight?" The detective says, looking up at Ariana.

What a dumb question.

"No, never! We didn't know each other all to well but...the times we did speak..we painted each others nails and gossiped about boys together...it was amazing, he was amazing. I can't believe he's gone."

The detective looked back down at the notepad, writing something else down.

After a few more questions the detective let Ariana go.

"Okay, Miss Grande. Thank you for your time."

She gets up from her seat to let the next person come in, Cynthia Erivo. She was wearing a hazmat suit, no particular reason other than thats the fashion she chose. Although it was hard for Cynthia to shuffle around in the costume she managed to get in, sitting down in the seat Ariana was just in.

"So, Miss Erivo, what was Jonathan like?"

"Gay." Cynthia answered bluntly.

"I mean- really gay, he'd pretend everywhere he stood was a catwalk. One time we had to retake a few scenes when shooting Wicked because we noticed he was doing a catwalk mid performance in the background."

The detective started writing down again in his notepad.

"But did you two get along well?" The detective asked.

"I mean- it was nothing special, we performed, and.. I guess we didn't really talk too much off set. He was usually hanging out with Ariana and Bowen. I didn't resent him for that though, no. He was probably a nice man, I just didn't get to know him." Cynthia said looking down. She didn't seem sad, but almost a sting of guilt. For what though? The detective didn't know.

"Alright, thank you. I just have a few more questions and then you can leave."

When Cynthia was done she got up from her seat letting the next person go in, when she exited the building she was met with hundreds of news reporters and fans asking questions. "Do you know who did the murder?" "Did you kill Jonathan?" "Do you think you'll be next?". It's all so dumb and people are so careless, she didn't answer the questions as she got in her car and just drove away.

K sorry short chapter 🥹.

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BREAKING NEWS:
Ariana has recently announced a new album "Rainbows". She says it's still in production, but it will have 12 songs. She says it's one of her favorite albums yet. She teased one of the song names on it called 'Nails'. Some fans are raged about her announcing the album directly after her co-star Jonathan Bailey's death, Whilst others think it was just bad timing.

Find out more on www.dumbnewschannel.com

Cynthia was getting ready for an event, She wore a classy trash bag skirt, a grocery bag for a shirt, and placed a water bottle on her head for the hat. She looked stunning.

When she arrived with her girlfriend Lena, everyone was taking photos. Cynthia's eyes were wandering around as if she was looking for something...or someone, She saw Ariana in the distance with Ethan and ran over to her as if someone were chasing her with a knife, She pushed Ethan aside causing him to fall straight on the floor and into the crowd, and she immediately hugged Ariana. Whilst Lena was still at the doors.

Cynthia and Ariana left their partners behind and went to the main area, where tons of celebrities were gathered around the entire place, along with interviewers and fans behind velvet ropes. One interviewer with green short hair and a pin on their chest that said "They/Them", Ariana thought they were a barista at first, They would be a good one atleast.

The interviewer started asking them both the basic questions, "How are you", "Are you happy to be here", yada yada yada. And then asked Ariana if its possible she could give more information on soon-to come album; Rainbows. Ariana paused for a second, and then started to speak,

"Well..I shouldn't say too much, but since it's a special event I guess I could say this."

She looked over to Cynthia for assurance, Cynthia nodded.

"I could tell you a name of another song thats gonna be in it, "Exploration", Which I already adore! It's still a work in progress- the whole album is. Might take a while for it to release but it'll be so worth it!"

The interviewer had a big smile. They said their thank you's to Ariana and then turned to Cynthia. Where they started asking her some random questions, Cynthia glanced to the side and saw Lena, who seemed pretty steamed. While Ethan was talking with interviewers, but he had a bruise on his head from when Cynthia pushed him.

Cynthia looked back to the interviewer, and answered another one of their questions- but the interviewer was being called over by one of their friends, so they left.

A little while after, Cynthia and Ariana were taking photos- They were basically groping each other.. per usual. And when the event ended and Cynthia and Ariana had to part ways, they hugged and were almost on the verge of tears that they had to separate, Lena pulled Cynthia away and into the car, Lena looked pissed, They weren't speaking to Cynthia but you could tell just by the look on their face. They said but one thing to Cynthia- ," You're sleeping on the couch tonight." Cynthia understood why though, this wasn't the first time she's had to sleep on the couch. One time she had to sleep on there for a whole week.

When the night reached and Lena was asleep, Cynthia texted Ariana. "Can't sleep?". Ariana immediately responded, and Cynthia said how she was forced to sleep on the couch. Ariana responded with a "lmao." She then said that Ethan was saying not-too-nice things about Cynthia, it seemed like Ethan hated Cynthia, and Lena hated Ariana. Cynthia and Ariana chatted for about an hour, until Ariana asked Cynthia if she wanted to meet up. It was nearing 1 am- but Cynthia responded with a yes.

Ariana set a location, they were trying to not be seen by the public and since it was dark it made it better for them. Cynthia quickly checked to see if Lena were asleep- and ran straight to the door. She had left a note saying she felt sick and went to go get medicine incase Lena had woken up, She didn't go by car since she didn't want to be noisy, and besides the meeting spot wasn't too far from home, and when Cynthia arrived she saw Ariana looking at her phone. Ariana was wearing a basic outfit but fully black and a hoodie, she seemed so happy to see Cynthia.

Ariana looked down before looking back at Cynthia.

"You know- i've been a bit on edge since Jonathan's death..I'm sure they weren't planning a attack on all of us but- the questions been nagging at me, what if i'm next?"

Cynthia put a hand on Ariana's shoulder, "Me too, i'm sure everyones fine though. I mean.. it's been weeks, we're good."

Ariana smiled at Cynthia, and hugged her. They went to go sit down at a bench as Cynthia heard a crow cawing in the distance. They were at an old hangout area where an old lighthouse were just a few feet away from them. They were just hanging out and talking, they had heard noises behind them a few times but assumed it were random animals. Until Ariana leaned into kiss Cynthia but was interrupted with a white flash and a shutter sound following it. She knew they were screwed. They both turned to see who it was that took the photo but it was too late, they were gone.

They both immediately rose up from the bench to try and solve what to do, Ariana was just yelling a bunch of curse words meanwhile Cynthia was pacing back and forth.

"What the fuck are we gonna do?!" Ariana yelled, "This is it, my career is over- your career is over- we're done!"

"Just pause! i'm thinking, i'm thinking!" Cynthia said tapping her head.

"Listen! we cannot let this get out! I- I'll...uhm.." Ariana sat down, she was losing breath from being so panicked.

She paused for a second, before she spoke again. "Maybe.. maybe the photo wont show it was me who u were with! I had my hoodie up, so- so it could be that it didn't show me!" Ariana said with an unsure smile.

"That doesn't defeat the fact it showed me kissing someone! Your ass might be saved but mine SURE isn't. I don't know how I could lie my way out of this one. Even if you could see it were you in the photo, that wouldn't dissolve your 'career'. You're basically immune from being cancelled." She said angrily, she wasn't mad at Ariana, although Ariana took it as if she was.

"I'm sorry." She said afterwards. "This just- this is all so frustrating." Cynthia sat back down beside her. Ariana kissed her on the hand as she rested her head on her shoulder.

After things settled down they decided to leave, and Ariana was met with a fowl smell as she neared the trail, Cynthia smelt it too...what was that?

They decided to follow the smell- they just used their phone flashlights so they could see. It was near the forest- but they could tell they were near. Ariana had to cover her nose it was so bad.

As they kept walking Ariana had tripped over something. Cynthia pointed her phone flash to see Ariana, and thats where they saw Jeff's body.

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BREAKING NEWS:

Actor Jeff Goldblum has been found dead after his co-stars in the movie 'Wicked' Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande found his body, Cynthia said they found him in a forest after they smelt a "Fowl Stench". Cynthia claimed she thought it was one of Ariana's perfumes. The killer has still not been caught, and it seems that they are targeting the actors of Wicked. Who could be next?

Find out more on WickedDeaths.com

It had been the morning after Jeff's death...and also the morning Cynthia and Ariana had feared that the photo of them would release, Cynthia and Ariana were already questioned, and the police suspected that the killer was just some random guy- not one of the cast members. Ariana was deeply upset over this, so was Cynthia, Ariana was looking over her shoulder every 5 seconds every time she went outside, she was so scared.

Ethan was confused why Ariana was so on edge, he knew she was scared from the killer- but the fear seemed of something else, she wasn't acting herself, he knew she was hiding something- but what?

"Ariana, are you alright? You've been so distant- what's wrong?" Ethan asked as he approached Ariana, sitting down beside her. "What?" Ariana said, "Nothing's wrong- i've just been panicked about the killer." She responded after. "That's not true, you're hiding something. You can tell me anything Ari, please, what's wrong?" Ethan said, putting a hand on Ariana's shoulder.

Ariana couldn't tell Ethan though, obviously. She was trying to think of an excuse- something, she didn't know what to tell him. Maybe a distraction. "Ethan- i'll tell you later, I promise. Are you hungry though? You should go eat something." Ariana said, surprisingly it worked though, he got up from the couch and went over to the kitchen. Ariana went back on her phone, Cynthia posted something on her story- a photo of her nails, what pretty colours. Cynthia always had the nicest nails with pretty charms on them, this time she decided to switch it up and did vampire nails, 'interesting choice', Ariana thought to herself. She messaged Cynthia replying to her story with "Beautiful nails Cynth, I love them!" And Cynthia responded with "You're gonna love them." Ariana was confused with that one though, what does she mean by that?

Ariana turned around to see what Ethan was doing, he was eating a hamburger and pretending to be spongebob again, "Spongebob loves krabby patty!!" He said in an annoying spongebob voice. Ariana couldn't be around him, she just got up and left, leaving him in confusion.

Ariana left a couple voice notes to Cynthia ranting about how much Ethan bugged her, she loved ranting to her, she was a really good listener. Cynthia offered to hang out, she needed to get out of the house anyways- and she thought it would be good for the both of them if they got fresh air. Ariana brought up that she was worried about someone taking photos of them- which they still hadn't figured out who had done it, but Cynthia told her it's fine, it's not like they're going to do anything anyways

"Does Lena know you're here?" Ariana asked. Cynthia was confused at that, "Uh- no, why do you ask?.." Cynthia said. Ariana looked behind Cynthia before looking back at her. "Because I see them right now- they doesn't seem too happy." And it was true, Lena seemed to be looking for Cynthia, and they did not seem happy. "Lena mad as hell" Ariana thought to herself.

Cynthia turned around to look for them, and immediately turned back around to hide, she even considered trying to take someones wig as a disguise, it's LA, everyones wearing a wig. Alas it was too late- Lena had seen her.

Lena stormed over to Cynthia, Ariana couldn't quite make out what they were saying because all the words were coming out too fast- kind of like gibberish, they caused a scene though, everyone was staring, some taking photos, she even saw a parent covering their kids ears.

After Lena had ripped Cynthia a new one, Lena asked Cynthia if she's cheating on them, Cynthia glanced over at Ariana before saying "Lena, no- i'd never do that, please. I'm sorry I should've told u where I was going." Lena had a confused expression on their face. "What? No, i'm not mad about you not telling me where you go, i'm talking about this photo!" Ah shit. Lena turned their phone around to show Cynthia, it was the photo, Ariana at this point didn't know if she should stay or go. Cynthia put her hands over her head, before looking back at Lena, "That's not me. I can tell you would think it's me because i'll say we do look similar but- i'm telling you right now that isn't me." Cynthia said, she was hoping that lie of hers would work.

"Do not gaslight me right now Cynthia. I know thats you, you guys have the same hat!" Lena snapped. Cynthia facepalmed. "It's pitch black in the photo, every hat looks the same, and what says that multiple people can't own the same hat?" Cynthia said. Ariana was just watching this whole thing go down. "And also, maybe thats an impersonator, I mean- we don't know, it could've been staged. Who's going around trying to catch people kissing at what seems to be 1 am? Only creeps, i'll bet anything they planned that whole thing just for some money." Oh how clever Cynthia was. Lena thought about it, and realized she was wrong.

"I'm so sorry Cynth, I don't know what I was thinking, it's just- people keep making rumours about you, saying these things, and...I know it's not true but it gets to me and creates these false narratives, And when I saw that photo, I thought...they were right." Lena said before kissing Cynthia, ouch. That hurt for Ariana to watch. Lena felt so upset . for screaming at Cynthia, Cynthia assured them it was alright though. Lena decided to stick around and sit down at the table they were at, it was an outdoor restaurant, nothing too fancy.

Cynthia started tapping her head again, Ariana looked confused, she keeps doing it and Ariana doesn't know why. "Why do you tap your head all the time?" Ariana asked.

"It's very neat, basically, tapping my head makes my brainwaves turn into echolocation, and with that, the echolocation lets me hear and see what people are saying about me." Cynthia simply said.

Ariana looked very confused, "Im sorry repeat that one more time?" she asked. Cynthia laughed at that, "Here's an example, someone with the name Cali keeps asking when i'm gonna chop my nails." I told you, echolocation.

Ariana was confused to say the least, "Why is she asking about that?" Ariana asked, Lena gave a mean glance, she knew. "Oh, I don't know, uh.. they keep sending gifs of us, I have no clue. I'll probably call them out on my story later."

"Right.." Ariana said, the waiter eventually came around with their food, they all ordered simple food, Lena was flirting a lot with Cynthia though, Ariana felt a sense of jealousy, and Cynthia was swooned by Lena, until she slipped and almost called Lena Ariana, oops. Lena didn't notice it, but Ariana sure did, how sweet, I guess.

When they were ready to pay the bill, Cynthia said it was all on her, Ariana was grabbing on her hand, like always. Lena was eyeing Cynthia down though. Ariana remembered about Ethan and said she should get going, they said their goodbyes and parted ways.

When Ariana got home, she couldn't find Ethan, she got a bad feeling, what if the killer got him? oh lord, she couldn't fathom another person dying, not in her house, not someone she loves...sort of. That was until she saw a man in her bathroom with blonde hair, "Frankie?" Ariana said, was that her brother? Why is Frankie in her bathroom?

Until he turned around, wasn't Frankie, it was Ethan, he had taken the decision to dye his hair blonde. Great. "Ethan, why did u dye ur hair?" Ariana asked nervously, he looked horrible, even the hairstyle was the same as Frankie. "I just thought I could use a new look! Do you like it? Now we're matching with the blonde hair!" Ariana could not go out in public after this, not with him at least, she'd have to go in disguise, maybe go under a new name, it was disastrous. "Yes! Yes, it looks so good, although..I do prefer your natural hair. Not saying that the blonde is bad, just..." she paused, "Don't you think you look a bit like my brother?" Ariana asked sheepishly, she didn't want to hurt his feelings, or make him go into panic after he made such a huge decision.. but she needed to make him realize the giant mistake he made in a way that he wouldn't freak out about it.

"I don't see it, we don't look alike at all?" He said in a confused tone, Ariana just told him to forget about it. She decided to just go sit down and watch a movie, maybe she could text Cynthia- she would get a laugh out of what Ethan had done, Cynthia usually responds in the next 10 minutes, usually, but this time- about 20 minutes, then 30, then 40, and the movie had already finished and Cynthia still hadn't responded, this was unlikely of Cynthia, but Ariana understood maybe she was busy, she'd just go to sleep and see if she responded tomorrow.

When Ariana woke up she immediately went for her phone to check Cynthia's response- but to her surprise, nothing, she wasn't even left on read, had something happened to Cynthia? She tried texting her a few more times, even giving her a call, but again, nothing. What was going on?

She knew Cynthia wakes up a bit before her, so it couldn't be that she was asleep, maybe she could text Lena and see what was going on, well, Lena responded pretty fast, but it wasn't the response she was hoping for.

"You need to stay out of mine and Cynthia's life, I know what you do, you go around stealing people's partners just to leave them for the next, well that's not happening, so stick to your spongebob squarepants and get the hell out of our life." Is what Lena had texted Ariana. What?? What was going on? Had Lena found out about her and Cynthia? Well, of course she did otherwise she wouldn't have said that, Ariana was hurt, and confused, so what does this mean? That Ariana just isn't aloud to see Cynthia anymore? How could've Lena found out, she thought Cynthia's lie worked? But Ariana is too tired for this, she's going back to sleep to deal with that later.

Well, she tried to go to sleep, but Ethan was doing a spongebob voice again, really??

"Spongebob loves brushing his teeth!" Ethan yelled enthusiastically, Ariana couldn't take it anymore, she yelled at him to go cosplay spongebob elsewhere, which made him a bit upset- but he understood.

Ariana clocked Ethan's tea.

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BREAKING NEWS:

Actor Ryan Reynolds has been speculated to be the famous 'wicked killer',  when cops pulled up footage of the gay bar Jonathan was killed outside of, he was seen entering the building with Ryan Reynolds, Ryan's wife Blake Lively said "Ryan isn't gay, that wasn't him, it was a look alike." Ryan has stayed silent on the subject. Cops say they still haven't found any new leads and don't have enough evidence to arrest anyone.

Cynthia made a tweet about Ryan in his defense, Cynthia's co-star Ariana Grande had replied questioning why Cynthia blocked her, causing fans to speculate on what was happening.

Find out more on www.WickedKiller.com

"Ryan, why were you at that gay bar?" Blake asked, she was pissed, Ryan feared for his own life.
"Moral support.." He said sheepishly, Blake already knew he was sleeping with Jonathan- but he wanted to hear him say it, "Cut the shit, Ryan. Just say the truth." Ryan looked defeated, he knew his marriage was over. "How long has it been going on?" Blake asked.
"I only found out I was gay last year.. Jonathan ended up reaching out to me 2 weeks before he died, and....he took me to that bar, we weren't dating, but we did stuff I guess." That was enough for Blake to take her ring off and throw it at Ryan's face, leaving the house without saying anything.

Ryan's phone was blowing up, did he kill Jonathan? No. Jonathan was the first man he had been with, he was a bit odd- but he did like him.

Meanwhile, with Cynthia, she had seen Ariana's tweet, 'God, why did she do that? Thanks for spilling our business to everyone,' Cynthia thought. Ariana must've been desperate for a response from Cynthia, but like Ariana had seen from Lena's text, Cynthia couldn't interact with her anymore, how did Lena find out? Well, Cynthia didn't know, Lena didn't give a reason.

"Lena, may I speak to you?" Cynthia asked, she didn't want to make her upset on the topic of this, but she had to know. "I'm just confused, me and Ariana did nothing, I thought we spoke on this already." Lena looked away from Cynthia, "I know that was you at the lighthouse Cynthia, even if u say that u didn't kiss, I saw, Ariana leaned in to kiss you, and so did you. if that person hadn't of been there you would've done something." Lena said, Cynthia's eyes widened after she heard what Lena said,

"It was you." She said, pointing at Lena. What?? "What do you mean?" Lena asked turning to Cynthia, "How did you know that photo was taken at a lighthouse? You couldn't even see it in the photo." Cynthia asked, Lena realized they screwed up. "So it was you!!" Lena yelled.

"Don't spin this onto me! You followed me to that place and took a photo of me, posting it to the internet as what? Some public humiliation??" She yelled. "You still cheated! You lied- you said that nothing was going on between you two! And look at that, I was right!" Lena snapped. She was done speaking to Cynthia, she stormed off to her room, leaving Cynthia in an awkward energy.

Meanwhile with Ariana, she was expecting that Cynthia would respond to her, minutes passed by and still nothing, she eventually gave up- but she would try again sometime soon, she decided to read the news and see what Cynthia was speaking about on X, She didn't know Ryan to well, although she thought it was obvious he wouldn't be a murderer, just a gay man.

Ethan was in the bathroom, he thought if he washed his hair long enough the dye would come out, but he used permanent dye.. so it didn't work, obviously. Ariana got a notification, someone messaged her, was it Cynthia? Well, no, it was..Zendaya? Why was Zendaya messaging her? The text read 'I know about Jonathan's murder, I was with Blake when Ryan had left to go to the bar with him, she took me with her to go spy on Ryan, I think she might have done something to Jonathan. Could we chat about this later on the phone?" Ariana was surprised, to say the least., Zendaya sent an image of a hat afterwards, what does that mean? What does she know.. did Blake really kill Jonathan? Why did poor Jeff die then? Maybe it was a coincidence.

Ariana messaged back asking when they should call, and Zendaya texted with "In 3 hours, don't tell anyone we're having this conversation, theres a lot of things that you don't know, and a lot of things that shouldn't get out."  and sent an image of a hat afterwards, what the hell does the hat mean? maybe Zendaya was on some medication and she just forgot to take it, who knows.

Ariana texted her asking what the hat meant, but she got left on read, well..google exists, so there must be something of it on there, she tried searching random stuff, like, just the word 'hat', didn't work, then she searched "image of a hat meaning", nothing, then she searched "Zendaya hat", and..something appeared.

There it was, it was an image of Zendaya wearing that exact same hat.

But what did it mean? She searched everywhere, and nothing..until she noticed something, something peculiar, the description under that image had said "EHTTAHSWONKLLA" what does that mean?? She searched it up, and only one link popped up, "THEHATKNOWSALL.com" Ariana clicked on the link, but when it opened, it asked her for a password. Oh well, she's not gonna try to figure that one out, she'll forget about it by tomorrow.

Back with Cynthia, Lena had left the house to go buy groceries, which means Cynthia got to finally text Ariana, although she didn't want to mess up again, Lena is smart, she would probably know if she were texting Ariana, maybe for once in a lifetime she should stay loyal, to be honest, Cynthia didn't know why Lena was staying with her, Lena had a lot of reasons to leave.

Cynthia was staring at the 'unblock' button, she was stuck trying to decide if she should click it or not,  she went back and fourth with herself for a while, until she decided she should just do it, but before she got the chance, Ryan had called her. She took a long sigh before answering.

"Cynth? Hey! it's me Ryan, I just wanted to thank you for the support, I don't know why people are assuming I killed Johnathan. Who do they think I am?!" Ryan said, he sounded frustrated, understandable why he would be, "Me and Blake are splitting. well, the news is out now, I was with Johnathan, but you already know that. It just makes no sense, I covered her ass when she got with-.. that doesn't matter. How are you?" Ryan asked finishing his rant.

It seems people lack loyalty.

"I'm basically held prisoner by Lena, I don't get it, kissing your friends is normal? It doesn't mean anything. She made me block Ariana, now i'm stuck here deciding if I should unblock her while Lena is gone or just... let it go. It's not like I can never see her again, i'll have to be near her when Wicked 2 comes out, but I just can't see her on my own time. I just wish I could see her without being near her, you know?" Cynthia said.

"You mean like a face time?" Ryan asked, He didn't understand what Cynthia was getting at.

"No! like....hold on." Cynthia paused. "Echolocation...Ryan I have to go." Cynthia said before hanging up. Ryan didn't understand the half of what she mean't.

Cynthia remembered her echolocation power, she started tapping her head again.

Cynthia was sensing something, she kept tapping her brain until she could get a clear image, until she heard Ariana, and saw her, in her brain. Ariana just got on the phone with somebody, she tapped her brain more so she could get a more clear hearing of what she was saying,

"Zendaya? Is this who i'm speaking to?" Ariana asked, Cynthia was confused on why she was speaking to Zendaya.

"Zendaya- what the hell is going on? You message me out of the blue saying you might know who murdered poor Jonathan, and then u send an image of a hat? I managed to find out what it means, by the way. "The hat knows all"? are you in some secret cult? or are u just off some meds? I don't mean to sound like an asshole but really." Ariana said. Cynthia felt guilty intruding on the conversation, but she was intrigued. What was Ariana going on about? Cynthia couldn't even hear what Zendaya was saying.

But to make things more convenient Ariana had put Zendaya on speaker phone. Lucky Cynthia.

"Ariana, I'm not on any meds, u have to believe me, just..listen. Okay, so...I was at this gathering, a bunch of A list celebrities, and Ryan and Blake were there, I spoke to them, and Ryan said he had to go somewhere, some excuse about his job, right? Well Blake was drunk and she had let it slip to me that Ryan had been saying that all week, she told me that she felt he was cheating on her, and she was gonna follow him this time, she told me to come with her, and I did, just as supervision, you know." Zendaya ranted, before speaking again.

"Anyways, we were being like super sneaky and stuff, turns out he went to this gay bar, and Jonathan was standing outside of it, they spoke for a while, and then went inside, Blake was like..so mad. She started yelling nonsense and when I pulled her away to leave, she got mad at me and said she's not going anywhere, so I was about tired with her and left, which...I shouldn't of done, i'm regretting that now, Ariana, I don't know what she did, but... I just have a bad feeling."

Cynthia was shocked, and Ariana just seemed puzzled.

"I don't think Blake did it." Ariana said, "It doesn't add up, if Blake killed Jonathan then why did Jeff die? She has no reason, and Ryan and Jonathan probably left the bar at the same time, she wouldn't have gotten to kill him then." She finished.

"Oh." Zendaya said, "Yea, that makes sense, I guess. But theres more, not about Blake, about Jonathan." Zendaya paused, "You see, 2 weeks before all this happened, there was this event, you were there, I saw Jonathan and spoke to him, he didn't seem like himself, like- he was a complete different person. Anyways, that's just some food for thought. I have to go." Zendaya said.

"Wait! You didn't tell me, what's the hat mean?" Ariana said, "I can't tell you, it's best you don't look into it either, thanks for listening though, goodbye Ariana." Zendaya said, ending the call shortly after.

Well, that left Ariana thinking, what did Zendaya mean by Jonathan wasn't acting himself? Perhaps something was going on with him, Zendaya didn't leave too much details on that one.

Suddenly, Cynthia heard the doorknob twist, it was Lena, she immediately exited the echolocation realm and turned to see them, Cynthia went to go help Lena putting the groceries away, and thats about it.

Meanwhile with Ariana, she decided to go to Ethan for help, she had told him about what happened and wanted him to help figure out what could have happened, he had a few theories, and so did Ariana, they even went down to the craziest possibilities, "Maybe he owed someone money and didn't pay them back in time, thats why he acted so stressed! He knew someone was after him." Ethan said, "That makes no sense! I think he had a stalker, watching his every move, and he knew it. said stalker then killed him!" said Ariana, They went back and forth for a while with their own theories, but ultimately, it didn't matter. Ariana had given up.

"Did you check out the news recently?" asked Ethan, surprisingly to Ariana, he always was reading the news, wether it be on paper, on his phone, or on the tv, most of the time he was watching or reading the news.

"Yea, Ryan obviously didn't kill Johnathan though, we discussed this. You know he's getting a divorce though, poor Blake." Ariana said, she didn't know Ryan as well as Cynthia did, he was an okay guy.

"That's not what I was talking about, seriously you haven't seen it? Well- makes sense since it was just reported an hour ago, rumour has it that Cynthia is cheating on Lena with Lana del rey, people really make up the craziest stories, wouldn't be surprising if it were true tho." Ethan said, ending with a chuckle.

Truth is, Cynthia had seen the news, Lena did too, but since Lena made Cynthia install life 360 she knew it weren't real, Cynthia hasn't left the house without Lena since, so it would be impossible for her to cheat, that is, unless Cynthia decided to just leave the house without her phone. So was the rumour true? Kind of, honestly, it was a one time thing, almost a rebound, Cynthia chose to not speak on it though.

Ariana had immediately jumped onto her phone, it took a while to find solid proof but low and behold, a news website called TheHat.com had backed up with photos of Cynthia actually outside of Lana del rey's house. Ariana was pissed, that was it, she's over Cynthia, if Cynthia's gonna be like that then so be it, fuck her!

Ariana eventually calmed down after a while, Ethan asked her if she wanted to go get ice cream, he didn't really know what she was so upset over, but he just assumed it was 'one of those days', she said yes- because who would say no to ice cream? She ended up just getting plain vanilla, he got bubblegum, yuck.

Ariana, to be honest, was feeling a lot better, 'Cynthia who?' she thought, she could surely get over her easy as she's gotten over so many others, as she was talking to Ethan she got a notification, someone texted her, 60% of her was hoping it was Cynthia, whilst the 40% of her knew it was just one of her friends.

Ariana reached for her phone and saw the text on the lock screen of her phone,

"Hey, Ariana, why are people saying i'm dead? I'm so confused, what's going on???"

Read the text from Jonathan.

Chapter Text

BREAKING NEWS:

Actor Jonathan Bailey was spotted at LAX airport 5 hours ago, causing an uprise of mystery and confusion after he had been reported dead when his body was found outside of a gay bar, cops are now examining the body further to confirm if it was really him, or a coincidental doppelgänger, Jonathan Bailey reports that he's confused over the whole situation.

On the other hand, new drama has struck between Singer Lana del rey and the famous pop star Ariana Grande.

Fans have grown suspicious as to what Ariana meant by this comment, but as of now - we are still gathering information.

Find out more on www.GaysThatRessurected.com &  www.Cynthlana.com

"So it seems Ariana found out about me and Lana, does she really have to go around commenting things making it everybody's business??" Cynthia thought to herself, she had not yet learnt that Johnathan was possibly alive, but after spending days of boredom she decided to see what X was all about, and that post were the first thing to pop up. She doesn't love X, she mostly avoids it since people are so vile - but one of it's quirks at the least is it sure is interesting.

She was put in an unfortunate position though, she couldn't text Ariana telling her to take the post down, and even if she could it would be too late as so many people have seen it , thank God Lena is only active on instagram. But seriously, it's like Cynthia's on house arrest, how long does this go on for?!

Where was Lena anyways? She had zoned out watching tiktok and only realized Lena left after hearing the door slam, at least everyone was giving Cynthia pride for her new album that just released, that's something to be happy about, but speaking of happy, it sure sounded like Ariana wasn't.

Well, speaking of Ariana.

3 HOURS BEFORE ARIANA'S TWEET:

"What the fuck?!" Ariana yelled, causing Ethan to  slightly jump from the sudden outburst, and a few people that were nearby as well.

"What happened? Is everything alright??" Ethan asked, Ariana was staring at her phone with a look of shock & disbelief.

"Johnathan just texted me, He's alive?!" Ariana yelled again, which caused more commotion from bystanders. 

Ethan took a minute to process her words, but eventually he also had the look of shock on his face as well.

"Are you sure?? Maybe it's someone else?!" Ethan said, he couldn't believe it.

"It's from his saved number, how could someone get a hold of his phone?" Ariana pondered, "We have to go see him!" she exclaimed.

"What if its the killer? Then it would make sense why they have his phone." Said Ethan.

"It's not him, I can sense it, I know Jonathan and this is him!" Said Ariana, jumping from her seat and getting ready to leave.

"Whatever you say." Ethan said hesitantly getting up from his seat.

"I'll text him to meet us." She said typing on her phone, after a few minutes passed of awkward silence with nothing but cars passing by and people talking in the background, Ariana turned to look at Ethan.

"He said he's had to go into hiding from all the commotion at the airport, I still dont get it. He said he'll explain everything when we meet? But he sent a selfie, Oh I missed that face!" Ariana squealed, whilst Ethan was still unsure on everything.

Well, Ariana didn't want Johnathan to be bothered by a crowd, so they decided to meet him, Johnathan was at his house, so Ariana and Ethan drove to his house. When they arrived all the curtains were closed from Johnathan being in hiding, Ethan was sweating as if he were right next to a volcano and ate the hottest thing on earth. Ariana on the other hand was gleaming with joy.

After Ariana had politely knocked on the door a few times, it opened. Low and behold there he was, Johnathan. He was actually alive. Ariana yelled as Ethan let out the biggest sigh of relief, She immediately hugged him as she held back tears.

"Johnathan! I can't believe your alive, I cried for days, I thought you were actually gone!" She said, before pulling away from the hug as her and Ethan went inside the house.

"But, I don't get it, They identified the body as you, I even spoke to someone about what happened before you died, they said it was you!" Said Ariana.

"I know- I know, i'm still new to this too, listen..." Johnathan said before speaking again, sitting down. "So, a few weeks ago, maybe even a month ago.. the media was getting to me, I felt my brain was rotting, I said no more and took a vacation, no phone, just beaches and nature. It was amazing actually, I felt like I could live there forever, that was until a few days ago when people started recognizing me but not because im an actor, people were saying I was dead and all sorts." He sighed, "So I got on my phone and did research, turns out I was reported as dead, and the body did look like me ill say. So thats when I texted my dad, turns out I had a twin brother, but when my parents split my mother took him, and I guess my dad never told me about him." Johnathan said. Ariana was still confused.

"I dont get it though, if you were on a vacation then why did your brother pretend to be you and....go out with Ryan Reynolds and visit all sorts of celebrity parties?" Said Ariana.

"I guess he wanted a taste of the fame, and he fell victim to the killer who mistakened him as me." said Johnathan.

"I'm too sober for this...this is insane, speaking of the killer they haven't made any attacks recently either, I puzzled that whoever the killer is, is only going after us...as in, the "wicked cast" or whatever... i'm still unsure why they haven't killed me or Cynthia yet." Said Ariana.

Johnathan nervously laughed, "How is Cynthia, by the way? I'm sure she'd be so happy to hear about me, you should invite her over!"

Ariana sighed as a annoyed look went on her face, "I wouldn't know, me and her don't speak anymore."

"Drama?" Johnathan asked.
"Thats a way to put it.." Said Ariana.

Johnathan raced over to get a bottle of wine. "Tell me everything Ari!!" He yelled.

"Ah I missed this." said Ariana, looking around to see where Ethan went, which she wasnt quite sure where he was actually. She'll search for him later.

As Johnathan returned Ariana drank from her glass, "Gee, where do I even start Johnathan, well for starters she blocked me."
"Tell me more!" Johnathan said excitedly.
"Well.....you know how you kept repeating that me and Cynthia "had something" that time you got really drunk at the new years party?" Ariana said.

"Don't say it..." Johnathan gasped. "Are you actually?!" he yelled again.

"Were." She sighed, "It all started when we went to this park, and I made a move on her, and then someone took a photo of us. Which I still dont know who took that damn photo!" She said frustratedly, "I announced a whole album that was meant for her, you know. Now the whole thing is scrapped." She said before drinking from her glass again.

After a long story of talking,
"Anyways, when she blocked me I was upset, only upset. and then when I learnt Lena made her block me I was relieved and wasn't mad at her anymore! And then that two timer goes and gets with Lana del rey, which by the way, why Lana?? I mean honestly..so random, me and her had like one song together and it didn't even get that big. Im just so upset John ." Ariana says as she starts to tear up.
"Its okay, I'll be fine, i'm over it anyways." she says.

"Im....I don't even know what to say Ari." Johnathan said.

"You can't tell anyone, especially Ethan!" She pleaded.
"Your secrets safe with me, id cover dead bodies for you" Johnathan assures her.

"Would you look at that, Lana posted something on X." said Ariana.

"Say something say something!" Johnathan laughed
"What? No!" Ariana yelled, although she did want to.
"Come on! Do it for me!" said Johnathan.

"Fine! What should I say?"
"Well what did she tweet?" said Johnathan
"It's a photo of her outside with the caption "Felt cute today spending some time in the sun" Ugh I hate her!" yelled Ariana.

"Oh my God, give me the phone i'll type it for you!" Johnathan exclaimed snatching Ariana's phone.
"Just don't say anything too bad!" said Ariana.

"Check out what I said." Johnathan said, passing Ariana her phone.
"You didn't! That so smart, oh my God." Ariana laughed

"Hey....wheres Ethan?" Asked Johnathan.
"Im not sure." said Ariana

Ariana and Johnathan spent a while looking for him, calling out his name and such, but no response.

"I'll check outside." Said Johnathan.

As Jonathan went outside, he immediately spotted Ethan, it seemed as if he were on the phone with somebody, but when Ethan spotted Johnathan he immediately put his phone away.

"Hey, Ethan! We were looking for you." Johnathan said.

"Oh sorry, important phone calls, you know how it is!" Ethan nervously laughed, going back inside the house.

"You know, you really shouldn't be outside by yourself, it's dangerous." Johnathan said nonchalantly.

"Woah, you're so nonchalant....I wish I could be as nonchalant as you." Ethan sighed, still with a nervous expression on his face.

"What can I say, it's a gift." Johnathan chuckled as he shook his head.

Ariana immediately heard the banter nearby and raced to where the laughs were coming from, she was relieved to see Ethan was okay, she had to learn to like him now that Cynthia was out of the picture, but God, why did Cynthia do that? Was it all just a game to her? Did she not feel what Ariana had felt those countless times they held hands, laughed together, cried together, was it all meaningless? Ariana thought, her emotions were getting the best of her as she felt tears welling up, though she remained calm and thought of better things, happier things. Perhaps in another universe maybe, they were meant to be.

"Ari?" Ethan called, She hadn't heard the conversation going on.

"What? Sorry, got in some..deep thoughts." She sighed.

"Yea, you kinda zoned out there..I was just saying to Johnathan I think it's time for me and you to head home, Right? Don't wanna be out when it's dark!" He laughed awkwardly.

"Right." She said, saying her goodbyes to Johnathan and stepping out the front door.

Ariana shifted nervously in the car seat, her mind was still on Cynthia, she replayed memories of them on the way home, some sad some random, but it didn't make her feel any better, it was like a bad breakup, which Ariana had been through many, but this one was different.

Twas the next day, Cynthia was on her way to her nail appointment as she had been dying for a fresh set of nails since she adores having them done. she wore a classy wicker shirt and a metal trashcan for a skirt, which was kind of hard to move around in, but Cynthia adapted easily to it.

A short while after, Cynthia went inside the building and greeted her lovely nail tech, Mycah.

"I have so much to tell you, Mycah you have no idea!" said Cynthia.

"Actually, I've seen the tweets if thats what your talking about..." Mycah said nervously, as she started working on her nails.

"Wasn't, talking about that..." She paused, holding in her annoyance. "But.." Cynthia took in a deep breath, sighing. "It's just so frustrating, she can't keep anything private can she?"

"You did block her though, i'd do the same if I were getting close with a man and then he just up and blocks me and shows up with a different girl." Said Mycah.

"It was a mistake, I shouldn't of done it but I did." Cynthia says in a gloomy tone.

"But why did you? That's the real question." Said Mycah.

"I don't even know, I guess I just wanted a distraction, how do I get out of this?" Cynthia had been gaining a headache from all of this.

"Leave Lena and apologize to Ariana, Or stay with Lena and never speak to Ariana again, you can't have both." Said Mycah.

"Perhaps you're right, I don't know what I was thinking at the start of all this, it was foolish of me. I put my career in danger all because of a woman." Said Cynthia.

"So who did you choose?" Asked Mycah, curiously.

"I think i'll stay with Lena, she doesn't deserve that. I think i'm already over Ariana anyways." Cynthia said.

"Oh..wasn't expecting that, you do you though." Mycah said nervously.

Over the past couple weeks, Cynthia's bond with Lena had grown stronger, and Ariana's hope that Cynthia would love her again had grown weaker, she had told herself countless times that, she was over her, that she could find another one like her, but the more times she repeated those words in her head, the more she stopped believing it, Ariana had tried to grow closer to Ethan, that was until he had spaced himself from her too for some odd reason. Ariana ended up cancelling her new album, promising her fans that there was "Something else in the works" But that was just a lie to keep them happy, to be honest all Ariana wanted to do was run away and go undercover in a whole new country.

"Im heading out for more groceries!" Yelled Ethan, getting ready to head out the door.

"This is the fifth time you've went this week?" Said Ariana.

"You can never have too much, now bye!" Said Ethan, abruptly leaving.

Ariana plopped back down on her couch, she was bored out of her mind with no one to talk to, all of her friends were busy, and her and Frankie had gotten into a really nasty fight. All she wanted to do was speak to Cynthia again, she had tried burner accounts before, but that wouldn't of worked obviously.

That was, until she got a text from CupcakKe, they were good friends for a while, but lately they hadn't gotten in touch. A light bulb had gone off inside Ariana's head at that very moment, her and CupcakKe conversed for a while, CupcakKe was just asking how Ariana was doing, but Ariana had other plans, she had spent a week incapsulated, crying herself to sleep, lonely, she wanted revenge on Cynthia. and she wanted to do it the right way.

Now, obviously she wouldn't go to the extent of murder, thats insanity, but what better way to take revenge on someone then making a diss track on them with one of the worlds best lyricist and highly famous singer? Ariana was past playing nice and keeping reputation, she wanted to let Cynthia suffer for what she did. Sure it's not that serious for her to be doing all this, but she didn't even care at this point, She was hurt.

CupcakKe immediately agreed, asking for more information on the situation, they had to make the song not be blatantly obvious about who it was, but good enough for Cynthia to know it was about her. This was the most fun Ariana has had in weeks, she wasn't sure how she was gonna make this song work, but she'll make sure it's a hit.

"Do you think I made a mistake?" Cynthia asked Ryan, she had invited him over to her house, good distraction while he was going through a divorce.

"It's not my place to tell you, you seemed happy with her, but .." He shrugged.

"I want you to tell me, do you really think I made a mistake?" She pleaded.

"Well, if you're that concerned on knowing my opinion, maybe that should tell you." Said Ryan.

"It hurts, it's stressful. It's all sorts of things just piled on me, I mean, I love Lena." Cynthia sighed, "But, I also love Ariana."

"Didn't you tell me you were over her like an hour ago?" Asked Ryan.

"I am. I think, I don't know, do you think she misses me?" Asked Cynthia.

"Of course she misses you, you guys had a true bond, I mean, you two had the whole world convinced that you were secretly married." Ryan assured her.

"I suppose, but what about Lena?" Cynthia sobbed.

"That's your own battle to fight, I can't be the one to solve your relationship problems while i'm still struggling with mine." Said Ryan.

1 MONTH LATER

"CupcakKe the songs amazing! I don't know how, but you did it!" Ariana exclaimed.

"I'm pretty proud of the lyrics, you did a great job too tho Ari, don't discredit yourself from that." Said CupcakKe.

"I can't wait for the song to release, Oh, I have to go i'm getting a call from Ethan!" Said Ariana.

"Bye Ari, take care." Said CupcakKe.

Ariana ended the call, answering the other call from Ethan.

"Ethan? Hi baby! What's up?" Ariana asked.

"Did you read the news? Another one of us died. I'm getting really scared Ari." Said Ethan.

"What?? Who?! Don't say who I think it is, please." Ariana sobbed.

"Uh, Bowen? Does that ring a bell?" Ethan said, unsure.

"Who?" The sobs from Ariana stopped.

"Pfannee? That guy?" Ethan said.

"Oh." Said Ariana. "Oh no, that's upsetting. How'd he die?"

"I don't know, Jon just told me about it. The article didn't say anything really." Said Ethan

"How does the killer keep getting away with this? You're telling me the police find little to no evidence, no possible DNA of the killer, no weapon, nothing?! Don't they have street cameras?" Ariana said, frustrated.

"I don't know, the police are just lousy. And it seems that the killer is, really, really smart too." Said Ethan.

"Sorry, where are you though? I don't like the idea that you're possibly alone and I have no idea where you are." Said Ariana.

"What? Sorry I didn't catch that, i'm getting bad connection." Said Ethan.

"I said, where are you?" Ariana said again.

"Sorry, bad connectio-" Ethan said, before the call abruptly came to an end.

"Are u serious? Does he really think i'm falling for that??" Ariana said to herself. "Asshole.

2 WEEKS LATER

Ariana had just come home from Bowen's funeral, a very emotional one in fact, all of the... remaining, wicked cast had come to visit, All but Cynthia, she came up with an obvious excuse that she was sick, but she wishes she could be there, Ariana knew she just didn't want to see her, which she wasn't even that mad at that, she was kind of, happy? That Cynthia didn't come, she felt that she would either burst into tears or a fit of rage if she saw her.

Ariana had also been suspecting Ethan was cheating on her for a multitude of reasons, He's been distant, always going somewhere, one time when Ariana woke up in the middle of the night she found nothing but herself in an empty bed with Ethan nowhere to be found. Not to mention the stunt he pulled when Ariana asked for his location, she wanted to confront him, although she was in no place to get mad at him, but she felt starting an argument after just visiting a funeral would be rude. But the real question is who could he be with? She hasn't seen him hang out with many celebrities, she could try sneaking on his phone like any person would, but she doesn't even know how she would get a hold of his phone if he's never even near her, she was starting to feel as if she were the side piece by how often Ethan visits this mysterious person.

Meanwhile with Cynthia, she too had a lot on her mind, she was still figuring out who to choose, Lena, or Ariana? she went over the pros and cons over a hundred times, but ultimately, she couldn't choose. She just needed to speak to her, but she couldn't. Ariana was too mad at her, Lena was keeping her like a prisoner, she was stuck. She could just end things with Lena, but she was scared, she was afraid that after everything, Ariana would leave her for someone else, and then she'd lose 2 people she loved. Cynthia didn't even realize that she had already lost them though.