This is a chapter that will make you jump to conclusions; it is not exactly what it seems. Read it, enjoy it, but don't try to figure out the plot, because you won't guess it. Yet….well, actually you probably won't guess it until the end enjoy in the mean time…
Josh
It was scary, having that dream, and even though she promised, I keep feeling like I'm going to lose her soon. I keep having the dream, she keeps leaving me, and I keep failing to save her. I love Reed so much that I'm afraid she's a dream in herself, and that this might all be some sick hallucination I'm having at her funeral, or over her bleeding body. I shuddered, suddenly caring about the history lesson, the U.S. Civil War, again, I'd studied this over and over since eighth grade; and it didn't get any better, on the contrary, I found it more monotonous with each word, on the page in front of me. I was also overly conscious that the girl beside me wasn't the one I wanted most to see. Crap! I looked at my watch, it was late, the teacher was still droning, and we were supposed to be released five minutes ago.
On my way out of class, my cell phone rang, I picked up, and Reed's voice was frantic and hurried, I couldn't make out a single word. "Reed, calm down, what are you saying?" I asked, I heard her take a deep breath. "They're back, they escaped six weeks ago. the day before Ivy was murdered." She said. "Who?" I asked as if I didn't already know. "Arianna and Sabine…" I heard her broken sobs, and the aching fear in her voice, they were coming for her, but it looked like they were making a few adjustments before they came for her, getting rid of whoever they could. They were trying (and succeeding) to scare her. .
(REED)
I was at lunch, when I noticed the headline on the newspaper, it was weeks old, hanging on the bulletin board, I happened to glance up and see two VERY familiar faces glaring down at me, I hadn't noticed it, because no one read the bulletin boar, we usually didn't even look at the announcements, as they were all made over the intercom anyway. So when I saw Arianna's chilling blue eyes, and Sabine's, grin, which I'd once thought friendly staring down at me I nearly fell over backwards. "Oh My God!" I said, and my hands balled into tense fists, I struggled to breath evenly, to squelch the panic in y chest. "Reed?" Noelle asked, I didn't trust myself to speak so I pointed, and Noelle's perfectly tanned skin turned as white as paper, her eyes were suddenly full of fear, and anger, her lip curled, and her hands matched mine. Suddenly everyone was looking at the Bulletin board, and then at me. I was shaking, I closed my eyes and tried to think of some way to calm down, a quiet moan escaped my lips, all I could think to do was dial Josh's number. And when I'd told him, I heard him rushing to meet me. Before he got here I went to look at the article.
Arianna Osgood, and Sabine Dulac, both former students at Easton Academy and both committed to Brenda P. Trumbull Women's Correctional facility for the murders of Thomas Pearson and Cheyenne Martin , have ESCAPED. How it happened was unknown, two guards were found dead in the back of the facility, they had received multiple stab wounds s well as heavy beatings. Their uniforms were gone, as well as their wallets. How Arianna and Sabine acquired a knife is unknown. The facilities psychiatrist was also found dead, but also having sustained heavy beating, in his home five miles away from the facility. Arianna and Sabine were last seen buying hair dye, sun glasses, and clothing in Concord Connecticut. They are both dangerous and likely armed, if you see them call the police immediately do not interact with either of them. They will most likely have black or dark brown hair, and be wearing plain jeans and denim jackets, the clothing items they were seen buying. Please keep watch for these two women, and alert the authorities right away.
I shuddered when I finished the article, dangerous was an understatement, deranged, homicidal, even diabolical, they were not just 'dangerous'.
Then Josh was there, he had his arms around me and I was shaking, I felt me knees give out, and was so glad for his strong hold on me. When lunch was over I decided to skip class, I went back to Billings, I told Josh to tell my fourth period teacher that I was sick, and went to the nurse's office. He agreed, and knowing I needed to be alone, at least for a while. I dashed across the quad, tightening my white cashmere jacket around my shoulders. When I walked into billings, the smell was off, there was a hint of smoke in the air, it got stronger when I was inside the living room, then I noticed the black smoke, it was billowing madly down the stairs, I covered my mouth with the sleeve of my sweater and ran up the stairs, when I reached the top, Constance's room was on fire. I tried to scream, but the smoke choked me, I couldn't breathe, I scrambled back down the stairs, I took out my cell and dialed 911. "Hello, fire department." I told the operator, I heard the line connecting, "this is Reed Brennan, I'm a student at Easton Academy, the dorm room, Billings is on fire. Hurry, I think there might be someone in there!" I hung up, and ran back to the cafeteria, "Billings is on fire!" I screamed, the students that were straggling, late for class looked up at me, shock, and confusion in their eyes, the few girls at billings table gaped at me, "No." said Portia. But I nodded, they all ran out of the cafeteria, and ii followed, the smoke was getting out of the windows now, billowing like an angry cloud around our home. I heard the sirens of the fire trucks then, everyone was clumped about 100 feet away from the dorm. We were all shuddering, but not from the cold. Suddenly, classes were being let out, to see what was going on, and Josh's arms were encircling my waist. "It's going to be okay Reed, it's going to be okay." He kept telling me, but I knew it wasn't, was sure someone was there, in the smoke. Then suddenly I noticed there was a Billings girl missing. "Has any one seen Constance?"there was a hushed silence, besides that whoosh of water as the fire was dealt with. "she went back to Billings right before lunch to get her phone." Shelby told me. I gasped, this meant… Constance…