Catty (VO) Hello. I want to tell you a story. But this isn't just a story. It's a story about a small town. A small town named Providence. On the outside, it looks normal and there's nothing going on, but if you look a little bit closer, you'll see it. The darkness. It's there. You just can't see it. Everyone has secrets. Everyone isn't as sweet and innocent as they seem. This is my story and it's just the beginning.

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Flashback -- Seven Weeks Ago

At the clubhouse, everyone is dancing together on the dance floor at Alyssa's party. Grayson and Catty are dancing together, exchanging smiles at each other. He twirls her around and they share a kiss.

"Catty? There's something I want to tell you." Grayson told me.

"Okay, what is it?" Catty asked him.

And before Grayson could say "I love you" to me, the moment changed.

The electro-pop instrumental music cuts off, causing everyone to stop dancing and looks around at each other.

"What the hell is going on?" Leigh Ann asked.

Suddenly, the lights goes off and a projector screen shows Grayson and Alyssa Laurent in bed together, making love with each other.

"Oh my gosh." A shocked Sasha said, standing next to Leigh Ann.

Catty looks at Grayson, completely shocked. "Grayson?"

And Grayson looked at Catty.

Both Leigh Ann and Sasha sees a protector on a table and they both scurries over to it and unplugs it.

Everyone looks at Grayson, shocked, and starts whispering about him.

Alyssa looks at Catty with a smug grin on her face. "I'm so sorry, Catty. But I've already made my mark on Grayson."

"Catty?" Grayson said, inaudible. "Catty?"

Grayson becomes inaudible to Me. In that moment, I couldn't hear nothing. I had zoned out.

"Catty?" Grayson said. "I'm so sorry."

Composure-ing myself, I looked at Grayson, balled up my fist, and punched him in his face, knocking him out onto the floor, causing everyone to gasps, shocked.

And learning that Grayson was sleeping with the mean girl, Alyssa Laurent, I walked away.

Grayson gets up and walks after me.

"Catty? Catty, wait, please?" Grayson said. "I can explain."

I stopped walking and turned around to look at Grayson. "Explain what? How you slept with the meanest bitch at Providence Academy?"

"She came onto me." Grayson said. "I tried to pull away from her, but she just wanted to hurt you because she figured out that you had a romantic thing for me."

"I don't care anymore, Gray. And I sure as hell don't care about you anymore. We're done." I told him with tears in my eyes and walked away.

Grayson has tears in his eyes, upon us breaking up.

Catty (VO) That was the worst night for us both. But the night for Grayson isn't far from over.

shortly after . . .

On the nighttime road, an emotional and angry Grayson is driving in his pickup truck.

A police car sounds her siren and Grayson pulled over on the side on the sidewalk.

The police car pulled over behind Grayson. Sheriff Peter Beckett steps out of his car and slowly walks up to Grayson.

"Grayson?" Sheriff Peter said.

"Hi, Mr. Beckett. I'm sorry if I was speeding." Grayson apologized.

Sheriff Peter then, glances at the three bottles of brewskis in the passenger seat.

"Have you been drinking, Grayson?" Sheriff Peter Beckett asked him.

"A little." Grayson said. "I was headed home."

"Grayson? I don't want to do this. You're a good kid, but I'm gonna need you to come with me for a DUI test." Sheriff Peter Beckett told him.

Grayson looks worried.

Catty (VO) And that was the last time I saw him.

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PRESENT DAY -- BECKETT HOUSE

I'm in the kitchen, sitting at the kitchen countertop, eating a bowl of cereal.

My Dad, Sheriff Peter Beckett, gently walks down the stairs and into the living room, wearing his sheriff uniform.

"Do you need a ride to school, Catty?" My Dad asked.

"I appreciate the offer, Dad, but no thanks. Everyone at school knows that I'm the daughter of the town's sheriff." I playfully teased him.

My Dad and I exchange playful chuckles with each other.

"I'm glad you two are being playful this morning." My Mom said.

"Are there any cases that are bothering you?" My Dad asked his wife, concerned.

"Not really no." said my Mom. "It's just that anything can happen."

"Don't jinx it, Mom." I said to her. "It's gonna be a good day today."

"You're right, Catty. It's gonna be a good day." My Mom agreed.

I chuckled nervously.

A car honks from outside.

"It's Leigh Ann. I gotta go. I'll see you guys later." I said, finishing my cereal and takes my backpack and walks away.

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PROVIDENCE ACADEMY

[Song: Everybody Talks (clean) - Neon Trees]

In her beetle car, Leigh Ann drives into the parking lot and parks into a parking spot.

Leigh Ann, Sasha and I slowly walks inside the half crowded hallway where the young adult boys are wearing their boarding school uniforms.

And the young adult ladies are wearing their boarding school uniforms.

"I'll see you guys in the lecture room." I said to Leigh Ann and Sasha.

"Alright, CP." Leigh Ann said.

[Song ends]

And I walk away, heading over to my locker. I glance at Grayson's locker and remembered that he's not here, but he's at the juvie detention center.

Just thinking about Grayson makes me a little sad for him.

I spaced out for a little moment and accidentally shoulder bump Alyssa Laurent.

Alyssa and I exchange looks at each other.

"Oh, crap. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to, Alyssa." I apologized.

"I'm sure you didn't mean to, Catty. But you probably did because you still feel a tad bit bitter about what happened between Grayson and You." said Alyssa.

"Be careful, Alyssa. Catty is the Sheriff's daughter." Trixie reminded her.

"I don't care if she's the teacher's pet." Alyssa said. "She's not gonna do anything, just cry home to her parents."

"Yeah, I get it. My Dad is the Sheriff and everyone here knows I'm his daughter. But at least, I have the balls to not be intimidated by you, Alyssa. I mean, you really think that just because you're the captain of the cheer-squad, that you can boss any lady here. But I wonder if your cheer-captain position was taken from you, you will lose your two cheerleader minion bitches, Trixie and Shelley, because you don't have any real friends. And your popularity will decrease." I told her with a smart remark.

Alyssa steps up to me and I drop my backpack, ready for a fight right here in the middle of the hallway in front of the boarding school students with their phones out.

"Oh, no, did I strike a nerve, Alyssa?" I said to her.

"Kick her ass, Catty?!" Leigh Ann exclaimed.

"Yeah, you go, CP?!" Sebastian exclaimed.

Alyssa and I exchange tense looks at each other. I jump at her and she flinches a little.

Everyone chuckles at Alyssa.

"Some mean girl you are." I tell her with a bold expression on my face.

"Alright, everyone, get to the lecture room." Dean Barbara Hemming said in the hallway.

Everyone puts their phones away and gets their belongings and walks away.

Leigh Ann and Sasha walks up either side of me and loops their arms with mine.

"See ya later, biatch." Sasha said to Alyssa as we walks away.

And Leigh Ann gives Alyssa, Trixie and Shelley the middle finger as we walks away.

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After the lecture class that afternoon, I'm sitting on the staircase, drawing in my sketchbook.

"Hey, CP." Sebastian greeted me with a small smile, sitting down next to me on the staircase.

"Hey, Seb." I greeted my boyfriend with a small smile.

Sebastian and I shares a kiss and he looks at my drawings.

"You're a good drawing artist." Sebastian complimented me with a small smile.

"Thanks. I draw whenever I get a chance to." I said to him.

"Are you working a shift tonight at Rochelle's Diner?" Sebastian asked.

"Not really no." I said and small smiles at him. "Why do you ask?"

"I was gonna ask you on a date." Sebastian said.

"A date sounds good." I said.

"Alright then." Sebastian said.

Sebastian and I exchange small smiles at each other.

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ROCHELLE'S DINER

Later that evening, Sebastian and I are sitting in a booth table across from each other with our paper food trays of cheeseburger sliders, French fries and my favorite peanut butter chocolate milkshakes.

"You are a badass for bolding up to Alyssa like that." Sebastian tells me, eating a French fry.

"Yeah, Alyssa thinks she's all that, but she's not." I said to him.

"Yeah, I agree." Sebastian said.

Sebastian and I continues eating our food. The diner door opens and closes.

[Song: Boyfriend - Justin Bieber]

Grayson Baxter slowly walks inside, wearing his usual bad boy clothes, (black leather jacket, blouse, ripped pants and boots).

"Oh gosh." Sebastian said.

"What?" I said, and follows Sebastian's gaze at Grayson.

Grayson is at the diner counter after ordering some food and a drink, he looks at Me and I look at him.

Grayson and I exchange looks at each other, suddenly, our former relationship goes through my mind.

Sebastian and I exchange looks at each other.

"Grayson's out of the juvenile detention center." Sebastian said.

"Yeah, I know." I said to him.

[Song ends]

"It's not good to talk about people when they're not around." said Grayson, slowly walks up to Sebastian and Me with his paper to-go bag. "It's damn good to see you guys again."

Sebastian and Grayson exchange looks at each other.

"It's good to see you, Grayson." Sebastian said to his estranged best friend.

"It's good to see you too, Sebastian." Grayson said.

Grayson and I exchange looks at each other.

"Hey, Catty." Grayson greeted me with a small smile.

I look up at him with a small smile. "Hey, Gray."

"Are you gonna come back to the academy?" Sebastian asked.

"Well, I don't know about that." Grayson tells her, sitting next to me in the booth table. "My parents are gonna meet with the Dean Barbara Hemming tomorrow morning. I have a record for DUI and a few fights at the juvenile detention center."

"You got into a fight at the Providence Juvenile Detention Center?" I asked, bewildered.

"I was angry and some dumbasses were being jerks." Grayson said. "And besides, I was already in a bad mood anyway."

"Do you want to come back to Providence Academy?" Sebastian asked.

"To be honest, no, I don't." Grayson tells him. "And I have a pretty good feeling that everyone will talk about me when they see me at Providence Academy."

Sebastian, Grayson and I exchange worried looks at each other.

"I know how bad this sucks for you, Gray. But you can't let what the academy students say about you keep you from returning back to Providence Academy." I tell him.

"I appreciate you saying that, Dahl, but you don't know what it's like being in juvie with a DUI record." Grayson said.

"Is there a way to get rid of your DUI record?" Sebastian asked.

"Yeah, Sheriff Beckett told me that if I keep my grades up and my behavior changes, he will have my DUI record deleted." Grayson tells him.

"Well, that's a good start." I said.

"Yeah, but my reputation is ruined by that bitch, Alyssa Laurent. And now, everyone else at Providence Academy will look at me as the womanizer." Grayson said.

"Because not only you slept with Alyssa, you also hooked up with Trixie and Shelley." Sebastian said.

"Yeah." Grayson said, gently runs his hand in his hair. "Damnit, I screwed up badly."

"You just have to redeem yourself, Gray, and don't give up." I tell him.

"I won't." Grayson said. "Sorry, I interrupted your date. I'll see you guys later."

Grayson gets up and walks away, walking out of the diner.

"Grayson has a lot of work to do." Sebastian said.

"Yeah, he does." I said.

Catty (VO) Grayson isn't a bad person. He just has some stuff to get through. He doesn't deserve to feel this way. But maybe, there's a chance for him to atone for what he's done.

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SWIMMING HOLE

[Song: Deep End - Ruelle]

Sheriff Peter Beckett and his wife, Special Agent Fernkenzie Beckett are slowly walking together with their flashlights.

They both stumble upon a dead body of two academy students. One male and one female on the surface with their throat silts.

"Oh my gosh." Special Agent Fernkenzie Beckett said, shocked.

Sheriff Peter Beckett and Special Agent Fernkenzie Beckett exchange shocked looks at each other.

[Song ends]

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