It was weird to be back here. Lauren hadn't stepped foot in the high school since she had graduated. It looked like not much had changed. Someday Paige could end up attending the same school. Since Lauren had been forced to move back into her parents' home, Paige was going to be attending the same elementary school that she had when she started kindergarten. It was a kind of cool but also made Lauren feel like a loser. She was an adult, she was a mother, a high school and college graduate, and yet she was living at home with her parents.<br/><br/>Lauren made some polite small talk with her former classmates. Some she remembered better then others. It was surprising how much some people had changed. Some had gained weight, others had lost weight. Some look exactly the same, just a little older. Others changed so much, she couldn't believe it was the same person. Some would say that high school had been the best days of their lives and others would say life was so much better for them now.<br/><br/>Being in her old high school made her think of the dreams she used to have. She had gotten some of them. She had went to college, she became a mother. She was still technically married, although that was nothing to be proud of. Dustin had disappeared with all their money and Lauren didn't have the money to hire a private investigator to track him down and make him sign divorce papers. Not that she had the money either to file it all. She never did open that gift shop either.<br/><br/>Being here, surrounded by people she had shared the teenage years of her life with, made her realize she had been awful at keeping in touch with people. It also made her miss Vivian...They had been good friends, although Vivian was older then her. They had been in the Opera Club together. Those were good times. They had lost touch after Lauren graduated. It seems like Lauren had been good at doing that. She had been so excited for the next chapter in her life, she had lost track of the people in the last one. Then Paige had been born and had became her whole world.<br/><br/>Lauren remembered reading that Vivian had died. It made her so sad. She died after giving birth to her only child. It had broken Lauren's heart. She had just given birth to Paige and to find out her old high school friend, couldn't be with her little girl, it had made her very upset. And made her appreciate the time she had with Paige even more. She had sent a card and baby stuff to Vivian's family at the time.<br/><br/>Lauren headed to the snack table to get something to eat when she saw her. Little Rosalie Skyhart. She stopped in her tracks seeing the little girl. She was about the same age as her own daughter. What made her stop and look at her was that she could see her mother in her. She was Vivian's daughter. She remembered Alfie, Rosalie's father. He had been Vivian's boyfriend in high school. They had been friends too, because of Vivian.<br/><br/>"Hi, Alfie."<br/><br/>Thinking he might not remember her, she added.<br/><br/>"It's me, Lauren. Vivian's friend."<br/><br/>He would no doubt remembered her as Lauren Winters. Winters was her maiden name. Harper was her married name. When she someday finally track down Dustin and got divorced, she'd probably keep the name Harper. She wanted to have the same last name as her daughter.