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Avery Smith stood, admiring a silk scarf in Pegasus, her favorite boutique in the Lilywood mall, with Sophie Cullen, her best friend. She took a second look at it and decided against it. She found Sophie once Lucie went missing, almost two years ago, Avery met Sophie, who was a loser like her at the time, together they transformed themselves into the new It-girls of their school, taking Lucie's place.

'I can't find anything, let's go ask Courtney to get a dressing room filled for us', Avery said. Courtney was their favorite salesgirl, she always helped them.

Avery walked into the dressing room Courtney had prepared, it was filled with gorgeous clothes Avery was surprised she hadn't noticed. She checked the tags on the jeans, tops and dresses, all size 2. She was so happy when she'd lost weight, dorky Avery was long gone.

Avery paid for the items she'd chosen, the total came to $200, she was disappointed, ever since her parents scored amazing jobs, her mother was now a bank manager and her father a lawyer, she's never had to worry about saving money. $200 was a lot less than Avery was expecting to spend.

Sophie paid for her items, then together, they walked out of the boutique. They visited Tiffany next, but Avery was worried, Sophie had developed a habit of shoplifting. She hasn't been caught yet, but it could happen any day.

As Avery admired a silver charm bracelet, she looked over her shoulder to see Sophie cautiously slip a pair of diamond earrings into her Prada handbag. When she turned back to the charm bracelet, she could have sworn she saw a figure in a red hoodie, but in a second, the figure was gone.

Red. Lucie's favorite colour. In fact, the figure had blonde hair just like Lucie's. Avery felt an ache in her heart, Lucie's body was never found, maybe she'd just ran away. Lucie had always talked about running away, but the girls didn't think she was serious, her life was perfect. Or was it?

Just then her brand-new Blackberry Curve made a 'ping' noise. Avery took it out of the pocket in her jeans.

Rat out Sophie or I will,

xoxo, Lucie.

Avery felt her eyes filling with tears. Lucie? The figure in the red hoodie, was it her?