It was a quiet summer, nearing the Halloween season. Trees were shifting to orange leaves and the weather was still warm. Orange and green leaves fluttered down from trees onto the campus of Blackwell Academy, littering the pathway of the campus as students crunched the leaves beneath them.

It had been four years since she'd seen her best friend, Max caufield, and She was struggling with herself heavily, sitting alone against her blue locker as her tired blue eyes narrowed.