Chapter 1 – Stalker Much?

Oh my god! You guys are awesome. I have tried to update quickly and because people have taken an interest in this story, there is like so much pressure. So I decided to watch Pretty Little Liars – aren't I smart! So in future if some of the events that happen in this story are like some of the events in PLL then that's where they came from. I hope you like it – you have no idea how hard it is to think of a secret for each of the group.


It had been exactly three months since Trina was declared missing. It was weird not having her run up to the group and randomly sit down, even if she wasn't really their friend. Tori and her family were a mess. Tori's dad was working overtime to make sure that Trina was found but Tori had given hope of her outgoing sister ever coming home. Cat was also a mess. She hadn't really been friends with Trina, none of the gang had but Cat was still scared. Robbie was just terrified that he was in the house when someone was kidnapped. Of course, Rex kept mocking him telling him he was next. Andre tried to comfort everyone at the same time. He had been there with Tori and had just spent nights holding her and telling her that everything was going to be alright. Jade showed no sympathy and had her tough girl look always on. But Beck knew secretly that she felt really bad for the Vega's. At least she had stopped calling Tori 'Vega'. Beck was a mix of everyone. He supported everyone and he sort of kept the group from breaking apart. They needed each other more than ever now. They had all been interviewed by the police numerous times but were all proven to just be witnesses. Every one of the group lived in fear that this was the beginning of a string of disappearances – and there group was targeted. Each member of the gang slept with some sort of weapon beside their beds. From an outsider's point of view, these six people looked absolutely crazy. Although they had every right to live in fear, because if only they had known what they were in for.


Tori Vega walked into school, slowly, shuffling her feet to her locker. It was no longer lit up, showing her sadness. Andre was waiting beside it, holding a cup of hot chocolate for her.

"Thanks" Tori said, taking the cup.

"It's nothing" Andre said before kissing her on the cheek and walking off. Tori blushed and watched Andre's retreating form. Ever since Andre had been comforting her in the absence of Trina, she had developed a slight crush on her best friend. Although she felt as if she was cheating on Trina – if that made any sense. She didn't want to be thinking of relationships when her sister was missing. She pushed her back up against the locker and smiled as Andre disappeared upstairs. Her phone buzzed lightly in her pocket. She took it out absentmindedly and opened the text message. It was from a blocked number.

Oh! Someone's got the hots for A.H! – T

Tori frowned and tried to check the number. Who the hell was T and how did they know about her crush on Andre? She glanced around at the crowded corridor but everyone seemed engrossed in their usual activities. She shook it off and walked off to her R&B Vocal class.


As Andre walked upstairs to his Music class he had the strangest feeling he was being watched. He looked over his shoulder but no one was following him. The feeling began to get stronger and Andre was worried. He began to run to his class, getting to the classroom door way before anyone else had. He stood there for a minute, glancing around anxiously. A blur of red velvet hair ran straight up to him and skidded to a stop.

"Hey Andre!" she smiled, her eyes bloodshot. She had obviously been in the bathroom crying.

"Hey little red, why the sad face!" Andre asked, looking at Cat.

"I miss Trina" Cat cried, wrapping her arms around Andre.

"It'll be okay, it's Trina! She could just be in New York chasing down Broadway stars" Andre said, lying to Cat so she'd at least crack another smile.

"But she's not; she's not coming back is she?" Cat cried, looking up through her salty tears.

"I'm sure she will" Andre lied. He didn't know anymore. He knew he had to be strong for Cat and Tori but he couldn't bring himself to do it much longer. Andre led Cat through the classroom door and sat his bag down. He pulled out his music sheets and walked up to hand them to Mrs Richardson. As he walked back to his seat, the feeling of being watched returned. When he got to his seat, he noticed a slip of white paper on it. He looked around to see if anyone was watching him. He flipped it over and read the print.

Lying isn't going to get you very far, Andre – T

Andre frowned and pushed the note into his pocket. He sat down and glanced at Cat beside him but she was busy twirling her hair and staring off into space. Where did that note come from? And who knew he was lying to everybody he knew. Andre prayed for life to go back to normal. But things aren't that easy.


Meanwhile, Robbie had free period. He was sitting with Rex in the Black Box theatre, completely alone. He had his History homework spread out around him but the young awkward boy wasn't studying for his test next period. Instead he was drawing hearts around the borders of his books.

"Come on man, only girls draw hearts on their books! Says a lot doesn't it?" Rex said, from beside Robbie. Robbie shot him a glare and resumed drawing hearts, this time with red cats around the hearts.

"Oh, you got a crush on the crazy red head?" Rex said and Robbie picked him up and shoved him into his backpack. A little white note fluttered down in front of Robbie's work. He glanced up but nobody was around. Well that's a bit weird. He flipped the note over and read it to himself.

Be careful of what that puppet says, Shapiro. If you aren't careful than C.V might find out your secret – T

Robbie looked around and grabbed Rex out of his backpack.

"Hey! I was looking at some pictures of Northridge Girls in there!" he complained.

"Look at this! This is your entire fault" Robbie said, shoving the note in front of his puppet.

"Ha! You know who T could be. The missing Vega sister – Trina" Rex pointed out. Robbie gulped, grabbed his stuff and raced out of the Black Box Theatre in terror.


The day passed quickly after that. Robbie jumped at every sudden movement, as did Andre and Tori. Robbie decided to leave Rex in his locker so he wouldn't spill about Cat, the note or his possible guess of Trina being back at Hollywood Arts. When lunch rolled around Beck, Andre, Robbie, Tori and Cat were all sitting in the Asphalt Café.

"Hey, do you guys know where Jade is?" Beck asked, looking at his phone.

"No, I'll go check the bathroom though" Cat said, standing up and dashing off to the bathroom block.

Jade was standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom. She held her foundation and cover-up in her hands and was ferociously dabbing at her face and arms. Sinjin had spilt his water on her in Creative Writing and her makeup had come off. She was attempting to hide the bruises that her father had left on her. The ones from last night were from just beginning to turn an ugly purple and the ones from Monday night were turning a sickly yellow colour. She groaned as she tried to hide the bruises on her arms. She had just finished and was putting her make-up back in her bag when the door swung open. Cat stood there, looking at her best friend.

"There you are!" Cat cried, running up a hugging Jade. Jade groaned, shook her off, walked out of the bathroom and left Cat standing in the middle of the tiled room. As Jade was walking towards the Asphalt Café her phone buzzed. Probably Beck, he gets worried easily. She pulled it out and sighed when it was a blocked number she opened it and read the cryptic message.

Someone's having some troubles at home, hey? Be careful who finds out, things could go from bad to worse – T

Jade frowned and stopped in her tracks. She glanced around and put her phone back in her pocket before walking over to the table. She sat down next to Beck and looked at the salad he had gotten her.

"Thanks" she whispered. Beck's eyes widened.

"Is the tough girl Jade West really saying thanks?" Beck asked, poking her lightly in the arm. Jade rolled her eyes and pressed her lips to his, kissing him quickly.

"Love you" she whispered. Beck touched her forehead for a second.

"Are you like sick or something?" he joked.

"Very funny…"


Back in the bathroom, Cat stood there; wondering why Jade had left the bathroom in a hurry. Her phone began to ring and for a second she started dancing to her ring tone before she realized she had to actually pick it up and all.

"Hi!" she squealed.

"Dear, it's mom. I just thought I'd let you know that I'm going to be taking your brother to the hospital again and I won't be home when you get back" Mrs Valentine said.

"Oh, kk! Can I make red velvet cupcakes with Jade after school then?" Cat asked.

"Sure but – hang on! Darren put the scissors down! No that's not what – they don't! Get them out of your mouth!" Cat's mother screamed. Cat sighed. Was it even possible that Darren, her brother was weirder than her? Of course, it was her fault that Darren was this way. She didn't mean to make him this way. And what she had done years ago was what was costing her and her family thousands of dollars a year to pay for his medical bills.

"Bye mom" Cat said and hung up. She giggled as she saw her red hair and felt her phone vibrate in her hand. She flipped it open and grinned. But that pretty little smile fell when she saw what it said.

Why is your brother so crazy, huh? I know what happened all those years ago. Do you know that's illegal Catarina? Huh, do you? – T

"I didn't know!" Cat yelled before racing out of the bathroom to her locker where she kept her large stash of candy.


After school, Beck entered his RV and put his school bag down. Jade was coming in an hour or so and he had heaps of homework to catch up on. Just as he pulled out his tech theatre homework a sharp knocking was on his RV door.

Maybe Jade's early? Beck opened the door to see his mother standing there.

"We need to talk" Mrs Oliver said. Beck nodded and followed his mom back into his house. Mrs Oliver stopped when they reached the kitchen. Beck's younger sister, Lily was sitting at the bench with a pile of watermelon.

"What's up, mom?" he asked.

"You know how dad…passed away, last year?" Mrs Oliver said. Beck gulped and Lily put her watermelon down. Mr Oliver hadn't just died, he had been murdered. He had been murdered right after Jade and Beck had that mini break up where his Dad had been mauled by the dog. He had been killed the night that Mr Oliver had told Beck that he didn't want him dating Jade. The case had run cold, much to Beck's happiness. Beck was the reason that his dad was dead.

"Yeah" Beck whispered.

"They think they may have a suspect" Mrs Oliver said, putting her head in her hands.

"Who?" Lily asked.

"I can't say I just wanted to let you know that the case will be investigated again" Mrs Oliver said, shotting a look to Beck. Beck gulped before running out the back door to his RV. He shoved the door open and sat down on his bed. He didn't mean to kill his dad. It was an accident; he had just tripped over the life support chord and accidentally unplugged it! Of course the fact that he didn't tell the police is probably illegal. That was when he noticed that a white sheet of paper on his desk. He stood up and looked at the note.

Why are you so scared that your father's murderer will be discovered? Or is there something you're not telling, hey Oliver? – T

Beck gulped and took a pair of Jade's scissors she had left here. He cut the note up into tiny little pieces before shoving them in his paper shredder. As he was watching the note be shredded his phone buzzed. He picked it up and looked at the message from Tori. The message had been sent to him, Andre, Jade, Robbie and Cat.

Meet at my house in 15 okay! It's important…Tori


Later that night; Robbie, Cat, Andre, Beck, Jade and Tori all sat around Tori's lounge room.

"Well?" Jade asked, playing with Beck's hand.

"Erm, oh right. Well, I'm a bit worried" Tori began.

"I get worried a lot. Like this one time my brother was in Mexico with my Uncle Sam and for some reason they went swimming in shark infested waters. I don't like sharks" Cat pointed out, hugging her pink pig toy to her chest.

"Oh well, I think someone's stalking me" Tori said. Everyone turned to look at Tori.

"Did you get a note too?" Robbie asked, Rex sitting beside him.

"No, I got a text" Tori said.

"I got a note from someone named T" Andre said.

"Yeah, me too" Beck said.

"I got a text like Tori" Cat whispered. Jade was silent.

"Jade? Did you get a note or text from T?" Tori asked.

"Yeah, a text" Jade whispered.

"What does this mean?" Robbie asked.

"Someone's stalking us?" Andre answered from the piano.

"This is creepy" Cat whimpered.

"Was everyone's note's personal? Threatening to expose a secret?" Beck asked.

"I thought you had no secrets" Tori asked.

"Yeah, everyone's hiding something" Beck said. "Well was it? Or was it just me?"
"It's not just you"

"Yeah"

"Yes" A string of agreements filled the Vega house.

"What do we do?" Robbie said, putting Rex on his lap.

"Maybe we should work out who T is?" Cat suggested.

"I bet you it's your missing witch of a sister" Rex said, looking at Tori.

"Rex!" Robbie shouted. Everyone was silent for a second.

"Trina?" Tori murmered.

"Where are your parents, maybe we should tell your dad?" Beck suggested.

"I actually have no clue" Tori whispered. Suddenly Tori's phone began to ring.

"Well, you going to answer that?" Jade asked.

"What if it's this T person?" Andre asked.

"Then we ask what they want with us" Beck said. Tori gulped and put her phone on speaker.

"H-hello?" Tori asked.

"Tori, baby! It's mom" Mrs. Vega said. The gang let out a sigh of relief.

"Yeah mum, what is it?" Tori asked.

"They – they found Trina" Mrs. Vega cried.

"Oh my god! Really, that's awesome!" Tori smiled.

"Baby, they found her body" Mrs. Vega began to cry. Tori's face fell and tears began to fall. Cat cried, and put her head on the bright orange couch.

"Wh-what?" Tori croaked out.

"She's gone" Mrs. Vega cried. Tori looked like she was about to go into shock.

"Tori" Robbie shook Tori's shoulder. Tori just sat like a stone.

"We'll be down to the police station soon, Mrs. Vega" Andre said, hanging up and pulling Tori into a tight hug. Suddenly the room was filled with the sounds of phone's beeping. Everyone pulled out their phone, except for Tori. On everyone's phone read the exact same text message.

I'm still here. And I know everything – T


Yes, that last text was from Pretty Little Liars. I just thought it sounded good and I wanted to include it. I am so sorry if some of the secrets were lame. Andre's secret is NOT going to be that, next chapter all will be revealed. And it pained me to write some of those secrets because I know they are not true! But hey, this is FANFICTION…

So these are everybody's secrets, just to clarify:
Andre – yet to be confirmed, I needed something to write for this chapter but that isn't his secret. He just needed to know that he was being watched.
Tori – Crush on Andre, oh come on it's obvious from the show
Cat – The reason her brother is crazy (something she did when she was younger)
Robbie – Obsession with Cat, not like that's new! Have you seen 'Jade Gets Crushed'?
Jade – Abused, which is just plain sad
Beck – Killed his father on accident, but he's never owned up to it. Exaggeration on ACCIDENT

Thanks to James888 who suggested I 'take two pounds of M&M's and drink two liters of Dr. Pepper' to write Cat. That made me laugh.
And piscesprincess00 – yes in the end there will be Tori&Andre but I'm not going to ruin how that happens and all.
And Crazywoobie – I tried to include some Bade but it's sort of hard in a murder mystery story. I love Bade 100% so in future chapters there will be heaps more Bade!
And LostInASeaOfSilence, tiarashine, djcandy666, mazeygrace18 and BlondeMascaraPrincess – I'm glad you liked it so far. Continue reading!

Wow, that's a LONG author's note. Sorry, I'd be surprised if you read it all!

R&R
Grace xx