The car ride wasn't actually that long, it just felt like it was taking years. Pogue and Caleb talked aimlessly as we drove, I could do nothing but look out the window and think about what was to come.

My mind went blank when we approached the iron gate that lead to the Parry estate. Jail. How was I going to heal in this place?

As the gate swung open, I noticed a hummer by the house, knowing full well that my parents had not gotten a new car. There was no where to run, and it seemed I was gonna have to confront one of my many problems earlier than I had hoped.

Caleb pulled in to the open space next to the hummer, that's when I was hit with a familiar scent.

*Flashback*

We were so in love, but over the last few weeks, we were struggling. Swimming had just let out and Reid and I had to talk about the offer I had received from Hillridge Performing Arts Academy. I chase him down as he ran from the pool, across the quad.

The wind whipped my hair around, stinging my arms with a chill as I forgot my blazer in my dorm.

"Reid wait."

"You want to leave!" Reid yelled as he continued to walk away.

"You know that's not it, when am I ever gonna have this opportunity again," I tried to reason with him. "Reid. Please, just look at me."

He stopped and turned, peering over his shoulder at me. It wasn't till now I realized that he was hurting inside. His eyes, partially covered by his hair, tell his fear of change.

I walk over to him, kissing him before he could say anything. "Reid, I could never leave you for forever."

I wrap my arms around him hugging tight, as the wind chills me again.

Without even thinking, Reid takes his beanie off his head and puts it on my head, and pulls his hoodie out of his back, soaked in the smell of chlorine and axe spray.

*End of Flashback*

That smell. He was here. I hadn't seen him since Christmas two years ago, before our last fight.

My heart skips a beat, what was I going to do?

Caleb and Pogue grabbed my two bags and made their way towards the front door. Following closely behind, we enter the foyer when a voice rings through the air.

"Ay where have you been? We've been waiting," Reid hadn't changed a bit. Impatient and nosy.

"Reid you knew we had to go to Boston," my brother pressed.

"Doesn't mean he was paying attention," Babyboy. Reid's right hand, Tyler. The comment earned a jab from Reid, but Tyler returned with laughter. It wasn't until he looked around and his eyes landed on me standing awkwardly behind Caleb, hoping not to be noticed.

"Karleigh..."

At the sound of my name, Reid lifted his head, and our eyes connected.

Reid's POV

"Karleigh..." Babyboy's voice said the one thing I was not expecting.

Karleigh, my Karleigh. No not mine anymore. Not since she was last home two years ago. I look up to find her dark brown eyes, once beautiful and bold, now dull and lifeless.

I'm brought to my feet and take a step in her direction. She cowered back, hitting the wall before running away. Up the stairs and out of my sight. I had scared her... She was scared of me, was I that much of a monster, was what happened two years ago that scaring?

"She isn't ready to see anyone yet," Pogue explains. "She's been through a lot recently."

My ability to form my thoughts into words was gone, as I struggled to ask Pogue my many questions, but Tyler beats me to it.

"What happened to her?"

"Its a long story..."

"Just answer the question..." I interject. "What happened to Karleigh."

Karleigh's POV

My heart was pounding in my chest. I ran up the stairs as fast as my feet would carry me. As if it was second nature, I turn a corner and then another corner, I'm at the door of my childhood room. I gripped the knob, and entered the room that lead to a flood of my past.

The photos lined the shelves, me and my singing class, me and Pogue, me and the guys... even photos of me and Reid. My knees grow weak and I fall to the ground. Tears stream down my face, as I take in my surroundings. I crawl over to my bed, and curl up as I cried myself to sleep.

Pogue's POV

*Flashback*

My phone had been going off. But I figured it was just Kate, pestering me to come over. Me and the boys were in the middle of a game of pool at Nicky's. I finally pull my phone from my pocket looking down to find eight calls from my parents. I motion to Caleb that I was going outside.

"Pogue, its your father. Please call me as soon as possible, it's about Karleigh."

What about Karleigh? She had been in California for school for the last four years, and she hadn't come home to visit in two years.

I click send on my phone to call my dad back.

"Hey dad, what's up?"

"Pogue, I don't pay for you're phone to sit in your pocket, now about your sister." He paused. Making me a little nervous. "Pogue, she's coming home."

"Dad, that's great. It's been a long time..."

My dad cut me off. "No Pogue. She's not coming home on her own accord. There was an incident. But Kelly's dead."

What? Kelly, my sister's roommate. "What happened? Is Karleigh ok?" I was freaking out. This was my little sister.

"Pogue, they found Karleigh hiding in her closet, and Kelly dead. Kelly's throat was slit, and there was a deep cut on Karleigh's neck. They say it seems that who ever did this, got spooked an ran before they could..."

I hung up. I couldn't listen to any of this. I threw my phone across the parking lot. It was so much to take in. I ran back into Nicky's for a split second, grabbing my jacket and my helmet before Caleb grabbed my shoulder.

"Pogue, what's going on?"

*End of Flashback*

Reid's POV

This couldn't be true, I would stand up to leave, but I didn't know how to.

"I can't.. It's not..." I was struggling to form words. But this wasn't the same as before. I didn't know what I felt anymore. Finally I found the strength in my legs and made my way towards the stairs.

"Dude, leave her alone!" Pogue stood in my way, blocking my path.

"I just want to talk to her, just for a minute. I need to." I stared at the ground, not knowing what else to do. My heart felt like it was dying, and it needed to be close to her.

"I'm sorry. You can't... She can't talk. Or rather, she hasn't talked since it happened."

I stared up the stairs, only to stare back down at the ground.

She was in pain, and there was nothing I could do."