Kate decided that if she was going to figure out what her dream meant she was going to have to go to Casey's old high school. That meant more stares for Kate, but at this point she didn't care. Derek was acting weird and she couldn't stand that Lizzie absolutely hated her guts. She waited until after school was out before she walked into Ontario high.

The hallways were dark and the classrooms were empty. She kept walking in a steady pace down the wide hall, trying to find the principals office. She found turned a few corners, walked down some more halls and found the principals office. Jackpot. She thought with a grin. As she anticipated the office was locked so she put her lock-picking skills to work, which wasn't apart of Casey's character, but it was apart of Kate's. Atleast she hadn't totally forgotten everything about herself. Yet...

The door popped open and Kate sneaked in, closing the door behind her. She then saw the tall file box behind an oak desk and tip-toed towards it. She wasn't sure what she was looking for, but she figured she'd look for Casey's school record first. Looking under the letter of her last name she found Casey Mcdonalds file. She placed it onto the desk and quickly flipped the manila folder open, it was quite thick. She skipped through all the pages and soon came to the part where Casey had a counselor. Kate looked up for a moment in deep thought. Paul? What would he have against Casey? She looked back down at the paper. Suddenly she heard footsteps approaching the office, she ducked down under the desk with the file in hand. Fortunately the footsteps just past the office. Kate quickly placed the folder back into it's rightful spot in the file drawer and quietly and cautiously walked out, locking the door again. Okay, that didn't help much. Kate thought as she made her way towards the exit. I should probably try to contact Paul.

"Casey?" She suddenly heard from behind her. She turned and saw Sam standing there with his hockey stick and duffel bag.

"It's Kate," She said firmly.

He laughed and said, "Right, I'm sorry. It's just you look so much like-"

She raised her hand interrupting him, "Yeah, I know."

"What're you doing here?" He asked curiously as she crossed her arms.

Uh-oh, what's my cover-up story? "I wanted to tour the school Casey used to go to," She replied quickly.

He nodded. "Well there's not much to see."

She grinned and asked, "Do you know anything about her death?"

His face seemed to go pale. "Not really..." He said slowly.

"I heard from Derek you and her had broken up," Kate said firmly.

"Well, yeah we did, but it was just like every other break-up."

Suddenly they heard a car horn honk.

Sam told her. "Look, I have to go. Here's my number." He took out a sharpie and wrote his digits on the palm of her hand, then before he walked out he said, "We'll get together and discuss this more."

Kate nodded and waved at him. I'm not sure I should go to Sam's alone. She thought. There's no way I'm gonna take Derek over to his house. Who else could I take? Her eyes narrowed as she thought about the one person who she really didn't want to see at the moment.

Derek was at home sitting on the couch in the livingroom with his girlfriend, Emily. He had his arm around her as they watched hockey together. Emily looked up at Derek's perturbed countenance.

"Hey, what's wrong?" She asked brushing his cheek gently.

He looked down at her and replied, "Nothing."

Emily sat up and just stared at him for a moment. "Derek, you've been really distant from me lately and I want to know why."

Kate walked through the front door in that moment. She looked at the two cuddling on the couch and faked a smile. "Hi," She said, then she made her way into the kitchen.

Derek stared as Kate walked by. Emily noticed and her eyes narrowed. "Is it her?" She asked angrily.

He didn't answer, just walked up to his room.

Kate soon walked into the room and saw Emily sitting on the couch flipping through the channels. She decided to take a seat next to her.

"Hey, what's up?" Kate greeted her. She had an apple in her hand.

Emily just sat there and said nothing.

Okay? What did I do now? Kate asked herself in exasperation. "Did I do something?" She asked carefully.

"No," Emily finally said. "It's just Derek."

Kate gulped when she said his name. She remembered what he had done the night before. He kissed her with so much passion and hunger, yet he practically told her that he hated her.

"Hey, are you okay?" Emily asked waving a hand infront of Kate's face.

She snapped out of it and replied, "Yeah, I'm fine." The room was enveloped in an awkward silence for a few moments before Kate finally said, "So you were Casey's bestfriend right?"

The curly dark-haired girl nodded and replied, "Yeah."

"Oh," Was all Kate said. She wanted to get past all the small talk, but she didn't know how.

"God, you look so much like her," Emily said just staring at her.

"Do you know why she would do what she did?" Kate asked quickly. Maybe that was too blunt. She thought. Oh well...

Surprised and seemingly appalled Emily frowned. "No, I don't know why."

Kate had a feeling that she did know. Should she prod? "She was your bestfriend right?" She asked.

Emily nodded. "Yeah, best of."

"Well then shouldn't you know why she did it?" Kate asked cocking an eyebrow.

Emily paused for a moment seemingly not knowing what to say. "Okay, look," She lowered her voice and made sure no one was around. "You probably know that Casey and Derek kinda had a thing going on."

Kate nodded. "Okay, and?"

"Sam found out and was like so infuriated... I had never seen him so angry like that," Emily said as she put her feet up on the couch.

"So... You think Sam had something to do with her suicide?" Kate asked as she tried to take all this new information in.

Emily shrugged and glanced at the TV. "I honestly don't know, but I do know that Sam did something so cruel and inhumane to Casey," She began.

"What?"

Emily came in closer and whispered, "He showed everyone a video of himself and Brooke Thompson having sex in the cafeteria."

A silent gasp escaped Kate's lips and she covered her mouth. She remembered...As soon as she walked up everyone became quiet. She saw a laptop on the table and playing on the screen was a movie of two people having sex which for Kay, was no big deal. Until she took a closer look... It was her boyfriend Jake! She could feel her breath leave her and her heart sink. She could feel her heart pounding in her ears as she ran out of the cafeteria, the tears pouring out of her heart to her eyes and down her cheeks.

Emily again waved a hand infront of Kate and asked, "Are you okay?"

Kate nodded.

"Look, I gotta go, tell Derek to call me later, okay?" Emily said before leaving.

All Kate did was respnd with another nod of her head. She couldn't believe this was happening. Casey commited suicide because she couldn't handle the humiliation or the pain of a broken heart. But the problem was... In her dream... Someone pushed her off...

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A/N: This story is becoming longer by the minute. I won't update until I get reviews...