"Oh, I just came to see my fellow students," Rick said, then smiled his evil smile.
"Well, I don't know how many times we are going to have to tell you this, but let's not repeat school. We don't want you here. Leave. Now," Paige said, as fire gathered in her eyes.
"I have a right to be here," Rick said. "Besides, I think you should be nice to me. You never know what little tricks I have hidden up my sleeve."
Spinner walked up to him and stared him right down into his beady little eyes.
"Look," he said. "One sign of any crap coming from you, and I will call the cops. Got it?"
Rick gulped and looked over Spinner to Paige and glared. Spinner grabbed Rick's chin and pulled it harshly so Rick was looking at him.
"Got it?" he repeated.
Rick broke free and after one last scowl, he left. Oh, he had plans. They had made his life horrible in school, and now he would make their lives horrible here.
Paige stood, trembling. Why was he here? He knew everyone still hated him.
"Spin, I'm scared," Paige said. "What did he mean by 'his little tricks'?"
"I don't know, but don't worry," Spin said. "I will make sure that Rick doesn't come anywhere near us."
"I had completely forgotten that he was released from prison last year," Paige said.
Paige closed her eyes, fighting back tears. Although, it happened so long ago, it still hurt Paige to think about Terri's death. She was supposed to have been better, and then one day she just collapsed. "Complications", as the doctors said. Anyways, Terri died two days later. From the head wound she received from Rick. And although Rick was put on trial, he pleaded that it had been an accident, and only received ten years. Which means he was released last year. And they had all forgotten.
Paige wiped her eyes and tried to smile up at Spinner.
"Well," she said. "I will not let him ruin my good time. Let's go eat."
Emma, J.T., Liberty, John (Liberties husband), and Manny all sat at a table at the restaurant. They had all ordered, and were just chatting as they waited for the food.
"So, Manny," Liberty said. Liberty still harbored bad feelings toward Manny since she got pregnant again. She thought that since she had made the mistake twice, she should be kicked out of school. And when she wasn't, Liberty was even more annoyed.
"So, how have you been doing?" Liberty asked.
"Well," Manny said. "I work at the Ohio National Bank, as a teller. I was pregnant, and my husband and I couldn't have been happier. And then that day...my husband was in an accident, and was killed. And when I found out...well I wasn't very far along into my pregnancy. And the stress from the news...I lost the baby."
Manny looked down at the table. Everyone thought that Liberty would have better sense than to keep on going, but she did.
"Wow," she said. "Too bad that those two other babies of yours were killed too?"
Manny looked up at Liberty with hurt eyes.
"Liberty!" Emma hissed. "What is wrong with you?"
"Come on, Lib," John said, sensing the obvious tension. "Let's go. See you guys later."
After Liberty left, the conversation was sparse, because Manny didn't really feel like talking much.
At a different restaurant on the other side of town, Spin and Paige, and Ashley and Jimmy both sat and talked about how their lives had changed. When the bell on the door rang, signaling that someone was entering the near empty restaurant, Paige didn't even look up, until she heard someone say her name. Looking up, she screamed.
"Hazel!" she said, jumping out of her seat. "Oh my gosh! What are you doing here? I thought you couldn't make it?"
"Well, my boss actually decided to let me come. I'm not too late am I?"
"No way! Paige said, and sat down. Hazel sat down and quickly joined the conversation.
"So, Hazel, what's up with you?" Ashley asked.
"Well, I had to leave my husband at home, because he had to work. And I decided it would be easier if our little girl Elisa stayed home too. She's only two," Hazel said. "Actually, here's a picture."
As Hazel showed the many pictures she had in her wallet, Jimmy and Spinner talked until Spin looked at his watch.
"Hey, uh, guys," he said. "And girls. We should probably get going. The last part of the reunion is starting in about twenty minutes."
After they all got down a few more bites of food, they left the restaurant and boarded the bus that would take them back.
"Haze, I am so glad you are here," Paige said. "Tonight is definitely going to be the night to remember."
Rick sat in the back off the bus, unnoticed.
"Oh yes, dear Paige," he said under his breath, stroking the gun in his pocket. "Tonight will definitely be the night to remember."
Okay, I hate putting author's notes, but I have to know what you guys think. Should Rick be able to go through with the shooting, or should something stop him. And what characters have you guys not heard about that and you would like to know what happened to them. Please let me know.