Mysterious Killer POV

No, no, no!!! This can't be happening! Why in the world did Reed survive?! All my effort, ruined. Now how will I get close to her? She's back at Easton! I'll find a way… I know I will… And this time, I will NOT fail in my mission…

Reed POV

*Sigh* I crossed my legs on the tan seat of my parents' car. I felt as if I was starting another round of my full circleish life. Here I was, once again, making my way to Easton in my parents' car. However, this time, things are pretty different. For one, my father may still be proud, but now he's proud because I'm still alive… also, my mother is with us this time, due to her amazing recovery from her old life. She, however, is not proud. She's going on and on about how I should be more careful. But the scenario isn't the only thing that's different. My whole life has changed since the first time I came to Easton. I've seen and gone through things that have made me a different person. I looked out the window to the grand building as we pulled up to my home. Billings. I spotted Constance unpacking her car's trunk. Smiling, I waved to her. She waved back and proceeded to say bye to her parents. I got out of the car and looked around. Still the same old Easton, still the same old people. As I looked around, I saw all my fellow Billings mates. Constance, Astrid, Lorna, Amberly *shudder*, Missy *shudder*, Noelle, and Upt… UPTON? WHAT??!! What the hell was he doing here??!!! I quickly started to hyperventilate, which caused my mother to look at me with alarm.

"Reed, dear, are you alright?" she asked. After a couple of seconds, I regained my composure and replied.

"Yeah… I'm fine Mom." She didn't seem convinced, but she obligingly went back to helping dad take my suitcases out of the car's trunk. Meanwhile, I was staring at Noelle and Upton talking. What in the world could he be doing here? Just as I started thinking that, he caught my eye.

He bellowed, "Hey! Reed! Over here!" I pretended not to notice and turned to help my parents. However, my parents noticed Upton calling my name and my mother decided to butt in.

"Reed, who is that handsome… (Dad glares) I mean young boy calling your name? I think you should reply…" I sighed and turned around with a fake, bright smile portrayed on my face. I walked over to Noelle and Upton.

"Hey Noelle!" I exclaimed. After giving her a hug I turned to Upton. It was physically impossible for my knees not to quiver when I see him. His tan, muscular figure. His bright, white teeth. His amazing, deep eyes. However, somehow, though all these aspects made Upton incredibly hot, I didn't feel the same urge to be close to him as I once did.

"Upton," I mumbled. "Hi… what are you doing here?"

"Reed! Darling! Oh, I missed you ever so much!" He crushed me in a giant bear hug. I was muffling "let me go" but he either didn't here or decided to ignore me because he held on for at least 2 minutes. After he let me go, I smoothed out my hair and sweatshirt and glared at him.

"What. Are. You. Doing. Here." I repeated. He didn't seem the least fazed by my hostility… unlike Noelle who in turn glared at me.

"Well, my little Reed, (I shuddered) I am going to be attending here now." He replied, smiling. That one sentence was almost enough to give me a meltdown. But these years at Billings have taught me one thing. Don't show emotion.

I asked through my gritted teeth, "Noelle… can I talk to you… alone?" Noelle raised her eyebrows, but followed me to the corner of the building. "What the hell is he doing here? Why the hell is he attending our school? WHAT. THE. HELL. IS. GOING. ON?????" Noelle just rolled her eyes and walked away. This left me beyond shocked. "No, you're not going anywhere!" I exclaimed while grabbing her back.

"Reed, I love you, but you don't grab me!" She yelled.

"JUST TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON!!!!!!" I bellowed, which earned a few head turns here and there. Noelle grabbed my arm and lead farther down the side of the building, which led me to question the "no touching" rule, but I pushed that out of my head.

"Look, Upton came to Easton to… to… get you back… after all, everyone knows about you falling off the boat(AN: Reed told everyone she fell off the boat in order to avoid a conflict… but she still wants to find out who the person is). Everyone's sympathetic…" Noelle confessed. My mouth dropped open. Who would think that a player would go through this much trouble just for me?

"Wait, if everyone knew what happened, why weren't they there in the hospital?" I questioned.

"Reed, they WERE in the hospital, but you just happened to be knocked out. And I told them not to mention anything FOR YOU. Now, can we go back out there before everyone thinks we're lesbians having a spat… again. Reed, really, these private conversations can lead to some nasty rumors…." With that, she turned on her heels and walked out. After a couple of seconds, I decided to follow her. So who cares if Upton is here? If he does anything to try to get me back, which he WONT, I'll just tell him that I'm not interested after the way he left me for… Poppy. I joined Constance and let her fill me in on her summer, and she thsankfully didn't mention anything about the vacation. She did, however, ask me about Upton, which led me to tell her the whole story as we walked in.

"What??!!" she yelled. "How could he follow you out here like that?? It's like he's stalking you!" I just nodded, focusing on the group Noelle was engaging with. The girls she was talking to looked similar to Taylor and Kir… OH MY GOSH.

"Umm Constance, be right back," I muttered, dashing to my best friends. "Hey!" I said. Kiran and Taylor turned around.

"Reed! Hey!" Taylor and Kiran said brightly. We hugged.

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked.

"We're transfering back to Easton!!" they replied. I was ecstatic, but I noticed Noelle still standing there, so I turned to her.

"Reed, we were just talking about you and Upton," Noelle said. I blushed and turned around. Kiran and Taylor exclaimed that it was amazing that a girl captured Upton's heart, but I thought it was more of a curse than a blessing. Unfortunately, when I turned around, I noticed Upton walking toward us. Great, just what I need… I thought. More Upton….