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AILEEN WOKE UP Next to Richie and yawned. Richie looked over to Aileen, petting her head.

"Tara Carpenter was attacked." Richie told his girlfriend, frowning.

Aileen sat up, quickly, raising a brow. What the hell? Why would she be attacked?

"Where's my cousins?" Aileen questioned, fiddling with her necklace.

Richie sighed, checking his messages "Scarlet texted me, she said Anya's at the hospital and she just got there. Sam and Dylan showed up not long after."

Aileen sighed, rubbing her hands over her face "This can't be happening again.."

"Whoever's doing this planned to get Sam and Scarlet back in Woodsboro." Richie told Aileen as he got out of bed to get dressed.

Aileen got out of bed then got some clothes for the day "Take me to see Tara please..."

Richie nodded and walked over to her, cupping her face, kissing her head gently "I'll always be there to protect you, too, okay?"

Aileen nodded, rubbing his arms "I don't deserve you, Roachie."

Richie rolled his eyes, sighing deeply "That again, really?"

Aileen winked, pecking his lips. Richie pecked back. They were inseparable and they made a promise to protect each other no matter what.

"Admit it, you love it." Aileen giggled, walking downstairs then out the front door.

Richie rolled his eyes, sighing "Still debating it."

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AILEEN SAT NEXT To Scarlet once they got into hospital. Aileen looked around not seeing Anastasia or Liv. Where were they?

"Where's Anya?" Aileen raised a brow, looking around the room.

"She said she had to help Dewey with something." Chad told Aileen, which made Aileen suspicious.

Tara and Anastasia worked together in the summer. Why wasn't she there? Scarlet rolled her eyes, rubbing her forehead.

"Laurie's with Arianna." Scarlet told Aileen, looking over to her cousin.

Aileen nodded, looking at Richie. Richie shrugged, not knowing anything that was going on.

"Look, guys, Tara's really tired, maybe we should give her some space." Amber told the group.

Aileen and Richie left first with Scarlet following close behind.

"AJ!" Scarlet called out to Aileen.

Aileen turned around, hugging herself. Richie went to get the car, saluting Scarlet.

"We're all going to the bar, do you want to come with?" Scarlet questioned, smirking a bit.

Aileen nodded, running a hand through her blond hair "Yeah, sure."

"Hey, don't beat yourself up over what happened to Tara, I'm sure Sam being Billy's daughter and us being Sidney and Roman's kids has nothing to do with it, plus if Arianna is back then we might be fucked since Vince and Arianna had this big blow out fight before she left." Scarlet frowned at Aileen, rubbing her arms.

Aileen sighed, looking down at her feet "He just can't keep a relationship, can he?"

"I guess not." Scarlet laughed, biting her lip.

Richie drove up and rolled down the window "Your carriage awaits, milady."

Scarlet opened the door for Aileen "Your boyfriend's an idiot."

"It's been established, I'll see you tonight, Scarlet." Aileen kissed Scarlet's cheek then got in the car.

Scarlet leaned down after closing the door "Hey, Richard, you hurt my cousin, I'll have your head on a wall like the vikings did."

Richie gulped, looking over to the older Roberts "I would never, Scar, you have nothing to worry about."

Aileen giggled, shaking her head "Let's go before you have a heart attack."

Scarlet blew Richie a kiss then waved "I'll follow behind you."

Aileen smiled a bit, watching Scarlet walk off to her car.

"Scarlet scares me." Richie chuckled, nervously.

Aileen opened a bag of Lays "She scares everyone."

Richie rolled his eyes, driving off to the bar.

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AILEEN WALKED INTO The bar with Richie following closely behind. He didn't want anything to happen to her. Laurie and Anastasia looked up to see Aileen.

"Cousin!" Anastasia smiled, hugging Aileen.

Aileen hugged back "You feeling okay?"

Anastasia nodded, walking back to Amber. Richie kissed Aileen's head, rubbing her back.

"Yo, Scarlet, Aileen, you two want a real drink? Or are you two happy sitting at this kids' table?" Vince questioned the pair, clasping his hands together which annoyed Aileen.

Aileen took the pool stick from Mindy, breaking it in half with her leg. Scarlet gasped, covering her mouth. Things were gonna get ugly fast, especially since Aileen was a lot like Roman.

"I'm sorry, what the fuck did you just say to me and Scarlet?" Aileen questioned, eyeing Vince up and down.

Richie was about to intervene but was stopped by Lauren. Lauren knew about her brother's heated past with the two cousins and now he started something he shouldn't have.

"You heard me, cupcake." Vince tilted his head at her, giving her a flirty smirk knowing that he was making her angry.

Aileen rolled her eyes, jabbing Vince in the stomach with the pool stick "If you ever come close to me again, Schneider. I'll rip your goddamn head off."

Vince was not expecting Aileen to stab him through the stomach with the pool stick, he didn't think she had it in her to do it. Aileen drove the pool stick deeper which caused Vince to cry out in pain. Why was she using a pool stick as a weapon on him? Dylan was gonna laugh his ass off when he finds out what happened at the bar. Vince's gaze went from his sister back to Aileen with a fire in his eyes.

Vince coughed, looking down to his stomach then back to Aileen "Fuck you."

"Not a chance, sweetheart." Aileen patted his cheek, before forcefully ripping the pool stick from Vince's stomach.

Vince screamed again, holding his stomach, looking down to the floor. Lauren's breath hitched in her throat as she watched Vince be humiliated by Aileen.

"What the fuck?" Chad questioned in disbelief, his eyes going from Aileen to Vince.

Anastasia crossed her arms "You can leave now, Vince."

"Are you fucking serious right now, Anya?" Vince furrowed his brows together, confused on her mood changes towards him.

"Did I stutter? Go!" Anastasia pointed to the door.

Lauren sighed, rubbing her face in aggravation as she helped her brother out of the bar. Chad, Mindy, Amber, Liv, and Wes left the bar, leaving Scarlet, Richie, Aileen, Lila and Anastasia behind.

"Take me home?" Lila questioned Anastasia, making a pouty face at her.

Anastasia walked away from the group, waving her older sister off "Yeah, sure. I'll see you at home, Scarlet."

Scarlet nodded, watching her sister leave, leaving her, Richie, and Aileen the only ones in the bar.