2015. (Past Flashback)

"She's got a huge crush on you, Craig." said Hazel with her popular sly smirk.

Paige smirked at Craig also from where they sat at their famously known lunch fountain outside their campus.

Paige and Hazel were best friends, but Paige was the real Queen B. Paige was blonde, loved, and hated. Paige sat back in her boyfriends arms. Spinner was a Zeta brother like she was a sorority sister at this university. They met at the frat house last year when they were both pledges. Their frat parties were the bees knees around here. Nobody could ever wait for them to have parties, or big events.

"Shut up." Craig muttered, but looked down at his hands. He was tall, with short brown curly hair, and he was wearing a leather jacket with jeans. He was also a new Zeta brother.

Hazel sat also by Jimmy Brookes. He was seeing Hazel, but nothing official. In fact, Jimmy liked to see other girls, and have more options- you know?

"Ask her out man, she's cute." Jimmy winked and turned his head to look at the red head who kept peaking up at Craig from her note book at a nearby table. Almost every day they made fun of her having a thing for Craig. As if she stood no chance.

She was actually pretty. Her name was Ellie Nash. She was.. interesting. Not a loner but only accepted the company of her gay friend Marco, and best friend Ashley Kerwin.

"Hey baby." greeted a voice, making Jimmy look away from Ellie, and caused Craig to jump.

"Manny!" Craig grinned and put his arms out, resting them on his long brown haired girl friend. She had walked over with her beautiful smile that included dimples. She walked with her best friend Emma, who was also with her (at the time) boyfriend Kelly.

"Hey Emma." greeted Craig, knowing who his girlfriends best friend was. She was pretty hot too, but not a party animal like Manny.

Emma smiled uncomfortably, but not because of Craig. She could feel the eyes of Jimmy and Spinner staring her didn't get her. She was Zeta material yet never wanted to be.

Emma had long blonde hair, with bangs and bright hazel eyes. Her laugh was contagious, and she was a remarkably beautiful girl but the special thing about her was that she was smart; really smart! She didn't want to be in the sorority.

"Hey Em." she heard and Liberty had come over. A childhood friend of her and Manny's. Emma paused to notice Liberty too eye the fact that they were standing with Zeta. Only the 'coolest' gang on campus.

"Hey, I'm Jimmy." Hazels 'soon to be boyfriend' said, standing up and pushing through Manny and Craig. The couple shared a knowing look and watched him go to Emma with his hand out. He completely ignored Liberty.

Paige looked to Hazel, who fumed on the inside and was showing it on the outside. Paige snuck a glance back at the blonde girl who slowly shook Jimmy's hand. Paige snickered lowly, wishing Hazel wasn't such a nit-wit to his scumbag ways. This blonde wasn't the only one he hit on.

"Emma." she introduced herself.

Paige eyed her harder, and noticed the qualities Jimmy could be seeing in her. Blonde, sorority material, good fashion, pretty, blonde, blonde- you get it.

"Sweet, and pretty." Jimmy said to Emma with a joker looking grin.

"Hey." Kelly warned, stepping up behind Emma. He had that skater boy hair that swung softly across his forehead, and he was tall and lean.

"Hey." Jimmy recognized Kelly, pointing at him with a strange look, "Aren't you quarterback for our football team?"

For being jealous a second ago, Kelly than chuckled and nodded, slightly moved that he knew who he was.

Kelly had his arm around Emma's shoulders now, who had glanced at Manny, both sharing a knowing look. Kelly damn well near blushed as he looked down and nodded with a shrug. "That's me."

"Oh dude you were killer last Monday!" Spinner declared, his mouth parted and quite happy that he was meeting THEE new quarterback of their school. "Oh man you gotta come to Zeta."

"Really?" Kelly asked, looking back at Emma and back to the guys with a growing smile.

Emma kept her frown down but, she just didn't want a boyfriend who was part of a Frat house. Those guys were just so...obnoxious. But maybe she was being too judgmental. Plus, her and Kelly haven't been dating that long- she couldn't say no if he wanted to do that sort of thing.

"You need to come for pledge night! You gotta!" Spinner insisted.

Kelly's eyes almost widened. It'd always been his dream to be part of something like that. He was 'cool' in highschool, but not like he was here. Things really did change in college!

"I mean- I .. .really? What do you think babe?" Kelly asked Emma, turning his head to look at her

Paige cut her off before Emma could even open her mouth, "Oh she'd love it!" Paige smirked determinedly, "Cause she's going to enter our little circle too." she tilted her head at Emma to watch for a reaction.

Emma's eyes widened, looking from her to back at Kelly and then Manny who squealed.

"A-are you kidding!?" Manny asked excitingly, gasping and jumping as she turned to Emma, "We're going to be sorority sisters!" she threw her arms around her semi- taller friend to hug her tight.

Emma stiffened, but smiled sadly and then hugged back. Well, she couldn't say no now. And, if Manny wanted her to do it, and her boyfriend was getting sucked into it to, so be it. She caught Libertys slight disappointed look.

"Yay!" Emma said with a slight laugh, and everyone was smiling back at her like she just earned some big noble prize. It gave her a weird knot in her stomach. I mean, it wasn't HORRIBLE, Emma always liked the idea of girls banding together, but like a sorority? Wasn't that kinda sexist in a way? I mean the girls only went out with the frat guys.

..Well, she couldn't take it back now. Paige looked ready to pop an eye socket for how hard she was smiling and Manny was about to pop her own ear drum from her screaming.

-if only Emma and Manny knew what they were getting into.

END OF FLASHBACK

2016. (PRESENT DAY)

That was one year ago today. And everything from then on changed drastically... ..

"EMMA!"

Emma gasped, sitting up in bed, breathing heavily. She looked around, taking in her surroundings of pink walls, her white sheet covered bed, and pictures on her wall of family and friends, and her sorority sisters. She frowned at that wall, and then looked up as her door opened.

Darcy, the new pledge, panted. "Emma, get up! Paige says it's time for breakfast."

Emma gave a tight smile, nodding her head and tucked her hair behind her ears as Darcy shut the door, and went to go wake the other girls up. Emma couldn't help but really pity the girl, because being here, in this 'sisterhood' wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

This sorority, unlike other sororities, wasn't all cake and rainbows. In this house lied a big, dark, deadly secret.

"Come on, bitches!" snapped Paige as a bunch of girls, still in pajama's or lingerie, ran down the stairs.

A long table was set up for breakfast, and Emma passed the startled girls with ease. They were all scared of Paige, but Emma knew better, and had been here longer. She, Manny, Hazel and a few other girls sat at the table with Paige as the pledges on the stairs lined up by the table.

Paige had picked up her biscuit from her plate, and the girls watched with intensity as Paige pulled the butter closer, and when she went to look for a knife, she scoffed. There was none.

Hazel giggled as the girls gave another worried looks, afraid Paige was going to have a mad fury over this.

When the blonde spoke up, she went from a big angry frown, to a big fake smile. "First pledge to get me my butter knife, can come to the masquerade party tomorrow night."

Every girl gasped, and ran frantically with excitement. The masquerade party was the biggest party of the year for everyone; and everyone was invited; except pledges if not invited. It was like they were all Cinderella's.

It was funny though, when the girls got excited when they heard 'masquerade party', Emma had flinched.

"Who are you? Their evil step mother?" taunted Manny snidely at Paige. The two girls glared at another.

Manny was...different now. She was still sassy, hot, but not as naive or bubbly; at least not around here anymore. She had also longer hair, with bangs across her forehead. Emma's hair no longer had bangs and had grown out too, with lots of layers and highlights and she usually always softly curled it.

"Eat your breakfast, Manny. It'll be your last." Paige said with a a raised eyebrow.

Emma swallowed and looked at Manny who glanced at her too but just rolled her eyes and dug into her plate. Today WAS Manny's last day, at least at the Sorority house. She was moving out. With unknown reasons to everyone else but those who sat at the table.

((*))

"Please don't leave." begged Emma, following Manny to the big front door of the sorority house. She helped Manny carry a box and Manny carried a duffle bag over her shoulder.

"Em..." pouted Manny, moving in and hugged her best friend. "I'm just going to be a block away."

Emma looked down and glanced around before speaking lower, "I know but-"

"I know." Manny cut her off, wanting her not to bring it up, at least not right now and the two shared a knowing look. Manny frowned sadly for Emma's sake and whispered, "You'll be out soon too. 3 more months, and you're graduated."

"Should of just moved out with you too." Emma grumbled, putting the box down and crossed her arms.

Manny giggled and nodded, "Yea, if you're okay with being woken up by me and Jay in the middle of the night." she smirked.

Emma laughed and wrinkled her nose in disgust. She nodded and admitted, "You're right, gross."

Jay was Manny's new boyfriend; Jay Hogart. He was quite a guy, and not a Zeta brother. Not at all. In fact, he hated those guys and they hated him and his 'delinquent' ways. He actually didn't even go to their school either, he worked down at the auto shop in town where Manny had met him when fixing her car. They've been in love ever since.

"What's gross?" came the devil himself, coming inside and picked up the box in the middle of them. He looked at Manny, then to Emma, looking her up and down. "What's up, Polka Dot?" he asked with a smirk.

Manny rolled her eyes smiling and Emma scoffed, but looked down at her polka Dot dress.

"Shut up." Emma growled. Did she hate Jay? Yes.. but in that hate/love kind of way! He was just a jerk sometimes, but he could quickly make you forget that with his charm, wit and good looks. He was some bad ass, let me tell you, but he so in love with Manny which made Emma grow to love him. He was WAY better than Craig too, who was just another guy who used Manny for her looks and reputation. Jay actually cared deeply for Manny and was so protective.

..hense why she was moving in with him.

"I'll meet you at the library later? We'll meet up, and get ready together for tonight?" Manny asked Emma as Jay was chuckling and stepped out, with Manny behind him.

Emma leaned on the doorway, watching Manny leave her behind in this hellhole. Literally, it was hell, run by the she-devil

"Yeah." Emma said with a wave, tilting her head and watched the couple go. As she turned, and shut the door, she began to slowly walk up the stairs back to her room.

Her finger tips glided on the railing, taking step by step as girls ran by her, giggling about the masquerade party.

Another flashback hit Emma hard..

(FLASHBACK. 2014)

"Emma, Kelly said you'd give us yesterdays notes?" Jimmy asked from behind her in class.

Emma sighed, and tapped her pencil on her desk. Of course he did. Kelly would give ANYTHING to his new friends. She looked over her shoulder to taunt Jimmy as he sat between Craig and Spinner. "Maybe you should of just come to class."

Jimmy went to roll his eyes to then catch a glance at Emma's tight shirt she wore today and just smirked, leaning forward. "Maybe you should of just came to the party last night."

Emma rolled her eyes now, turning back towards the board with their notes on it.

Spinner spoke up behind her, "Why didn't you come? Isn't it in some rule book that all the sorority sisters have to go to the parties that their brothers throw?"

"no, idiot." taunted Craig, but had a small laugh. Sometimes Emma had to admit he was the only semi normal one.

Suddenly someone walked past them, and Jimmy glanced twice for his eyes to twinkle and his lips to curl up. Ellie Nash.

"Leave it alone, Brookes." taunted Craig, inhaling deeply and opening his books.

Jimmy had some weird infatuation with that one. "Invite her to the party." Jimmy whispered back to Craig.

Craig ran his fingers through his hair, looking up with an unsure glance at the redhead in front of them.

"Invite her." Jimmy Brookes hissed, more demanding.

Spinner chimed in, "Won't Hazel get a little jealous?" he was only teasing, but half wondered why the hell Jimmy was so obsessed with Ellie.

Jimmy rolled his eyes, then slapped Craig's arm. "It's for Craig. He needs a side girl; and she'd do anything for him. She stares at you all the time, man."

Craig just ignored, and got to work as the teacher began the lesson. Emma too tried to focus but had heard them talking. It was hard not to.

"What could a side girl do for Craig that Manny Santos won't?" Spinner asked with a loud laugh afterwards before he was told to shut up even by the professor.

Emma sighed as she tried to focus until her phone vibrated from on her desk and she peaked at the teacher before grabbing it to take a look. There was a text from Paige. Emma was helping a lot with the masquerade party, and by a lot, I meant practically doing the whole thing.

'I printed the guest invitations. Me and the pledges will hand them out if you go pick up our dresses at Madison.'- Paige texted.

Emma put her phone down, rolling her eyes slightly. She was so sick of doing all the hard work and errands. Sure the parties, the connections, and the sorority house and outdoor pool was nice but... things were just too much sometimes. Too different. Like her boyfriend. Kelly.

((*)))

"Man, last night was killer." Kelly groaned, sitting on a bench near the school garden and pulled Emma down on his lap when she and the gang met up.

Manny kissed Craig and yelped when he pulled her on his lap too, trying to make out with her and she giggled wildly as she tried to slap his hands away.

"You should of come." Kelly told Emma, who had just got up off him and he gave her a look. "What's up with you?" It was like every time he touched her now, she wanted nothing to do with him.

It was getting annoying! There were tons of girls who'd kill to be with him now that he was Zeta AND a quarter back.

"Nothing." Emma shrugged innocently, and pointed behind her. "I gotta go. I have to pick up the dresses for later."

Kelly could see the unsure look cross her eyes though, and she was avoiding him.

Paige and Hazel had just come over, with two pledges behind them, following them like puppies. "You bet you do." smiled Paige, putting her hands on her hips.

"Make sure my dress is a 5, not a 10. They mess it up every year." Hazel said with an eyeroll.

Paige snickered and taunted, "You're a 10 Hazel. Just accept it." she ignored the offensive gasp until she gasped out loud herself when a certain redhead walked by and accidentally bumped into her.

"OH!" Ellie turned and cringed, "Sorry." she couldn't believe she had just bumped into PAIGE MICHEALCHUCK. Ellie then looked at them all, glaring at her, and blinked. Was it that big of a deal?

"Sorry again." Ellie apologized and turned, rolling her eyes.

"What a freak." sneered Hazel, Paige nodding in agreement. Hazel then gasped and giggled, turning to Paige and looking at the guys, "You know what would be hilarious? Where are the invitations?"

Paige had one in her hand and waved it around, shrugging and not knowing what the big deal was until Hazel swiped it from her hands. "Hey!"

They all watched Hazel walk off, in the direction Ellie went. Emma looked with her eyes narrowing a bit, feeling one of those knots in her stomach again. What was Hazel up to?

Emma looked back at her friends, to notice them all watching in sick amusement. Except Manny; who was fixing her shirt from Craig's handy work.

Jimmy watched with a dark smirk as Hazel gave Ellie an invite to the masquerade party. "That's my girl." he practically purred.

They watched Ellie take it, cautiously, and then glance back at them and Craig. She really did have a thing for him. Craig though looked away and looked down to Manny, smiling strangely before leaning in for a kiss. He did steal one more glance at Ellie though.

END OF FLASHBACK.

2015. (PRESENT DAY)

"Earth to Emma!"

The blonde snapped out of it, and looked up to Hazel.

The girl repeated herself, "I said I need your help!"

"W-what is it?" Emma slightly stuttered and then coughed, putting her 'big girl' shoes on. "How can I help?" I guess this year, Emma had to admit she liked to take control of everything for this party- it kept her mind off things.

"Well, Miss save the world." Hazel crossed her arms. She just didn't understand why Paige loved Emma so much as a sister here. If it was her choice? She would of kicked her out a long time ago. A year ago, to be exact. "The pledges haven't even finished handing out the invites over Campus...so will you bring this load to the school? Give it to whoever you feel is cool enough."

Emma nodded, watching her go. "Right." she whispered, mocking Hazel, "Cool enough."

When lunch had went by that day, rather quickly, Emma had to change before she made the run to the other mansion house downtown that they used for big parties. She got into her regular black mini skirt and a white tank top, throwing a cropped jean jacket over her shoulders.

She took Paige's car, and it rolled out of campus and into town, before it got to the somewhat abandoned field where the old mansion laid. It was perfect for the masquerade party. Nobody could hear the blasting music, or .. screams.

((((**))))))

"Looking good, boss?" Joked JT Yorke as Emma stepped into the old, somewhat creepy, but beautiful dark mansion.

They had set it up almost Phantom of the opera like (They did every year). Candles were lit up everywhere against the walls, big chandelier up top, and only classical music playing. There was red carpet laid out going up the stairs; but the party usually kept on the main floor. She eyed the darkness from up top though, swearing she saw a shadow.

"Is someone upstairs?" Emma asked, and turned to Jt. He was blowing up black and gold balloons and glanced over. "Someone? Upstairs?" Emma repeated.

Jt shrugged. How the hell would he know? Who cares? He shook his head no though so he could get back to work. Emma nodded, but didn't quite believe him. She glanced back up, and got shivers up her arms.

"Is it good?" someone popped out behind her and she yelped, jumping a bit and whipping around.

It was Toby. Jt's sidekick.

"Yes," Emma laughed but caught her breath, "It's good."

"Of course it is." said Darcy, coming out of the kitchen area. "I helped."

"Barely." muttered Jt. Toby went over to him and laughed.

Emma rolled her eyes and smiled as Darcy crossed her arms and then pointed at herself, "I deserve some recognition!" she looked at Emma, "Paige needs to know I really put my all in this! I need to be a Zeta!"

Jt replied, "You're right, you do deserve recognition.."

Darcy paused, and then smiled graciously as she waited for it.

"I recognize that you had one job to do, and the catering isn't even here yet." he reminded her

Darcy's face twisted in horror, "THE CATERING!" she ran back towards the kitchen for her phone.

Emma turned back and shared a laugh with the boys. "Okay," she said, happily. "You guys got everything covered. I'm going to go meet Manny at the Library."

The boys nodded and Toby hollered, "Oh, Emma!"

Emma turned before exiting the door and he stopped in front, looking rather nervously.

"A-are..like are you.. Um. Do you have a date?"

Jt rolled his eyes to his best friends 'calm and collected' state of asking a girl out.

Emma smiled sadly, resting her hand on Toby's shoulder and admitted, "I'm going solo this year, Tobes."

He furrowed his eyebrows, and fixed his glasses before asking with such confusion. "Solo? But, you can easily get a date!"

Emma turned and walked out, calling back to him. "I don't want one!"

(((((((*****)))))))

Emma had just reached the school. She was headed to the Library when she stopped and glanced at the side of the building, where the school fountain was.

This was where she and 'the gang' always use to hang out. She looked around before going over, and on the fountain now, laid a memorial, with a redheads picture on it. Ellie's picture.

Emma swallowed hard, and she cast her eyes down from the memorial, like she had no right to look at it. Her chest caved in and-

"Did you know her?"

Emma yelped and whipped around, face to face with the school's janitor. WHAT was with people just SNEAKING up on her today?!

"The girl." he pointed at the memorial grave. "Elenor Nash, did you know her?" he spoke louder when he repeated what he had already said and Emma's heart pounded.

"N-no." Emma lied, and had to go. She was feeling sick, and janitor guy was scaring her. "I gotta go." she fled around him, and out of the garden.

(((**)))

In the library now, Emma sat at one of the many tables. It was a beautiful large open area. Books covered the walls. There was areas to study alone, and in a group. Emma chose to sit away from most people, sitting by a sunny window on a chair that face three other empty chairs.

Emma took her jean jacket off, and crossed her legs as she leaned back in her chair, looking around. Manny, as usual, was running late.

The invitations Hazel gave to Emma sat by Emma's purse on the coffee table in front of her. Someone walked by to gasp and stop, looking startled at Emma. Emma had never gotten use to that. People were afraid of her because she was a sorority girl. She was always so nice to everyone though.

She looked up at the shy girl and smiled a little. "Take one." she then snickered and grabbed a bunch of them, before handing it to the astounded girl, "Take a bunch.. give it to your friends."

"Thankyou!" the girl grabbed them and ran off before Emma could take it back.

Emma leaned back with a deep breath, and shook her head. She couldn't believe-

"I can't believe people actually treat this masquerade shit like it's some fairy-tale ball or something." a deep, husky voice spoke.

Emma turned her head, her eyes falling on a gorgeous guy who sat just a little ways away in the corner, on his own sofa chair and had his feet up on the coffee table in front of him. He was reading a literature book Emma knew of and quite honestly, wouldn't take him as a person to read it. He seemed more 'motorcycles' or an Inked magazine type of guy, not something so...advanced. But maybe that was too rude of her to think. She wasn't the girl most people thought she was either. In fact, when Toby and Jt had met her in chemistry, they made fun of the fact that the 'blonde bimbo' was paired up with them. They caught on quickly that she was actually quite smart, and gave them quite a run for their money.

Anyways.

Mystery guy sat up and pulled his feet off the table as he tossed his book onto it and then looked back at her. She felt stricken, I mean, she had to of known he was talking to her, there was nobody else around but..she just wasn't ready for it.

She's seen him in here before. His name was actually Sean. Don't ask how she knew, she just did. She saw him time to time, mostly at night. She didn't know what he studied, and he wasn't always around but the first time she saw him she had ran here for a late night study before her exams. He sat at this very spot too.

She remembered that night it was raining, because she and he were slightly drenched from probably both coming to the Library in the storm. Most the students were gone by then since so late. She also remembered it was for sure raining, because while she was studying a few tables away, he took off his jacket to expose those massive lean biceps of his. His muscles appeared so easily through his shirt.

But they never spoke. I mean, Emma also had a boyfriend at the time so it was bad she had even looked. Yet, she was a little offended Sean never even looked her way. Not that she saw anyway.

Emma sucked in a breath when his icy blue eyes locked on hers and he smirked a bit, "Sorry. It's a little lame if you ask me."

Emma was infatuated with how much blue-er (Was that a word?) his eyes got the more his smirk turned into a smile. If that smirk wasn't irresistible enough, then that smile was.

"I don't think anybody did." Emma seemed to tease back and then blinked. Wait. Did she just flirt with him? Well, who could blame her? The guy stood up and he was fit, earth shattering sexy, and a killer smile to top it. He ran his fingers through his wavy sandy hair as he walked over to her. His hair was mid length.

Emma tried to turn her head away, and ignore him. She didn't do a good job though. He slid into the seat beside her and Emma's body tensed. She sat up a little with a small gasp when his arm stretched out in front of her and grabbed an invitation card to look at.

She cornered her eyes, and he was leaning back in the seat next to her and was reading the party details now. She bit her lip, and tried not to look so nervous. Why was she feeling this way anyways?

'You're probably scared.' thought Emma to herself, 'He's pretty intimidating. Probably one of those bad boys I avoided so well in highschool. Why stop now?'

'Because you want him.' Emma jumped out of that second thought just as he put the card back down on the table, like he was more uninterested now.

"Yup, lame." he joked. When Emma watched him get up, she expected him to leave, but he had paused when he walked behind her, and bent slightly down as he leaned on the back of her chair. She almost shivered when his warm breath went down the back of her neck.

"Are you going?" he asked.

She could smell him too, he smelt so good. Like waterfalls, musk and apples. He seemed to pause and take in her vanilla scent as well. She closed her eyes for her to then turn her head slightly in his direction, narrowing her eyes. Her heart was pounding. She couldn't let him do this to her, she was a control freak and she had to be in control! Who did he think he was?!

"Um, yea." Emma could of rolled her own eyes at herself. Way to gain back control!

She turned her head more in his direction when he nodded and then went towards the exit. The last she saw, he was rubbing the back of his neck and smirking.

"Oh boy." Emma whispered to herself, falling more into her seat and bit her lip. He was gone now.

"I saw that you hoe."

Emma gasped and turned around to Manny and Jay, smirking way too much right at her and she scowled hard at them.

"I've never seen you look so smitten." Manny teased, coming over and sitting next to her where mystery guy once sat a second ago.

Emma went to deny, but it was no use. "Who cares, I don't know him or anything.." Emma pouted visibly.

"Sean Cameron." Jay answered for her and both girls turned to look at him and blinked. He knew him?

Jay shrugged and noted carelessly, "He use to work at our shop, good mechanic, not much of a talker." Jay noted again graciously as he lifted his finger to point out, "It was what I liked most about him. Miss the guy sometimes."

Both the girls giggled together. Ofcourse Jay would like a guy who hardly talked and minded his own business too. Jay and Sean would of probably been best buds if they actually got to know another. They both had this vibe to them that both Emma and Manny seemed pulled to.

"So? I already knew his name." Emma rolled her eyes, "I don't need to know more."

They both looked at her with a look.

"Come on," Manny giggled, pulling Emma to get up, "Lets go get ready for the ball!" she joked

Jay rolled his eyes at his own girlfriend but grinned and shook his head.

Emma too laughed and nodded, going to grab her purse and invitations to gasp, "Hey!"

"What?" Manny asked, stopping with Jay and turning to Emma to see what was wrong as the blonde counted her invites.

Emma blinked, and glanced around before looking at the exit Sean left out of it and she quietly laughed to herself.

He took one. Maybe mystery guy was coming after all..but why if it was so lame?

"Nothing." Emma said and led the way. Manny and Jay shrugged, following after her. Emma for once seemed in a good mood, and they weren't going to change that.

It'd been a bad year for everyone since that night a year ago today.

The three exited and walked to the parking lot where Jay's orange civic wass parked. As they got in, Sean stood at the side of the building, leaning his shoulder on it and watched them. He eyed Emma giggling with Manny, climbing into the back seat. He smirked a bit and looked down at the invite card in his hands he might of stole.

..he had seen Emma before too, many times. He couldn't wait for tonight.

/I've got a crush on a pretty pistol
should I tell her that I feel this way?
Father told us to be faithful
I've got a crush on a pretty pistol
should I tell her that I feel this way
I've got love songs in my head
that are killing us away/
(The Love Song- Marilyn Manson)

Author note: REviews please! How is everyone liking it? What do you think happened a year ago? Do you think Sean or anyone else will find out the secret? Do you think maybe Sean knows something already?