The noise and laughter of the party died away as we neared my car. Three of us got in.
"Come on, Bex. Stop trying to suck off Grant's face and get in the car." I yelled at the tall, dark haired, cappuccino skinned girl.
She finally broke away from him and slid into the backseat next to little blonde Liz.
"Hey, Lizzie, watcha readin' back there?" Macey asked.
"You wouldn't understand."
"You know, you're probably right."
I laughed and pulled the car out of Tina's driveway and out onto the big, empty country road. Tina was the most popular and rich girl at our school, the Gallagher Academy. That night she had hosted a giant end of school party for the girls and any guys who happened to show up. The party had been at her parents' mansion, out in the middle of the Virginia countryside. It was very secluded, with no people living within a fifteen mile radius.
Macey reached a perfectly manicured hand over and turned the stereo up until it was blasting at max. I pressed the pedal down until we were zooming along, rocking out to Maroon 5.
"Adam is so hot." I sighed.
"Cam, you are..." Bex trailed off.
"What! I'm a what?" I exclaimed, laughing.
"Noth- Oh my God, Cam, look out!"
I locked my eyes back on the road and slammed on the brakes. A lone figure lay hunched in the middle of the road. I turned off the car and jumped out, the rest of the girls following me.
"Did I hit him?" I yelled. There was blood on the road and the boy wasn't moving.
"I don't know. I don't think so." Macey exclaimed.
Liz kneeled down and started checking him over. "Oh gosh, he is really badly hurt."
She rolled him over onto his back, revealing his blood stained white shirt. We all gasped, not because of the blood, but because of the school insignia emblazoned on it. It read: Blackthorne Institute.