--Chapter One--

Kaitlin's lawyer, Marty Fritz, came to her hospital room at seven the next morning. They went over her case and he explained to her what can or will happen. Then Kaitlin had Ethan's little sister, Monica get her a nice outfit from her house, for her sentence hearing. Once she was released from the hospital, Detective Andrews and the two cops took her straight to the courthouse. She walked into the courtroom wearing black slacks, a nice blue button up shirt, high heels, and hand cuffs.

Before she sat down, she noticed that the only people on her side was Daniel, Ethan, and Monica. Everyone else that was against her, was on the other side of the room. Daniel and Ethan smiled at her, then she sat down in her seat next to Marty. She looked around again, then saw Jeremy and Jessica's mom death glaring her. She looked away to see if her dad was there, but he wasn't.

Five minutes later, the Judge walked in and Kaitlin heard. "All rise." everyone stood to their feet. "The honorable Judge Ross Hendrix is approaching the bench."

"Thank you, Bill." Judge Hendrix walked to his seat and sat down. "You all may be seated." everyone sat down, while he looked through a file. "This is case number 782291113. We're here today for a Miss Kaitlin Rosco's sentencing." he looked right at Kaitlin. "I'm going to get straight to the point. I've gone over everything and you being at fault, but also at the age of fifteen and a half, I'll cut you a little break. I'm sentencing you to The Massachusetts Woman's Prison for five to seven years." there were a few loud gasps in the room. "You can be up for parole in three years and your license or permit will be suspended until the age of twenty one." he hit the gavel to the desk. "Court is adjourned." he stood up, then everyone else stood up too.

Kailtin, Marty, Daniel, and Ethan were all in shock, as well as everyone else in that courtroom. Kaitlin and Marty honestly thought that she would be in there longer than five to seven years. Fifteen to thirty maybe. She turned to Marty and said "So, what happens now?"

"They take you to prison."

Kaitlin felt a tapping on her arm, she turned around, and saw Daniel with his arms open. She gave him a hug and he whispered. "Everything will be okay. You'll be out before you know it."

"I hope so."

"Come on, Miss Rosco." one of the guards said, pulling at her arm.

Daniel gave Kaitlin a kiss, then said "I'll come visit soon."

She nodded, then followed the guard to a holding cell, until they're ready to transport her. An hour later, they made her change into her orange prison jumpsuit, then escorted her to the bus. She got in and they strapped her to the cuffs on the bus, then drove straight to the women's prison. When she got there, a female detention officer named: Dawson, made Kaitlin strip naked so she could fully check her. After she was done, Kaitlin put her jump suit back on, then Dawson gave her a pillow, thin blanket, and a few other items she was allowed to have and escorted Kaitlin to her cell.

Kaitlin saw two detention officers walk up to them. The brunette guy said "Hey Dawson... who's the fresh meat?"

"Kaitlin Rosco."

He nodded as he looked at her up and down. "Okay... Kaitlin, I'm Detention Officer Moore." he pointed to the blonde next to him. "And this is D.O. Swanson." he pointed to another guard across the way. "And over there, is D.O. Medina." Kaitlin thought Swanson looked cute, but she didn't like the way that Moore was looking at her, it was making her very uncomfortable.

Dawson rolled her eyes and said "Move... she needs to get into her cell." Moore smirked at her, then Kaitlin and Dawson walked away. They walked up to the second level. Dawson opened it up. "Get in."

She nodded and did what she was told. Dawson shut the door and walked away. Kaitlin was looking around, amazed at how small the cell was. Then as she looked foward, she saw a blonde woman, staring at her.

"What's your name?" the woman asked.

"Kaitlin."

"Kaitlin what?"

"Oh... it's Kaitlin Rosco."

The woman nodded and said "I'm Rachel. How old are you?"

"I'll be sixteen, in like four months."

"Shut up! No fuckin' way." Kaitin nodded. "Holy shit... how did you end up in here?"

"On my boyfriends birthday, me and a bunch of friends went out celebrating. We were drinking and I was driving the car. Well, I lost control of the wheel, hitting head on into a brick wall, going sixty. There was seven of us and the only survivors were me and my boyfriend." Rachel's jaw dropped. "We were the only ones wearing seat belts."

"Are you fuckin' serious?"

Kaitlin nodded and said "Yeah."

"I'm sorry to hear that, but listen." Rachel got closer to her. "You don't belong here... in a place like this, but me I'll be in here for another forty years. You have your whole life ahead of you and in here is not where you should be. Since we're... roomates, I'll make sure nothing happens to you. So that way, hopefully you can get out of this hell hole sooner. I'm sure what you did makes you feel terrible, but this is not a place for teenagers."

She nodded and said "Okay."

"If someone has any problems with you, just let me know."

"Okay... thank you."

"No problem. I've had so many teenagers come through here and they didn't belong, so I made sure they got out sooner, and they never came back."

"I see."

"And I do not want to see you here again." Kaitlin nodded. "So... I got your back and I'm sure my friends will too."

"Who?"

"There's Lucy, Rhiannon, and Roxanne. They feel the same way and we help you kids get the hell out of here." Rachel looked at the stuff in her hands. "Do you want to put your things down? You can have the top bunk."

Kaitlin put them on the bed and said "Thanks."

There was a loud beep, then the cell door opened. Kaitlin gave Rachel a questioning look and Rachel said "Oh, that means we can come out. Play cards or whatever."

"Oh." Kaitlin nodded.

"Come on." then she followed Rachel to a table, where three women were playing cards. "Ladies."

"Sup, Rach..." one of them said, not looking away from her cards.

"This is the newbie... Kaitlin, she's fifteen."

"Fifteen!" one of them yelled.

"Kaitlin." Rachel pointed one by one. "This is Roxanne, Rhiannon, and that's Lucy."

"Hey." was all Kaitlin said.

"You're fifteen?" asked Roxanne, and Kaitlin nodded. "What the hell did you do to end up here?"

"I was driving."

"Wait... you have a license at fifteen?" asked Lucy.

"A permit and I'm fifteen and a half, but I was in the car with a licensed driver." all of them nodded. "Me and six other people were celebrating and drinking. I lost control of the wheel and hit head on into a brick wall. Only two of us survived."

"Wow." said Rhiannon.

"I told Kaitlin, that we got her back, and making sure she gets out of here as soon as possible."

Roxanne looked at her and said "Honey, you don't need to be here." Kaitlin nodded.

Out of the corner on Rachel's eye, she seen Moore headed towards them. She rolled her eyes and whispered to Kaitlin. "Keep your guard up, don't let him know you're weak."

Then seconds later, Moore walked up, and said "Hello ladies... how are Massachusetts finest criminals?"

Lucy gave him a fake smile and Rhiannon said "We're great."

He looked over at Kaitlin and said "You... come with me." she did as she was told, then followed him. "I read your file and personally, I would have made you rot in here, your whole life." they walked into a room and shoved Kaitlin into the wall. "I love fuck ups like you." he started touching her all over and smelling her hair. "I'll make sure, you stay in here with me."

Kaitlin was not going to show her fear, she just stayed as calm as she could. Then she jumped a little five minutes later, when the door opened. She looked over and gave a 'help me' look to Swanson.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing." he said, not looking away from Kaitlin.

Swanson rolled his eyes and said "The Warden wants to see you, John."

Moore touched Kaitlin one last time, smirked, and whispered in her ear "I'll see you soon." then he walked out and shut the door.

Swanson walked up to her. He touched her on her shoulder and she flinched. "Are you okay?" she looked up at him with sad eyes and shook her head. "Look, don't worry about John, he's an asshole. If you want, I'll have my shift switched over so I can watch over you."

She looked up at him and said "Why are you helping me? I don't deserve any of it. I killed my brother and my friends... I don't deserve to live anymore."

"Because... just like Rachel, I believe you don't belong in here either. I help them, help all the teenagers to get out of here. But nobody knows I help, like any of the guards." she nodded. "And I'm sure what you did, you feel like you shouldn't live, but you are."

"Okay."

"Don't let John know you're scared or broken, that will only make it worse."

She nodded and said "Okay." after she composed herself five minutes later, she grabbed Swanson's hand. "Thank you."

He looked down at his hand, then at her. He smiled and said "You're welcome." she let go, then he opened the door. "Come on." Kaitlin walked out and went into her cell to lay down on her bunk. This was an experience she was not going to enjoy.