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-Rose

Charlotte Field's POV

"Did you guys get the homework for English?" I asked my two silent friends as we walked down the hallway towards the exit of the school.

"Guys." I tried again. Avalon stared straight ahead and Scarlett fiddled with the loose thread hanging off her jacket.

We reached the end of the corridor and I stop dead in my track. "Ok seriously what is up with you two?" I sighed exasperated. "You have both been like this all day. Avalon when you got to school I thought you were sleeping walking. And Scarlett ever since you got out of History, you look like you've seen a ghost."

They both looked at me surprised. I guess I would be to, I was more the quiet type of person.

"Shoes..." I waggled my eyebrows at Avalon as I attempted to get them to talk about something they liked. "Photography…" I poked Scarlett in the stomach.

Scarlett smiled and Avalon chuckled slightly. "Finely!" I cheered. "Reaction, I was starting to think you guys were possessed.

Avalon suddenly squealed. "Did you hear that Gage Smith finally asked out Mabel Johnson?"

Scarlett rolled her eyes at Avalon. "All is right in the world again." She said sarcastically.

Avalon clapped her hands together. "I know right! They've liked each other since middle school."

I smiled, finally my friends were acting normal. Well as normal as they usually were.

"Hey where's Brielle?" Avalon asked.

"Um, she's at Field Hockey…." Scarlett started then quickly trailed off as she glanced past us down the hallway.

Avalon and I followed her gaze.

"If you need any help Winona, just don't be afraid to ask." Mr Hornsby the school counsellor said from the opposite end of the hallway.

"Oh gosh she's back." Scarlett breathed softly. I gasped and Avalon groaned. "Av!" Scarlett wacked Avalon on the shoulder.

"What! She's a bitch!" Avalon whisper-screamed. Avalon was right, Winona Callen was a bitch. But now she was in a wheelchair, and it was all my fault.

"I know she is, but don't you feel even slightly bad?" Scarlett asked. "She had her whole life ahead of her and now everything's changed."

(Flashback)

"See, it was totally worth skipping swim practice to come here." Meaghan a girl from the swim team giggled as she bumped hips with me.

I giggled nervously. I was never this girl, the one who lied to her parents and went to parties. But when Meaghan a girl I had never really spoken to before, asked me to come to a party with her, I agreed. I didn't want to always be known as a goody two shoes. I could have fun.

Meaghan shoved a drink in my face. "Here try this."

"What is it?" I asked.

Meaghan smiled mischievously. "The reason you're going to have fun tonight."

I took the cup I knew contained alcohol and looked at Meaghan nervously. "I don't know, I don't really drink."

Meaghan twirled in circles around me, her caramel brown hair flew everywhere. She was already drunk. "Come on." She whined and gave me a pouty face.

I hesitated for a moment then lifted the cup and took a swig of the drink. Meaghan cheered and raised her hands in the air. "Yeah! Good girl gone bad!" She then stumbled across the floor. I hadn't seen her again that night.

It was around two hours later and I was heavily drunk. I never planned to drink at this party but people kept offering me drinks and I didn't want to look weird so I kept accepting the drinks. At this particular moment I was climbing the staircase. My hair was messy and I kept giggling even though nothing was funny.

At the top of the staircase I passed a girl my age. Winona Callen; even though I didn't recognize her at the time, I knew her quite well. She was probably the meanest girl in Rosewood high school, she treated everyone like crap and roamed the halls like she was the queen. She also happened to be on the swim team; the only person standing between me being captain.

Winona's light blonde hair was sticking out in different directions and her ice blue were unfocused and glazed over. She looked totally out of control which was weird since Winona always liked to control everything.

Even though I don't remember much about that night I clearly remember the next few seconds. Winona stumbled past me and her foot caught on my leg. She tripped and fell down the stairs. She landed at the bottom of the stairs with a thud. I heard a crack, and even though I wasn't processing most of what was happening I knew something had gone terribly wrong.

Winona's seventeen year old brother Noah rushed through the crowd. He quickly dialled 911, his ocean blue eyes scared. Suddenly everyone in the house started moving, some rushing forward to help Noah, others sprinting out of the house not wanting to be caught in this mess.

I looked down at Winona from the top of the stairs. Suddenly I was scared. This was my fault, she had tripped over me. Willing my numb muscles to move I glanced at her one more time and then sprinted out of the house.

(End of flashback)

"I couldn't care less about Winona Callen."

"Avalon!" Scarlett exclaimed again.

"You don't even like her Scarlett. Remember when we were six and she tried to push you down that well." Avalon answered.

"Just because I feel bad for her doesn't mean I have to like her." Scarlett said looking at Winona who had started to wheel herself in the opposite direction. "Yes she's a bitch but no one deserves to have that happen to them."

"I guess." Avalon agreed, she then turned to me. "Hey, the swim team must need a new captain now. You're practically guaranteed the spot."

I tugged nervously on a lock of my reddish-brown hair and faked a smile. Then I hugged my friend's goodbye as I saw one of my moms park outside the school.

(Line Break)

"We're eating fish. Fish live in the sea. Did you know that fish live in the sea Charlotte? This fish that I'm eating right now was once alive. Did you know that the fish I'm eating now was once alive moms?" Phoebe my four year old little sister rambled at the dinner table.

I pushed my fish around the plate, I wasn't really hungry. My stomach was churning and I couldn't stop the feeling of guilt that was spreading throughout my body.

"At preschool we have two goldfish as class pets. Their names are sushi and sashimi. I like sushi. What's a sashimi?" Phoebe bounced up and down in her seat. Her dark brown curls bobbed along with her.

I looked back at my fish. Just glancing at my little sister was giving me a serious headache. I poked the fish with my knife and then started to cut it up. If only I could cut up my problems.

"Are you ok honey?" My mom Emily asked concerned. I had been adopted by my moms the day after I was born. I didn't know much about my birth parents, just that they were in high school and weren't prepared to look after a baby. Phoebe had been adopted four years ago straight after she had been born. Her birth parents hadn't wanted her and they had put her up for adoption straight away. Even though I was slightly curious about my birth parents I was extremely glad that I lived in the family I was in now. I loved my parents and my little sister more than anything.

I nodded slightly. "Are you sure? You've hardly touched your food." My mom Paige asked.

I opened my mouth to speak when the phone rang.

"I'll get it." Emily said, hopping up from her seat and running into the kitchen to grab the phone.

"Hey Charlotte guess what?" Phoebe asked grinning at me. "Today I saw this dog. Its name was Cat. It was so funny!" I chuckled at my weird little sister. Emily then walked back into the room.

"So that was your swim coach. It looks like you are the new captain. Congratulations!"

Paige grinned at me. "Congratulations honey, we're so proud of you. You worked really hard."

But they all knew that the only reason I was captain was because Winona couldn't be. I kept seeing her broken body at the bottom of the stairs. It was all my fault.

"Do you think I'm a bad person?" I asked suddenly. My moms looked at me in surprise while Phoebe played with the pink frill on her skirt.

"Of course not!" Emily said. "You're the nicest person I know!"

"Why do you ask?" Paige said, she looked concerned again.

"No reason." I responded quickly. I plastered a smile on my face and then asked to be excused from the table.

I walked down the hall to my room and quickly closed the door behind me. I collapsed on my bed. I had wanted to be captain of the swim team ever since I had found out there was a captain. My parents were both swimmers and I knew that they were proud of me. But if Winona hadn't had her accident, the accident I was responsible for. I wouldn't be captain.

I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and I quickly pulled it out. I opened the message assuming it was from one of the girls.

Lucky Charlotte! No competition on the swim team anymore. But you took care of that one didn't you.

-A

I shot up from my bed. Someone knew what happened. Someone knew what had happened that night.

I quickly texted the girls SOS, hoping they would come over. My hands were trembling as I looked over at the window. Suddenly the night seemed a lot scarier. I pulled the curtains shut and waited.

So there was chapter 4. Next chapter will be in Avalon's POV. Who's your favourite character so far?

-Rose