PAIGE: Ahhh! This project is getting so weird!

BIANCA: What? What did you find?

PAIGE: Are the others on yet?

ZOE: I'm here

TREVOR: Here!

JACE: Yep

PAIGE: Okay, so I went back to the Historical Society like I said I was going to

...and Mr. Reinhart was thankfully out so I worked with his assistant, Mrs. Delaney

...I asked her if she could help me locate all the photographs with someone named Arnold in it

BIANCA: Good thinking!

PAIGE: Yeah, so apparently they have a pretty extensive indexing system

...and here are copies of what we found

...first there's an Ethel Arnold who worked in the laundry at the Elliot Community Hospital back in the 30's

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ZOE: Oh, dang! 

JACE: Lemme guess...

...Ethel's the one in front, on the right

PAIGE: Yep!

TREVOR: Dudes, this is getting so weird!

BIANCA: This is beyond weird. This is downright disturbing!!  (⊙^⊙)

PAIGE: Oh, there's more...

...this is a picture of the Arnold's living room before the house burnt down

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ZOE: Okay, now that's just downright bizarre!

PAIGE: What? You mean the thing in the middle?  

ZOE: Yeah!

JACE: Ah c'mon, that's gotta be fake!

BIANCA: I think someone tried to erase the mirror with a pencil or something?

PAIGE: No, that's what the physical picture looks like!

...I don't know

...it was like the image was burnt away or something

...actually, Mrs. Delaney got a little freaked out by this picture

TREVOR: She's freaked out! I'm freaked out!

PAIGE: Oh, it gets better

...take a look at this

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BIANCA: What the whaaaat???

ZOE: Okay, I thought the last picture was bizarre...

...what the hell is this?!

PAIGE: It's a picture of our forefathers during their school days in the 30's

ZOE: No, not that part!

...who are those five disturbingly eerie children on the right???!!!

PAIGE: Those are the Arnold children!

ZOE: WHY ARE THEY SO CREEPY?????

PAIGE: I DON'T KNOW?????

JACE: Okay, I have to admit

...this whole Arnold family is really getting to me

BIANCA: Yeah, me too!!!  ◉_◉

TREVOR: I'm so gonna have nightmares about this 

...seriously

...I'm gonna have nightmares for weeks

BIANCA: It's like someone's trying to erase all the images of the Arnolds

ZOE: OR...

...they're being erased

...by some malevolent force

...being erased from history!

BIANCA: Oh, Zoe! You just gave me chills!! ಠ_ಠ

PAIGE: But why?? That's what I want to know

...why would somebody want to erase this family from the town history?

JACE: Maybe they did something awful?

ZOE: Or maybe something awful was done to them?!

BIANCA: And someone wants to cover it up!!

TREVOR: Ohhhh, this is getting mega-freaky

PAIGE: Yeah, this is getting mega-freaky indeed...

*** Later That Night in a Private Channel ***

BIANCA: Hey Jace!

JACE: Hey...Bianca

...what's up?

BIANCA: Paige asked me to check in with you 

...to see if you had any photos at home you could bring in for the project

JACE: Yeah, my family's not the sentimental type

...they don't take photos

...much less hang on to them

...they'd much rather forget

BIANCA: Oh, I'm sorry!

...that's kinda sad

JACE: Eh...it is what it is

BIANCA: Does it bother you?

...that your family doesn't value those sorts of things?

JACE: What kind of question is that??

BIANCA: Oh, I'm sorry!

...it's just that earlier, you mentioned you really weren't a people person

...so I wondered if maybe the two were related?

...your family not being sentimental and all

JACE: Look...

...don't go psychoanalyzing me, okay? 

...I'm not in the mood

 BIANCA: Well, just because you're in a bad mood 

...it doesn't mean you have to be mean about it!

JACE: I'm not being mean

...I'm just annoyed that you asked

...it's really none of your business 

BIANCA: You know what, Mr. Grouchy Pants?

...I think this whole "Bad Boy" thing of yours is just an act!

JACE: Oh, yeah? 

...that's real easy to say when you're coasting through life 

...and you don't know the meaning of REAL struggle

BIANCA: What makes you think my life is so easy?

JACE: Well, you live on Hanover Drive 

...in one of the biggest houses on the block

BIANCA: How do you know where I live???

JACE: Don't get all creeped out

...I, unlike some people, had to start working when I was twelve

...I used to make grocery deliveries for Old Man Parsons 

...I've been to your house a couple of times

BIANCA: Oh, right...

...my mom would order fruits and vegetables and baking supplies from him

JACE: Yeah, well I'm the fresh-faced kid who used to drop them off

...God I hated that job!

...I'd bike all over Keene and after getting my cheeks pinched by half the ladies in this town over the age of 75

...I'd still make less than five dollars in tips

BIANCA: So what makes you think I've never had to work?

JACE: Uh...because your dad is one of the richest men in Cheshire County

BIANCA: Well I had to do chores

JACE: Oh, don't even...

...I had three jobs by the time I was fourteen

...because I had to find a way to help my wastoid of a father pay the rent

BIANCA: Look, just because my family has money, that doesn't mean we don't have problems!

JACE: What? 

...you mean your daddy can't always get the tee time he wants?

...and mommy has to host the "Ladies who Lunch" for the third time in a row?

BIANCA: No...

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BIANCA: My mother has Stage 3 breast cancer

...and I'm pretty sure my dad is cheating on her

...again

...WHILE she's going through chemo

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JACE: Oh...shit...

...I'm...

...I'm sorry...

BIANCA: Yeah, well, things aren't always as they seem on the surface

JACE: Damn...

...I'm really sorry, Bianca

...that was a stupid thing for me to say

...I think I need to get a filter for my brain or something

BIANCA: It's okay

JACE: Um...wow, this is awkward...

...so...

...um...

...this color guard thing you do!

...do you like it?

BIANCA: Oh, yes! I love it!!

JACE: Honestly, I don't think I get the concept

BIANCA: Well, it's like ballet and gymnastics and cheerleading, all rolled into one!

JACE: But with, like, flags and shi...um, stuff, right?

BIANCA: LOL!

...yes, flags, and batons, and fake rifles

JACE: Ooh, rifles! Now that's cool!

BIANCA: Yeah, they're made of wood but they're pretty badass! (ʘ‿ʘ)

...the Color Guard was based out of the military, at first

...so in the early days, it had a very militaristic feel to it

...but now the super cute uniforms take the edge off the fact that we're tossing around really big guns!

...actually, here's a picture of me in my competition uniform if you're curious

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JACE: Oh, wow!

...that's a whole lot of sparklin' goin' on...

BIANCA: Are you making fun of me?

JACE: No, not at all!

BIANCA: Good!

...because you really don't want to mess with a girl

...skilled at wielding a 6-foot metal pole!!

JACE: LOL!

...uh, yeah, you're probably right about that

...and I do have a new-found respect for what you do

...it sounds like you're pretty passionate about it?

BIANCA: I am!

...oh, you should come out to a game sometime!

...see us perform!

...we're really good!!

JACE: Uh...maybe...

BIANCA: Oh, c'mon Jace

...please!!! 

...I'll be so sad if you say no  (◕︵◕)

...just once?

...please...

JACE: I'll admit

...you have me slightly intrigued

BIANCA: Yes!

...there's a game this Friday!!

...home game, 6:00 pm

JACE: Okay, we'll see

BIANCA: Really???

JACE: Don't go gettin' your hopes up

...I said, we'll see...

BIANCA: Yes, but I'm an eternal optimist

...so I'll take it as a good sign

...and just say

...YAY!!!!  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧