Secrets | Eddie Miller/Sweet

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Victor stepped forward, "What is this?"

"Ah, thanks, Victor. Wouldn't want to lose that."

"What? What is it?" Miss Denby asked. 

"Nothing to worry about, Miss Denby," Victor replied. 

"Hand it over, Garcia," he ordered.

"But it's mine."

He had grabbed one end of the key, "Give."

Scarlett pulled the key, "No. And Victor I wouldn't get so close to me right now. You all let a certain someone back into this school and now I tend to start swinging when I feel scared."

He grabbed the key from her.

"That's stealing," Scarlett exclaimed. 

Trudy began the head count. Scarlett answered to her name, mind swirling with any solution to their current problem. So far, there were none. Apart from taking Victor out with his own bird, stealing the key and then moving to Canada to avoid being murdered by the man.

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Scarlett and Patricia were trying to sneak back out. Scarlett was more than happy to leave the house after she found out she was rooming with Willow since she was taking Amber's bed after Mara took Nina's. 

To the pair's luck, Victor was sitting by the front door. They decided to try and get the key first, only for Victor's door to creak loudly as they entered. The pair hid in his office, hoping he would take a look and miss them or not check his office. It wasn't like they had time to get back to the girl's corridor. 

"For fuck-" Scarlett muttered when she glanced through the window to see Victor making his way up the stairs. She glanced down to see Alfie in the hall. She stared at him with wide eyes before hiding again. She really hoped he would do something. 

There was a crash downstairs as Victor began to open the office door. 

Scarlett let out a breath as Victor ran back downstairs. Scarlett and Patricia began looking for the key. 

Little did Scarlett know, Eddie and Fabian were discussing the breakup as she was trying to save them. The latter reassured him that that was just Scarlett but that she would come to her senses sooner or later. He was right, everyone could see Scarlett still had feelings for Eddie, except for the boy himself. After spending years with the girl, they knew she wasn't the most reasonable and tended to think she was less than she actually was. Even KT could see that.

All the while, Patricia and Scarlett found nothing, glancing into the hall one last time to see Victor downstairs, key in hand. 

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Scarlett didn't know what Patricia did to get Jerome to help them but she was more than grateful when he grabbed the key from Victor's pocket after getting Willow to hug the grumpy man. Patricia threw the key to Scarlett who took off as soon as she had it, her school bag on her back. 

Once she got to the crypt she had to hide, seeing Denby already there. She watched as Denby used her key to get in. 

"Oh, God."

She waited, seeing Denby leave with Robert. She sighed, glad she hadn't gotten the others. 

Scarlett rushed to the door once Denby left, making her way into the crypt. They had obviously hidden somewhere, she started looking around about to announce herself when Fabian walked out.