Hi. I'm in love with Bex Taylor-Klaus so this story happened.

I hope you like it.

The last thing I wanted to do was move to a place where a serial killing just happened, but it seemed like my mom had other ideas. Thankfully, we were moving in the summer so it wouldn't disrupt my schedule very much. I would still be a senior when the school year started.

My parents filed for divorce in April and it was finalized by the middle of May. She'd came from old money but left that life for my dad. Now that they weren't together anymore, she had access to all that money again and was taking advantage of it. We had a really nice two story house in the Lakewood, Virginia suburbs with more than enough room for me, my mom, and my younger brother.

She hired movers so we didn't have to do much once we got to our new house. My car wasn't coming until later so I was stuck at home until it arrived. We'd been in mom's car together for over eight hours and all I wanted to do was take a shower and go to bed.

By the time the movers had most of my stuff placed in my room, I was beyond bored. I'd already counted every floorboard in the room and seen everything possible outside my window. I made my bed and laid on it, contemplating what I could do to kill time. I knew a shower was out of the question until the movers were out of the house. The last thing I wanted was for them to see me naked.

A knock on my door made me jump up to open it. "What's up, Freddie?"

"Mom's going crazy downstairs and wants us out of the house. I think it would be best if we got out of the house before she goes off on the movers," he replied, leaning against the doorjamb.

Freddie was fourteen and one of my best friends. Mom and dad never had a perfect relationship so the two of us banded together a lot. More than a couple nights, I made him dinner and woke him up for school the next morning.

He tossed me the keys to her Subaru and I grabbed my bag, chasing him downstairs to the entryway. We shouted our goodbyes to mom as we jogged to the car and escaped the wrath of hurricane Candace.

We drove around the entire town in literally twenty minutes and deduced there was very little to do aside from a roller rink, a movie theater, and a mall. With no other options, I pulled into the parking lot at the movie theater and we headed inside.

There was a sign standing in the middle of the theater lobby advertising an available job. I probably needed to find a job for the summer, I'd left mine back in New York. I elbowed Freddie and pointed to the sign, only for him to nod his head rapidly.

"Yes, sneaking me into movies and endless popcorn! The perfect job," he agreed, then grabbed my wrist and dragged me over to the ticket booth. "Hi, my sister would like a job application."

Freddie was very abrasive sometimes, and it was either really good or really bad. I was going to ask for myself, but I suppose he thought he should do it first before I lost my nerve like I had a tendency to do sometimes. I looked up to introduce myself and saw a really pretty girl looking back at me. She had short black hair and amazing blue eyes, instantly making my mind go blank.

"Uh, sure. Hang on just a sec, I'll bring you one," she replied, flashing us both a smile before disappearing into the back.

"What was that? It was like you forgot how to freakin' talk," Freddie teased the second we were alone. "Did you think she was that hot, Ari?"

"Shut up," I hissed, punching him in the shoulder. "She is really pretty, don't be an ass."

Our conversation came to a halting stop when the door swung back open and the girl reappeared with a paper in her hands. She handed it to me and smiled, our fingers brushing and making my heart thump. I bit my bottom lip and looked away before peeking back at her from under my lashes to see if she was still looking at me. She'd fixed me with an unreadable look that quickly turned into a small smirk when our eyes met.

"I'm Audrey," she told me as I filled out the application.

I looked up at her fully this time and saw that she was still watching me, making my face flush. "I'm Ari, it's nice to meet you."

"I don't think I've seen you in Lakewood before," she continued as I went back to the application. "And I'm pretty sure I'd remember you."

Was she flirting with me? My eyes flashed up to her in an instant and I saw the playful expression on her face. She was definitely flirting with me. Instead of instantly flirting back like usual, I just looked at her. I honestly felt like my chest was caving in on itself and my tongue was tied in quadruple knots.

"Yeah, we're in the process of moving in right now," Freddie said, thankfully taking the attention off of me and my inability to make small talk or seemingly talk in general.

"That's awesome. Are you going to George Washington?" she asked, her eyes still trained on me as I scribbled down our new address. "Oh, you're probably going to Lakewood Private."

"No, we're both going to George Washington," I replied, finishing the application and finding my voice finally. "Will I see you there?"

"Finally," Freddie muttered under his breath before disappearing into the theater crowd.

"Of course," she told me, taking the application and brushing my hand intentionally this time and letting it linger. "Who else would show you around?"

I flipped my hair over my shoulder and flashed her most blinding smile during a moment of confidence I didn't know I had. "I wouldn't want anyone else."

Freddie mysteriously reappeared beside me and requested tickets to some gory horror flick that made me sigh. I wasn't a big fan of scary movies, I much preferred animated ones or romantic comedies. Call me a cliché, but nothing about being scared on purpose sounded fun to me. He was taking advantage of me in flustered state to get what he wanted, a trait he took back from our father.

"Mom's going to kick your ass if she finds out we went to this," I replied, turning to face him. "Are you serious?"

"It is pretty scary, trust me," Audrey said, sensing my unease and jumping to my aid. "If you want scary but not pants-wetting, try Hushaby Baby."

I flashed her an appreciative smile before squeezing Freddie's arm. "Okay, I'm taking your word for it. If you're wrong, you're not allowed to date my sister."

I felt my face heat up at that and whatever confidence I'd mustered fade away, but Audrey just laughed. "It's a good thing I'm telling the truth then."

When my eyes flashed up at her, she winked at me and made me bite my lip because it made me so flustered. I handed her my money for the tickets and tried to keep myself from doing something embarrassing. I'd never been great at flirting with girls I thought were cute, it was like my brain became mush the second a pretty girl smiled at me and Audrey was no exception.

"Do you want to hang out this weekend?" I asked in a rush before I could talk myself out of it.

She grinned at me and I felt my stomach flip-flop anxiously. "That sounds really cool. Can I have your number?"

I took her phone and put my number in, putting the upside down smiley face emoji beside it. When she saw what I'd done, she looked up at me appreciatively. Then I handed her my phone and saw she'd put the little purple devil emoji beside her name.

"Okay, if you're done flirting, can we go? I don't want to miss the previews!" Freddie groaned, tugging on my arm.

"I'll see you this weekend, Ari," she laughed, saluting me with two of her fingers lazily as Freddie dragged me toward our theater.

I waved back at her before turning around to follow my brother. We'd scarcely made it into the theater before he whirled around to look at me. He had a huge smile on his face, he must've been proud of me. We were pretty invested in each other's lives to be three years apart.

"She was cute, way to go, sis," he bragged, leading me to the middle row where we always preferred to sit. "It took you long enough though."

I punched his shoulder again and said, "Shut up and watch your movie."

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