Katie sat at Tess' bedside, gently rubbing her pained stomach as they talked. "Are you excited about getting out of here tomorrow?" she asked.

Tess looked around at the room and all its machines and wires. "I guess so," she said with a sigh.

"What's the matter? I thought you'd love to get out of this place? You must be sick of it in here."

Tess rolled onto her side, away from her. "I'm sick of it out there! Ever since Ashley…" She stopped herself, knowing that if she talked about her, she'd start to cry… that if she started, she wouldn't stop.

"Hey," Katie stood up and carefully climbed onto the bed, giving her a reassuring smile, "everything's going to be fine. Just wait. Your name will be cleared and we can forget this nightmare ever happen…" Katie was cut off by a knock on the door.

Detective Valens stood there, ready to ask questions. "I hope that I'm not interrupting anything," He said. "I just thought I'd ask you a few questions."

Tess groaned at those words. "This isn't really the best of times," she told him.

"That's ok. I'm here for Miss Taurus. I've got a few questions I want to ask her."

"Me?" Katie was shocked to hear this.

"It's a procedure," Scotty assured her. "Do you want to just step into the hallway with me?"

Both girls looked confused, Katie responded. "Ok, I guess." She grabbed her purse and followed the detective out of the room.

Once the door was closed, guaranteeing that Tess couldn't hear, the talking began again

"So, what can you remember about the last time you saw Ashley Jensen alive?"

"I've already told the police what happened, you know. I honestly can't think of anything else that happened." Katie told him.

Scotty made no effort to hide his smirk. Think harder…

-December 10th, 1999-

Katie broke away from the group of howling, drunk teens to go to the kitchen for a drink. An empty bottle on the floor cause her to trip, but before she cloud hit the ground, she was saved by the birthday girl.

She took a second to look into her eyes and smile. "Thanks, Tess. I really appreciate i…"

"Have you seen my girlfriend?" She cut her off. I've been trying to find her for a while now. Every time I spot her, she disappears on me." Tess looked worried.

Katie looked around. For a moment, her eyes stopped on a girls head in the kitchen and she automatically knew who it was. She pretended that she never saw her as she gave her answer. "Nope. Haven't seen her all night. I didn't even know she was here." She put her arm around Tess' and led her farther away from the kitchen door. "Ya know what? If I had a girlfriend and she couldn't even be around me for my sweet sixteen, I'd be pretty pissed. I'd probably even dump her!"

Tess rolled her eyes. "Give me a break, Taurus. I'm not interested!" She angrily shook her arm free.

"Why the hell not?"

"Because I'm in love with her. I know you don't want to hear this, but there's no one else I'd want to be with…ever! Now let me find her." Tess walked away, headed for the basement.

Katie sighed in frustration as she turned for the kitchen again. Before she could step in, she heard semi-silent arguing that stopped her from going further. She stood beside the refrigerator where she couldn't be seen.

"How long has it been?" asked Adam Falling.

"Three months. I haven't had my period in three months," Ashley cried.

"This can't be happening to me. I have a future to think about. My father's gonna kill me!"

"Oh, and this is just a picnic for me? Tess isn't going to want me anymore. Not after this one. I've messed up for the last time. She's gonna dump me." Ashley sobbed into her palms.

"I can't deal with this," Adam said, shaking his head. "I just can't!" He ran out of the room, right passed the eavesdropping girl.

"This has to be a nightmare," Ashley whispered to herself.

"Not quite yet," Katie said as she stepped forward.

Ashley's eyes widened in horror, knowing that she'd been standing there long enough to know her secret.

Before anyone could open their mouths, Tess walked in, completely oblivious.

"What's going on here? What's wrong?" she asked.

Ashley shook her head slowly, hoping that the girl would say nothing about what she heard.

Tess looked at the both of them. "Ok, something is definitely going on here. What is it?"

A victorious smile spread across Katie's face as she opened her mouth…

-The present-

Scotty looked at her, disgusted. "You're sick," he said.

"Look, I admit, I hated Ashley, and I'm partially responsible for the breakup, but that's it. I wanted Tess from the first day I saw her and I wanted them to break up more than anything in the world." Katie spit out. "I hated the way I couldn't have her. I hated the way she loved her…but to kill Ashley just to end it? I wouldn't ever go that far."

Scotty looked at her again and listened to what she was saying. The tone of her voice…her words were bursting with sincerity. Even if she did launch a series of events that ultimately led to a girls death, it was clear that more questioning would need to be done.

"Do you by any chance have the address of Adam Falling?" he asked, getting out a pen and pad.

Authors note: Sorry for the delay. I started writing chapter five about a month ago and it was completely different from this one because I spotted a mistake and it took a while to figure out how to correct it. I didn't know exactly what parts to drop or add. In the end, I decided to take out the last part of chapter three where the picture is described. I doubt anyone remembers what I'm talking about so let me just put it this way: chapter 3 alternate ending. There we go. I'll shut up now.