Chapter 3:

My eyes shoot open to the sound of screaming that came from the halls, it sounded like a girl but I couldn't tell who it was; maybe it was Aria. According to what Hanna told me about her and Spencer she's pretty crazy, I swing my legs off the edge of my bed taking a second to let my bare feet adjust to the cold wooden floor before I fully place my feet down as I walk towards the plastic, rectangular window that was in the center of the door which had been locked that night like everyone else's had too. A figure was being dragged through the hallway by four people with the fifth following behind signaling for everyone in their rooms who were staring to be quiet, when they got to me I saw that the person was Hanna herself and the figure being carried was Jenna Marshall.

I open my mouth in shock but Hanna rushes to my window and tells me to be quiet before unlocking my door with a key she had; from whom she had gotten it was a mystery.

"Hanna what the hell is going on . . . what are you guys doing with Jenna?" I asked quickly causing Hanna to rush a put a pale and cold hand over my mouth as she pulled me along. Closing my door quietly behind me

"Shut up Emily do you want to get us caught?"

"Caught, someone screamed . . . don't you think people are going to come?" I questioned, earning nothing but a smirk from Hanna as we finally caught up with the rest of the people; Aria, Spencer, that Caleb boy, and a boy named Toby.

"Please someone screams all the time . . . they only come on the third or fourth scream" I shake my head at this, what if someone was hurt, what if someone could only scream once before they were . . . hurt . . . or worse? "We're just teaching her a lesson . . . she'll be fine"

"Who knocked her out?"

"We did" That didn't answer my question but oh well, "The boys are just here to help carry her"

"Carry her where?"

"The roof"

"The roof what the hell are you guys going to do?"

"We're just going to have a little fun" Aria whispered back as she dropped Jenna's limp leg, causing it to drag on the floor and make a screeching noise, but quickly picked it back up as she got a disapproving glare from Spencer

"Fun . . . you guys are crazy" I nearly shout earning Hanna to put her hand over my mouth again and signal for me to shut up

"What could go wrong?"

"The last thing I saw or heard was taking my meds . . . I can't remember anything after that" I told Dr. Sullivan for the fifth time now, even though that was a lie. I remember everything that happened that awful night but the others made me swear not to tell.

Dr. Sullivan had pulled me into her office because Jenna was found blind on the roof screaming that she couldn't see and needed help. Everything is going to be fine, they said. Nothing could possibly go wrong, they said. She's not going to get hurt, they're just homemade fireworks. She said she heard voices a few . . . I know she heard Aria and few of the others but I guess she isn't going to tell anyone yet. Maybe Aria talked her out of telling on us. Dr. Sullivan looked up at me from her notepad and smiled.

"It's okay Emily . . . I believe you" She removed her glasses and placed then down on the edge of her desk on top of her notepad, "You're a good kid Emily . . . and I believe that if you hear anything or find out anything you will tell me . . . right?" Her voice was sharp and her eyes pierced through me as she stood and walked over to me, placing her hand on my shoulder.They said they wouldn't hurt her, they said that Jenna would wake up in a few hours just fine.

"O-of course" I stood quickly, breaking away from her grip on my shoulder and started towards the door, "I'll see you next Sunday Dr. Sullivan" I quickly left after the words slipped my tongue and dashed down the halls towards the day room.

In the day room Spencer sat at one of the tables talking with Toby in the corner of the room as she finished up her homework-helping Toby with his own too I bet, Hanna was laughing at the television that she sat in front of while Caleb ran hands through Hanna's dirty blond hair. Spencer and Hanna wore the Radley uniform while Caleb had on an army camouflage shirt with a pair of Dockers and Toby wore a short sleeved red polo shirt that revealed his muscles and a pair of old blue jeans that were too big for him.

"There you are" Spencer called as she stood, being the first person to notice me, "How did your talk with Dr. Sullivan go?"

"Did she question you?" Hanna asked. Of course she did

"Of course she did, Jenna probably heard all of us" Toby called. More like you, Caleb and Hanna.

"No Aria is talking to her now" Spencer defended. Because Aria has so much power over Jenna, yeah right.

"Did you say anything?" Caleb piped up. I wish I had, now I'm stuck in this lie with you crazy people.

"No. Emily wouldn't say anything" Hanna said, "You didn't right?" Thanks for the trust Han

Now everyone's stares were on my as they all began to surround me with questions one after the other not allowing me to answer before another piped up.

"Dr. Sullivan probably already knows it's us" Caleb said. Probably.

"Jenna is probably gonna give us out" Toby groaned. That's more likely

"I already told you Aria is talking to her" Spencer snapped at Toby and Caleb's negativity.

"She'll probably want Aria to be her girlfriend or Rehab wife" Hanna joked. Hanna . . . don't even.

"It's prison wife and Aria would never go for any of that" Spencer defended again

"Hey . . . what's going on in here?" A deep voice called out from the doors of the room causing everyone to turn their gazes from each other and look past me to see what I too saw and stare in confusion.

At the door stood a tall man who looked in his twenties and I had to admit was pretty good looking but not my type. His eyes were blue-green, and his hair was black and cut in a boyish charmed way but not like Wren, Wren had the British boyish charm, this was your teacher with the turtle neck that mad his eyes pop and look beautiful. He wore the staff uniform even though I'd never seen him with the staff before, and his voice had sounded like he was more intimidated by us than anything else in the world.

"Who are you?" Caleb asked breaking the silence and awe of the girls

"My name is Ezra Fitz . . . I'm the new staff member"