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"What the..." I began, fumbling for words as I closed the door behind me and walked towards Ethan. "I thought you were arrested!"

Ethan smirks.

Oh wait...I recall seeing only Tyler, Keith, and Angela being arrested.

"Wha...? You- I-" I fumbled for words, not sure what I'm trying to say before I settle on: "You're not human."

Ethan shrugs and sits crossed legged on my bed. I give him a suspicious look before moving to sit next to him.

"What are you doing here?" I ask as he rests his head on my shoulder and nuzzles his face into my neck. I sigh, of course he wouldn't respond.

"Ethan," I say and pull his face back so he can look at me. "You can't be here. If Val finds out I have a guy in my room, he'll freak!"

Ethan shrugs, as if it's no big deal.

"You can't just shrug! I'm being ser-" He cuts me off by places his hand over my mouth, and I give him a flat look before licking his palm. His hand shoots off my lips and he frowns before wiping his hand on my shirt.

He crosses his arms over his chest before his eyes move to the phone on my dresser. His eyes light up, and he snatches the phone before handing it to me.

I give him a questioning look. "What do you want me to do with this?"

He doesn't answer, of course, but instead pulls out his own phone and begins typing something. After a while, the phone in my hand lights up with a new text notification.

Ethan: hello :)

I give him a flat look. "You could just talk. I know you can talk."

Ethan shrugs and begins typing a new response.

Ethan: I think ur delusional. I've never talked before in my life...remember? :x

I glare at him. He's doing this on purpose. When he catches my stare, he grins before laying on his stomach, kicking his feet in the air. I roll my eyes before mimicking him.

Me: okay, why are u here?

Ethan: you don't want me here? :((

Me: No! It's just...why did you come here?

Ethan: I missed you x

I look at Ethan, and he has a sad expression on his face. My heart hurts, so I throw my arm around his neck for a side hug. "I missed you, too," I sighed. Five seconds (of summer) later, the phone buzzes again.

Ethan: ...and also I need your help

Me: :O

Me: the inhuman ninja needs MY help?!?!?!?

Me: omg I feel so honored omg

Ethan nudges my shoulder with a smile before continuing to type.

Ethan: I need you to help me get Keith and the gang out of prison

I blink when I look at the words, rereading them a couple of times so that I know I haven't misread it. I look at Ethan, then back to the phone, then Ethan again. My hands are shaking, so I put the phone down on the bed calmly, sit up, grab my pillow,

And scream.

-

"You owe me," I hissed at Ethan as he puts the key in the ignition. "I had to bribe my brother with my pictures of Calum Hood so that he could let me take his car."

He pats my head.

"It's not okay!" I throw my hands up. "He wants Calum's nudes, and I need those!"

Ethan gives me a questioning look.

I crossed my arms over my chest and leaned back in the seat. "You wouldn't understand," I mumbled.

After a while, I speak again. "I don't know what you think I can do. It's not like I have magical ninja powers like you."

After I had a freak out in my room, Ethan calmly explained that Keith and the gang were in prison, and he needed my help to bust them out. I don't know why I agreed I would help, seeing as Keith and the gang now despise me, and how I know Keith killed that Jenna girl, but Ethan only responded with:

Ethan: Everything is not what is seems

Way to pull a Alex Russo, Ethan.

When Ethan pulls up to the city jail, my palms get sweaty. Keith, Tyler, and Angela will be in there, and I don't know how I'll react when I see them. Will I yell? Will I faint? Will I just laugh and walk out? Will I start uncontrollably twerking?

Who knows?

-

"Keith, you have a visitor."

Keith doesn't react when I walk into the room. He is sitting on a chair his face down and his eyes closed. He doesn't even flinch when I say his name.

"Hey," I say softly when the officer turns to leave. He doesn't say anything.

I've had zero luck with Tyler and Angela. They seemed to want nothing to do with me, and I couldn't blame them.

"What do you want?" Angela had hissed at me. I fought to keep my face neutral and licked my dry lips.

"I'm here to help you guys."

Angela laughed as if I had just told her a funny joke. "Help us? You're the one who got us into this mess!"

Tyler had looked up briefly when I walked in, but he quickly looks down afterwards, as if disgusted to look at me.

Ouch.

Tyler doesn't say anything, just fiddles with his hands in his lap. No matter what I say, he wouldn't listen to me.

"Tyler?" I call. He flinches but doesn't look at me. "Please, I just want to help. Talk to me."

And now I had to talk to Keith. I take a deep breath and cross the room to kneel in front of him. He doesn't open his eyes.

"Keith," I breathe when I notice how awful he looks. His hair is messy, and he has big bags under his eyes from lack of sleep. If possible, he looks thinner then the last time I saw him.

I move to grab his face. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for you to be arrested."

His eyes still closed, his hands grab my wrists, and he gently pulls them away from his face. I feel hurt, but try to ignore it. "Keith, I want to help you get out of here."

When he still doesn't talk, I start begging. "Please, talk to me," I plead. "Please."

"I don't want to talk to you."

"I'm sorry." My bottom lip trembles. "I'm so, so sorry that this has happened, Keith."

He takes in a deep breath. "Why did you leave?" His voice is so full of pain and betrayal.

I bit my lip. "I wanted to go home."

He opens his eyes, and I gasp. "Was that the only reason?" he questions, searching my face.

"Who was Jenna?" I blurted before I could stop myself.

"What?"

I gulped. "Jenna...the girl you killed."

Way to go, Vanessa.

Keith's mouth falls open. "You think I killed Jenna?" he demands, his tone full of disbelief.

"James said you did."

"And you would believe him?"

Shit...

I looked down, ashamed. "Well, no one would tell me about her, and Tyler mentioned her once..."

Keith narrowed his eyes. "Jenna was a girl I went out with. She dumped me when she found out of the gang."

I blinked at his casual tone. "And you don't care?"

"I don't care about her anymore."

"Why?"

He didn't answer, just let out a huge sigh.

"I'm sorry," I say again, unsure what else to say. "I am going to help you out of this, I promise."

"I thought you wanted me and the gang in jail."

I frowned. "I used to."

He turns away from me.

I get up from my crouching position and before I can stop myself, I reach over and smooth Keith's hair away from his eyes before placing a kiss on the top of his hair. He flinches but doesn't say anything.

"I'm going to get you out of here," I promise again.

He rolls his eyes. "Sure."