remember me

(chapter 7) ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ

Katie narrates: Remember how I said I wasn't prepared? I don't think anyone was.

[At Colton's house]
Anna walks perkily to the door with her red hair flowing in the wind. She sighs to herself, getting the courage to knock on the door. When Cody hears the knock, he stands up sloggishly to open the door. As soon as he opens it, Anna is able to tell something is off. She says, "Cody..." He replies, "Hey! What's up, A?" He almost falls just holding the doorknob. She states, "Are you high?" He acts confused. "What?" Anna's heart breaks a little; she feels bad for him. "No, come on, Cody..." She asserted, and Cody muffled, "Fine, I am fine; it's not like I'm addicted." He laughed and smiled, and

Anna stated into his eyes with a disappointed look, "It's not fine, Cody." Cody's smile turns into anger. "You don't think I know that Anna," he starts yelling, "my life has been a mess since I was born. Where are my parents? They're saving others lives because mine isn't that important to them. My sister is missing or dead. I'm alone, Anna. That's what you don't get. No dance is going to fix that." She stands there with tears in her eyes before saying, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come here." She walks off, he slightly closes the door, his anxiety starts to take over, and with fear that he just messed everything up, he repeats, "I didn't mean to do it," while fiddling with his hands on the floor.

[At the Canada House]

Katie couldn't sleep last night, so she decides to go into Johnny's room and says, "I get why you've been ignoring me, Cody." Johnny gets curious; he secretly hopes she figured out everything. He replies, "Why?" she states, "Because it's my fault; we had to leave our old town; if it wasn't for the crash then... He quickly cuts her off: "You have no idea how wrong you are." Katie lifts her head from the floor. out of guilt, "what?" Johnny breathes in before asserting, "It's not your fault, Katie; there's a lot you don't know." He grabs his keys and throws them to Katie, and then adds, "Let's take a ride around town; after all, it is a new town." He lifts the window,

Katie replies, "Wouldn't mom and dad be mad?" He states, "Yeah, they would, but I don't out the window." He hops out of the second-floor window, not far from the ground. Katie hops down, and he catches her to make sure she lands safely on the ground.


Katie looks to him and asks, "Where are we going?"
Johnny points to the street that looks almost like it leads into the town and puts his arm around her shoulder as he answers, "Exploring." He pulls out his credit card. Katie laughs a little and replies, "How much is on that twenty dollars?" Johnny states, "No, 200k. Katie whispers in shock, "No way! Are we like the rich?" Johnny smiles and says, "Why don't we go find out?" He runs down the street, going into town, as
Katie follows him.

[At Rias' house]
Ria wakes up and realize she sleep the night there, on the floor in crying position, she stands up quickly as the daylight peaks through the window, she realizes the banging stopped, and how it must've been another bad dream or she was actually going insane, she grabs the clothes she was supposed to pack last night, every outfit she can think of, she opens the door slightly before actually walking out of it, cause she was sure something was chasing her last night, she calls Carlos and gets nothing but his voicemail, which echoes through there room, "hey you've reached officer delevez personal cell phone, I'm either solving a crime, dealing with a crime, or looking into one, might as well just call my work line"

it beeps, she whispers, "damnit Carlos" she quickly runs out of the front door, and get into her car with her two suitcases, when she checks her phone thinking the notification sound may be Carlos, it's a unknown number texting for Katie evidence and exchange for a call, she realizes she needs to get to Carlos before he gives it to the sheriff, she turns on the car, and drives a fast she can within range.

[At the vet]

Mily takes a dog off of the bed and says, "You're all good to go; you have a very good mommy; she took very good care of you." The husky barks when the lady holding his leash smiles, "Thanks for the checkup, Mrs. Colton." Ruben walks in and consults Mily about being here over hours; she says, "Mily, we have to talk." Mily replies, "If this is about that cat, I swear all I did was give him his vaccine." Ruben states, "No, it's about the fact you stayed overtime, didn't go home, and didn't get sleep. Is everything okay?" Mily grabs the gloves and gets ready for her next patient when Ruben steps in front of her. "Mily, if you don't say what's wrong, I have to send you home for a week or have you contact some help, because your mental health is the most important right now; you cannot save lives if yours isn't in check."