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Prologue

The One That Got Away

Summer after high school when we first met
We make out in you mustang to radio head
And on my 18th birthday we bought matching tattoos
Used to steal your parent's liquor and climb to the roof
Talk about our future like we had a clue
Never planned that one day i'd be losing you
In another life I would be your girl
We keep all our promises be us against the world
In another life I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away.

I was June you were my Johnny cash
Never one without the other we made a pact
Sometimes when I miss you I put those records on...woe
Someone said you had your tattoo removed
Saw you down town singin the blues
It's time to face the music i'm no longer your muse
But in another life I would be your girl
We keep all our promises be us against the world
In another life I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away.

The one the one the one

The one that got away.

All his money can't buy me a time machine. no
Can't replace you with a million rings. no
I shoulda told you what you meant to me. woe
Cause now I pay the price.

In another life I would be your girl
We keep all our promises be us against the world
In another life I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away.

The one, the one, the one

In another life I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away

Piper's POV

The day was dark and grey when we arrived in Ipswich Massachusetts. The four of us all in a somber mood as we pulled up to our childhood home in the Ford Escape. The sprawling estate looked exactly the same with its stone gray exterior, ivy covered walls and large windows shrouded in the ever present morning fog. With nearly 44 rooms on 3 floors Carlisle Hall was one of the largest and grandest estates within Ipswich. Yet it had stayed almost empty for nearly three years now collecting dust like an antique, full of memories, I for one would like to forget.

"Oh My Gosh….it looks exactly how we left it," Eden exclaimed as the car came to a stop.

"Duh Edie, No one's been here since we left, well probably Nora and the other permanent staff," answered Sophia with a roll of her eyes, "It's like a freaking tomb here though. Why did we have to come back anyway?"

"Um because it said in Grams will that we were to finish our high school education at Spencer Academy." said Lily while she pulled the keys out of the ignition. I heard Sophie mutter something along the lines of "Well It Sucks." under her breath as she got out of the car, slamming her car door and storming off to the front door. Eden gave a sigh then got out to run after her, leaving me in the car with Lily.

"You feeling any better Pippa?" she asked. I turned to glare at her. I was sick of her asking me if I was okay. I got it. Really I understood that I'm severely ill and that I looked like I was undergoing Chemo. But that doesn't mean I wanted to talk about it. The sad thing is that I couldn't be normal and have some sort of cancer that would make me look so awful. Instead I had to have a weird witchy sickness; caused by major separation anxiety. Lily shut up though and we went to join Sophie and Eden in the entrance hall.

Inside we saw that our kindly old housekeeper Nora had already come up to greet us. She rushed towards us, enveloping each of us in a bone crushing hug.

"Girls! Oh my, how wonderful to see you all again! My how I've missed you four!" Nora exclaimed. Nora Hamilton was one of our numerous housekeepers. We had several others at the various houses our family owned around the world but Nora was special. She had been the one to nurture us through our childhood. When we left for Scotland two and a half years ago it had been hard to say goodbye.

"Hullo Nora, It's good to see you too," I said warmly when it was my turn to hug her.

"Yes Miss Piper that it is, but I must say you certainly are looking peakish. Has Mary McGinnis not been feeding you properly?" She asked almost disapprovingly. She went on, "Ah well, we'll see to that later. I'll make sure Cookie makes your favorite for dinner tonight. Let's get you girls upstairs and settled in, I've already had Parker bring up the bags." I smiled at her kindness but inside I wanted to scream. Even Nora had noticed the change in my appearance. Of course I knew I probably looked very different from when I left but the way everyone has treated me makes me feel like I'm dying.

Then again I do probably look like death incarnated. My wild dark auburn brown mane of hair no longer shone with a healthy shine or the natural volume it once had, instead it hung lank down my back like a sickly curtain of brown. And my skin, which had once been naturally pale but it definitely still had had a healthy color to it (I had even tanned during the summer months), now was so white I was almost transparent. My facial features had changed drastically as well, my eyes looked sunken into my face with dark circles under them giving my cheeks a bruised look and my sharpened cheekbones jutted out making me look malnourished. Even the dark sapphire color of my irises had dulled.

She led the four of us up the grand staircase talking as we went, "Your rooms are exactly how you left them and I've laid out new school supplies and uniforms on the bed, I know you have your old ones in the closet but I wasn't sure if the four of you had grown at all. I'm glad I did though you all look a bit taller." She chuckled "Now you four will be living in the dorms during the week but you're welcome to come home on the weekends." When we reached the third floor where our bedrooms were all located, Nora turned to us tears in her eyes. "Oh I'm so glad you all are home!"

"So are we Nora," Lily said with a smile. Sophie, Eden, and I nodded in agree. Nora whipped her eyes giving us a grandmotherly smile, "I'll be downstairs if you need anything then. Ta Ta!" She then waddled down the hall to where the servants' stairs were located.

The four of us stood there in awkward silence no one knowing what to say. Finally Lily said, "School doesn't start till Monday and it's a Saturday. There's only one place I can think of going…"

"NICKY'S!" We all shouted together. Laughing we each raced to our rooms to change and get ready.

As I stepped into my room I was hit with a wave of memories both good and painful. The familiar dark blue walls and blue comforter gave me the sense of homecoming and safety that I had been craving since we got off the plane in Boston. Looking around I saw the collage of pictures from years past still covering the one wall. I glanced at it warily knowing that if I took a closer look I would be reminded of the one person I could never forget, the one person I longed for more than air itself. My boyfriend…sorry…EX-boyfriend Pogue Parry.

Shaking my head as if to try and shake him from my mind, I crossed the room to where my bags sat on my bed. I riffled through them trying to find something to where tonight. Normally I would go for something sexy and revealing, just to show off but now I mostly just wanted to cover up how awful I looked and felt.

Finally I pulled out black leggings and a gray off the shoulder top. Adding to the look I threw on gray scrunched boots, a chunky blue necklace with matching bracelets and earrings. Then to finish it off I pulled my hair into a low ponytail allowing wisps of it to come loose and caked on make up to disguise the dark circles under my eyes and my sharpened features. As I was leaving my room I hesitated, I wanted to wear it… and I should probably give it back I thought to myself. Impulsively I grabbed for it, the worn black motorcycle jacket Pogue had given to me years before, my comfort and solace over the two and a half years I've spent away from him. I pulled it on without another thought and headed downstairs to meet up with Sophie, Eden, and Lily.

It was high time I faced the past and moved on…or at least try to.

A/N: I hope you liked the prologue. Please Read and Review. Any comments or concerns will be appreciated. The song was The One That Got Away by Katy Perry.

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