I have officially started working on the sequel! I don't quite know where I wanna go with it yet, which is a little worrisome considering my track record, but like I said last chapter, if there's anything you'd like to see, let me know!

Chapter 9: The Betrayal

"Oh, hey, Lonnie," Audrey said cheerfully.

"Hi, Audrey," Lonnie said cautiously. She hadn't really spoken to Audrey since she had moved. She was a little confused about why Audrey was talking to her, especially so cheerfully.

"Hey, listen, can I talk to you?"

"Um, sure." Lonnie was unsure about where this was going.

Audrey gestured with her head, meaning that she wanted to walk and talk. So Lonnie started walking down the hall with Audrey.

"Look, I'm really sorry about everything I said and did."

"Huh?" Lonnie almost stopped walking. Audrey had never apologized for anything in her life, or at least as long as Lonnie had known her.

"I shouldn't have said that stuff about Jay. In fact, if you hadn't given me a wake up call, I wouldn't be with Chad right now."

Now Lonnie was confused. Even when Audrey was dating Chad the first time, she really wasn't that into him. He was hot and he was popular but he was just a rebound.

What could've possibly happened to make Audrey genuinely like Chad?

"I've treated Chad unfairly; I've used him. But I've realized that he is the perfect one for me. He's so sweet and caring and he would do absolutely anything for me. And I realized if there's someone out there that would do that for me, then I need to open my eyes and see that I have everything I need right in front of me."

"Wow. I'm gonna be honest, I did not think this was ever gonna happen. But I'm really happy for you and Chad," Lonnie told her, truly happy that Audrey had made this change and seemed to have found actual happiness.

"I'd really like it if we could be friends again," Audrey said as she stopped walking.

Lonnie stopped too. "I'd really like that."

Audrey opened up her arms, asking for a hug. Lonnie obliged and pulled Audrey into a hug. She heard a click behind her and suddenly she was being pushed backwards. She was suddenly surrounded by darkness and the last thing she saw was Audrey shutting the door.

Lonnie felt in the darkness for the handle and tried to turn it, but it was locked. She started slamming her hands against the door. "Audrey!"

"Like I'd ever settle for Chad," was the only thing that Audrey said before Lonnie heard her walk away.

Lonnie continued to bang her hands against the door, screaming for help, hoping that someone could hear her. But everyone was in the ballroom, and no one would be walking down this hallway. It was no use; no one could hear her and she was stuck in this closet.

Lonnie gave up and fell to the floor. She started to cry. Audrey would be the reason that Lonnie missed her Prom with her amazing boyfriend. Audrey wanted to steal Jay from her and it looked like she actually might do it She was probably already back in the ballroom trying to woo Jay and she was here, sitting on the ground, in the dark, in a closet.

Lonnie suddenly remembered that she had her phone with her. She pulled it out of her purse. When she unlocked it, the light from her phone lit up the closet. At least now she wasn't in the darkness. She called Jay. His phone rang all the way through to voicemail. She called him two more times. Then she remembered that Jay barely ever had his phone with him and he had probably left it in his dorm. Change of plan. Lonnie instead called Evie. Evie always had her phone. It was likely she was snapping pictures on it right now.

She put the phone to her ear. "Please pick up," she whispered to herself.

"Lonnie?" Evie answered her phone, confused.

"Evie, thank god!"

"Where are you? You've been gone for a while."

"Audrey locked me in a closet and I can't get out."

"She what?!"

"You need to come let me out."

"Okay, okay. Where are you?"

"I don't know. She was waiting outside the bathroom for me and she led me down a hallway. I don't really know where we went. I wasn't paying attention."

"Okay, I'll come find you." Evie hung up.

Lonnie stood up and wiped the tears from under her eyes. Everything was going to be alright.


Lonnie had been gone for a while. She said she was going to be back soon. Jay decided that he was going to go look for her

"Hey, Jay!" Audrey was suddenly in front of him.

"Hey, Audrey. Have you seen Lonnie?" Jay asked her.

"Yeah, I just saw her in the bathroom. She said she was gonna be a few more minutes. Hey, so Chad went off somewhere with Herkie. Wanna dance until they get back?"

Jay wanted to be polite and if Lonnie said she was gonna be back in a few minutes, he didn't see the harm in it. "Sure."

Audrey put her arms around his neck and he placed his hands on her waist, but he kept her at a distance. He didn't want her to get any ideas.


Lonnie heard the doorknob jiggle a little before the door opened.

"Evie!" she stood up and hugged her, finally getting out of the closet.

"We have to go. I saw Audrey heading back to the ballroom and Chad is nowhere in sight," Evie told her.

"Alright, let's go." Lonnie and Evie quickly made their way back to the ballroom.


"You know, I don't even know why you're with Lonnie, she's not even a real princess," Audrey said. She and Jay were still dancing. She had managed to get closer to him while dancing and they had been making idle conversation.

"That stuff doesn't really matter to me," Jay replied.

"Well, maybe it doesn't on the Isle. But here, that's all that matters. If you wanna be somebody, you've gotta have royal blood."


Lonnie and Evie had made it to the ballroom. By now, everyone was dancing and it was difficult to find Jay or Audrey.

"Let's split up," Lonnie said. "Find Audrey and stop her." Evie nodded and they headed in different directions.

Lonnie made her way all the way to the other side of the ballroom before she found Jay and Audrey. They were dancing together. This is fine. He probably just wanted to be nice. He seemed engaged in whatever Audrey was telling him. It was going to be alright. Audrey hadn't really done anything yet.

Suddenly, Audrey pulled on the back of Jay's neck to raise herself higher and then she kissed him.

Lonnie froze. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Bum bum bum! Another cliffhanger! Only one more chapter to go with this story!