Catty (VO) So far, there's been three murders. Arnold Marks, a janitor, was found dead in a closet with a stab wound to his stomach. Arnold Marks makes the third murder, alongside the previous murders of Joaquin Smith and Mandy Griffith.

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THE CLUBHOUSE

The next day, the Beckett Crew and I, and other academy students, are hanging out with each other.

I'm at the vending machine, getting myself a bag of yogurt pretzels. But somehow, it got stuck. I keep pressing the button.

"You're gonna wear out the button if you keep pressing." said Grayson, slowly walks up next to me.

"Can you help me then?" I asked him.

"Sure." Grayson replied.

Grayson and I both get on either side of the vending machine and gently shakes it from side-to-side.

The yogurt pretzels bag falls down into the pick-up box. Grayson and I stopped gently shaking the vending machine.

"Thanks." I said, getting the yogurt pretzels.

"You're welcome." Grayson said.

I look at Grayson and he just looks at me. I look at him a bit confused.

"What?" I said.

"How long is this gonna last, Catty?" Grayson asked, referring to the intension between us.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Don't play dumb with me, I know you felt it the second I came back." Grayson said. "You felt our connection and so did I."

I scoff and walks away from him. Grayson walks after me and pulls me inside the arcade room.

"What the hell, Grayson?" I said to him.

"Stop kidding yourself, CP. You felt our connection when I came back." Grayson said to me.

"Why are you bringing this up?" I asked "I'm with Sebastian."

"Oh, please? I feel it too. That magnetic pull. Look, I have been trying to keep my distance from you, but somehow, I just can't because every ounce of me wants to be with you." Grayson said to me.

"Grayson? I love Sebastian. And you're dating Roxy, aren't you?" I said.

"Yeah, but she knows about our former relationship." Grayson said.

"You said it yourself. You've been keeping your distance because you don't want to come in between Seb and I." I said and sighs to myself. "Maybe, very much later on down the line, their may be a chance of hope that you and I will get back together, but not right now. Right now, we maintain our friendship. You do right by Roxy and I do right by Sebastian."

Grayson small smiles at me. "That's the most sincere thing you've ever said, Hot stuff."

"Oh my gosh, Gray." I said and walks away.

Grayson walks away, chuckling to himself.

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In the lounge room, Me and the Beckett Crew are sitting on the couch. I'm sitting in the armchair, snacking on my yogurt pretzels.

"You guys, I've decided to form a local gang group." Grayson said.

"Oh, really? What's the name of your gang group?" Leigh Ann asked.

"The Thrashers." Grayson said.

"That sounds good. I like it." Sasha said.

"Thanks, Sash." Grayson said. "And I would like you guys to be in my gang group."

"Really?" Sebastian said, surprised.

"Yeah, we're besties." Grayson said, and looks at Me. "Isn't that right, Catty?"

"Yeah, we are." Catty said.

Grayson and I exchange tense looks at each other, which Sebastian, Leigh Ann and Sasha notices.

"Are you guys okay?" Leigh Ann asked.

"Yeah, we're good, Leigh Ann." I reassured her.

"Don't lie to her, Catty." Grayson said.

"I'm not." I said.

"Have I done something to piss you off, Catty?" Grayson asked me, getting an attitude. "Because you're cranky."

"Maybe, I'm cranky because of you." I tell him with an attitude. "And besides, we all know the real reason why we broke up because you couldn't keep it in your pants and screwed Alyssa."

Grayson looks at Me, annoyed.

"Whoa." Sasha said.

Grayson gets up and slowly walks in the middle of the floor.

"You know, what, Catty, I don't need this from you. You act like you're such a good girl, but deep down, I know your dirty little secret." said Grayson.

"Grayson, don't." Leigh Ann said.

"Why not, Leigh Ann?" Grayson said, looking at her. "Maybe, Catty needs to learn a lesson about how not to keep little secrets from her boyfriend, Sebastian."

"Grayson?" Sasha said.

"What the hell are you guys talking about?" Sebastian asked.

Grayson looks at his best friend, Sebastian. "Oh, Catty didn't tell you?"

Sebastian looks at me and I look at him.

"Catty?" Sebastian said.

"I'll tell you later." I said, getting up and walks away.

But Grayson steps in front of me. "You think you're such a good sweetheart, but deep down, you're a dirty little slut."

I ball up my fist and punches Grayson in his face, knocking him out onto the carpet floor.

"Damn." Alyssa said.

Grayson looks up at me from, laying on the floor with a bruised cheekbone.

"Go to hell, and take your bedfellow wench, Roxy, with you." I tell him.

Roxy and I exchange looks at each other. And I walks away.

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ROCHELLE'S DINER

That late afternoon, I'm sitting in a booth table, eating myself a caramel ice cream sundae with a spoon.

"Catty?" Roxanne said.

I look up at Roxy. "Roxy? About what I said, I aimed it at Grayson, not at you."

"I know." Roxy said, and gently sits down in the booth table across from me. "Grayson and I talked about starting a relationship, but we both agreed that when his DUI has been lifted, we can start being together."

"Grayson asked me for permission to start dating again." I said to her.

"He did?" Roxy said, surprised.

"Yeah, he was sincere about it, given what happened between Grayson and Alyssa, he didn't want that to rub off on me or you." I said to her.

"I understand. I really do. Grayson told me that he didn't ask to be Alyssa's hookup. He knows that he messed up his relationship with you. He's been keeping himself out of trouble though." Roxy said.

"Do you like him, Roxy?" I asked her.

"I do." Roxy replied. "Grayson wants to be with me, but he wants to be with me for the right thing. Like I said, he and I talked about it and we're gonna hold off our relationship until his DUI is gone."

"Understandable." I said. "And again, about what I said, Roxy, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Carrey." Roxy said.

Roxy and I exchange small smiles at each other.

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BAXTER HOUSE

I gently knocks on the door. The door opens. Grayson is there with a gel ice pack on his bruised cheekbone.

"Grayson? I'm sorry that I punched you." I apologized to him and walks inside.

"I should be the one apologizing." Grayson said, closes the door.

Grayson and I are in the living room.

"Roxy told me that you want to be with her, but your DUI is bothering you." I tell him and gently folds my arms.

"Yeah. I like her, and she likes me. So, um, I'm gonna keep doing my schoolwork and keep my grades up." Grayson said.

"Okay." I said. "Are we good?"

Grayson small smiles at me. "Yeah, we're good, Catty. I will always love you, even though, we're not together, but like you said, maybe, much later on, down the line, there's a chance for us to be together again."

"Yeah. Just focus on yourself." I said.

"I am." Grayson said.

"Okay." I said and walks away. "I'll see you around."

"You too." Grayson said.

And I walks away, walking out of his house, on good terms with Grayson.

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