𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊 / scott reed ✓

𝟎𝟏. eight months later

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊
01 / EIGHT MONTHS LATER
↳ season three, episode one: yeah, i'm the new girl
act one / who killed bryce walker?

𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐒𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐄𝐃 through the hallways of Liberty High School, keeping her head down as she walked through the hallways. She was scared that if she looked up, she would meet the heated glares from her classmates that were covered in bruises, or simply just bystanders of the Homecoming events from a few days before.

Nessa herself had some bruises on her body, and one on her face. She had iced it all weekend, and was hopeful that her concealer would cover it, but she hadn't bought a new concealer in a while. The Homecoming game was one of the most chaotic and nerve wracking nights that she had in a long time, which is saying something considering eight months ago, she was in a car with an attempted school shooter, who just so happened to be one of her best friends.

Nessa hurriedly walked through the hallways, her hands shoved into the pockets of her jeans as she made a beeline to Jessica Davis' locker. Jessica was looking head on into the small cubicle, in an effort to hide herself from the whispers and stares that she was receiving. Nessa and Jessica had made a lot of enemies in the past couple of days.

"Hey, Jess." Nessa said to announce her arrival as she stood next to her best friend, her body slumped against the lockers as she talked to Jess. "I fucking hate this place."

"You and me both." Jessica muttered as she stuffed her books into her backpack, a scowl sitting on her face. Nessa looked up, a mistake that she would soon regret when she saw a familiar figure making her way over to the girls.

Nessa grunted, pushing her body up from the lockers. "Ani's coming."

Jessica rolled her eyes, slamming her locker shut as she grabbed Nessa's arm and attempted to walk away, but Ani got to the girls before they could succeed.

Ani Anchola was a new – well, newer – student at Liberty High School. She had a way of making everyone else's business her own, which was perfectly fine until she crossed some lines that Nessa had a hard time forgiving her for. However, they had been friends at one point. But then again, so had almost everyone in this school. Things happen and people change, that's high school, and life in general.

Nessa knew that better than anyone.

"Guys." Ani said in a whisper as she approached the girls. Jessica let out an exasperated sigh as she rolled her eyes.

"If you're going to apologize about the homecoming game-"

"The police took Clay." Ani cut Jessica off, and both girls stood in front of her, their eyes widening as they processed what they just heard the girl say.

"What?" Nessa asked, fear in her voice. She was sure that they had done everything in their power to ensure that the events of the Spring Fling were hidden, and if the cops took Clay, that meant that she and Tony weren't too far behind, and neither was the rest of their group. "What the fuck?"

Ani nodded, her hands shaky as she talked to the girls. "Just now." she told them. "I saw them out front."

"Fuck, fuck, fuck." Nessa said as she moved her feet around, the anxiety setting in as she realized how bad this was for her and her friends. If her mother figured out about this, she would be grounded until she had kids of her own to ground.