Don't reap what you sow, and don't tell your teacher who you think killed your friend.
"He's so... creepy!" Ria Monty whispers to Sara Henry as Tony Carragah walks down the Lillywood high school hallway, for the first time since Amy Laurent went missing. "That's not fair Ri, we wouldn't say that to you as Niel walked past you" Emilia Fends sticks up for Sara, even though it seems she didn't here the remark in the first place. "Sara likes two guys, one is a freak and the other is dating her sister. I happen to like a respectable, handsome, popular, tall, dark, handsome, popular..." She goes on. Sara slams her locker door and walks towards her next class. "What's up her backside?" Ria rolls her eyes and grabs a handful of books out of her locker. "Cut her some slack Ri, you know." Emilia doesn't like confrontation, she had to stick up for Sara but now Ria might turn against her, and you don't want to fall out with a Monty. Hallie Murry walks down the corridoor with her bestie Marley Vander. The pair flick their platinum blonde hair behind them as the crowds around them stare. The girls have come closer again since these mysterious messages from A, but Hallie doesn't hang with them in public, that would cramp her style. She smiles over at Ria and Emilia as the bell rings. "I've got a swim meet, see you at lunch?" Emilia throws her gym bag over her shoulder and before Ria can reply she's gone.
Ria joins Sara and Hallie in English class. It's a few weeks into term but the previous English teacher has already left on maternity leave. A smoking hot man with dark curly hair walks in and writes 'MR FRAT' on the chalkboard. Some of the students cringe at the screech of the chalk. He turns around and his eyes dart straight to Ria, almost as if he has seen her before, and really REALLY wasn't expecting to see her here. Ria's phone beeps 'Guess you didn't think you would see your summer fling at school, did you? Especially when he knows all about your argument with Amy over Tim xx A.' For a long time Ria had assumed Tim was involved in Amy dissapearing. Amy had to be one up on all the girls and that meant she had to have Tim. For some reason that was the first thing that popped into her head to tell Ewan after sex (or Mr Frat as she now knows him). Now she is kind of wishing she would have kept her gob shut. They didn't really talk about much over the summer besides some random after sex chat. It never came up into conversation that he was going to teach and she was only 16. The bell rings again and Ria has daydreamed the whole lesson, which angers her as English is her favourite subject. Mr Frat steps out of the classroom before Ria can ask him any questions.
It takes the girls forever to get home, because they had to wait for Hallie to walk Marley to her parents before she could meet them. They are all going to Saras house to have a study night, but as they walk up to the drive there are flashing lights coming from Amy Laurents old house. "What do you thinks going on?" Hallie stops still in her tracks. "No one has lived there since..." Sara slowly moves towards her garden as her mom opens the door. "Come inside girls" Mrs Henry holds the door open to their grand hallway. Some of the girls still get intimidated by her family. They are far posher and richer than any of the others. Ria is the last to step into the house but before she does she notices a stretcher with what looks like a body being wheeled from the back garden of the Laurent house. Her knee's go week.
Ria has blacked out again. It's almost as if she has been drugged or something. She looks around and she is back at home. Mrs Monty is holding a cold towel above her head and stroking her fingers through her hair. "You're finally awake" Ria looks at the clock, she's been out for a few hours. "Let me go get you some food, fancy pancakes?" Ria nods at her mom. Once she is alone she checks her phone and re reads the message from A. Another bubble pops up on the screen 'You were close to seeing too much so I had to do something about that' the message ends with a pill emoji. She knew it. But how? The only thing she had eaten during the day was a bagel her dad pre made her and she drank some water at school. Was A at school today? And how could A ensure it would just be her to drink that water? A message from Hallie pops up as the phone beeps 'I can't beleive they found her body' another from Sara 'I was so sure that Amy was A.' Ria looks shocked at her phone, is Amy Lauent... dead? The girls still had faith she would be found. 'And raped too, she must have been so scared' Hallie adds. Did A kill Amy, and does that confirm A is... a boy?
