8 Chapter 7

"What are you people doing back here?" Marcel asked, seeing that the police are back at their school. Marcel, Zach, Isaac, Lucifer, Scarlett, and Caroline are walking to the library, to study or not.

"The tracker found something," Bassi said, pushing them out of the way to the woods.

Zach gave her a confused look, though he was worried inside, "What tracker?"

Bassi sighed, turning around to answer their question, "Alexandra Collins, as a reporter had a nametag that she's supposed to wear on duty. We tracked it and the location says somewhere behind your school."

They sent nervous glances to each other, masking it as confused, worried ones.

"Why would it be behind the school?" Lucifer asked, inhaling another breath from the cigarette in his hand.

"We don't know. Maybe she got lost," Bassi shook her head.

Scarlett nodded, feeling uneasy, "Alright, well, we'll be on our way now."

"We'll tell you if we find anything that can help," Caroline said, giving her a small smile.

Detective Bassi nodded muttering a simple thank you before following her team to the woods.

Scarlett looked cautious as she spoke, "Did you forget to burn her tag?"

"We didn't know," Isaac said. "We'll get out of this one too," He reassured.

Caroline looked deep in thought as Zach inched closer to her, "What're you thinking about?"

"Uh, nothing," She gave him a forced smile.

"Care, how long have we known each other?" Isaac asked from behind her, his arm hooked around Scarlett.

"I don't know, about 14 years?" She answered, unsure.

"So we must know if something is wrong with you. Tell us what's wrong," Scarlett said.

Marcel and Lucifer are talking to themselves behind them all.

"I don't know what's wrong," Caroline said, looking at Scarlett for an answer. "There's this bad feeling in my stomach, and I know something's wrong. I just don't know what."

Scarlett loosened herself from Isaac and went over to Caroline. "I'm here," She whispered.

Caroline nodded. "I know. I'm here for you too," She whispered back.

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"Detective!" Lucifer exclaimed. He's now slightly high and it's lunchtime.

Detective Bassi is coming back in, reeking of dirt. The students presumed that she was back from the forest and found something.

Bassi nodded her head as a greeting, "Students."

"What...brings you here?" Lucifer trailed off.

Bassi rolled her eyes. "We found nothing behind your school," She started, "But, the lieutenant refuses to move the investigation. So, we'll be here for a while."

They nodded slowly, understanding the situation and how they have to avoid anything out of the usual.

"Just...wanted to let you know," Bassi said awkwardly.

Leonora nodded, "Thank you, detective."

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Dominique groaned, lying face down on his bed, "This is hell."

Kaiden, Angelique, Leonora, and Natasha are sitting around his room, watching him suffer out of boredom.

"So what? We're just supposed to wait around for them to find out that we did it?" Angelique asked, standing up amongst them.

Leonora rolled her eyes, "They're not going to find out."

Kaiden sat up from Dominique's bed, "How would you know?"

"I don't," Leonora said.

Natasha sighed, standing up,"Let's go, Leo."

Leonora looked at her in confusion.

Natasha pointed at her phone, "Moniqua called for a discussion in her room."

"Shouldn't I be invited too?" Angelique asked.

"You are."

They left to go to Moniqua's room, wondering what she could have needed to say.

"You think she called us for an emergency ball at her mom's?" Angelique asked while walking down the stairs.

Natasha shrugged, "It's probably about the case."

Leonora knocked on Moniqua's door.

"Come in," She heard Moniqua call behind the door.

Leonora opened the door, "What's wrong?"

"Why would you assume that something's wrong? Can't I just call you here for a girl talk?" Moniqua said, obviously stalling.

Angelique raised her eyebrow, taking a seat on her couch, "We don't have girl talks."

Moniqua paused, "Right. Well, I've been talking with Scarlett and we decided that we should keep it normal."

Everyone stayed quiet, motioning her to continue.

"And since Dom and Angel's birthday is coming up, I figured we should celebrate."

"With partying and vodka?" Leonora asked.

Moniqua shook her head, a smile forming on her lips, "With ballgowns and champagne."

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"You're organizing what?" Ms. Jones asked, keeping as calm as she could. The students had just told her their plans about a ball, without telling her their intentions behind it.

"A ball," Scarlett repeated.

Ms. Jones looked baffled, "Why?"

"Because...Dom and Angel's 17th birthday is in 2 weeks. And we need a special celebration for special people," Caroline reasoned.

"Alright," Ms. Jones sighed, "But, you have to bring me the guest list by next week."

"One step ahead of you, Ms. Jones," Natasha slid the guest list on her table.

The guest list only consisted of about 100 people, the right capacity the main hall of the main building. The students' parents and some associates, also some former students that they knew when they were kids were invited.

"I'll check it, you break the news to the boys and organize it fully, with only involving me with things you can't do yourself."

"Yes, Ms. Jones," Leonora agreed.

"Thank you!" Caroline hugged her.

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"Lucifer!" Scarlett called, banging on his door.

"What?" Lucifer answered lazily, opening the door.

"We're having a ball," Caroline smiled beside Scarlett. They have been assigned to telling the boys while Moniqua calls her mom for a specially fitted dress for her and Angelique, and Leonora and Natasha are telling the maids what they should prepare all the while calling the caterers and decorators.

"A ball? Why?"

"Dominique and Angelique's birthday is coming up. We're celebrating to keep it normal," Scarlett explained.

Lucifer furrowed his eyebrows and opened his mouth to complain but Scarlett beat him to it.

"Wear a suit," She said, turning around and walking to Isaac's door. This went on for a while until everyone was informed.

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"This guest list seemed to be thought through pretty well," Ms. Jones said, handing the list back to Natasha. "Don't forget to send out the invitations."

"Thank you, Ms. Jones."

"Did you call the caterers?" Leonora came up to her.

Natasha nodded her head as Angelique and Moniqua came in the ballroom.

"My mom agreed to design our dresses," Moniqua announced.

"Great!" Leonora exclaimed.

Scarlett came in with Caroline beside her, "Kaiden volunteered to make the playlist, Zach is calling the party planner, Lucifer and Isaac are going to town to get some gifts."

"And the rest?" Leonora asked.

"Dom and Marcel were called to the forest with the police."

"Why?" Angelique asked, worried about her brother.

Scarlett shrugged, "I don't know. It's probably nothing much."

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"Detective Bassi?" Marcel tapped her shoulder. "You wanted to see us?"

Detective Bassi turned around and nodded her head, motioning for them to follow.

"So we found some footprints here beside the lake, do you know anyone who wears shoes with this kind of prints?" She asked, pointing to shoeprint.

Marcel thought of an answer, trying to lie as best as he could until he remembered that Isaac and Scarlett was here a few days ago.

"Um, I don't know but Isaac and Scarlett went canoeing on Friday night," He shrugged, showing that he didn't know much.

"And you, Mr. Yang, do you know anything?" Bassi asked, turning her attention to Dominique.

He shook his head, "No, Marcel's right. Isaac and Scarlett were here on Friday, working out their problems."

"What problems?"

"You know, the problems that you caused with lie detectors and heartbeats," Dominique said, rolling his eyes.

Detective Bassi nodded, "Alright, thank you for your time."

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"What can I do for you, detective?" Scarlett asked, taking a seat in front of her.

"Ms. Vesper, Dominique Yang said that you and Mr. Calloway was near the lake on Friday, after dinner."

Scarlett nodded, "Yeah. We went canoeing, we needed to talk about some things."

"We're sorry if we caused some problems between you-"

"No! You made it better, like a push. I mean, our feelings towards each other were on the tips of our tongues and it was just a matter of time anyway."

Detective Bassi nodded, "Alright. But did you happen to see Ms. Collins wandering around the woods that night?"

Scarlett shook her head, "No."

"Thank you."

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"Scarlett!" Monique called. "My mom wanted to ask you what color your dress should be."

"Oh, green, I guess," Scarlett answered.

"To match your eyes, yeah," Moniqua said, suddenly feeling stupid. "Do you have any idea what Caroline wants her dress to be like?"

Scarlett thought for a moment before answering, "Well, try blue and see if she likes it."

Moniqua furrowed her eyebrows, "Why blue?"

"She likes white, right? But if she wears white, she'll look like it's her wedding, so a soft blue fading into a darker shade will make her gorgeous.

"That's great, Scar. Thanks," Moniqua ran off.

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"Kaiden? How's it going?" Angelique came inside Kaiden's room to hear a song blasting through the speakers.

Kaiden turned down the music to speak. "Great. Yeah, this playlist sounds great so far."

"So far?" She said, sitting down in front of him on his bed.

"Yeah, since it's a ball, I was thinking of putting some lax songs in, you know with piano acoustic and classical music. But then I thought that that's kinda boring, so I put in a party mix so that we could have an after-party," He rambled.

Angelique laughed at the thought of dancing crazily with ballgowns on, "Yeah, that sounds fun."

"Yeah? Do you wanna help me make the playlist?" Kaiden asked sheepishly.

Angelique nodded, "Okay."

They worked on the playlist, listening to songs and putting in what fits until an idea came up to Angelique's mind.

"Ooh! You should sing a song or something there!" Angelique suggested.

Kaiden furrowed his eyebrows, "A song?"

She nodded, "Yeah, with the guys. Like a band!"

"You want me to perform Like A Band by JAGMAC?" Kaiden asked, utterly confused.

"No," Angelique laughed, "I want you to perform a song with our friends like a band."

Kaiden's face lit up in realization

"Oh...yeah, that sounds great," He agreed. "We shall dedicate it to you, Ms. Yang."

"Thank you, Mr. Hansen," Angelique curtsied. "So, what song will you perform?"

"That's for me to know and for you to dot dot dot," He said, winking.

"You did not just quote The Vampire Diaries," Angelique laughed.

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