Chapter 9- Baby, I'm Ready To Go

Ann stood in her dorm, looking around until her eyes fell on her door. She walked cautiously towards it and slowly pushed the door open, peering into the other side. Ann smiled at what she saw and stepped inside.

It was Ann's room back at her New York Penthouse. She looked around her room, taking in everything she saw. When she looked at her bed, Ann jumped in shock at what she saw.

There, standing next to Ann's bed was Chase Collins, dressed all in black and smirking at her. He waved and whispered, "you're next…"

Ann eyed him and tried to figure out what his words meant, "what the hell are you-?!" Before she could finish her question, Chase faded away. Ann groaned.

A hand touched Ann on the shoulder and she turned around, screaming at what she saw.

Ann's first love, Richard Carthen stood in front of her, smiling. The flesh was burned off his face and Ann could see the bone and muscle around his mouth and eyes. His black punk style hair was fringed and his clothing was either fringed or burned off. The usual sparkle in his hazel eyes was missing but the expression he was wearing didn't show that he know he looked the way he did.

"Ri-Richard?!" Ann choked, not believing the person in front of her existed.

"In the flesh!" Richard exclaimed and held out his arms, stepping towards Ann.

Ann backed away, "this cannot be happening," she told herself, "this cannot be happening!" Ann backed into the wall and fell through it into eternal darkness.

Ann woke up panting and in a sweat, keeping her eyes closed as she tried to return her breathing to normal. When her breathing returned to normal, she slowly opened her eyes, and screamed at the site in front of her…

Paige laid in her bed, enjoying the warmth radiating from Reid's body, who was sleeping next to her.

Paige heard Ann turn again in her bed, probably another prophetic dream I'll have to hear in the morning, Paige thought to herself as she snuggled closer to Reid.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" A high pitched scream echoed through out the dorm room and Paige shot up in bed, turning the light on in the process.

Ann was lying in her bed, her eyes glued to the figure standing over her. The figure had black hair and hazel eyes and was staring at Ann, not blinking at all. Paige immediately recognized who the guy was and also screamed.

Reid groaned and sat up, "you two are screaming like you've seen the face of death!"

"Pretty damn close!" Paige yelled. Ann slowly sat up.

Reid noticed the guy, "who the fuck is that?!"

"The name's Richard Cathern!" The guy introduced himself in an English accent.

"I'm confused!" Reid whined.

"Richard was Ann's first love. He died in a building fire a year ago, everybody survived but him and now he's-"

"-back from the dead," Ann finished and didn't take her eyes off Richard.

"Blood hell! So that's where I've been!" James exclaimed.

Reid leaned in, "this guy is psycho!" He whispered into Paige's ear. Paige giggled.

"Richard, how did you come back?" Ann asked.

"I have no idea. I just remember seein' a bright white light, there were people everywhere. It felt like five minutes that I was there and then I was pulled down here," Richard paused, "how long have I been dead?"

Ann and Paige looked at each other, "a year," Ann answered. Richard frowned.

"This has Chase written all over it," Reid mumbled.

"I dunno," Paige added, "since the curse is destroyed, maybe all those who recently died because of it were brought back."

"Or somebody's messing with the fates and karma," Ann contradicted, "I mean, it's been a year, I've moved on."

Richard turned to face Ann, "you don't love me anymore?!"

Ann sighed, "Richard, it's been a year, it took awhile for me to finally realize you were dead and now you're back and Richard, I have a boyfriend…"

"Who is he? I'll kill him!!" Richard yelled.

"Hey! You even attempt to kill him and I'll send you right back to heaven where you really belong!" Reid threatened.

Ann's cell phone vibrated, the chorus from "False Pretense" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus echoed through the room and Tyler's face appeared on the screen.

Before Ann could grab her cell phone, Richard picked it up off her nightstand and pressed talk, "who are you and why are you calling this number?!"

"Tyler Sims and this is my girlfriend's number, who the hell are you?!" Tyler asked.

"Richard, give-me-that!" Ann grabbed the phone from Richard before her could reply, "Hi Tyler!"

"Well that's bloody brilliant!" Richard swore and threw his hands up in the air.

"Who was the heck was that?" Tyler asked.

"My ex-boyfriend came back from the dead," Ann replied lightly.

"You're WHAT?!" Tyler yelled and Ann cringed.

"Hey, look, you now know as much as I do," Ann replied to Tyler's outburst. "Reid thinks its Chase who did this."

"That would make complete sense, I'll call Caleb and Pogue and we'll meet at your dorm in about ten minutes alright?" Tyler asked.

"Taking charge now are we?" Ann asked in a flirtatious voice. Richard rolled his eyes.

"Yes I am," Tyler paused, "oh and Ann?"

"Yeah?"

"Never let your ex answer your cell phone ever again."

"Tyler… He grabbed it! You've got to be kidding me!"

"I'm serious!"

"Tyler…"

"See you in ten," Tyler said and hung up.

"Tyler can be such a pain in the ass sometimes," Ann told Reid who smirked.

"He learned from the best," Reid replied.

"Paige, hit your boyfriend for me please," Ann instructed Paige. Paige slapped Reid in the shoulder.

"Hey! You didn't have to actually listen to her you know!"

"Now Ann, tell who exactly is this Tyler Sims guy?" Richard asked, smirking. Ann bit her lower lip and chuckled nervously.