"Uncle Horatio! Will you help me with something please!" Taylor's voice rang from the attic. Horatio put his magazine down and sighed. He slowly walked up the stairs to Taylor's bedroom, the attic.

"Yes?" Horatio asked as he entered the room. He slowly looked Taylor up and down. A crimson dress fell down to her ankles and she wore a bit of make-up. Her hair was put up in a ponytail. She was holding a silver necklace chain that held an emerald pendant.

"Could you help me with this?" Taylor gestured to the necklace and Horatio walked over and took the necklace from her grasp. He swung it around her neck and fastened the clasp. Taylor smiled sweetly at Horatio as she turned around. "Thanks Uncle H."

"You look great," Horatio stated. "Is this all for that Greg kid?" He asked. Taylor cast him a sideways glance and a lopsided smile. She nodded as she packed a pair of jeans into a backpack. Horatio smiled and exited the room. On his way back down to the living room, he stopped at a room that was across the hallway from his. Katelyn was on her hands and knees looking under her bed.

"Kate," Horatio said. Startled, Katelyn went to look up at Horatio, but only succeeded in hitting her head on the underside of her bed.

"Oww! Yeah dad?" She asked as she rubbed the spot that ached. She looked at Horatio in a questioning manner. He had a look of concern on his face as he looked at Katelyn. "Dad, don't worry I'm fine. Just a little bump."

"I need you to watch out for your cousin on this dance thing. That Greg kid seems nice, but we all know what could happen there. Just make sure that he doesn't hurt her, okay?"

"Sure thing Lieutenant," Katelyn gave Horatio a mock salute as he walked away. Katelyn got up from the floor just as Taylor poked her head in the door.

"Ready?" Taylor asked. Katelyn nodded as she collected her car keys from her bedside table and they walked out to the living room.

"Now, you two be back by eleven. And I mean that, no later or you will never go out again until you're forty," Horatio piped up as Katelyn and Taylor walked toward the door. Katelyn and Taylor nodded as they opened the door and walked out. "Bye you two!" Horatio shouted sarcastically. He heard a faint 'later' from the both of them as Katelyn started up the car.

"High Schoolers…" Horatio muttered to himself.

"Dude, relax. I guarantee that Midnight will show up," Randy said to Nick as he paced back and forth outside the school. "I just can't believe that you got her to go with you. She's about hard-headed as Taylor when it comes to dances," Randy continued. Nick gave him a very convincing death glare at he statement that Randy made.

"Do you know for a fact that she doesn't like dances? Have you talked to her about that? How would you know…you're Randy for God's sake. You can't even figure out a simple math problem. You can't get a date to save your life…what would you know about girls?" Nick ranted as he continued to pace the length of the sidewalk.

"You see? This is why sleep is a good thing Nick. You should try it sometime…" Randy said half to himself. Nick rolled his eyes at Randy, still pacing. "Dude! Will you sit down? You're giving me motion sickness!" Randy exclaimed. Surprisingly, Nick sat down on a rock. Randy shook his head and took a seat next to Nick.

"I can't believe that Greg is going to this thing with Taylor. How can the new kid get a date with a former cheerleader?"

"Wait! Taylor is a former cheerleader?" Randy asked incredulously. Nick nodded slowly as he gave Randy a confused look.

"Yeah. You know, for Taylor's best friend and neighbor, you really don't know a lot about her do you?"

"No, I guess not. Why former?"

"She got kicked off the squad after she dropped Dani Robertson off of the top of the pyramid thingy that they do."

"Why did she do that?"

"Eh, Dani said something about you I guess and Taylor got ticked off. So she dropped Dani and just walked off. Dani ended up with a broken wrist because she tried to break the fall with her hands. She went into the locker room, changed, and handed Catherine the uniform. Then she just walked out in the middle of practice."

"So she left, she didn't get kicked off," Randy pointed out. Nick looked down the street and sighed.

"The next day during lunch, Catherine and the squad came in and said that they kicked Taylor off the squad, not that she left. She just kept her head down and let them tell everyone the story they had made up as to why they kicked Taylor off the squad."

"What'd they say?"

"They said that Taylor had 'jealousy issues because of the fact that Dani was dating Ben Erickson and she wanted Ben for herself, so she broke Dani's wrist on purpose'. None of it was true, except for the wrist thing. Taylor just took it and let them talk their smack."

"That doesn't sound like Taylor at all…" Randy muttered. Nick scoffed as he looked down the road again.

"Well, the day after that was a big game, and all the cheerleaders uniforms came up missing. The cheerleaders had to cheer in their underwear. Conrad wouldn't let them get out of cheering so he made them cheer even though they didn't have uniforms."

"Ah, that sounds like Taylor."

"You know where the uniforms turned up?" Nick asked. Randy shook his head and Nick continued. "They found the uniforms in Warrick, Eric, and Tim's lockers. Ecklie found them actually. That was the first time that those three got detention…" Nick let his voice fade. He looked down the road again, and spotted headlights. "Maybe that's Midnight." His assumption proved true, so Randy left them and headed back inside.

Two hours after Nick and Randy had been talking, which had been at about 7:30, Taylor and Katelyn showed up. Katelyn hung out with Randy by the bleachers while Taylor went off to find Greg.

"Wow, you look…great," Greg said softly as Taylor approached him. She smiled softly as he led her out onto the dance floor. Suddenly, a huge commotion ensued by the entrance. Taylor looked over as her cousin Katelyn was being taken into police custody. Taylor apologized to Greg and ran over to Katelyn.

"What's goin' on cuz?" Taylor asked as she came running up to Katelyn. Katelyn shook her head and gave Taylor a shrug.

"I don't know."

"Taylor Cahill?" A police officer asked as he approached Taylor. She shook her head and the officer pulled out a pair of handcuffs. "You're under arrest young lady."

"What! Why?" Taylor exclaimed as the officer turned her around and placed the cuffs on her wrist. Taylor looked at Katelyn with a mixed look of confusion, panic, and anger on her face. Katelyn spied Catherine, Warrick, Tim, and Eric in a corner laughing among them. She caught Taylor's eye and gestured to the group. Taylor glared in their direction as the police hauled them outside.

A/N: Well, what could be going on here? Taylor arrested? The popular people laughing? They probably have something to do with this. Sorry I took so long to get this chappy to you guys…my computer died on me and so did my plot bunnies. But here it is! I guess to find out what happened to Taylor and her cousin Katelyn, you might have to R&R. By the way, Dani and Ben were mentioned in the prelude…they're part of Warrick's group. Thought I might throw them in there for new ppl included in the plot. Many thanks for your guy's patience. It was a bad time for my computer to go out, but now I have a new one, so you guys shouldn't have to wait so long for the next chappy! Have some cookies you patient fans you! –Hands out cookies- Thanks again! Please review, I love 'em!!!!