Lee's voice was more serious than it had ever been before. Zoe sighed softly and decided to just listen to him.

"What is so fucking serious?" Zoe asked.

Lee didn't reply at first. All Zoe heard was his heavy, shaky breathing.

"Zoe...I killed someone..." he answered after a long while.

"Stop your ridiculous jokes." Zoe shouted.

"I'm not fucking joking! I had heard about that girl who you had gotten into a fight with earlier in the year. And I-"

"Are you talking about Katie Smith?" Zoe interrupted.

"Yes, whatever that slut's name was. A bunch of people were talking about how she had said she was going to do something bad to you at Graduation on Monday." Lee began to explain. "After the prom, she had no ride...so I gave her one. I...I took her to the lake and stabbed her...and then I dumped her body in the lake..."

Zoe couldn't speak. Her eyes were wide and Her heart didn't feel like it was beating.

"You can't be serious..." Zoe finally mumbled after a while.

"Zoe, I need you to come to the park. Forget about the bad mistake I made earlier. I need you to be here for me...as a friend." Lee said, sounding like he was crying.

And then Zoe knew he was serious.

"No...no way. I can't get into that kind of shit."Zoe said.

"Please, Zoe. I just need you to find me somewhere to hide! God, I'm so fucking scared right now." Lee cried.

Zoe sat in silence, thinking harder than she had in a long time.

"If you don't come, Zoe..." Lee started to speak again, though his voice had a more evil tone now. "...I will fucking kill Rei..."

Her eyes widened and she suddenly felt anger well up inside of her. Zoe couldn't deny his offer now...he was threatening Rei.

"Fuck you, asshole!" Zoe screamed into the phone before hanging it up and throwing it against the wall.

Zoe watched as the broken pieces crumbled to the floor, before jumping to her feet and rushing downstairs. Chris watched in confusion as she ran out the front door.

One Year Later...

The memory of that night still haunted Zoe. After breaking the phone and leaving her house, she ran to Rei's. She was so relieved to see that he was alright, though she never told him about Lee's threat. The day right after that, Zoe saw the most horrifying headline in the newspaper..."18-year-old Girl Found Dead in Highfield Lake (I suck at names...so I just used the name of a real lake where I live. )"

Even thinking back to it sent chills down Her spine. But, she hadn't seen or spoken to Lee in a year. Zoe planned to keep it that way.

"Kai, I don't think you're allowed to swim in the lake...never mind..." Zoe's mother sighed.

Zoe and her parents, Rei and Kai and their parents, Tyson and his parents, Max and his parents, and Kenny and his parents were all having a huge barbacue celebration thing at the lake. It was a congratulation to all of them for completing their first year of college.

"If you start drowning, don't expect me to jump in and save you." Mr. Kon joked.

"That water if fucking cold!" Kai informed, getting out of the water.

His clothes were dripping wet. Zoe laughed, sitting with Rei by the edge of the lake.

"Oh, it can't be that cold." Zoe sighed, seeing that Kai was shivering violently.

Zoe was sitting in front of Rei, leaning back against his chest.

"Why don't you see for yourself." Rei said, grinning, before pushing her forward...right into the freezing cold water.

Zoe surfaced with a beyond-pissed-off look on her face. But, it quickly disappeared and was replaced with a fake smile.

"You asshole. That wasn't funny! Now come and help me out of the water."

Rei laughed and stood. He offered her his hand, which she took. Then, she pulled back as hard as she could, bringing him into the water with her.

"Woo! WATER PARTY!" Max shouted.

He dove back into the water, followed by Kai and Tyson. Kenny decided to be smart and stay dry, so he didn't go in.

"Now that was funny." Zoe laughed as Rei glared at her.

"Kids these days...stupid enough to jump into cold water." Mrs. Granger sighed.

Zoe splashed some water at Rei. He grinned evilly at her before going under the murky water. Zoe tried to see what he was doing, but couldn't see underwater. Then, something grabbed her foot and pulled her under. Zoe closed her eyes tight once she was underwater, but opened them after a while. The water stung her eyes just a bit, and she could barely see. But, she could make out Rei's blurry figure before her. He moved closer to her and kissed her, which felt a little weird underwater. The two of them pulled apart and surfaced after only a couple of seconds.

"They were making out underwater!" Max shouted, sounding horrified.

"How would you like to die underwater?" Zoe asked.

"...I wouldn't." Max replied.

"Then don't speak."

The five of them played around in the water for a while longer, before Zoe's parents commanded her to get out and come to eat. All of them were soaking wet and cold. Zoe ate quickly and then decided to go sit by the lake again. It was getting late. The sun was starting to fall below the horizon and the sky was starting to lose its bright color.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Rei asked, taking a seat beside Zoe.

"Yeah..." Zoe said with a smile on her face.

"I remember we use to sit around watching the sunset all the time when we were kids."

"Yeah...I miss the old days. I really miss being a kid. And, you know, I even think I really miss being in high school." Zoe sighed.

"So do I, but we can't dwell on the past." Rei started to speak, his voice sounding serious suddenly. "We've got to think about the future..." he looked at Zoe, her eyes meeting. "...which is why I need to ask you the most important question I will ever ask."

Her heart skipped a beat. Rei's voice was so serious...she were starting to get nervous.

"What's your question?" Zoe asked, trying to stop her voice from shaking.

Rei didn't reply to her immediately. But, when he did, his voice was even more serious.

"Zoe...?" he began. "Do you really, truly, honestly love me?"

"Of course I do. You know that." Zoe said, glancing down at her arm, which still had his name scarred on it.

Rei smiled and nodded his head, looking out into the distance.

"Okay. That's all I wanted to know."

Zoe felt a little disappointed. She was really hoping that his question was going to be a different one...

Zoe sighed softly and stared down at the ground.

"You guys, let's go! It's getting really late." Kai called to Rei and Zoe.

Zoe nodded and stood, as did Rei. Zoe started to walk off, but he grabbed her arm and spun her around, pulling her into a soft, loving kiss.

"I really, truly, honestly love you," he said softly.

"And I really, truly, honestly love you, too." Zoe replied with a smile. "I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay. Bye, sugar."

"You still haven't forgotten that nickname..." Zoe laughed. "Bye, Skipper."

Rei smiled as she walked off towards her car. Before she got in, she said goodbye to everyone else, and then started the car up. The streetlights were just coming on as she drove down the dark, barren streets. Zoe finally parked her car in the parking lot that was in front of the apartment complex she lived in. Zoe hurried inside and went over to the elevator, only to find that it was, yet again, broken. Sighing, she started to climb up the stairs. her apartment was on the sixth floor.

'Well, at least I'll be getting some exercise...'

It felt like zoe had been climbing up the stairs forever, until she finally got to her apartment. Zoe unlocked the door quickly, flipping on the lights as she walked in. She shut the door behind her and kicked her shoes off. Zoe's apartment was a decent one. It had enough space for her, so it was good enough. It had one bedroom, one bathroom, a small kitchen, and a little living room.

Zoe was tired and still slightly wet. So, she took a quick shower and then went to her small room. She flopped down on the bed, burying her face into her pillow. After only a moment, she had drifted off into a less-than-pleasant slumber...

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The figure standing before Zoe was blurry...extremely blurry. She couldn't make anything around her out at all.

"Just stop your bullshit!" Zoe shouted at the figure, though she didn't understand why.

There was a loud bang and she felt something rip right through her. There was suddenly a searing pain in her shoulder as she collapsed to the ground. Her eyes were shut tightly, but tears still managed to slip from them. When she reopened them, she was staring into someone's dark blue eyes...

...Her father's dark blue eyes.

"Won't you die tonight for love...?" he asked, before everything around her faded away.

Zoe awoke the same way she always use to; sitting straight up, drenched in sweat. She hadn't had a nightmare in so very long. She were actually beginning to think that she had seen the last of the nightmares...but now she knew that she hadn't. Zoe brushed her hair out of her face with her hand and stared at her alarm clock. It was pitch black in her room, but she could see 9:00 A.M glowing on the clock. Zoe decided to get up. When she stood, though, something poked the bottom of her foot. Zoe yelped slightly and looked down. Zoe could just barely see a red rose with one thorn on its stem where she had been standing. Upon looking around, hard and carefully, she noticed many more roses on the ground. Confused, she stood and cautiously walked across the room, turning the flipping the lights on as she went towards the door. Zoe opened it and saw an envelope hanging down from the doorframe on a string, dangling right in front of her face. Zoe grabbed it and opened it. There was a simple white piece of paper in it, though it was folded up. She unfolded the note and read what was written down on it.

"Go back into your room, turn off the lights, and then look up." was what was written.

Zoe recognized the writing as Rei's. She shrugged and closed the door once again. She turned the lights off and looked up at the ceiling, her eyes widening at what she saw.

"Marry me..." was written on the ceiling in glow-in-the-dark paint.

Zoe were overwhelmed with happiness and a mixture of other feelings that she just couldn't describe. Zoe turned and fumbled out of the dark room, into the small living room. She was going to dash for the phone, but stopped when she saw Rei sitting cross-legged on her couch, grinning. She just stood there, staring at him for a moment, but then she literally pounced on him and hugged him as tightly as she could, what do you expect she is a cat person.

"What's your answer...?" he whispered into her ear.

Zoe smiled and answered softly, "What the hell do you think?"

After a while of just holding onto him, zoe stood. He smiled and stood as well. Rei grabbed her hand and slipped a ring onto her ring finger. Zoe looked down at it. The ring's band was golden, and what looked to be half of a heart was on the band. Little diamonds were studded on the band and there was half of a bigger diamond on the inside of the half-heart. Zoe smiled and once again threw her arms around Rei.

"I fucking love you."

"I fucking love you too." Rei laughed. "So, do you want to go around town and tell the others?"

Zoe looked like she were thinking for a moment, before she grinned.

"No, not yet."

Rei looked a little confused. Zoe grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him back into her bedroom.

"...Are you...serious...?!"

Zoe simply smiled at her mother in reply. Her eyes were wide and she looked about ready to scream...which she did. She threw her arms around Zoe and pulled her into a rib-crushing hug. Zoe gasped for air.

"Mom...can't breathe...! Please...let...go!" Zoe choked out.

"MY LITTLE GIRL IS GETTING MARRIED!" she cried, completely ignoring her request.

Chris just stood back and smiled broadly.

"It was only a matter of time," he mumbled.

Zoe's mother finally released her after a while...and then attacked Rei with one of her amazingly strong hugs.

"Honey," Her father laughed. "You might want to let Rei go before he passes out. I think you're squeezing him too hard."

"Oh, I'm sorry, dear. I'm just overwhelmed with joy." her mother smiled and let go of Rei. "Jeff would be so happy..."

Zoe moved her gaze down to the ground upon hearing her father's name. Lately, even mentioning him had become a taboo subject to Zoe. She knew that her dream was to blame for that.

"Okay then, you guys. We're gonna go let his parents and the others know." Zoe said quickly, grabbing Rei's hand and making her way to the front door. "I'll probably be back later, though. Okay?"

"Okay. See you two later." Chris said, waving goodbye.

Zoe hurried out the door, towards her car in the parking lot.

"Hold up, Zoe." Rei stopped her. "Why are you hurrying away so quickly?"

"Listen, I don't want to talk about it right now. Can we just continue on with our day?" Zoe asked, smiling weakly.

"Okay..." Rei replied reluctantly.

Both of them got into the car and started to drive off in the direction of the Kon household.

Zoe was sitting alone in her living room, watching T.V. Rei had gone home for the night. It was about midnight, but she wasn't very tired. The whole day had just been hectic. Mrs. Kon, upon receiving the marriage news, actually fainted. Mr.Kon's reaction was pretty much like Chris's. Kai, Tyson, Max, and Kenny weren't shocked at all. Apparently, they had known about Rei's intentions for quite some time.

But, even after her busy day, she couldn't fall asleep. There was currently some weird horror show playing on the T.V screen. It really made no sense. She sat there and watched the show until it went off, and eventually fell asleep on the couch.

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Zoe awoke to the faint ringing of her phone. Her eyes opened tiredly and you gazed around the dark living room. She sat up as the phone continued to ring. Her hands fumbled along the coffee table in front of the couch until they fell upon the phone.

"Hello...?" Zoe answered.

Her only reply at first was heavy breathing. It freaked her out. She was just about to hang up, but then she heard a voice. A very familiar voice...

"You won't get away this time...you will both die..."

...And then Lee hung up...