Summer woke up early, feeling her skin being warmed by the early morning light streaming through the window. She rolled over to drink from a glass of water Marissa had put by her bed the night before and closed her eyes, sitting up. She was thinking hard. She looked around her at the chaos of the room. A loud stereo system was rigged up right next to her make-shift bed of a few blankets, cushions and sheets. She had not slept much that night.

Marissa had obviously stumbled into bed completely drunk, sometime around three in the morning. Summer heard her knock over her bedside table. She lay in bed, fully clothed, her hand still clutching a bottle of vodka. Summer shuddered.

He started out like that, too, she thought, I have to get away.

She felt paranoid fears scraping at her brain so hard it hurt. She clutched her hairline to smother her pain, but it only brought more. She felt like she was dying, and when she pulled her hands away, they were soaked in blood. She screamed silently, her breath barely coming out enough to help her breathe in the stale air of the suddenly musty room.

"I'm going mad." She spluttered to herself, "I'm – going-"

She quickly grabbed her small bag, grinning madly at the fact she hadn't brushed her perfect teeth before going to bed last night. She was too busy trying to fend for her life to think about it.

She slipped out unnoticed, pulling her light jacket around her. It didn't matter. Julie was on holiday somewhere. Who knows where? Probably booty-calling her way around Europe. And Caleb? Most likely trying his hardest to get along with Marissa. But it wasn't going to happen. Because Marissa Cooper is a bitch.

"Oh my God I'm going mad." Summer panted to herself, "She's my best friend."

But the wicked little voice in her head didn't stop taunting her until she arrived outside her house.

You'd better hope he's feeling merciful, the impious voice whispered as she stumbled up the driveway in blind terror.

A/N: Sorry I'm taking so long to get to the point…I don't know how to finish it, because I promise you that the big confrontational scene is the next thing I'm posting! I promise!