"No, he didn't!" Nikki shouted to the police officer, "He would never do that!"
"Where is he?" her aunt asked.
"I don't know. I haven't seen him in three days," Nikki responded, "Are you sure it was Cody? Linzy isn't just saying that because of what I have done?"
"We have his finger prints on the gun," the officer told the teenager.
"And, you know Linzy," her aunt said, "She isn't like that."
Nikki sighed and grabbed her stuff for dance. She knew this day was going to be terrible. She arrived at dance and was surprised to see Linzy there. However, Linzy didn't look like herself. Throughout the class, she forced herself to do better than she was and everyone could tell. After class, the student teachers stayed and rehearsed one more time. All of the girls watched with whoever was picking them up.
Once the girls stopped, everyone clapped. The girls looked at each other before gathering their things. As Linzy walked over to her bag, someone grabbed her arm and turned her around. She saw Bradin.
"What are you doing here?" she asked as she folded her arms in front of her stomach.
"I came to see you. Your mother said you were here."
"Why would you want to see me? I'm just broken like I have been for years."
"That's why," he said, "Linzy, I love you. I can't see you go through this alone. I can't stand not being with you because of my sister and what she has done."
Linzy looked away and outside. She saw Nikki and Cody arguing with each other outside the studio. She ran to the door with Bradin following her. Just as they got outside, Cody pushed Nikki to the gorund. Linzy got down near Nikki as Bradin ran after Cody.
"I thought you hated me," Nikki said.
"I hated who you turned into," Linzy responded, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I'm so-"
Gun shots sounded. "Braidn!" Nikki shouted.
The two girls got up and ran in the direction of the shots. People were gathered in a circle around something that was lying on the ground. As they got closer, the girls could see someone holding Cody back. The squeezed through the crowd and found Bradin lying helpless. They got to his side and found gun shot wounds in his chest. Nikki stood in shock as Linzy got down and took her shirt off to stop the blood a/n: she had a bra on people, she wasn't naked.