# Chapter 7: The Strawberry Blonde Knows #

After a stop at the sheriffs station and a helpful hint from this guy Parrish, we head to Beacon Hills High. "I'll go since you went last time." I say to Ethan. "Plus I know, or knew, the girl.". I shut the car door and run into the school. A girl comes out of the bathroom right as I enter. "Hi can you tell me which room Claudia Stilinski is in?" I ask walking up to her. "English." The girl replies. "Follow me that's where I'm headed.". A couple minutes later we arrive at the door. She opens the door and goes in. I follow her but stop quickly when I reach the desk. "Hello I'm here to get Claudia Stilinski. Her mother called and said she needs to get home right away." I say firmly trying not to sound like I'm lying. A red headed girl jumps up immediately and runs over. "Very well. Go on." The teacher says. We get outside the door before she hugs me. "Isabelle, it's been to long!" She laughs. "Listen, red," Dangit! "I mean Claudia I don't know what happened but I don't remember you that well. I remember that we were friends." I say. "And I remember it's actually strawberry blonde." I say sarcastically. "You haven't changed a bit." Claudia smiles. "I need you to take me to my mom." I sigh. She nods and we head out to the car. "If I have to take you to my house can I at least drive?" Claudia begs. "Come on, Ethan, let her drive." I say shooting him a smile. "Fine." Ethan slips into the backseat with a laugh. Claudia starts the car and pulls out of the schools parking lot.

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"I forgot my key." Claudia laughs knocking on the door. It only took like twenty minutes to get to her house. A minute later a tall, slender, and very pale man, about 35, opens the door. "Claudia! It's like two a clock! Your supposed to be in school!" The man says. "Dad." Claudia says looking up at him. "Sorry, Clauds, what are you doing here?" Her Dad asks. "Oh and who's this?" He motions toward us. "Is aunt Alli in, Dad?" Claudia asks. "No, her and your mom went shopping. They should be back in like a hour, or so." Her dad answers. Great shopping like she didn't leave her own daughter and husband. I think. "Are you gonna let me in." Claudia sighs. "Oh yeah sorry." Her dad moves out of the way. Claudia motions for us to follow. Soon we were in her room. "So...." Claudia says sitting on the bed. Her room was nice there was a shelf full of books in the corner. A couple Mayday Parade, The Summer Set, and All Time Low posters scattered around the room. A closet. Her bed looked like a queen size mattress with a light blue comforted and pillows to match. "So..." I say sitting beside her. "Boys, do you think you could find another room for a minute?" I say looking between the two. "Two doors down is the video game room, have at it." Claudia says. "Really!" They say in unison, then run out the door. "I'd like to remember you." I say turning back to her. "Do you have anything I might remember?". She leans over to her bed stand and grabs a book. "The picture that was in the letter came from in here." She says opening it. "I was looking through it last night.". "Can we look through it now?" I ask. "Of course, silly." She laughs. Claudia opens it to a random page. The page is full of picture of me and her and some with Cody in them. "This." She points to a picture. "This is the time you thought it's be funny to catch Cody's pants on fire." She laughs. "Cause he lied to me." I laugh. "Clauds, I remember!" I hug her. "It was just like with Cody. I just needed something to jog my memory.". I hug her ever tighter. "Iz, can't breathe." She mumbles. "Sorry." I release her. "No I like the hug part. I haven't got to hug you in five years." She says laying her head on my shoulder. "I didn't remember, but I missed you, Claudia." I say. We play hangman and tic tac toe til her dad calls us. "What, Dad?" Claudia says running into the living room with me right behind her. She stops and I run into her. "Oh my God......" I look up and stop. There she stood her back facing me, because she was taking to Stiles, Claudia's dad. "Mom." My voice barely audible. Here she was alive and well. She turns around "Isabelle!". She runs over to me and hugs me tightly. "Mama!" I hug her back. "My baby girl." She pulls me away just enough to look at me. "Look at you. You're so big and beautiful." Mom says. "Oh, Izzy, you don't know how much I've missed you." She hugs me again. Anything I was going to say about being mad or asking why she left washed away by happiness. "I missed you to, Mom." I say with a smile. But that's when I hear it. A scream coming from the backyard. "What was that?" Claudia's mom Lydia asks. I knew the voice and I knew it well. "Ethan!" I shout and start running toward the backyard. "Ethan!" I pull the door open and run out. Ethan lays on the ground a bullet hole in his side. I fall onto knees beside him. "What happened?"

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Do you like Claudia Stilinski?
Do you like her friendship with Izzy?
Do you like how Allison was living with her best friend?
And what about Ethan!?

Also the story every once in a while will which to what's going on with Sam & Dean, but before it does your see this ====. And that part will be third person.

How any of you guys seen Seasons: "Light, Lost" with Holland Roden it's amazing.