"Hey Lizzie," Kate called, from the kitchen.

"Yeah?" I called back.

"Come in here."

"Ok hold on."

I walked into the kitchen.

"Yeah?" I said, once I'd arrived.

Kate looked up from the piece of white notebook paper she was reading.

"Lizzie," Kate said.

"Yeah?" I said, again.

I wondered whatever happened to the cooking.

"Come take a look at this."

On the olive green counter she indicated the note she'd been reading.

I walked closer to her, the note and counter.

"Do you know what this means?" I asked Kate.

"Um, that you have a note to read?" she replied.

"Well yeah, that too."

"Well?"

"What?"

"Why don't you read it?"

"I will in a minute. Hold on."

"Ok."

"This means, Kate, that someone broke in."

"Oh god that's a weird thought."

"Yeah, I know."

"Well, we should prolly check everything after...we...read...it….."

"Yeah."

I read the note.

Lizzie & Kate, it said;

You don't know who I am but I know who you are. Most of the school knows who you are, actually. Don't worry; I'm not a stalker or anything like that, if that's what you're thinking. Or it might not be I don't know. But I would assume that if I'd gotten a note like this from someone that I would think that person's a stalker. Anyway, I'm rambling. Who I am, is Shannon, Shannon Elizabeth Rain. I go to your school, as you might have already guessed by me saying that 'most of the school knows who you are'. And I'm writing this because I need help and you seem like pretty good people who have been through a lot. So I've heard. So have I. Been through a lot. I talked to your friend Miranda the other day and she told me about the 2 of you. Ex friend I guess I should say. I know this must seem pretty strange to the 2 of you; I'm a pretty nice person once you get to know me. I was wondering if we could all have lunch on Monday. My friend Ashley will be there too; she's very pretty, really nice and looks kind of like the both of you. 'There' being the school cafeteria, of course. Well I guess I'll see you then. Or not. We'll see.

-Shannon

"Wow," I said.

"Yeah, I know," Kate replied.