❀ ❀ ❀

WHEN EVERYONE GOT To Sam, Quinn, and Tara's apartment everyone chilled in the living room.

Ethan picked Anastasia up and carried her bridal style to his seat. Mindy, Lila, Lauren, Scarlet, Aileen Quinn, and Anika awed. Anastasia covered her face, blushing. Ethan kissed her head and rubbed her arms. She got comfortable in his arms.

The news showed Greg and Jason murdered.

"Chad! Tara!" Lila yelled.

The pair came into the living room. Chad went to get Arianna. Arianna and Chad came into the apartment with cute guy behind them.

"Cute boy, nice!" Quinn said, pointing at Danny.

Danny looked at her, confused.

"Their names have just been released by police: Jason Carvey and Greg-" The reporter said.

"Holy shit, that's that chode from our film studies class, the one obsessed with Argento!" Mindy exclaimed, pointing at the TV.

Scarlet's breath hitched in her throat as she looked over to Aileen. Aileen looked over to Scarlet then to Richie.

❀ ❀ ❀

ANASTASIA JUMPED HEARING Her phone ring. She excused herself then went to the hallway. She answered the call, putting the phone to her ear.

"Pack a bag we leave in 10." Sam said.

"Sam!" Tara protested.

"Lauren, you too." Vince stood up, looking at his sister.

Lauren glared at her brother "Are you insane?!"

"Vince, come on, man.." Scarlet groaned, looking up at her boyfriend.

"We're getting out of the city." Sam replied to her.

"What?" Danny asked, looking over to Arianna.

"Sam, let's think about this..." Arianna tried to reason with her.

Ethan held Anastasia close and rubbed her arm, soothingly.

Anastasia relaxed "Not again.."

Ethan kissed her head "I'll protect you."

"I know, doofus." Anastasia giggled.

Ethan chuckled "I'm your doofus."

Lila and Mindy fake gagged. Chad pushed Danny out the door.

"This might not have anything to do with us." Tara said, pointing the TV.

"Are you serious?" Sam asked.

"It's a big city! It's Halloween everyone's wearing masks! You don't know!" Tara exclaimed.

"Tara! Tara! This isn't a coincidence, you knew him!" Sam told her.

"Barely!" Tara exclaimed again.

"Chad, Laurie, Richie, Aileen, Vince, Scar,  Ari, Mindy, Lila, Anya back me up here." Sam said to the rest of them.

"Well.." Anastasia, Arianna, and Scarlet sighed.

"It is a little bit.." Chad, Vince, Lauren and Lila said.

"Close to home." Mindy, Richie, and Aileen finished.

"See?" Sam questioned her sister, waving her arms towards the group.

Anastasia got a lollipop from her bag then unwrapped it, sucking on it. Ethan blushed at the sight.

"Quinn, your dad's a cop, right? Can you call him and find out what's going on? Before you make the unilateral decision to abandon my college education and flee the fucking state!" Tara exclaimed.

"I'm calling him now." Quinn said, calling her dad.

Sam, Scarlet, Aileen and Anastasia's phones rang.

❀ ❀ ❀

ANASTASIA LOOKED AT Her phone. Her dad's contact on the screen. Scarlet saw Dewey's caller ID appear on screen.

"Who is it?" Vince questioned, looking over to Scarlet.

Scarlet shook her head "Dewey, but I'll call him in a bit."

Vince sat back down next to her, wrapping his arm securely around her. 

Aileen saw that it was her dad calling her. Oh, boy.

Ethan peered over her shoulder, seeing who was calling "You should answer it."

"I'll call him back." Anastasia said, hanging up the phone.

Everyone freaked out when Sam went to answer her phone.

"Who is it?" Tara asked.

Sam grabbed her phone then hung up.

"Why did everyone just freak out when her phone rang?" Ethan asked, oblivious.

Anastasia took the lollipop out of her mouth then smacked Ethan repeatedly with it.

"Easy, easy!" Ethan whined.

"You gotta keep up, my dude." Lila, Lauren, and Anika said.

"Sam, my dad wants to talk to you." Quinn said, handing her phone to Sam.

"Mr. Bailey, hi. My sister thinks I'm probably overreacting. What do you mean? What's going on?" Sam started to talk to Detective Bailey.

After the conversation ended Tara, Scarlet, Aileen, Vince, Arianna, and Sam left.

"Sam, slow down." Tara told Sam as the five adults followed behind Tara.

"Tara, no. All of you get back inside and lock the door." Sam instructed them all.

Scarlet rolled her eyes "Sammy, now you don't want to stick together?"

Vince crossed his arms, raising a brow "She's got a point, Sammy."

Sam sighed in defeat "Fine."

The six of them walked across the street then down the sidewalk to the police station.

Arianna linked arms with Scarlet, whispering in her ear "How's your hand?"

Scarlet rolled her eyes "Vince told you what happened?"

"Of course." Arianna winked at her, examining her hand.

Aileen giggled, shaking her head "You should've seen it, Ari."

"I wish I could've." Arianna laughed, looking down at Scarlet.

In the middle of walking to the station Sam's phone rang. Scarlet stood next to Sam, raising a brow. Dylan's caller ID showed up on her screen.

"What the fuck?" Aileen and Tara questioned in unison.

What the hell was going on?

"I never deleted his contact. This is coming from his number." Sam answered, truthfully.

Vince shook his head, looking at her "Sammy, don't answer that."

"Let it go to voicemail." Scarlet looked over to her best friend, rubbing her back, soothingly.

Sam clicked the green button, putting the phone to her ear. Scarlet, Aileen, Vince, and Arianna groaned in defeat. They tried to warn her.

"Who is this?" Sam questioned, walking down the sidewalk again.

Tara, Aileen, Scarlet, Vince, and Arianna tried to stop the conversation. It was Ghostface. Goddamn it.

"I want you to think long and hard about whether you really want to do this. Because the last three people who fucked with us ended up dead." Sam warned Ghostface.

Aileen looked over to Scarlet, petrified on what could happen. Scarlet held her hand, comfortingly, rubbing her thumb over Aileen's hand.

"So what? You're protecting us now?" Sam inquired, confused on what Ghostface wanted to do with them.

Scarlet took the phone from Sam, holding her hand up in Vince's face stopping him from taking the phone. Here goes nothing.

"You shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet, asshole." Scarlet warned Ghostface, gritting her teeth.

"Don't be cute. You and Sam are gonna pay for what you both did. And I'm not gonna stop till I butcher you. You and anyone who gets between us. You and your little group better watch your backs." Ghostface warned her.

Scarlet rolled her eyes, checking her nails "You better watch yours."

Ghostface came up behind Tara ready to kill her. Scarlet hung up Sam's phone, handing it back to her. Aileen punched Ghostface then grabbed Tara.

"You alright?" Aileen asked her.

Tara nodded. The six of them ran away from Ghostface to get help. It just happened to be a Bodega.