This is not my first fanfic, but all the others were in Portuguese, this is the first one in English. I'm Brazilian, so there might be some spelling and grammar mistakes, I'm sorry / This is post Chosen, post Not Fade Away and post The Graduates. Enjoy

Chapter One: "The Phone Call/Prologue"

The phone rang.

The phone rang again.

The phone rang one more time.

- Damn. – said Kaitlin. She picked up the phone. – Hello.

- Hello. I'd like to speak to Miss Cooper. – answered a man's voice. English, thought Kaitlin.

- That's me.

- Oh, hi, hello. My name's Rupert Giles. I'm your, uh... Watcher.

- My "watcher"? – Kaitlin didn't like that. Oh no, she didn't like that at all. – Don't ever call me again, you freak!

- Kaitlin, honey, what happened? – asked Julie.

- Some crazy stalker. He said he was my watcher, can you believe that? Anyway, I gotta go to school. You should do something, you look awful, mom. Bye!

And she left. Julie felt like crying. Again. She couldn't do anything. Everything, from driving the car to even breathing, reminded Julie of... her. Julie couldn't even bring herself to say... her name. How pathetic was that?

The phone rang.

- Hi.

- Hi, I'm sorry. Is Miss Cooper there? – So this must be the crazy stalker, thought Julie.

- Leave Kaitlin alone, do you hear me? Stay away from my daughter!

- Kaitlin? Sorry, who's Kaitlin?

- That's rich, "who's Kaitlin"? You call here asking to talk to her and now you pretend you don't know her? – Julie was pissed off. And this guy, whoever he was, was going to pay for making that call.

- I'd like to speak to Miss Cooper, uh... Miss Marissa Cooper. Is she there?