It's hard not to be paranoid at this point. She's been caught off guard too many times -- left feeling afraid and powerless, weak. She doesn't want to ever feel that way again.

It's that basic survival instinct that keeps her going, someday.

She nods a little.

"My dad and I just moved in from California."

After her mom died and everything went to hell. And her father decided she couldn't be in Beacon Hills anymore -- like taking her away would somehow easily fix everything else.

It's almost refreshing -- in a way -- that he didn't notice. Changing schools in the middle of the year has often brought her more attention than she ever wanted.