A/N: I made this because I love Audrey Jensen and I'm a little bummed we don't have an awesome girlfriend for her in season 2 so this was made! Since we haven't reached the end of the second season (and we might not get a third one yikes), I decided to put my OC in the first season. That decision built most of her character, so please enjoy my story!

If Poppy had learned anything from horror movies, it was that staying in hotel by yourself was lethal.

Yet that didn't seem to stop the girl, no matter how many times she watched Psycho. Luckily though, she had enough sanity to not step into that shower since she checked herself in. Her sanity ran short however when she decided to take a walk, no matter how late it was. Poppy stuffed her hands into her pocket, her fingers running over her phone. If anyone did decide to attack her that night, the first thing she would do is call the police.

She almost jumped at the sound of a faint rustle behind her, and whipped her head around to see that the noise had come from the bar that stood not to far away. Instead of risking getting caught up with any of the losers who spent their nights there, Poppy decided to head back to the motel without hesitation.

The girl walked past the lobby, not even noticing the concierge that was waving at her. He ran up to the door, throwing it open so he wouldn't miss her.

"Excuse me, miss?" The man called over, and Poppy turned around to notice the motel employee. Her eyes went down to his name tag immediately and she noticed his name on the tag was 'Eddie'. She furrowed her brows for a moment,"Yes?" The girl asked him.

Eddie was surprised that she sounded so confused, and he gestured to his desk. "You ordered pizza. It came an hour ago so I'm guessing it's a little cold, and you left money to pay for it before you left on your walk... I'm assuming you still want it, yes?" He raised his brows at her, adjusting his glasses.

Poppy nodded her head in realization, mentally scolding herself for forgetting that she had ordered herself dinner. "Oh, right. You didn't eat any of it, did you?" She joked a little, going down the stairs to meet him in the lobby. Eddie closed the door behind her with a light chuckle before shaking his head.

"No, no of course not. Though I must admit it smelled pretty good when it first arrived. Did you enjoy your walk?" He was making polite conversation, but Poppy wasn't sure if she was up for it after the night she had. "Yes." She pursed her lips, deciding to humor the young man.

He smiled a little, oblivious to her discomfort and just trying to be friendly. "Is this your first time in Lakewood, Miss... Blake?" Eddie had to check the receipt for the pizza to confirm her name, but once he did his eyes returned back to her. Poppy shrugged a little,"More or less. Lakewood is quite... something." She finally decided.

The man nodded his head, noting that was neither an insult or a compliment, so he could choose which one he liked the best. Eddie tried to keep things positive, so he picked compliment. "It has that small town charm, I promise. Here's your pizza." He said, lifting the box from behind his desk and handing it over to her.

She smiled when she had her food in her hands,"Thanks, Eddie." She told him before giving him a small nod and exiting the lobby. Poppy opened the box when she started up the stairs. The girl picked out a slice of the cheese pizza, putting the edge of the triangle between her teeth.

It had lost its heat, but was adequate none the less. The girl made it to the top of the stairs, walking around the railing towards the door to her room. She almost dropped the entire box when the door next to her room opened. Poppy finished her bite of her slice of pizza, putting it down when the other door had opened.

A woman in her early twenties looked her over, putting on a smile. She had long wavy brown hair and glasses. "Is that pizza I smell?" The woman asked her. She seemed innocent enough as she leaned on the doorframe. Poppy nodded her head a little,"Yeah. Let me guess, didn't catch dinner?" The girl asked, noticing the hunger in the woman's eyes.

She nodded her head with a small laugh. "I guess it's pretty obvious, huh? What do you have there?" She peered over the lid to see that Poppy was carrying a cheese pizza. "Cheese. Classic. I'm a fan of the classics too, you know." The woman commented.

Poppy smiled a little before tearing off a slice she hadn't stuck her teeth in yet, and handing it to the woman. "Don't mention it." She told her. The woman smirked back at her, looking down at the pizza in her hands before she moved back into her room. She closed her door and Poppy couldn't help but wonder if that was the last she saw of her.

Her eyes went over the room number. 213.

The girl shook off the encounter and pulled out the keys for her room, she unlocked her door before opening it and stepping inside. Poppy put the pizza down on her bed just as she felt her phone buzz. She furrowed her brows and pulled it out.

She noticed the caller I.D. and rolled her eyes. Nina. What did that girl want from her now? Poppy rolled her eyes and clicked ignore before placing her phone on her bedside. The teenager went back to her pizza, oblivious to the fact that the call she had received might have been Nina's last one.

"You're late." Poppy commented, slowly making her way down the stairs. Before she could even reach the bottom, she was stopped by the man she was addressing. The girl furrowed her brows at Craig Patterson. He frowned at her for a moment, trying to think of the right words to say.

"Poppy... uh– your aunt, Tracy, she... she found Nina's body in the pool today." Craig informed the girl with a heavy heart. She furrowed her brows at his words before shaking her head a little. "No... no. You're wrong. I talked to Nina last night. I explained everything. I told her I was going to stay with you guys. She couldn't be– no. She yelled at me. She was mad at me... she's not dead." Poppy tried to rationalize but she knew the more she talked the only thought on her mind came to the call she received last night.

Nina had called her and she didn't even pick up. What if she had? Would that have made a difference whether the girl lived or died? Not knowing was the worst part, and the girl was suddenly left with the worst combination of words in the entire universe: what if.

The car pulled up to the front of the school and Poppy waited nervously as her aunt seemed on edge. Craig had told her that Tracy had screamed at the sight of her daughter's lifeless body floating in the pool, and Poppy honestly had trouble imagining that. "Are you sure–" Both women stopped when they realized they were about to ask each other the same thing.

Knowing that she probably owed the woman more for taking her in, Poppy closed her lips together to let her aunt speak. "Are you sure you're going to be okay to start school today?" Tracy asked her carefully. The girl frowned as she assessed her aunt, who hardly looked like she was okay to drive.

"Nina's dead. I can't change that. I can't bring her back. If I don't move on now, I'll never move on. You have to start thinking like that too, you know." Poppy pointed out, keeping her emotions contained behind her lack of a facial expression. Her aunt didn't seem impressed by her words, and frowned at her.

"I lost my daughter. You don't get to tell me what to do." Tracy said, a little angry at her but, being the person that Poppy always knew, she hid it. She was always the type of woman to hide behind the pretty things in life. Having her daughter murdered was hard for her, but Poppy didn't doubt that Tracy would be back to the superficial rich housewife she always was in no time.

While the woman hid her angry, Poppy was finding it hard to contain hers. She could keep herself from crying over spilled milk but the girl rarely kept her anger in check.

She unbuckled her seatbelt and opened her car door. Poppy stepped out of the front step, looking back to her aunt as she grabbed her backpack. "Maybe I wouldn't if you hadn't done the same to me when my mom died." She pointed out.

Tracy was surprised when her niece snapped to her, and normally she would've backed down from this argument but the mention of her sister put her off. "You didn't have the luxury to feel sorry for yourself. Your mother left you alone in the world and when you're alone you don't get to shut down like you did." Tracy told her sternly.

Poppy rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest as she glared at her aunt. "I was only alone because you never helped out. You let me rot in foster care for almost two years and did nothing." She told her.

Her aunt couldn't help feel guilty over that. But it's not like Poppy ever made things easy between them. Before the woman could say anything in response, the bell rang.

"Go to class." Tracy instructed, looking around at all the students who were filing in through the front doors. Poppy dialed down her anger a little as she closed the car door on her aunt.

The teenager turned on her heels, arms still crossed over her chest. She felt a little ridiculous starting at a school already into its semester, but she took a deep breath and reminded herself that at least nobody was talking about the new girl. It had been only a few days since Nina Patterson was discovered dead, but no matter how much time passed the murder was always going to be on people's minds.

She looked around as she made it to the front doors, her eyes scanning the crowds of teenagers that she had no idea who they were. Poppy already knew there was always a way to tell where a student in high school fit in. Countless tropes and stereotypes movies and television had introduced to her. That's why it wasn't a surprise to her when she could already categorize the first person that came up to her.

"Allow me." A tall guy put his hand on the door before Poppy could ever get her hands on it. He moved past her smoothly and opened the door, staring at her in a way Poppy wasn't liking. "The Jake always opens the door for pretty girls." Jake smirked at her, gesturing for her to enter.

Instead of letting her get pushed around by some ladies's man, Poppy moved over to the next door and opened it for herself. "Well tell 'The Jake' that he should try this again next time with some other girl." Poppy told him, putting on a sweet and sarcastic smile as she entered the school.

Poppy kept on walking, adjusting the step of her backpack on her shoulder when someone linked arms with her. "Nice takedown. Love the hair by the way." The blonde commented with a sly smile, as she reached over and gently touched one of Poppy's ginger locks.

The girl raised her brows in confusion at the girl's presence, almost stopping in her walking to address the stranger who had just approached. Before Poppy could ask any questions though, another girl with dark hair appeared on the other side of her.

"Don't mind Brooke, she just admires other people's abilities to be... spirited. I'm Riley, by the way." She said with a smile, offering Poppy her hand to shake. Poppy nodded her head and shook Riley's hand before looking back to Brooke. She unlinked arms and stopped as a third girl joined.

Great.

"Look, you guys seem like you already have a holy trinity going on here and it's not like we need the four horsemen of the apocalypse, right? I just need to get to the office. You know it being, my first day here and all." Poppy said, a little uneasy that she was being recruited to the preppy popular girls already.

The third girl who approached her seemed to be more nice like Riley than whatever Brooke was, and reached her hand out to point in the direction of the office. "The office is right down there. I'm Emma, just so you know. Did you just move here?" She asked her.

Brooke raised her brows as she grabbed onto one of Poppy's shoulders,"Oh my God, moving to a small town when a girl's just been killed? Can you imagine the horror?" She asked. Her two friends sent her a look that clearly meant she wasn't helping, but the blonde just shrugged as she raised a brow. "What?"

"Yeah, I'm living the dream. Catch you guys later." Poppy commented before rolling her eyes as she began to take off. She made her way down the hall when she was stopped by someone. The girl turned around and noticed it was Riley.

She smiled a little apologetically. "Sorry about that. Brooke means well, she really does. Well... usually she does. She's thinking of having a get together tonight at her house if you're interested? It's in honor of the girl who died. Nina Patterson? It could be a great way to make friends... if you're interested." She offered.

Poppy couldn't deny the girl's efforts, Riley seemed genuine. She nodded her head and Riley grinned at her acceptance. "Cool, here's my phone. Put in your number and I'll text you the address." Riley raised, holding out her phone. Poppy smiled a little at how eager the girl looked, and took Riley's phone and entered her number.

Once she got it back, Riley looked at her new contact. "Cool." She repeated, looking back up at her. "Nice to meet you, Poppy." Riley told her before leaving to return to her friends. Poppy wondered for a moment if she made the right decision attending something held in Nina's honor, when none of her friends seemed to know of the family relation.

She had to nearly sneak out to make it to the 'get together'. Poppy had already guessed that it was a party, knowing that if Nina's friends were anything like her it had to be a party. She dressed herself accordingly, a crop top and a tight skirt, even putting on heels.

Her outfit had one deviation however, and that was the black beanie she put over her hair. All day she had gotten comments on how she looked like Nina and Poppy didn't know if she could handle any more of those comments from the deceased's friends.

Nina hardly ever wore beanies whenever Poppy got the chance to hang out with the girl, so she felt that it would most likely throw off to the kids she went to school with. She fiddled with her necklace as she pulled the car keys out of the ignition, reminding herself that she had to thank Craig for convincing her aunt to let her borrow the car for tonight. Tracy was reluctant to give the girl that kind of freedom after the fight they had, but Poppy got lucky.

The girl stepped out of the car, her eyes falling on Brooke's house. Earlier on during the day, Poppy had learned that Brooke Maddox was the daughter of Mayor Maddox so the huge house shouldn't surprise her but it did anyway. Poppy was just shocked at how nice the houses of the rich seemed in Lakewood. Even Nina's house was a catch.

She took a deep breath before approaching the house, her ears already filling with the music that was playing. The door was wide open and it sounded like the party was in full swing. Poppy stepped inside, looking to the boy she had met earlier take shots with his friends.

This was definitely a high school party.

Poppy rolled her eyes as she looked around to the rest of the room, noticing two of the girls she had met earlier were sitting on a couch. Brooke took notice to the girl's eyes, and stood up with a smile.

"Hey, Riley told me she invited you. Welcome!" She said, linking arms with her once again before she began pointing. "Drinks and food are over there and suits are in the cabana if you want to swim." She introduced before walking her over to where she was sitting.

"You know Emma from earlier, and this is Emma's boyfriend, Will." Brooke said, each person waving small when they were introduced. Emma wore a smile on her face but Will looked disinterested with Poppy. "This is Poppy. Right?" She turned her gaze back to her to confirm that was her name.

She nodded her head back at Brooke with a small smile, unlinking arms with her. "I think I'm going to get some food. Thanks for the introduction." Poppy told the girl before moving away to the food table.

Her hands got themselves on some pretzels when Brooke decided to sit back down. Poppy sighed as she turned to lean against the table, eating the pretzels out of the palm of her hand as she looked around the party.

She was never Nina. Poppy never enjoyed things like this. But she was pretty and people always assumed she was that type of girl. She tried to deny them most of the time, but she moved schools too much for people to get used to the real her. Besides it was never good for her when they figured out she was not this girl. Poppy could always understand why Nina acted the way she did. It was better to be the mean girl than to be the one on the other side of it.

Being on the other side sucked.

Poppy was starting to get distracted in her own silence when two new people walked through Brooke's door. She finished her brief snack as she watched Brooke get up from the couch and walk over. Poppy didn't have to know them to notice how much they stuck out here.

The girl always could tell where people fit in high school, and those two did not fit in at Brooke's party.

"Hi, Audrey. How are you?" Brooke asked, her voice shrill and filled with sweetness that Poppy could only assume that she was faking. "Good, thanks. Um, you know Noah." Audrey held onto her necklace as she gestured over to her best friend.

Noah looked around with a smirk,"I have a little place just like this in the Hamptons." He informed her. Brooke giggled uncomfortably with a short nod,"Okay. That's funny." She said briefly before turning her head. "Um, okay, food and drinks over there, and suits in the cabana if you want to swim." The girl said, going over her hostess introduction.

Jake appeared at her side, shot glass in hand. "But suits are completely optional." The boy smirked at he looked to Audrey, and she could almost imagine what he was thinking as he stared at her. Audrey rolled her eyes and pushed past him forcefully, bumping her shoulder to his chest as she did so.

She stopped as she realized everyone in the room had their eyes on her, including Poppy. Audrey stared at them all awkwardly as everything became painfully silent as they all looked at her.

Audrey sighed before saying a mental 'fuck it' in her mind. "I'm the one who kissed a girl!" She announced, knowing that was what everybody was thinking. Audrey moved forward, grabbing a bottle of vodka that was besides Poppy. The two briefly locked eyes before Audrey moved on without another word.

"Um, you know, star of the viral video." Noah addressed everyone in the room, awkwardly chuckling. "Hey, look, she's kissing a girl! Right?" His awkward laughter didn't seem to help his friend's outburst however, so the boy gestured outside a little. "Uh, we'll be outside." He added.

The boy turned and walked out of the room before he could say anything more stupid. Poppy furrowed her brows at the two, having the idea to follow them. She never fit in with this crowd anyways and it was about time she found a place where she did fit in.

She went after them, everybody else slowly falling back into the norms of the party after that arrival. Jake watched as the girl he saw earlier trailed off after Noah and Audrey.

"She's got a bottle of tequila and something to prove. I predict live girl-on-girl action by 10:00 p.m." He said before looking over to Brooke briefly. "Remind me who's that hot new girl?" The boy asked with a smirk. Brooke rolled her eyes and slapped his chest with the back of her hand. "Tact. She shows potential but she won't if you try and make her one of your gal pals. Leave her alone, Fitzgerald." She warned before looking to Emma.

Outside, Audrey walked past a group of people before stopping. She knew she wanted to get out of that room but now she had no idea where to go. "Are you going to even share that with me?" Noah joked as he caught up with her. Audrey shrugged her shoulders,"Probably not. I'm going to hide down to the pool. Maybe get some good shots." She decided.

Noah looked a little hurt when she walked off with the bottle in her hand. "Alright. Don't share with me... I'm going to get a drink." He said, to no one really by himself. The boy went off to find himself a drink as Poppy looked around.

The girl paused and wondered which one of them she should go after, but after watching the scene Audrey had just pulled her choice was clear. And it's not like Poppy thought the girl was cute or anything, or at least that was something she wouldn't admit to herself.

"Hey." Poppy called over as she approached the pool. Audrey looked up from her camera, surprised that anyone other than Noah or Emma was starting a conversation with her. She moved her camera to the girl's shoes, instead of saying hello back to her. Audrey raised a brow,"What are you wearing?"

She looked down at her heels before shrugging. Poppy sat herself down next to the girl, taking that response as an invitation to join. She unzipped the heels before kicking them off. "I don't see a problem with them." Poppy commented as she placed them on the ground by her hip.

Poppy lowered her bare feet into the pool, putting on a small smile. Audrey couldn't help but chuckle on how the girl sounded so casual about it. "All I'm saying is that I'm confused. Are they high heels? Are they sneakers?" She asked her, aiming the camera at the redhead's face.

"Both." She replied as she looked into the camera with a light chuckle. "I don't understand fashion." Audrey commented as she shrugged her shoulders. Poppy nodded her head before leaning back on her palms. "Don't worry, I don't either. Which is probably why I decided to wear them." She said.

The other girl nodded her head a little as she narrowed her eyes, realizing that she didn't recognize the girl. "You're new here, aren't you? Like that Kieran kid?" Audrey asked her. "Yeah. I moved in with my aunt a few days ago." Poppy explained with a nod of her head.

"Really? Then how are you liking Murderville?" Audrey questioned as she zoomed her camera in to see her response. Poppy furrowed her brows a little as she caught on to what the girl was saying. "I'm sensing this town has a reputation." She said, but it was more of a question as she was looking to the girl for confirmation.

Audrey sighed a little, feeling almost sorry for the girl who had no clue,"You should talk to my friend, Noah. He'd love to tell you all sorts of ghost stories about Lakewood." She told her.

Poppy frowned a little when she realized that Nina could not be the only one. It was bad enough that she was murdered in the first place, but adding more of a backstory to it would be a shame.

Silence fell between them for a moment, and Audrey stared at the girl who looked like she was coming to terms with the whole Murderville thing. "Hey... thanks for not mentioning it. The video. I know you were in the room when the whole thing went down." Audrey said softly as she looked at her.

"Hey, it's no problem. Though you know, I don't mind that sort of thing. It's no big deal." Poppy told her. Audrey pursed her lips as she frowned a little and she shook her head,"I'm not a lesbian." She said, almost too quickly and harshly in response.

The girl noticed her unease about it and Poppy took her feet out of the water. She went to grab her shoes, but paused and looked over back at Audrey. "You know you don't have to be a lesbian to like girls." Poppy told her before shaking her head. "Whatever. I was just trying to make a friend."

Audrey almost cursed as the girl stood up and walked away. Someone was actually being nice to her other than the only three people in Lakewood she was close with. Of course she had to go and ruin it because of the stupid video making her sensitive over everything. Audrey couldn't help it if she was questioning her sexuality, but looking back to it she didn't need to do that to that girl.

"Making friends?" She was surprised to hear Emma's voice, and she watched as her friend took a seat next her by the pool. "Tons." Audrey replied sarcastically, knowing that Poppy had stormed off. "Are you getting anything good?" The girl tried next, hoping to make amends with Audrey.

After Emma took off after Brooke dropped that small hint that her boyfriend cheated on her with the meanest girl in school, Audrey decided to drop the drama. She wanted to go after Emma, but she knew her go to 'I told you so' response wouldn't be the best thing for her now.

Instead she went after Noah, who had disappeared her sight. Audrey tried to remember the last place she left him and once she remembered, she quickly scouted the food and drinks table with no luck. She sighed as decided to look around the house. The girl made her way down a hallway, peering into the bathroom which door was left a little open.

Poppy was fixing her lipstick inside. Audrey paused before she could open the door fully, watching as the girl fixed her makeup. Talking to the girl made her sound nothing like she looked. In fact, Poppy looked a bit like Nina. She watched as the girl reapplied her maroon lipstick, which matched the crop top she was wearing.

She couldn't stop staring, almost having the urge to film the girl while she put on her lipstick. Audrey was thrown back into reality however when the other girl's hazel eyes fell on her through the mirror.

"Shit– I'm sorry. I didn't mean to creep you out." Audrey muttered, feeling embarrassed when the girl turned around to look at her. She scratched the back of her neck, afraid to look up to see the girl's reaction. After a moment with no response however, Audrey looked up a little.

The other girl was just staring at her, debating on whether to be angry or not as she put one hand on her hip. Poppy finally rolled her eyes before moving back to her tube of lipstick and putting the cap back on. "Whatever, right?" She said.

Audrey frowned at her words, knowing that the girl's response wasn't exactly what she hoped for. But it was better than her being full-blown angry at her. "I... I don't even know your name. I'm Audrey." She introduced herself, hoping that would help.

"Poppy." The girl answered as she looked at her for a moment, deciding to give Audrey a break. Besides it's not like she could afford to hold a grudge for the next century, Poppy didn't have any friends in Lakewood yet. Audrey relax a little when she noticed that the girl didn't seem that ticked off at her anymore.

Her original mission suddenly came back to her, and Audrey almost panicked when she realized she had no idea where Noah was. "I need to find my friend. The one I came in with. Noah. I'm afraid if I leave him alone too long some meatheads will do something to him." She told her, a little urgent.

She thought about it for a moment before Poppy recalled the last place she saw the boy. "I know where he is." Poppy nodded her head with a smile, before reaching out and taking the other girl's hand.

Before she could a chance to protest, Audrey was dragged along by the girl. Poppy took her away from the bathroom and down the hall into a room. A few kids were lounging around, but no Noah in sight. Poppy's eyes stopped at the couch as she furrowed her brows.

"He was right here. I don't know where he could've gone." Poppy said, a little discouraged by the lack of Noah on the couch. One of the kids with a solo cup looked over at the two. "Are you talking about that Noah kid? Because he passed right out. Jake thought it would be funny to take him down to the lake." The boy explained, looking down to their hands afterwards.

Audrey noticed the boy's gaze and quickly let go of Poppy's hand before turning towards her. "I think I might know what that asshole has planned. We have to hurry before we're too late." She told her, and Poppy nodded her head shortly before they took off running out of the house.

Wren Lake wasn't too far from Brooke's house, but the two girls were already too late when they got to the dock near the house. Other teenagers were already crowding around to see the boy being pulled from the lake.

They had to push some people away just to get closer. "Noah? Noah?" Audrey called over as she rushed past some people to her best friend's side. She leaned down as the frightened boy wrapped the blanket tightly around his shoulders. "I'm okay. I'm okay." He said, but the look on his face showed that he was anything but okay.

Poppy ran over to help Audrey, and she took the boy's arm and helped him onto his feet. "Oh my God." Audrey mumbled underneath her breath, feeling responsible for what happened. She didn't know when she left him alone that things would go this badly.

"Your friends are great, Emma. Thank you for the invite." Audrey said bitterly to her former friend, before looking to Noah. "Come on." She whispered to him and Poppy before leading the boy away from everyone. Poppy frowned and let go of the boy's arm. She ran up to Jake, placing her hands on her chest before pushing him back.

Jake stumbled back, surprised the girl had resorted to violence with him. Especially considering she was shorter and smaller than he was. "Where are his clothes, you jerk?" She demanded, glaring at him.

He raised both eyebrows,"I don't know what you're talking about." Jake replied, trying to act innocent even though it was clear he was guilty of it. However it didn't seem like Poppy was going to like what he considered a joke any time soon.

"Fine." He rolled his eyes, moving to lead her to where he stashed Noah's clothes.

Audrey lead her friend to the front of Brooke's house, over to where everybody had parked their cars. She gently rubbed his shoulders as she took out her phone to call her dad. The girl sighed as she let it ring a couple of times.

The boy besides her looked over, noticing she wasn't getting a reply to her calls. Noah frowned when he realized what this meant,"Your dad's not going to pick us up, is he?" He asked, a little afraid that the answer would be now.

When she turned her to look at him, she didn't even have to say it for Noah to know that the answer was no. "He must've fallen asleep working again." Audrey explained with a frown, knowing that neither of them wanted to walk home after what happened. Especially not when Nina's murder remained unsolved.

Poppy appeared in front of them, Noah's clothes under her arm. "If you guys need a ride, I could drive you home. I have my aunt's car with me." She said, leaning over and handing the boy his clothes and shoes.

Noah's eyes softened at the sight of his clothes, something he never thought he would be so glad to see. "You're an angel..." He trailed off, realizing he had no idea what the girl's name was. He looked to Audrey for the answer.

"Poppy." She whispered to him. "Poppy." Noah repeated with a smile as he looked back at the redhead. The girl chuckled at him before nodding her head in the direction of where she parked her car.

"Come on, I'll take you guys home."

The car ride home was filled with mostly Noah filling Poppy in on the whole story of Brandon James. It was a surprisingly on-topic conversation considering Noah was tossed into the very lake where Lakewood's homegrown killer met his nasty end. Once Poppy had dropped Noah off of his house however, the conversation died down as she went to drive Audrey home.

Poppy pulled to a stop to the address Audrey had given her, and she looked out the window before her eyes shifted to the girl. "This is where you live?" She asked her with raised brows. Audrey shook her head at her question,"No... I just wanted to see if a friend was still up." She admitted.

She nodded her head, catching on to what Audrey was hinting at. "Well, you can text me if you get home alright, right?" Poppy asked her. Audrey nodded her head and offered the girl her phone. "Sure. I'll text you the moment I get home." She promised.

"Good. You know, with a killer on the loose, we should really be more careful." Poppy commented as she finished typing in her number. Once the new contact was created, Poppy smirked as she went to take a selfie of herself. "Hey." Audrey said, knowing that the girl knew she was wasting her time.

The girl giggled as she leaned over. "Come on, smile for the camera. We can't have a bad picture of me on your phone. Right?" Poppy asked her. Audrey decided to humor her, and smiled as Poppy took a selfie of them together. She rolled her eyes as the girl set it as her contact photo.

"You're ridiculous." Audrey told her, snatching her phone back from the girl before unbuckling her seatbelt. She got out of the car, turning to look back at her. "Hey, Poppy." Audrey began, looking at the girl. Poppy raised her brows as she put her hands back on the wheel.

"Yeah, Audrey?" She asked her. Audrey smiled small before tucking her hands into the pocket of her jacket. "You might be new to Lakewood, but you've made two new friends tonight. Thanks for the ride." She told her before closing the car door.

Poppy smiled and waiting until she saw the door open for Audrey. She watched her new friend disappear into the house with a blonde girl, and her heart sank a little and she didn't know why. But at least she made friends. Poppy drove off, feeling that tonight was a success.