Hey guys so this is kind of just my version of the Scream television story. A lot of the characters are characters I've used before but never in this type of atmosphere so I'm hoping it goes well. The stories kind of the same but I'm hoping to keep whatever readers I get on edge :D I hope you enjoy! Also if you'd like to submit your own character you can fill out a sheet on my profile! I'll write them in the best I can.

Obviously my idea is that a lot of people read the story and submit characters and eventually after killing a few characters of mine off I'll do polls on my profile so that other peoples characters as well as your own are up to, well, die... And we will see who survives and who doesn't!

Chapter 1: Special Delivery

Juliet Summers

Juliet was up early the morning of her first day of Junior year. She was never one to ever really stress over looks but she felt like on the first day she should probably make herself at least presentable. She admittedly wasn't to happy about going back to school, she had a really long summer. Her father still hadn't been seen or heard from for three whole months and now her little sister Jane is officially in high school, which meant she had to watch after her. The summer was rough with her father not home, which was usual, and with a break up she had gone through with her ex Tanner. She was really hoping for a new beginning, to start fresh this year and forget about the past.

After a shower Juliet got dressed and walked downstairs, smelling sometime of breakfast, most likely pancakes. "Mom?" She called as she walked into the kitchen, seeing her mother, Jennifer, making pancakes.

Jennifer looked over at Juliet and smiled, "Good morning honey, is Jane up?" She asked.

Juliet paused for a second, feeling like something was off, "Whats wrong?" She asked, "You never make breakfast?" She said as she got the milk out of the fridge. "And I don't know I told her to set an alarm when we went to bed last night."

Jennifer scoffed, "No nothings wrong, I just wanted to see you two off on your first day of school." She said. "Will you go check on her and make sure she's up? Be careful not to wake the others." She said seriously.

Juliet sighed, "Yeah I will." She said and set the milk on the table and walked back upstairs, making sure she was careful not to wake her siblings. She had three others besides her 14 year old sister Jane, that is if you didn't count her half-siblings, which Juliet didn't. Her other siblings were Ben, who was twelve, Lori, who was nine, and Nathan who was seven. She knocked on Jane's door quietly, "Jane? Are you up?" She called quietly.

There was rustling from inside the room and after a few moments the door opened. Jane stood there clothed, and with her backpack over her shoulder. "Yeah! I'm all ready." She said with a smile, eagerness in her tone.

Juliet smiled a little, "Don't be to excited, lower your expectations, high school isn't going to be fun." She said, "Come downstairs, mom made breakfast for us." She said and walked downstairs.

"Really?" Jane asked as she followed her sister down the stairs, "Since when does mom make breakfast?"

Jennifer scoffed as they moved into the kitchen, "I can hear you two you know. I do to make breakfast a lot." She said, "And it's hard being a-" She stopped herself mid sentence, knowing that if she said what she was going to it would probably upset them.

"Being a what?" Jane asked in a confronting tone, putting her hands on her hips, "Mom you're not a single mom. Dad just hasn't been here for a while." She said.

Juliet paused and gave her mother a sad look but turned away and got the syrup out. 20 years ago when Juliet's father was in high school with a man named Brandon James. Brandon ended up killing 5 kids, and attacked her father. Ever since that day Juliet's mother told her that he was never quite right, he was an extreme alcoholic who would spend long periods of time away from home. "You're right." Jennifer spoke up. "Your father's just... in a really sensitive place at the moment." She said.

Jane hesitated as she looked between her older sister and mother, "Why? Because it's been just about twenty years since the Brandon James attack?" She asked, "Yeah, I know about that, everyone does. Our father was the only one who survived." She said.

Jennifer took a deep breath and nodded, "Yes, because of the Brandon James attack." She said. "And he was the only one who survived an attack but many were affected."

"Why would someone do that anyway?" Jane asked. "I hear he had a really messed up face and he had this surgical mask his doctors would make him wear after surgery and he ended up killing all those kids with it on." She said. "Is that true mom?"

Juliet saw how uncomfortable the topic made her mother, her face was twisted into a painful expression. Juliet didn't like to talk about it either, because everyone talked about it. People constantly asked her what it was like to have a father that survived Brandon James. "Eat your breakfast Jane." She said. "That's enough Brandon James talk for one morning, don't you think?" She asked.

Jane nodded, "Yeah... Poor Dad... I can't imagine having to live with a burden like that, coming face to face with a monster like Brandon James and living after everything he probably saw." She said.

"Ok, can we please talk about something else children?" Jennifer asked as she put the pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon on the table.

"Of course." Juliet said and started to eat but glanced at the time. "We don't have a lot of time Jane, eat quick." She said seriously and she herself ate as quickly as she could then stood up and grabbed her backpack. "Thank you mom." She said, "That was really good, we'll see you after school, ok?" She said.

Jennifer nodded, "I'll see you then. Be nice to your sister- and help her find her classes if she needs it!" She called as her kids walked out the door.

"So here are some rules." Juliet said as she drove Jane towards there school, which was only about a five minute drive. "Do not talk to my friends, find your own friends. You can say hi to Augustus and Harmony but that's a bout it."

Jane rolled her eyes a little, crossing her arms over her chest and scoffed. "Please, I don't want to be friends with your friends." She said. "Besides Augustus and Harmony like me anyway... In fact, they all like me." She insisted.

Juliet nodded a little as they pulled into the parking lot of the school and parked in the student parking, "I know, that's the problem." She laughed a little and got out, locking the door behind them. "Now do you really need me to walk you through the school or will you be able to find your own way?" She asked as she started walking towards the school.

Jane gave her sister a look, "I'm going to be fine. I actually want to catch up with a few of my friends from middle school. I'll find you at the end of the day." She said and her sister quickly took off.

Juliet shook her head a little when she felt two hands grab each of her arms, causing her to jump, till she realized it who it was. "Jewels, long time no see." Augustus, one of her life time friends, said as he stood to her left and walked with her. His sister, Harmony, was also one of her best friends since childhood and was to her right now.

"Don't call me that Gus." Juliet said stubbornly, it was something Tanner used to always call her... And her father.

Harmony smiled happily as they walked, "How have you been Juliet?" She asked, "I haven't heard form you in like weeks. Are you excited for a new school year? A Tanner-free school year?" She asked and gave Juliet almost a devilish smile.

Juliet shrugged there hands off of her arms and kept walking with them, into the school. "I guess..." She said as she thought about Tanner. "I know I shouldn't be thinking this way... But don't you think it's going to be a little weird?" She asked, looking at Gus and then Harmony. "I mean it was always been the four of us and now it's just the three of us." She said.

"You can't think like that Juliet." Harmony urged. "I mean there's a lot more then the three of us." She said.

Juliet nodded, "I know, I know. I just... All four of us have been the closest in the group, for a lot longer. I know I kind of ruined things with him but-"

"Don't do that to yourself Juliet." Augustus cut her off. "Tanner changed. We all knew it. He's not the Tanner we once knew. Ever since he got to high school he just started to become someone else." He said seriously. "It's not your fault."

"Gus is right." Harmony said, "Plus, he always knew we would choose you." She said with a small laugh as they made it to Juliet's locker.

"Winters!" Someone called and Juliet looked to her right to see there friend Easton Taylor walking over towards them. "There are my favorite brother and sister, and look, its the stunning and radiant Juliet Summers." He said and took Juliet's hand right away and kissed it.

Juliet rolled her eyes and took her hand back right away, "Very funny Easton." She said. "How have you been?" She asked.

Easton smiled, "I've been great. I'm excited to get the gang back together aye!" He exclaimed. "Where's Tanner- oh wait." He said and looked at Juliet. "I forgot, he won't be joining us this year, will he?" He asked.

Juliet flinched a little but Augustus shoved his shoulder playfully, "Or any year after that. Lay off Easton." Augustus said to him.

"I know, I know." Easton said with a laugh. "I'm just messing with you guys that's all." He said seriously. "Anyway, where's everyone else?" He asked, "Anyone seen Lila or Vicky yet?" He asked. "Or Carter?"

Juliet shut her locker and shook her head no, "I haven't seen either of them. Though I wouldn't put it past Victoria to skip on the first day of school."

"She did it last year." Harmony pointed out. "I'm sure she'd do it again this year." She said and turned to look at Juliet, "Well I'm going to get to class, I'll see you guys at lunch, ok?" She said and looked to her brother, "I'll see you later Gus." She laughed and walked away.

Easton smirked a bit in amusement, "I'll catch you guys later." He said and followed Harmony quickly.

Augustus shook his head a little and looked to Juliet, "If you see Tanner today, just ignore him." He said, "He's not worth your time, or any of our time in fact." He said to Juliet, who was just staring past him. "Juliet? Are you okay?" He asked and waved his hand in front of her face. "Juliet?" He asked again but when she kept staring he turned around and looked down the hall, seeing two people standing there who seemed vaguely familiar. "Is that-?"

Lexie Summers

Lexie was sitting in her brothers, Perseus's, passenger seat as they drove towards their new school. Lexie wasn't to happy that they had to move to Lakewood, it's where her father lived and all of her half-siblings. Lexie's mother grew up here and had some type of bad experience that she never really talked about. But recently her mothers job brought them back to Lakewood, where Percy and herself were born. "So... What do you think she's going to do?" She asked.

Percy paused as he drove towards there new school, thinking to himself and glanced at his sister, "Who? Juliet?" He asked. "I don't really care, just avoid her. We don't have to have any association with her." He stated.

Lexie took a deep breath and sighed, "Percy, she's our sister. Wether or not you like that, she is." She said. "And besides we have the same last name as her, people are going to notice." She said.

Percy let out a long sigh and rolled his eyes, "Don't remind me. I don't know why our mother gave us his last name, it's not like he ever married him." He looked at his sister for a second as he drove. "Remember Lexie, our dad chose her. He chose his other family. Not me, you and Evan he chose them." He said.

Lexie nodded a little as she thought, "I know that... But he loves us and he must love our mother... I mean our mom had you then Juliet's mom had her and they got married." She said, "But then I was made and after a few years he made Evan. We are the second family but he loves us." She insisted.

Percy gripped the steering wheel tightly as he pulled into there new school's parking lot, "Then why does he never come around?" He asked, looking at his younger sister. "We haven't seen him in years. He chose them Lexie. You were an accident Lexie. Evan was... By the time Evan was conceived he already had three children with Juliet's mom. He was probably an accident to. We all were. Our lives got screwed over because of Juliet and her other siblings. Juliet is not our sister, and neither are her younger siblings. Stay away from her Lexie." He said seriously as he got out of the car.

Lexie frowned a little and got out of the car, "What if this is my chance to get to know her though?" She said excitedly as she followed her brother towards the entrance of the school. "I mean I've only ever had you and Evan I've always wanted a sister, so what if this is my chance?" She asked.

Percy stopped walking and turned to his sister, "Lexie. What makes you think she actually wants to know you? Wants to meet you?" He said. "It's probably not easy for there family to know that we exist. Not that it really matters though cause we're nothing to our father Lexie." He said again and walked into the school.

Lexie clenched her teeth a little as she took a few moments to think and then quickly caught up to her brother. She walked into the school and down a few halls with Percy, trying to find her way when she stopped, seeing Juliet standing there with her friend. She knew she recognized him, probably on social media, she thought his name might be Augustus. They made eye contact when he turned around. Lexie smiled at her and waved when Juliet quickly turned around and walked away, practically fleeing.

Percy looked at Lexie and gave her a look, "I told you." He said and sighed and walked away.

Lexie frowned and stood there for a few moments. What is Juliet really didn't want to know them? Wasn't she the least bit curious? She sighed and started to move to her first class, looking at her class schedule and map in her hand when she ran straight into someone and started to stumble backwards and looked up to see who she ran into. "I- I am so sorry!" She exclaimed.

The guy smiled, his teeth were almost incredibly white and had caramel brown hair. "It's ok." He said, "It looks like you're lost, do you need some help?" He asked with a small laugh.

Lexie paused for a second, "Yeah, I could use some help." She said seriously. "I'm new here." She said and then hesitantly put her hand out, "My names Alexandra, but most people call me Lexie." She said.

"I thought you were new, I didn't recognize you." He said, shaking Lexie's hand, "I'm Julian Rowan." He said, "Can I see your schedule?" He asked and Lexie nodded and handed him her schedule. "Oh you have Pre-Calculus, that's in the math hall, you're in the english hall, follow me." He said and started showing Lexie to her classroom. "So, are you new to Lakewood or new to the school?" He asked.

"I'm new to both actually." Lexie said, "I was born here but I don't have any memory."

Julian raised an eyebrow, "Really?" He asked. "What brought you back? If you don't mind me asking"

Lexie shook her head a little, "No, it's fine. It's my mother's job." She said, "She needed a change of pace I guess so we moved here." She explained.

Julian laughed a little bit, "She picked quite a place." He laughed a little as he stopped in front of her classroom.

Lexie looked confused for a moment, "What do you-" She was cut off when the bell went off.

Julian looked up for a moment and then looked at Lexie again and smiled, "Well I'll see you around ok?" He said. "If we're at the same lunch you should sit with I'll see you around Lexie." He said with a smile and walked away.

Juliet Summers

Juliet was sitting in the courtyard with her friends Harmony, Carter, and Lila. Her leg was bouncing while she looked over, her shoulder to see her half-sister, Lexie, sitting with two other guys. She knew she had seen them around but didn't have much knowledge on them, considering they were probably sophomore's. "Juliet?" Harmony called, Juliet turning and looking at her. "What's wrong?" She asked.

She paused for a second, "My half siblings are here." Juliet spoke up. "And I don't know what they're doing here, or why... Why are they in Lakewood?" She said with a huff. "They lived two hours away and I've always known they've existed but why are they here?" She said, clenching her teeth.

"Juliet, why don't you just go and ask her?" Lila suggested, "I mean it could be cool, getting to know your half siblings?" She said.

"No, no it's not cool." Juliet snapped a little bit and then paused for a second, "Sorry Lila, I didn't mean to be snippy."

Lila smiled and laughed a little bit, "It's fine, if it was me and I had half-siblings randomly showing up I would be a little on edge to." She said.

Juliet looked over back at the table that Lexie was sitting at, "Who are those two?" She asked.

Harmony sat on the actual table and turned around and looked over at the table. "The tall hot one with caramel brown hair, his name is Julian Rowan. He's cute and all but he's kind of a weirdo." She said. "The smaller boy he's really quiet I think his name Lucas Glass." She said. "He's not much, doesn't talk to anyone, but he's nice enough." She said.

Carter thought for a second, "I've talked to him a few times, only short conversations. He's very smart." He said. "He's in a lot of Junior and Senior classes, he and I were lab partners once."

Julian was sitting over at the other table, looking at Lexie for a second, "Are you popular or something Lexie?" He asked. "Cause the popular wanna-be's won't stop looking over here and they usually don't pay us the time of day." He said seriously.

Lucas glanced over there, "They never do." He said kind of quietly.

Lexie hesitated for a second, "Can I tell you guys a secret?" She asked. "Though it's not really a secret it's just kind of knowledge that most people don't know and most people probably shouldn't know I guess." She laughed a little awkwardly.

Lucas watched her for a second and smiled a little, "Isn't that the same thing as a secret?" He asked.

Lexie couldn't keep himself from laughing a little, "Yeah I guess..." She said. "Well... Juliet Summers is kind of my half-sister." She said. "My names Alexandra Summers." She said.

Julian watched her for a second, "Really? He asked. "Goody-two-shoes over there is your sister?" He asked with a small scoff. "I can barley believe it." He said

Carter paused for a second as he sat at the other table, "Do you think they're talking about us?" He asked.

"Probably." Lila spoke up, "I mean they probably know that we're talking about them to." She said.

Juliet didn't say anything as she thought to herself and looked up, seeing another unfamiliar face. This guy looked almost a lot older and was tall with black hair. She hesitated for a second as she watched him, "Whose that?" She asked, gesturing towards the guy.

Harmony looked over at the guy, "Oh that's Colton Black." She said and looked at Juliet, "He's also a weirdo, but in a different way. He seems all dark and stalkerish." She said. "I'm pretty sure he failed his senior year like twice." She said, "It's his first day here as well." She said.

Lila paused for a second and gave her a funny look as Colton seemed to kind of just wander around the courtyard, all the tables being taken up. "How do you know all this stuff about everyone?" She asked.

Harmony gave Lila a look, "Oh come on Lila. you know that Victoria and I know everything about everyone." She said with a laugh. "Plus my father's the mayor." She said with a small laugh.

Lexie could see Colton walking around kind of aimlessly, "Hey... Is that guy new over there?" She asked.

Lucas looked up and over to Colton, thinking to himself for a second, "I think he is... I think he might be a senior, I'm not entirely sure." He said. "Probably wouldn't want to sit with a bunch of sophomores." He said.

"Says who?" Lexie asked and then turned "Hey!" She called, catching Colton's attention. "Hey, come sit with us." She called.

Harmony looked over when Lexie yelled and saw Colton to start to make a move towards there table, "What is your sister doing Juliet?" She asked, looking over at Juliet.

Juliet gave Harmony a look, "Harm... She's not my sister." She said seriously.

Colton came over to the table and slowly sat down next to Lucas, "Thank you." He said with a small nod.

Lexie smiled happily and looked at Julian who kind of gave her a cautious look, "What's your name?" She asked, "I'm Lexie, Lexie Summers." She said, putting her hand out for him to shake.

Colton paused for a second and looked up at Lexie, then looked at Julian, "I'm Colton." He said, but didn't bother to shake Lexie's hand.

Lexie slowly brought her hand back, "Well..." She said. "Are you new here?" She asked.

Colton nodded, "Yeah." He said.

Lexie smiled a little, "I am to." She said with a small laugh. "It's my first day as well."

Colton watched her for a moment, "Cool." He said.

Julian made his eyes wide and rolled his eyes a little and looked at Lucas with a small laugh.

"Well Juliet." Carter said, looking at Juliet, "It looks like your sister is fitting right in here." He said.

"She's not my sister." Juliet spoke up. "I have an actual sister that started school today." She said.

"If you count fitting in as hanging out with some outcasts..." Harmony said as her voice kind of drowned off.

"Harmony, they're nice people." Lila said. "What about your older brother? You have one right?" He asked.

"His names Percy and he's not my brother." Juliet said, "But yes, he's here to." She said as they heard the bell ring, "Let's just go... I don't want to talk about this any longer." She said and got up and moved to go back to her third period class.

Lucas Glass

Lucas walked out of his third period class and made his way to his next class, psychology, which he was kind of excited for. He didn't like being in classes with a bunch of upperclassmen but he kind of go used to it. Lucas liked things like technology, math and science, he wasn't a big fan of history but psychology was a science, which fascinated him. He walked into his class to see most of the seats were taken up, and mostly by seniors and juniors. This usually was a senior class. He moved around the desks until he found one and sat down, right next to Colton.

Colton noticed that it was Lucas who was sitting next to him, pausing for a moment. "I never got your name." He said, "At lunch I mean." He said. "I didn't know you were a senior."

Lucas paused for a second, kind of surprised that Colton was talking to him. "No, no... I'm a sophomore. I just... take higher level classes." He laughed a little awkwardly. "But I'm Lucas, Lucas Glass." He said.

Colton smiled at him, "Well, it's nice to meet you Lucas." He said, "Colton Black." He said and turned away to start paying attention to the teacher who just walked in.

Thomas Fisher, the psychology teacher, walked into the classroom and looked around the classroom. "Hello everyone." He said as he set down his books. "Thank you all for showing up today, I believe we have a few new students." He said and turned around, "Would you like to introduce yourselves." He said and gestured to Colton and then another boy to Lucas's right who had dirty blond hair.

Colton paused for a second, "I'm Colton Black." He stated.

"Go on, stand up, tell us something interesting about yourself." Thomas said.

Colton hesitated and stood up, "I'm Colton Black... I... I'm not a very interesting person." He stated and then sat down.

Lucas paused as the kid stood up next to him to his left. "My names Percy Summers I am from out of town." Percy said and then sat down without another word.

Thomas looked between both of them, "Well, you both are incredibly interesting." He said, hints of sarcasm in his tone. "I'm not going to go through the syllabus or anything, we are going to start learning right away in Chapter 1." He said.

"Hey." Lucas heard someone whispering and glanced over his shoulder to see someone behind Percy trying to get his attention. Lucas sighed a little and tried to ignore it, "Hey, Percy." He whispered.

Percy turned around for a second and looked at the kid behind him, "What?" He asked.

"You said Summers?" He asked, "Are you related to Juliet Summers?" He asked.

"Tanner." Thomas said, turning around, "Is there something you'd like to share with the class?" He asked.

Tanner paused for a second and sat back in his chair, looking at Mr. Fisher. "No... No I don't have anything to share." He said.

Lucas paid attention through the rest of the lecture, while others around him seemed to kind of zone off. The bell rung and Lucas stood up, collecting his books. "Hey." Colton said, putting his hands in his pockets. "Would you mind showing me where the math hall is?" He asked.

Lucas paused for a second, "Oh yeah, of course." He said with a small kind of awkward smile. "Right this way." He said and began walking Colton to the math hall, heading towards the stairs. "So... Where are you from?" He asked as he walked with Colton, figuring he would try to make friendly small talk.

Colton watched him for a moment, "You know we don't have to do the thing." He said, "The thing where you pretend like you want to get to know me and all."

Lucas raised his eyebrows, kind of surprised at how straight forward he was. "I wasn't trying to get to know you..." He said kind of quietly. "I was trying to be nice." He said and looked at Colton, "But that's fine, I'll show you to your room and we can be on our way." He said.

Colton hesitated for a second, feeling kind of bad. "Sorry... I didn't mean to come off so hostile." He said as he followed him.

Lucas shrugged off a little, "It's fine." He said seriously. "I get it." He said and stopped at the hall. "Here you go." He said.

Colton hesitated for a second, "Thank you..." He said, "Hopefully I'll see you around." He said and actually gave a smile to Lucas.

Lucas smiled a bit but then wiped it off his face and looked at Colton, "We'll see." he said, not liking how hostile Colton was in the beginning, and walked away to go to his next class.

Juliet Summers

Juliet was walked out of the school at the end of the day, looking around for her sister when she saw Harmony walking towards her. "Hey." She said with a smile.

"Hey." Harmony said, "What are you doing tonight?" She asked curiously. "Theres a party that I want you to go to." She said.

Juliet shook her head, "Sorry that's a no go." She said, "You know I'm not the big party type and I'm pretty sure my mom want's me home for dinner tonight." She said.

Harmony sighed a little, "Alright, fine. It's your loss." She said seriously, "I'll catch you later then."

Juliet had spent the rest of the day home and was eating dinner with her family when she heard a knock on the door. "I'll get it." She said and got up and walked to the front door, opening it. She looked around when she realized no one was there but saw a small box that had the name 'Daisy' written on it. She paused for a second and picked it up. "Hey mom." She called and walked back into the dining room. "Do we know anyone named Daisy?" She asked.

Jennifer looked up from the table and paused for a second, staring at Juliet. "I don't think so..." She said and stood up and walked over, taking the box from Juliet. "It's probably the wrong address..." She said tentatively and walked out of the room.

Juliet looked between her siblings, looking around for a few moments. "Nathan, Lori, you're both on clean up duty." She said to her seven and nine year old siblings.

"What!" Nathan exclaimed, "We were on clean up duty last night!" The seven year old whined.

"Yeah can't Jane and Ben do it!" Lori objected after him.

Juliet gave them both a look, "Do it, and do it now." She said. "I'm not going to tell you guys again."

Jennifer was in the kitchen and slowly opened the box, seeing blood right away. and opened it even more when she saw a heart, a literal bloody heart. Juliet walked into the kitchen, "Hey mom, what is it?" She asked.

Jennifer quickly shut the lids on the small box, "Oh it's nothing, just a bunch of styrafoam peanuts in a box." She said quickly. "Must be some type of joke." She laughed a little and quickly picked it up.

Juliet watched her mom for a second when her phone began to ring, reading 'Unknown.' She paused for a second and answer it, walking upstairs and into her room, "Hello?" She said.

"Hello Juliet." The voice said, right away sounding kind of creepy right off the bat.

"Hello?" Juliet asked in confusion.

"How was your first day back to school Juliet?" The man asked over the phone.

Juliet hesitated for a second, "Who is this?" She asked.

"Your sister seemed to make quiet a few friends."

Juliet out of nerves paced in her room just a little, "What how do you know that?" She asked. "Have you been watching Jane?"

"No, not that sister Juliet. Your other one."

Juliet thought for a second, "Who? Lexie? She's not my sister."

"Oh I'm sure you'd just love to think that, wouldn't you?"

"Ok who is this, this isn't very funny." Juliet asked and looked out the blinds of her window, "How do you know about Lexie and what do you want?"

"How surprised can you really be Juliet? I see your fake smiles on social media, wanting everyone to believe that your life is just oh so perfect."

Juliet took a deep breath, her heart was racing and she could feel her palms get kind of sweaty. "This is the last time I'm going to ask, and then I'm going to hang up. Who. Is. This?" She said more sternly.

"I'm the one whose going to show you the truth."

Juliet took a deep breath, "The truth about-" She was cut off as the caller hung up and her mother walked in.

"Juliet..." Jennifer said, looking at her daughter, holding the house phone close to her chest. "It was the sheriff... I... It's your friend Victoria." She said. "She's... she died last night."