AN: hey o just want to thank everyone who's reviewed this you guys are great. I also want to say that I'm sorry theyre so short but its just because i want them to be cliffhangers (no pun intended) until the students of horizon get into it. they should be in the next part which should hopefully be up tomorrow. well anyways i once again own none of the original charecters of higher ground although i'm still coming up with choice things to do with Hayden. I do however own Melanie Steven's, Nick Stevem's, and Katie Steven's as well as their stepfather who i forgot to name (oopps its ok i'll think of one before she has to do a group or something where his name is needed) and any other people that my imagination dreams up. ok now that im done enjoy. and please REVIEW.





When she arrived at the jail she was led into a small interrogation room. The detectives immediately began to question her. Melanie sat there with a still look on her face. She could hear the words coming out of her mouth but it was as if she was listening to someone else say them. She sat there for hours in the small room telling them everything, from the day her mother died to that night. She never let her eyes leave the eyes of the police officers. She wanted them to know what she lived through it was as if she was trying to transfor her pain to them. She rambled on endlessly, at times wondering if she had said things before but the detectives never stopped her they just sat there and listened to her. Then when it was over and she finally allowed the tears to fall they comforted her. She was brought to a cell and left there for the night. She tried to sleep and even though her body was screaming for rest Melanie found known that night, she just kept hearing his pleas as she stabbed him and the look of relief in the eyes of Katie and Nick when she had told them. Melanie got up from the hard metal bed and wondered over to the window. The sun was beginning to come up letting the sleepy town know it was a new day. For Melanie this day was filled with nothing but endless interrogation's, talks with a lawyer, and a meeting with a judge. After reviewing her case it was unanimously decided that Melanie would not go to jail that alone was a relief for her but what she heard next was enough to make her collapse she didn't have to go to a juvenile lock up facility either. She was going to be sent to some school. She had missed the name, but it was some place in Washington State and was a highly recommended alternative to juvie, and so it was set Melanie would leave for this school the next day.