"Reed?"

I opened my eyes and gasped. It was actually happening. Ariana Osgood was standing right in front of me, looking concerned. I grabbed my phone.

"Reed, chill!" Ariana almost shouted. "They already know."

"Wha- What? Ariana, why the hell are you here?" I screamed, tears pouring down my face. I reached for something, anything, I could use as a weapon. I found a textbook and hurled at Ariana with all my might, but she was too fast, she jumped out of the way and grabbed my wrist.

"Reed. I swear to god, you're causing a scene. Do you want the fucking vultures hearing this? No, you do not." She spat. "I'm going to give you five minutes to calm down before I come back in here, okay?" She stormed up the stairs before I could reply.

Shaking, I dialed number one on my speed dial. Noelle picked up right away.

"How's senior year treating you, Glass-Licker?" she joked.

"Ariana." I whispered.

"What?" Noelle asked.

"Ariana." I repeated. "She's here."

"Reed, Ariana is locked up miles away in prison. God, that chick really did mess with your head." That second, Ariana decided to come downstairs and swipe my phone away from me.

"Noelle! How are you?" she asked in mock-sweetness. I could hear Noelle screaming something like "Why the fuck are you not in prison, you psycho?!"

Ariana just smirked. "Can't talk. Aur Revoir, Noelle!" she hung up the phone. "What the hell was that for?" She demanded.

I winced, and a new batch of fresh tears rolled down my face. Ariana's expression changed. "Crap, you still think I'm a murderer, don't you?" She sighed and sat down. "Understandable. Reed I need to talk to you." When I didn't move she continued. "Why do you think they let me out of prison? Now get your ass over here!"

I trudged over to the chair across from her. Who knew Ariana was such a bitch?

"Reed, I didn't kill Thomas."

I snorted. "Of course you did! You told everyone, and then tried to throw me off the fucking roof!"

"I was drugged." She replied.

"And what about Sabine?" I demanded.

"She's always been the… more psychotic one." She answered.

"So… who drugged you?" I said, still not believing one word that came out of her mouth. She had tried to kill me, you know.

"I can't remember. Just bits and pieces." She bit her lip, and her eyes grew teary. Then her face turned to stone. "I'm still pissed about you stealing Thomas, though."

I scoffed. "That was three years ago! And I had no idea!"

She looked at me sternly. "There wasn't much to think about in prison. Except how much I hated you."

This time I was the one who bit my lip. "But I changed my mind." She continued. "We both lost our boyfriend. We stick together. That's why I came back to Easton. And well, I never got to finish senior year." She grabbed my hands. "Reed, listen to me. I'm sorry. For what I did, for what Sabine did, for everything."

I sighed. "Do you want back into Billings?"

Ariana smiled. "I was kind of hoping…"

"Don't worry, your in. But I'm president now."

Ariana smiled and pulled me into a hug. "Thank you so much, Reed."

I just let her hug me because I still wasn't convinced. I would need to do some serious digging later, because my life couldn't be in jeopardy. Not again.

Just then the door swung open, and Amberly looked horrified.

"Looks like we have some major explaining to do." Ariana whispered.

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Approximately 20 minutes later, all the Billings girls, including Ariana, were seated in the basement of the Billings house. Even though we had gone over the Ariana situation multiple times, everyone was still talking, but everyone avoided eye contact with Ariana.

"Girls!" I said, clasping my hands behind my back. "I know we are all excited about Ariana's return, but we have some serious thinking to do. Who is getting into Billings?"

Amberly practically jumped out of her seat. "WHICH YOUNGER GIRL DO YOU WANT TO INVITE?" She blurted.

I smiled. "It may be… awkward having both her AND Ariana here, but I think we need to invite a freshman. Specifically, Trinity Pearson."

Ariana looked horrified at the thought of living in the same building as the guy everyone thought she had murdered's sister. Crazy stuff.

I pulled out Trinity's picture. She was pretty, and looked nothing like Thomas. She had jet-black hair and piercing blue eyes, with side-swept bangs. Translation? Billings material. I also pulled out a bag of marbles and an empty bag.

"Place in a white marble if you would like Trinity Pearson to be a Billings girl, a black if you do not." We did this same procedure multiple times.

"Ladies," I said pulling out the eight pictures of the soon-to-be-Billings-girls. "I give you the newest generation of Billings girls." Everyone golf-style clapped. I couldn't wait to meet these girls.

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Haha. Okay yeah, I DID just name a character after myself. I think I've just reached a new level of shallow. JK, I thought my name would fit Trinity's personality. You'll see ;)

Anyway, this one wasn't that good, and it was really short, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't review! Also tell me who you think killed Thomas, if it wasn't Ariana. I know who it was. But I'm not telling...

ENJOY! And dont forget to let me know who you think came back with Josh's bat three years ago.

x's and o's

Trinity Royelle