Several days had passed since the incident in the woods with Amanda. Amanda never showed up at school anymore and that scared them. Mostly Vanessa, but she didn't show it. She needed to be the strong one for the group and she couldn't do that if she was cowering in fear. So she pretended like it didn't bother her at all.

Now it was only days before Vanessa's birthday. It was Wednesday and she had until Saturday. Saturday was her 18th birthday and it was the day that the prophecy took place.

For Vanessa, it felt like time just kept creeping up on her. It felt like only yesterday that she had begun her first day of school at Spencer's. But she had been preparing for this day practically her entire life and she was ready. Or at least she thought she was.

Of course, Vanessa had made up with Kate and Sarah. They had been told the truth about Amanda and Vanessa. They had sat in silence for what felt like forever until Sarah had finally spoken up. Sarah nodded her head and explained that every time she had been near Amanda she felt like she wasn't in control of her own thoughts. Vanessa explained that Amanda had probably been tampering with them so that they would continue to be faithful to her.

After the whole encounter with the girls Vanessa had gone back to her dorm and slept. She didn't know what everyone else did, but she didn't care. There was too much on her mind to care. She had no idea what was going on with Reid and what he was thinking but she knew that it couldn't be anything good. The poor guy was probably miserable and it was all Vanessa's fault. She couldn't stand knowing that it was her who had put him through this.

Vanessa was just hanging outside, sitting on a near by picnic bench and thinking. The sky was dark and gloomy and it looked like it was going to rain, but that didn't convince her to move. She was standing her ground, or sitting it. Which ever. She wondered what was going to happen on Saturday and how it was going to happen. Would she be summoned somewhere or was she going to be tricked into going into some kind of battlefield? She didn't know but it was all she could think about.

She took out her side-kick and looked at the time. It was nearly nine and she wondered if everyone was at Nicky's or something. She shrugged and continued to look through her side-kick. Vanessa looked through her pictures and found one that she loved the most. It was of her and Reid when they had gone out for breakfast that one morning. It was weird because Vanessa didn't remember taking it at all. She thought that she hadn't even been that close to Reid for him to take a picture. It was weird, but cute. She was glad that he did.

After closing her side-kick and stuffing it back into her coat pocket and glanced back up at the sky. The moon was full and it was the only light that was available outside. Usually the school lights would be on but they were off, seeing that either nobody was in the dorms or they were sleeping. The loved the way that the moon gave off and eerie glow. Most people thought that the eeriness of the moon was creepy, but Vanessa loved it. She wasn't sure why but it comforted her.

She took out her iPod and put the earphones into her ears. She searched down the list of songs until she found one that she wanted to listen to. The music began seeping in through her earphones and into her own ears. She hummed along with the music until she felt like singing it.

Well it's 9 pm and you still haven't called me back,

I never try again; I think you feel like you're under attack.

I don't think I can take it,

I don't think I can make it,

I just want this to go away.

Trying to be someone that you know your not,

It gets harder everyday.

All the lonely days, there's no one left to love

You wish life would go away.

Now its 2 am and Im pacing around on the floor,

I wait for you to come home, but you never come walk through that door.

Now Im trying to fake it,

I just can't seem to shake it,

I just want this to go away.

Vanessa loved this song for several reasons. It was how she felt in many days. She felt like everything was getting harder every day. Only, it wasn't because of some boy. It was because of who she was. Who she was born to be.

She sighed and tugged the earphones out of her ears and wrapped them around her iPod. She tucked it into the other pocket and ran a hand through her hair. She just wanted to get everything over with, but at the same time she didn't. She didn't want to leave Reid and all her friends behind.

The sound of foot-steps approaching alerted her senses and she kept still. Turning around wouldn't help much, but she had a feeling that it wasn't anything dangerous. She listened as they became closer and closer within a matter of seconds.

"Vanessa."

She turned around to see the smiling face of Tyler. She hadn't had any one on one time with Tyler, ever. And it was a little weird that he was approaching her since the whole Amanda blow-out.

"Hey Tyler," she said to him.

"What are you doing out here?" He asked her.

She shrugged. "I dunno. I guess I'm just kind of thinking."

"About what?" Tyler asked.

"Just stuff. You know, like Saturday."

Tyler nodded his head and she knew that he didn't know what to say. Nobody ever knew what to say to her. It was like they couldn't comfort her because there was no comfort to be found. What were they supposed to say? 'Oh I know you're supposed to die but at least you had a fun time in the long run!' Yeah, not a chance.

She smiled at him in reassurance that it was alright. She knew what he was thinking and that made him blush. Tyler still wasn't quite used to having someone able to read his mind.

"Why aren't you at Nicky's?" She asked him, trying to change the subject off of an awkward one.

Tyler shrugged. "I was there for a little while with the guys, Kate and Sarah but it got boring."

"Because I wasn't there," Vanessa joked with a grin.

Tyler chuckled and nodded his head. "Most definitely."

She sighed and Tyler walked over and sat down on the picnic table next to Vanessa.

"I'm worried about Reid," Vanessa confessed to him.

Tyler didn't say anything but let her know that he was listening.

"I'm worried about how Saturday is going to change him. I don't want him to become this miserable mess once I…" she trailed off, not wanting to finish her dreadful sentence.

"We're all scared."

"Tyler, can I ask you for a favor?" She asked him with a pleading look on her face.

He looked at her and nodded his head.

"Just promise me that once Saturday is all over, that you'll help Reid. You'll help him to stay who he is and maybe even….tell him that it's alright to love again," she said in a hushed whisper.

Silence over took them and he nodded his head. "I promise," he told her.

Vanessa was glad that Tyler wasn't giving her all that horse shit about her not dying. He knew it pretty well and she was thankful for that. She got enough bull from Reid, the guy that she loved, and that hurt enough. She didn't need it from Tyler too.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled to her.

"What for?" She asked him. She hoped that he wasn't going to apologize for her and what she was. Vanessa didn't need that and it sure as hell wasn't going to help.

"Not believing you about Amanda," he started to explain. "I knew her for only a couple days while I've known you for months. I should have believed you."

She smiled at him and shrugged. "It's alright, Tyler. I guess you just had to see for yourself to believe it. Some people are like that, it's not your fault."

Tyler shrugged. "Yeah I know. But still, I shouldn't have let her trick me."

Vanessa felt bad for Tyler. He was beating himself up for something that wasn't his fault. Amanda had manipulated him and he had no control over it. She pitied him in her mind.

"Is Reid and everyone else still at Nicky's?" she asked him out of the blue.

"Yeah," he said with a nod of his head.

She nodded her head as she processed the little information that didn't need to be processed in the first place. She was glad that Reid was out with his friends, without her. He kind of needed to get used to it.

"You want me to walk you back to your dorm?" Tyler asked.

Vanessa shook her head. "I think I'm going to stay out here a little longer," she told him.

He nodded his head and got up from his spot on the picnic table. "See you later Vanessa," Tyler told her and walked away and into the dorm building.

She watched him walk and thought about how lucky he was. Tyler didn't have a care in the world. Well, she knew that he worried about her for Reid. He cared for his best friend and didn't want to see him wallow in his misery. Especially since Tyler would be the one to have to help him out, not that he minded. But still, he didn't have to worry about dying anytime soon. Or the fact that the person he loved was going to die.

Vanessa sighed and got up from her place on the picnic table as well. She just wanted to scream out into the night. She wanted to let all of her anger and frustrations go. But she knew that if she really screamed that people would come out asking what was wrong, and she didn't want to tell them. Not that she would in the first place.

She tucked her hands into her coat pockets and counted how many steps it took to get from the picnic bench to the dorm doors. When she finally got there she realized that it took 216 steps. She didn't think that the picnic bench was that close, but apparently it was.

When she finally got up to her room she went inside and crawled into bed. She still had her clothes on but she didn't really care. She liked the secure feeling that her jeans gave her. They gave her warmth too.

Vanessa listened to sound of rain drops hitting the roof and the window sills and they rapidly became faster. The sound calmed her and her eye lids fluttered closed until she was sound asleep.

Vanessa only had 3 days left. 3 Days to live. 3 Days to laugh. 3 Days to love.

A:N// Err…okay so I'm having some intense writers block. I know what's going to happen on Saturday duh and Friday. But Thursday? It'll be boring. Please give me reviews!! Even though before this chapter I had 69 reviews. Yeah, I laughed for a couple hours.