Making her way down the seventh floor corridor, Rachel Rider stopped abruptly in front of the slightly odd tapestry and the illustration on it. Sighing as the amusing concept didn't manage to cheer her up; she leaned back against the opposite wall and slid down to the floor. Her so called 'revival' plan wasn't working, and there was nothing she could really do about it.

After those first few horrible days, Rachel had decided that she was acting just a little ridiculous. Namel- REID, even though she had truly loved him, was still just a guy. And Rachel Rider did NOT break down because of guys - only pathetic girls did that, and she wasn't pathetic. Not anymore at least.

Making up an excuse for Livvy had been harder. A girl was allowed to mope after her best friend had betrayed her, right? But that line of thought hadn't helped her one bit - so she had come up with a tactic. For every good thing Livvy had done, Rachel would match it with a small portion of all the bad things she had done over the summer.

She had spent a mere ten minutes on that when she realised that the good outweighed the bad by quite a few. Realising that that on it's own was a problem solver, Rachel had began Revival Plan - in which she simply STOPPED thinking about Livvy and Reid, and if she did think about them then ONLY in a neutral, non-hurtful way.

Of course, that letter she had sent a few days ago had been a slight exception. Rachel groaned and put her head in her hands - still unable to believe she had done such a thing. So yes, maybe they deserved it and maybe she DID need it - but STILL. Wasn't it just a tad extreme.

No, she told herself firmly, breathing in and sitting up straight again, determined. This was going to be hard but she needed it for her plan. Rachel Rider would no longer be Miss. Nice Prefect who always smiles and gives a helping hand. No more. From now on, her trust would NOT be so easily gained - but VERY easily lost.

And as much as it was unfair - that included complete strangers too. As well as misbehaving students.

All this thinking about trust had her thinking about Lucy Stedman again. Her uncle's ex-girlfriend... Rachel still couldn't quite believe that the lady had the NERVE to send her a letter. She had broken Jake's heart - she had no RIGHT to be worried about him now. The sixth year felt herself get worked up again over it, and forcibly calmed herself down. Instead, she took out the last letter Lucy had sent her and read it again - trying to think of a suitable response.

Of course, she could always simply ignore the letter - but that wasn't really polite. Lucy wasn't part of her Plan. Ugh... This is VERY confusing.