She was up a tree when she heard the voices. Voices she knew. Voices she had craved to hear again. Her heart started to beat fast. Academy students. Her classmates. Her heart gave a painful twist and she had to press her face against the tree to stop from cryingn out. She waved a hand and the tree bent slightly to hide her, giving her enough room to see out of. What where they doing?

Katherin. Sue...maybe...maybe she could see them and if they were alone, tell them she was sorry. Tell them she missed them, and loved them, or at least get one of them alone and tell Them that for both of them. She didn't know if she could stand seeing Ryan. 

Why were they here? She crouched, listened and waited. What was she to do? Surely if they saw her, they would try and drag her back to the school. She didn't want that at the moment. Her fingers dug into the bark, as she continued to wait, not making a sound.

She heard something, glanced about as something flew against the air, then took a leaf of a branch. Paint splattered the branch on the nearby tree the leaf had been attached to. 

Paint? She twisted around silently, paintball! 

Pheobe frowned, and tried to stay hidden.