The first hour the police were there they called the 'Golden Hour'. It was just cops rounding up all the evidence at the scene, taking various photographs of Cat and the cabin. The police sealed off the cabin to anyone else other than the scared teenagers. That hour went quicker than any of them would have liked as the moment they had all their evidence, Cat was moved carefully into a body bag. She was starting to relax slightly from being in full rigor, but they had no problem in placing her tiny body in that black bag and taking her away, shortly to be followed by each of the friends being taken back to LA in cop cars and handcuffs.

"I always wanted to ride in a police car. But never like this." Robbie held his hands up, showing off his silver handcuffs that were tight around his wrists.

"It's just a precaution. They know none of us did it, they just need to make sure we're all safe in the car." Beck held his up too, making them shine against the bright sunlight.

"Ok, boys in one car, girls in the other." The first cop pointed to both the cars that were parked outside the cabin.

"But what about our stuff?" Trina turned around to face the now empty cabin. "I have some very expensive lip gloss in there!"

"Your items will all be returned to you once we've cleared them as part of our investigation." The second cop replied bluntly to Trina.

Jade rolled her eyes. "Just do as they say and don't be a pain in the ass the entire time."

Trina glared at Jade, her brown eyes burning into the pale girl. "I have nothing to hide, so of course I'll tell the truth."

Jade cocked her eyebrow up at Trina. "Oh and I do?"

"Don't start this please, not now." Tori sat inbetween the two arguing girls, her hands on her lap as she tapped her fingers against her leg.

"Sorry." They both mumbled in agreement.

Both car journeys were the same. Not one of them spoke a word as they drove back into Central LA. The journey seemed to drag as each of them just stared out of the blacked out windows. The tall buildings looked even more daunting than usual, the bright lights seemed faded. Everything just didn't seem right. They went away with all of their friends and they were coming back with one of them dead. All of them felt numb as they pulled up to the police station.

...

"Can you tell us about your trip?" The cop sat across from Trina, his hand pressed record on a tape player next to him. "Take your time."

"It was just a normal vacation. We arrived Friday and unpacked, looked around and did normal things. It looked straight up like a horror movie house the moment we arrived. It was all old and creepy with a gross smell to it as well. But we tried to fix it up the best we could for the weekend. Cat and I cleaned the kitchen together that day. Then we had a log fire out the front with marshmallows." Trina held her breath as nerves flew all over her worried body.

"Did she mention anything that was a little off to you?"

Trina thought back to that day.

"Did you bring a Halloween costume to wear?" Trina was flicking soap into the basin, her face scrunched up as she had to touch the dirty water.

"Uh huh." Cat was sat on the floor, pushing across a rag as she wiped the floor clean. "I'm going as Alice In Wonderland."

"Why her?" Trina questioned, letting the sink drain as she shook her hands off.

"You're getting water all over my clean floor, Trina Vega!" Cat shrieked, pretending to hit Trina with her dirty rag.

"Sorry." Trina half apologized, dodging Cat's pathetic attempts to hit her.

"Because I like that book. My Mom used to read it to me and my brother when we were little. She always said that I was her Alice and he was her rabbit!" Her smile dropped slightly. "But I only really understood the story recently."

"What's to understand? She falls down a rabbit hole and ends up in a fantasy land where she meets crazy insects, animals and an evil queen. It's not hard to understand, even for you Cat."

"What's that supposed to mean!" Cat threw the rag down dramatically, her eyes falling to the floor for a brief moment before raising back up to Trina's level.. "There's more to it than that, silly!"

"Oh yeah? Like what? Alice is on drugs?" Trina mocked.

"No. Things like, what you see and what you hear is nothing like what it seems and be careful of what you pursue because you might not like where it leads and watch your step; there are way too many rabbit holes. You might fall in one."

Trina paused what she was doing to face the innocent red head on the floor. "Wow. That's deep. Especially for you."

Cat giggled, removing every ounce of seriousness off her face.. "And I just love her costume! And I love rabbits, who doesn't love rabbits?"

"And then she started blabbering on about Jade's rabbit and how she can hop like him or something like that."

The cop had a confused look on his face as he wrote down what Trina was saying. "Ok. So after that you guys had a kind of party?"

"Not a party, just a kind of gathering around the fire." Trina corrected him.

"So nothing out of the ordinary? No drugs? No alcohol?" The cop cocked his eyebrow up at the young girl.

"Well we were drinking, yeah. But none of us were that drunk."

"And who got you the alcohol?"

"Does it matter?" Trina tapped her foot on the floor, her legs and arms crossed.

"Yes. You are all underage and were drinking illegal alcohol the night your friend was murdered."

Trina felt herself almost choke on the air around her. She didn't think this would be easy but she never thought the cops would be this mean and intrusive.

"So, are you going to tell me? I can sit here all night until you do."

"No. I'll tell you." Trina felt her heart pause as she opened her dry lips. "Beck Oliver." She whispered, almost instantly feeling guilty.

...

"How close to Caterina were you?" The police officer was stood up, taking a few steps beside the desk, his eyes staying on Beck.

"Very close. She was one of my best friends." Beck took a deep breath as he tried to keep his cool.

"So you would have never done anything to harm her, right?"

Beck blinked several times at the cop. "Excuse me?"

"You'd never hurt her intentionally?"

"Of course not. Why would you even suggest such a thing?" Beck felt himself getting angry. How could anyone believe he and his friends had anything to do with Cat's murder. It was insane.

"Because the night she died I know you gave her alcohol."

Beck froze, panic hitting him like a tidal wave.

"Where did you get it?" The cop slammed his hands down on the desk making both of them jump.

"I-I." He stuttered. "I found it in my Dad's liquor cupboard."

"Does he know you took it?"

Beck shook his head. "No, sir."

"We're currently running tests on Caterina to find out how intoxicated she was and whether that had something to do with her death."

"She didn't drink that much. In fact she was the only person who was sober. She only had one glass the entire night. She never liked to drink because it made her feel weird and she hated that!" Beck pleaded.

"So how drunk were the rest of you?"

"I mean we were drunk, but not uncontrollable or reckless drunk. We were just happy. All of us were just so happy to be on vacation together."

"Was Cat happy?" The cop asked the question in an odd mannerism.

Beck let his face become covered in confusion. "Of course."

"Are you sure?"

Beck played back the start of the vacation in his head. "I think she was. Cat was odd sometimes, but that was just Cat."

"And she didn't fight with anyone at all? No arguments? You were all just one big happy family?"

"Cat didn't ever argue or fight with anyone. She was too sweet for that."

"See this is what I'm finding hard to understand. Why such a sweet girl like you all say she was, was killed. If she was the lovely angel you describe her as, then who would do it?"

"I don't know, sir." Beck rubbed his eyes hard as he felt tears beginning to form. "I want to know as badly as you do."

"Thank you, Beck. That's all for now."

...

"Have you guys been questioned yet?" Trina and Beck exited the separate interviewing rooms at almost identical times.

Tori, Robbie, Andre and Jade sat in plastic chairs in the waiting room, none of them knowing what to say or do.

"No, but they took all our DNA." Tori whispered, grabbing at her sister tight. "What did they say to you? Do they have any clues?"

Trina shook her head. "They just asked me about what happened, what I remember, shit like that."

"So they still have no ideas at all?" Jade rolled her eyes. "The cops can be useless sometimes."

"We did fuck with the evidence big time, thanks to you." Robbie spat at the black haired girl, causing everyone to gasp in shock.

"Fuck off, you asshole." Jade responded with hatred in her voice. "I was terrified."

"Oh and you think we weren't? We ALL lost her, Jade. It's not just you that's hurting." Robbie's voice shook as he shouted. He couldn't define whether it shook in anger, or in fear.

"Fuck you." Was all Jade could reply. She knew what Robbie was saying was right, but to her she felt like she had lost a lot more than everyone else.

"Beck Oliver? Andre Harris? Robert Shapiro?" A cop in a horribly black uniform entered the small waiting area. He looked at the three boys sat in front of him. "Get up."

The three boys stood up slowly, fear and confusion filling their minds. "Excuse me, but I've already been interviewed? Can you tell me what this is about?"

The officer pointed to the investigation room down the hall. "We are taking all of your DNA for further testing as we have evidence to believe that Caterina Valentine was raped the night of her murder by an unknown male."

A/N - I have updated everyday for seven days now. I deserve an award for being able to write daily! ;) Just kidding haha but I am proud of myself for updating for a week solid now!

Now you know the horrible twist, who do you think did it? Listen to what Cat says, it might mean more than you think or it could just be a massive red herring. I like throwing those in here ;)