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Caleb

"PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!" Alice and Kate were shouting in sing-song voices, running around the manor, being honestly no help at all. They were actually being counter-productive, and kept distracting everyone.

Amy laughed so hard she was sitting on the steps, holding her sides. Tyler and her had been working on making food, and had been looking really cozy lately. Pogue, Kate, Alice and I were decorating… or at least Pogue and I were trying to decorate.

Sarah… well she hadn't called me back, but she sent me a text saying something came up and she would see me tonight at the party. And Reid was using Tyler's car to do store runs whenever we needed. Alice offered to help him, but he said it was fine, he could do it on his own.

He walked back in the house, tossing me and Pogue a few rolls of streamers. As soon as he walked back in, Alice seemed to take her party mood up a noch; being louder and crazier. She and Kate then continued to run around, asking everyone for their New Year's resolutions, and began writing them in a notebook.

Oh well this was going to be a fun night.

About five hours later, it was a quarter to midnight, and my house was filled with guests. The party was in full swing, and Sarah was still nowhere to be found.

I wore a standard, black and white tuxedo. Pogue wore a black suit with a green shirt and black tie, and Tyler wore a navy blue suit with a pale yellow shirt and a dark blue tie. Reid wore a black suit, black shirt, and silver tie. Amy wore her hair half up, half down with soft curls, and she was in a navy blue cocktail dress that had spaghetti straps and came down to her knees. Kate wore her hair completely down and softly curled, while she donned a slinky forrest green dress that was sleeveless, and cut diagonally across the bottom and tall forrest green heels. Alice wore her hair all up with a curl hanging down, and she had on a sparkly, silver, slinky dress that was floor length, backless, and had criss-crossed straps and also had a slit that came half-way up her thigh.

Tyler and Amy were cosier than ever, just as Kate and Alice were being crazier than ever. And the tension between Alice and Reid… you cut it with a knife. Hell, you could cut it with a pair of safety scissors.

Alice had amped it up, to the point where the only one who could match her was Kate. Alice was laughing louder than normal, and drinking more than was normal for her, too. I knew she was putting on a show. She was also trying to get Reid's attention, to piss him off. And it worked.

"Alice, can I talk to you for a sec?" Reid said quietly to her.

"Oh but I'm having so much fun! Can't it wai-" She started, but he seemed to have grown agitated, and just grabbed her wrist, yanking her after him. I made up some excuse to Pogue, who I had been sitting beside, and quickly hurried after them, hiding in the doorway of the empty room they were now arguing in.

"-and I can't seem to figure out what your problem is!" I heard Reid shout at her.

"What are you talking about?" She asked him icily.

"Drop the act, Alice. I know you were only acting like that to get my attention." He said to her.

"Fine, you caught me." She said. "Whoop-de-doo for you!" she said in an angry voice.

"I don't understand you. What did I do wrong? I have no idea why you are so angry at me!" He shouted at her.

"Oh you don't?" She said, letting out a dry, bitter laugh. "Reid, let's start with you ignoring all my calls and texts for the past two days."

"Alice, you don't understand, I needed to be alone-"

"You needed to be alone my ass!" She shrieked at him, finally loosing control. The lights flickered a bit and the house shook a tiny bit. If I could look at her face right now, I would bet that they were.

"Alice, please. Stay calm. You can't do shit like that right now. There are innocent people here!" He hissed at her.

"The hell if I can't!" She shouted.

"You could hurt some innocent person… Alice, that isn't like you." H said, and she seemed to force herself to calm down. "Now, this all can't be just because I missed a few phone calls." He said, knowingly.

"Bravo for you! You figured it out! Gold star for you!" She spat bitterly.

"Alice, why are you so mad?"

"Why am I so mad? YOU MEAN WHY AREN'T I FURIOUS?!?!" She shouted at him.

"Alice, what did I do wrong?"

"Where were you yesterday, seventh period?" she asked suddenly.

"I-what?" He said, seeming caught off-guard. I myself didn't even understand where she was going with this.

"Just answer the damned question, Reid!" She shouted.

"I was in my room! I felt like skipping, so I did! What is the big deal? You know that I skip all the time, and it never seemed to bug you befor-"

"I know that Sarah missed her seventh period yesterday too!" She screamed. Her new revelation was greeted with silence. She continued, a little calmer this time. "And that is very unusual. And she hasn't returned Caleb's calls, which is also unusual. And she didn't come home last night, which is more unusual still." She took a deep breath before continuing. "You haven't returned any of my calls. Tyler said you were out really late last night. And when you went out, earlier today, you were gone for hours at a time. And she didn't show up at all."

He was quiet for a moment, before saying, "Alice… do you… tell me you don't think I'm cheating on you with Sarah."

"…Reid…" She said, sounding pained.

"Are you serious? Is that what you think?" He said angrily.

"What else should I think?"

"That it's a coincidence!" He shouted.

"I don't believe that." She said stubbornly.

"Alice, please."

"Then give me the real reason. Tell me the truth." She pleaded.

"…I want to tell you, Alice, I do, but-" He started, but his watch started beeping. He let out a huge breath. "I'm sorry, I just can't. Please forgive me." I peeked, and he tried to kiss her, but she turned the cheek. He looked hurt, but kissed her cheek. "I have to go. I love you." And with that, he walked out the back door.

As soon as he left, she fell to her knees, and tears poured down her face. She cried and cried, sobbing like crazy. Then, a few minutes later, one minute before midnight, she stood. She wiped her face and tore out the back door, screaming, "REID!"

Alice

"REID!" I screamed, running after him. He was standing a few feet from the deck, facing away from me. The wind was whipping my hair and dress. It was unusual how windy it was. I was starting to get the feeling that something more sinister was going on here. "REID, WAIT!" I shouted.

He whipped around, looking at me in horror. "Alice? NO! GET OUT OF HERE!"

I looked at him confused, gripping the railing of the deck. "I don't understand!"

"Alice, please! HIDE!" He shouted, and finally, I obeyed, peeking between the bars of the deck's railing.

Suddenly, there was a crack of light, and… someone appeared. Someone I had never met, and he was carrying a girl. He had light brown hair, and his eyes… were black. I felt my stomach drop, and I couldn't breathe. I looked closer at the girl in his hands… she was out cold. She wore a black, knee-length, black, halter-top, backless dress, and heels. Her hair was half-up, and she had on red lipstick and black heels. She had platinum-blonde hair… it was Sarah.

"I'm here. No back up. Just like you said."Reid said tensely.

"That you are." The guy drawled.

"And you promise you will leave Alice alone?"

"For now… that was the deal… and I am a man of my word." My breath hitched in my throat. That explained everything.

"Now what do you want?" Reid growled.

"Not what I want, my dear friend." He said, dropping Sarah to the ground carelessly, causing me to make a little yelp. I covered my mouth, keeping myself from comprimising my position. "But what I need." He said, letting an envelope flutter to thr ground next to Sarah before continuing towards my boyfriend. "Power. Your girlfriend's power, to be precise. And you're gonna get it for me." He said.

Reid laughed. "Bullshit. Why would I ever do that?"

"Oh, you see, you don't get a choice. After all, it's not what you would do for her… but what she would do for you." Reid looked at him, confused. "You see my friend, you've just become the bait." As realization dawned on him, Chase grabbed him by the throat, and in a flash, he was gone.

I ran down the stairs of the deck to the lawn, to Sarah's side. "Sarah! Sarah!" I tried to shake her awake. She started stirring when I noticed the ltter by her her that Chase had dropped. I picked it up. It was adressed to me. I opened it, and began to read it silently to myself.

Alice-

I'm sorry I couldn't stay and meet you in person, dear, but I really had to be going. You see, I have something of yours that you might want back. So now, it's time for a little game.

How far would you go to save the love of your life? You and your… 'covenant' have 48 hours to rescue him… or he dies.

Oh, and happy new year.

-C.C.

I crumpled the note in my hand, letting out a little sob. Sarah grabbed my arm. I looked down at her and she looked back at me with horror-filled eyes. "We have to save Reid." And I nodded, before collapsing into her arms and sobbing.

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