CHAPTER ONE
Leah Danvers shoulder knocked against her older brothers as the two of them, and two of their three childhood friends stood on the edge of a cliff overlooking the annual Spencer Preparatory rave. Leah could smell the burning scent of sulfur and alcohol and inebriated teenage decisions as a cool breeze blew by.
Despite it only being early September it was cold enough for the sixteen year old mortal to wrap herself tighter in the swim team windbreaker she'd stolen from her brother when he'd made the team freshman year.
"Anyone know when Reid is getting here?" Leah muttered. She was eager to get to the party before being shut up in the large empty manor she and Caleb had grown up in.
"Aw, come on Little D aren't Baby Boy and I enough?" Pogue Parry laughed, the long blond haired teen reached over Tyler Simms, the baby faced boy of the quintet, and ruffled the girls dark hair.
"Cut it Pogue, you know that's not what I meant," Leah swatted his hand away, a smile on her own face as she backed into her brother.
"Yeah, Leah just means she's gone a whole six hours without seeing Reid," Tyler teased. Leah punched the boy's shoulder as Caleb and Pogue snickered. "I wonder how Reid lasted a year and a half before she was born," Caleb snickered.
Leah pouted, "You all suck."
A familiar chuckle came from behind the four, Leah and the others turned and smile, though none smiled brighter then Leah, "Hope I'm not included in that angel."
"Reid! Hey," Leah skipped over and into to the blonde boys already welcoming arms. Reid Garwin pulled the Danvers girl tightly to his chest, his lips skimming the crown of her head as she smiled at him, before letting an arm hang loosely from around her shoulders as he sauntered up to the other Sons of Ipswich.
"What's up fellas," Reid smirked. Without removing his arm from Leah he accepted one handed-chest bump 'bro-hug' from Tyler.
"Where were you?" The baby faced boy asked him, "We stopped by to give you a lift." Reid peered over the cliff and at the party.
"I had things to do?" Reid answered. Leah raised both her brows at the Garwin heir.
"Things? Like what?" She wondered doubtfully; and obviously jealousy. It was no secret that Reid was a bonafide flirt, despite having unspoken tension with the Danvers girl.
Reid turned to Leah and his arm slipped from her shoulders as he leaned in and tilted her chin up, "Aw, jealous angel?" He cooed.
Leah glared lightly at him, "Shut up before I kick you off the cliff Reid," but she didn't bother do deny it. Reid opened his mouth to say something when Leah was snatched from him by a devious smirking Pogue.
Pogue rested his chin atop Leah's head.
"Yeah Reid, why would she be jealous when she has us?" With a dirty look aimed at the motorcycle riding Son, Reids tongue poked the inside of his cheek before turning away and back to the party.
"How's the party?" He asked.
"Dunno," Caleb shrugged. "We just got here." Reid nodded and kicked the edge of the cliff kicking loose clumps of dirt into the foggy air below them. Reid turned to Leah and smirked, and then the others, "Well hell boys, let's drop in."
And then with a flash of his eyes, an a well aimed kiss over his shoulder at Leah, the Garwin boy jumped.
"Oh shit yeah!" Tyler nodded. He tossed Leah the keys to the hummer that was parked behind them before following Reid's league and falling backwards, arms out and eyes black as night, over the side of the cliff.
"Tyler!" Caleb shouted, he and Pogue and Leah all leaned over the edge of the cliff and watched their friend disappear into the fog below them. Pogue turned to Caleb and smiled devilishly as he stepped back from Leah.
"Come on Caleb, it's not like it's going to kill us," the boy smirked, "Yet." And then he too jumped.
Caleb sighed and turned to his sister, "Park-"
"-The car in the woods," Leah said, cutting Caleb off, "I know."
"Chin up Leah, I could've left you at home," Caleb jokes. Leah snickered at the statement.
"Like you could've stopped me from coming."
"I don't know," Caleb said, eyes flashing black as he stepped backwards towards the cliff, "I can be pretty persuasive." And then, like their friends, he too fell, leaving Leah alone on top of the small cliff.
Leah looked at the hummer and then leaned over the cliffs edge and sighed; "Fuckers."
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Leah loudly shut the hummers driver door as she stepped out of the truck and into the woods that surrounded the Dells. If she strained her ears she could hear the faint thumping of blasting music.
Leah made sure to double check the truck was locked before making her way to the party. She'd only gotten a few feet from it when someone called out "Hey!" Leah didn't bother to turn around, people from the party were scattered throughout the woods, all of them doing very illegal activities, and seeing as the only people she knew well enough to talk to were the Sons and Pogues' girlfriend Kate Leah didn't see any reason to turn and face the whomever was yelling.
"Danvers!" Leah spun around, her heel pivoting on dead leaves, only to be face to face with a dark haired boy. He had a square jawline and bright blue eyes and stood taller then Pogue, which though wasn't a feet in itself seeing as the Parry boy only stood at six feet still caused the five foot three girl to tilt her neck back.
"Ugh, do I know you?" Leah asked him, taking three steps back.
"No, I'm new," The boy held out his hand, to which Leah starred wearily at, "Chase Collins."
"Nice to meet you Chase," Leah said, she stood on her back leg, ready to run at a moments notice. She was painfully aware she was virtually alone in the woods with a stranger. Sure maybe some teen getting some would hear her scream but no one would help. No everyone in the woods would either be too high or too drunk or too busy getting some to stop her from being murdered.
"You don't seem to thrilled," the boy smiled. Dimples appeared and if Leah wasn't unsure if she would have to run for her life she might have thought the new boy was somewhat cute.
"It's just me," Leah pointed to herself, her tone light though somewhat strained, "A girl all alone in the woods at night and you," Leah pointed to him, "A strange boy who somehow knows my name. It kinda screams start of a horror movie." Chase laughed, his head bobbing up and down as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Your jacket, it says your name." Leah's eyes widened and her left hand reached over her shoulder and touched her shoulder blade where the top of a white D would be. She had forgotten the back of the jackets had names printed on it.
"Okay so I'm wearing something they could use to identify my body in, doesn't derail the fact that girl plus boy at night in the woods is never a good sign. According to the movies that is."
"Only if they're going to have sex and-"
"No," Leah cut him off, pink faced, "No thanks, I'm good."
Chases mouth fell open and he looked at the younger girl, "Oh no I wasn't; no!" He furiously shook his head. Leah nodded just as feverishly. They stood there for a moment, neither of them talking and instead listening to the far off thumping of music and crunching of leaves and giggles of intoxicated teenagers.
"You watch a lot of movies?" The boy Chase questioned. Leah nodded,
"Yeah well I have a ton of free time," she muttered, she looked at Chase, who with his eyebrows pointed up looked at her questioningly. "The jackets my brothers, he goes to Spencer. I'm home schooled."
"Still doesn't tell me your name Danvers," Chase smiled; while Leah was relieved he hadn't asked why she was homeschooled while Caleb wasn't- something to which she couldn't answer -she still crossed her arms over her chest.
"And I still don't know if you're going to murder me."
"That's actually why I called out the name on the jacket," Chase said. Leah stepped back,
"To murder me?" She wondered if she screamed could her brother and the others hear her. Chase's eyes got wide.
"No!" He sucked in a deep breath and muttered, "Geeze, I just keep saying the wrong thing around you," he looked at Leah with two big puppy dog eyes that did cause her heart to melt, not that she showed it, "No I wanted to walk with you to make sure you didn't get murdered. Like you said girl plus guy plus alone in the woods, it's a bad combo."
"And how can I trust you? You are new and all. For all I know this could be a ruse to murder me." Chase grinned down at Leah and held up three fingers,
"Scouts honor." Leah narrowed her eyes at him for a second before nodding in acceptance.
"Alright," Leah grinned at the new boy, "I'm Leah Danvers" Chase grinned widely.
"Great to meet you Leah." Leah pocketed her hands as the two turned and started to walk towards the party. They could see the light of the fire through the trees.
"So you're new?"
Chase nodded, "From Prominent Point," Leah blinked at the boy. "Colorado?" Leah laughed, she knew where that was.
"Yeah I know Colorado, so you're a Midwest boy? No offense but you don't sound Midwestern," Leah said. Chase looked at her oddly, a large smile stretching across his face.
"And what's a guy from the Midwest supposed to sound like?"
"Someone out of Little Women." Leah grinned up at him.
"Yeah well don't sound like someone from the northeast," Chase shot back.
"What's a girl from the northeast supposed to sound like?" Leah shot back, a playful edge to her voice. Chase shrugged. The music got louder as they got closer; it was Ne-Yo.
"Like a city slicker," Chase said with a thick, cliche southern drawl that made Leah snort.
"Can I ask you something?" Chase asked. Leah shrugged,
"Sure, why not?"
"Your brother's going to be at the party right?" Leah nodded.
"Yeah, him and all our friends why?"
"Why are you out here alone?" Chase wondered. "I mean if you were my sister I'd be insane to let you walk the woods at night alone, especially when there's a horde of drunk high school boys around." Leah shrugged.
"Probably because they know I can take care of myself." Chase looked down at Leah and raised a brow.
"Really?" Leah nodded. "No offense or anything," Chase said. Leah waved him off. Half the time, when Reid wasn't boasting that she could kick anyone's ass in the back alley of Nicky's he was doubting her too.
"It's cool, I get I don't look like I can take care of myself but my mom, she's made me take these self defense classes for years." Leah stressed. Some of her first memories were of her self defense instructor Liam.
Chase nodded as they breached the tree line. The pair of them stopped and looked out over the small sea of Spencer students, that come Monday would be stuck in over priced uniforms getting a very pricey private education.
Leah stood on the tips of her toes as she looked for either her brother or one of their friends. Mrs. New Booty blared from the shitty speakers someone had dragged from last years rave.
"Do you see your brother?" Chase asked. Leah shook her head.
"No but if I stand here long enough I'm bound to spot someone."
"I can stay here with you, if you want," Chase said. "You know, girl all alone plus party well that's never a good sign," he teased, "According to the movies."
"I wouldn't want to hold you up, I'm sure your friends-"
"Are non existent. You're actually the first person at Spencer I've spoken too." Leah looked at Chased amused.
"I don't actually do to Spencer though." Chase shrugged.
"Legististics." Leah opened her mouth with a witty response in mind only for Reid Garwin voice to cut across the crowd; "Angel!"
Leah turned to the blonde boy's direction. Chase looked on in interest as the Danvers girls full attention was instantly consumed by the blonde boy emerging from the crowd students.
The boy didn't spare Chase a second glance before wrapping his arms around Leah, though they were relatively the same height- the boy only an inch or two taller -he still picked her up off the ground, burying his face in the crook of her neck as Leah curled her body to fit against his. They stayed like that for a moment, in their own little world, before Leah pulled away and nodded towards Chase.
"Reid this is Chase he walked with me from the car," she introduced as she untangled herself from him, though she kept an arm around his waist. Reid kept his arm tightly slung over her shoulder as her assed Chase. "He's a new transfer."
Chase stuck his hand out for Reid to shake, "Chase Collins."
"Chase this my best friend," Leah tilted her head at the blond boy whose arms were wrapped around her,
"Reid Garwin," Reid shook; he gripped Chases hand slightly harder than necessary, something that didn't slip by the dark haired boy's notice. "Thanks for walking my angel here, really."
Chase couldn't help but also note that while Leah had called Reid her best friend the boy was acting like a jealous boyfriend. Chase smiled; as he focused on Leah.
"Well now that your friends here I'll let you get to it but uh," Chase beamed at Leah, ignoring the glare Reid was sending him, "Maybe we could talk later and you can get my number. Like we agreed, a lonely girl in the woods plus drunk high school boys around is the start of a horror film. I'd hate to have something happen to you Danvers."
"That's sweet," Reid said, a sarcastic note to his voice, "But I'm here, and when I'm not I still am." He turned to Leah, "Come on I want to dance." He didn't bother to wait for her to turn and hid her new friend a goodbye before dragging her off to the middle of dancing teens.
"Did someone spike your drink?" Leah questioned loudly as they danced to one of Rihanna's new songs, S.O.S..
"What do you mean?" Reid questioned, his voice just as loud as Leah's. The girl stepped closer to him, their chests tightly pressed together as her lips met the shell of his ear.
"You never want to dance Reid, so spill, what's up?" Leah could count the number of times Reid had danced with her on one hand, this time making number five.
Reid's bottom lip twitched before he spoke, he leaned in, "I just, you've been talking about this party for the last three weeks and I wanted to make sure you wanted to have a good time."
Leah wanted to call Reid it for lying, but she also wanted to keep dancing with him, something that would surely stop if she did. So she let it go, and instead pressed a solid kiss to the corner of his mouth before taking a step back and containing dancing.
They lasted three songs- U and Dat, Pulling Me Back and Hard Rock Hallelujah-before wandering over to Tyler and Caleb.
"Hey boys," Leah smiled at her brother and friend. "Pogue with Katie?" She asked rhetorically. She knew the long haired Son would automatically seek out his girlfriend the moment they arrived. It was cute. They were cute.
"Like you have to ask," Tyler chuckled as he straightened out his shirt and jacket.
Both Leah and Reid grinned evilly.
"So I guess you found Adam?" Reid howled with laughter at the mention of the baby faced boy's on again off again sort of not really boyfriend.
"Yeah before Caleb found us," Tyler rolled his eyes. Leah made a wounded face.
"You got Caleb-blocked," she teased. Caleb rolled his eyes,
"He was supposed to be looking for you," her brother said as they made their way over to Pogue and Kate and an unrecognizable girl.
"I was," Tyler defended.
"What in Adams shorts?" Reid snorted. Tyler knocked his shoulder, causing both Reid and Leah to stumble.
"Hey!" The girl cried out as Reid steadied her.
"You should watch where you're going Angel," Reid snickered as Leah looked at both him and Tyler dryly.
"Leah!" Leah's head snapped from the two Sons to Kate, who like herself was prying herself away from a Son.
"Hey girl, missed you lately," Kate said. Leah shrugged haplessly.
"You know me, I can only sneak out so many times a week." Kate looked at her pitifully for a second before bringing her to a beautiful blonde girl.
"Leah this is Sara, she's my new roommate." Leah shook hands with Sarah who offered the younger girl a shy smile, when she wasn't discreetly checking out her brother. "Sarah this is Leah Danvers, Tyler Simms-"
"Garwin," Reid stepped forward, "Reid Garwin." Leah's eyes narrowed on Reid as a jealous burning feeling filled her stomach. Reid shook Sarah's hand as he leaned on Caleb, who had a look of astonishment on his face as Reid told Sara, "You know Sarah was my grandmother name. You kind of remind me of her."
Leah leaned over to Sara and loudly pretended to whisper, "Don't believe him, his grandmother's name was Gwen." Reid stuck his tongue out at Leah, who stuck her own back out at Reid, as Sarah giggled.
"Caleb Danvers and you don't bring my grandmother to mind in any way." Sarah laughed.
"Hey Caleb," a low voice greeted from behind Sarah. Leah frowned. It wasn't as if she hated Kira, she just hated how she was rude to Kate and constantly through herself at her brother. She also wasn't very found of the fact that when she was twelve and Kira was fourteen, after Caleb had very politely rejected her invite to the school dance she had proceeded to tell the student body that the reason Leah didn't go to school like Caleb was because she was seriously mentally disturbed.
Reid of course, having had just gotten the power, used and gave Kira what had probably been the worst case of acne the state of Massachusetts had ever seen.
"Kira," Caleb said tiredly.
"How's your summer?" Kira blinked as she stepped between Sarah and Caleb. Leah caught Reid's eyes and slowly but very over dramatically rolled her own, as if to say 'Why can't she leave?'
Reid raised his eyebrows and tilted his head back, 'I can make her.' Leah wrinkled her nose and subtlety shook her head. There was no need to use when Caleb would make her leave in a few unbearable minutes anyway.
Kira turned to Sarah. "Kira," she said shortly.
"Sarah," the blonde girl smiled kindly. Both Kate and Leah frowned at Kira.
"Right from the Boston Public? How does one go about getting into Spencer from a public?"
"Give it a rest Kira," Leah snapped.
"Look the princess has graced us with her presence," the deep voice of Aaron Abbott sneered. Caleb stepped in front of his sister before Reid could. The blonde glared at Aaron.
"We don't want any trouble Aaron," Caleb reasoned, though he still pushed Leah into Kate's arms in case trouble did break out. Pogue pushed both girls behind him.
"I'm sure you don't," Abbott snapped getting into Caleb's face.
"You posers make me want to puke," Aaron's friend Doug spit.
"Is that right?" Reid stepped up, only for Caleb to push him back.
"Hey, let it go," Caleb told Reid who breathed hotly through his nose.
Aaron glared at Leah over both Caleb and Pogues shoulders, and then at Caleb himself, "I think your sister owes Kira an apology." Leah bit back a snarl, she'd apologize to Kira over her dead body.
"Actually I think Kira owes Sarah an apology." Kira looked back at Sarah, and Aaron looked back at Kira before pushing Caleb roughly. The four Sons all quickly squared up, ready for a fight before a new, but familiar face threw himself into the mix, pushing back against Aaron.
Reid rolled his eyes.
He turned to Kira and nodded, "You were being kind of bitchy."
Leah, having focused her attention on Chase missed Reid's eyes flashing; though when Doug spontaneously vomited all over the back of Aaron's varsity jacket she turned to her best friend. Caleb did the same and though he turned to the laughing blonde as if to lecture him, Leah turned to Reid with a smile of her own.
"Looks like this is two for two City girl," Chase said stepping up to Leah, pulling her attention from the Garwin boy to him. She stepped away from Kate.
"What are you talking about Cowboy?" She saw Reid, over Chases shoulder almost violently roll his eyes before leaning into Tyler and whispering something into his ear. Tyler shook his head negatively and quickly whispered something back.
"Well in the woods and just now, I think the movies would call you a damsel in distress."
Leah laughed and shook her head, "Yes I'm a damsel, no I wasn't in distress, but hey," she flashed Chase a bright smile, "I'll let you know when that happens."
"Good to know, I've always wanted to be someone's knight," Chase said.
"Yeah well keep waiting," Reid said knocking shoulders with Chase in order to get to Leah. He moved behind her and wrapped his arms around her middle as he leaned his chin on her shoulder, "Like I said before, I'm always here."
Chase with an indescribable glint in his eyes opened his mouth to say something only to be cut off by the sound of a microphone.
"Guys!" Peter, the DJ said into the microphone, "Dylan just called, he said he saw three cop cars on Old Dell Road."
"Lets go," Caleb said. Pogue took the lead, hand in hand with Kate while Reid, with Leah's hand in his, followed closely behind.
As they ran up the dunes, Tyler slipping every few steps, and Sarah, practically having to carry Caleb as he seemed to be treading water instead of sand Leah couldn't help but wonder why every party they went to always ended up with the cops crashing it not even an hour later. She quickly reasoned it was because Pogue and Reid made them late to everything.
As the reached the tree line to the woods Reid made sure to pull Leah close to him when his eyes caught the new kids.
"You guys need a ride?" Caleb asked. Kate shook her head,
"Sarah drove us out here."
"See you back at the dorms?" Pogue asked his girlfriend. Katie leaned in with a soft smile.
"It's getting late I think I'm just going to crash." The pair shared a short kiss. "Call me in the morning?" Pogue nodded.
Chase walked up on Kate's right, "I could use a lift," he said.
"No problem," Sarah shrugged. Reid turned to Leah as Caleb turned to Chase.
"It cool if I come over?" Reid asked.
"Of course," Leah said obviously, she looked at Tyler expectantly, "Tyler signing you in?" The youngest boy rolled his eyes and smiled.
"And why should I do that?" He teased.
"Cause you lost our cat when I was ten," Leah snapped playfully. Back when she was ten and Tyler was eleven the pair of them had found a young kitten, only none of their parents would let them keep the kitten so of course Leah and Tyler had come up with the solution of keeping the kitten in Leah's gardening shed, only two weeks later Tyler had left the shed door open letting the kitten escape, never to be seen nor heard from again.
"Jesus you're still holding that over me?" Tyler laughed, as if she hadn't used that same excuse to get him to give her the last of his fries earlier that day.
"You lost Switchblade!" Leah cried. Tyler rolled his eyes and peeked a look at Reid who, instead of looking where he was walking like he should have been he was staring at Leah with these wide eyes and sappy smile.
"Sure, fine," Tyler relented as they came to the clearing with both the hummer and Sarah's car.
"Night," Sarah called to Caleb as Leah moved past him to sit on the hump of the hummer. Leah never got why people hated the middle seat, sure it didn't have windows but she could easily reach in the front and grab whatever candy Reid was snacking on. Of course Leah had been born into having to sit in the middle seat so maybe she was just conditioned to like it.
"Sarah wants you man," Pogue clapped Caleb on the shoulder. "Though," Pogue teased, ruffling Leah's hair with a pointed look in the rear view mirror at Reid, "Not like Little D here wants new boy."
"Do not!" Leah cried the same time Reid turned in his seat and snapped "Bullshit!"
"Don't be jealous Reid, Caleb's just prettier than you," Pogue laughed. Leah, red faced and slightly embarrassed elbowed Pogue in the ribs causing the teen to wince.
Sarah opened her car door, "My car won't start!"
"Hop in with us," Tyler said, rolling down his window.
"I can't just leave it here!" Reid bit his lip and looked back at Leah who was starring over Caleb and frowning at Sarah's car.
"I can fix it for you!" Reid called out. All heads in the hummer snapped to Reid.
"Reid don't," Caleb commanded. Reid shrugged, as if he didn't hear the oldest Danvers and hopped out of the car. Leah frowned as she followed Reid's figure to the front of the teal four door.
"Let it go it's his life man," Pogue said, Caleb shook his head and glared at Reid. Leah and Tyler shared a look. They knew Reid used to get a rise out of Caleb, that until he was eighteen it didn't matter how much he used or for what, but they also knew that the power was additive; they had all seen their fathers age long before their time and neither of them wanted to see Reid turn gray and wrinkled before he turned forty.
Leah didn't want to be the only one of them able to be at his funeral when they had to bury him far too young. She didn't want to bury him period she wasn't sure her heart would ever be able to take it.
"Try again," Reid told Sarah after a minute under the hood. Sarah turned her key and her cars engine started.
"Thank you!" Sarah said before the clear cut sound of sirens filled the air. Sarah took off in one direction while Reid opened the drivers side.
"Gotta bolt move over," he told Tyler.
"It's my car," Tyler protested weakly.
"Move over Baby Boy, now," Pogue snapped. Tyler sighed and moved over to the passenger seat so Reid could sit in the drivers spot.
The hadn't even reached thirty when the cops turned a tree line and ended up directly behind them.
"Shit," Caleb siblings swore. Reid laughed loudly.
"No sweat! Right angel?" Leah grinned at Reid, fully believing if anyone could outrun the Ipswich PD in Tyler's car it could be him. Or Pogue, but mostly him.
"Right." Reid nodded before taking a sharp turn to left, causing Caleb to crash into Leah and Leah into Pogue, only to make another sharp turn right, causing Leah to quickly, once again be sandwiched between them.
Caleb turned and looked behind them. "Gotta pull over," he said sarcastically.
"Oh you wanna stop?" Reid scoffed, "That'll really impress Harvard."
"Yeah, sides if mom finds out we got caught by the cops she'll keep me in lockdown from the rest of my life, come on Caleb you can't be responsible for that can you?" Leah asked with big doe eyes that always got her what she wanted when conceding her brother.
"Yeah Caleb do you wanna be the reason Leah never leaves her room again?" Tyler cried in a faux indignant tone.
Caleb let out an exaggerated sigh. "What the hell lets lose them. Cut across the Marble heads," he told Reid. "We might as well have some fun while we're at it." Reid nodded, grinning widely as he made a third sharp turn, once again left.
"Lose them!" Pogue shouted, as he eyed the closely approaching cop car. Reid laughed as he went left and the cops went right, a thin line of trees separating them.
Leah's hand, as they flew over a short drop and hit the round, bouncing as they did, went to the roof of the hummer in order to stop her head from slamming against it. Reid let out a whooping sound while her brother tossed his head back and laughed.
They quickly approached the foggy cliffs, "Alright guys, Angel, you ready?" Reid winked at Leah via the rear wide mirror, she grinned and tossed her chin up in response.
Pogue turned to Caleb, who had a very unsure look in his eyes, "Come on Caleb it's going to take all of us." Leah's hand fastened around her brothers as Reid sped up. Each of the boy's eyes turning pitch black. Leah could practically taste the magic in the air.
"Harry Potter can kiss my ass!" Reid shouted as he drove all five of them off the cliff. Tyler and Pogue cheered as they flew up; Leah shut her eyes tightly, the free falling feeling made her stomach jump to her throat. Caleb squeezed her hand tightly letting her know it'd be okay.
And it was. A few seconds later with a loud thud the hummer landed behind the cop car and the two distraught looking officers that stood on the edge of the cliff. All five descendent looked at the officers for a moments, each of them laughing and bouncing in their seats while the offices stared back, wide eyed and slack jawed before Reid pushed the car in reverse and drove off back the way they came, leaving two of Ipswitch"s finest in the dust.
When they arrived back at the Danvers Estate Leah stood on the bottom porch step.
"Sleep well Little D," Pogue kissed the top of her head. Her arms wound around him as she hugged him good night.
"You too, and drive safely," Leah said eyeing the teens green Yamaha. She had nothing against motorcycles she just worried that one day Pogue would get into an accident and be too slow when using.
"Course she will," Tyler muttered, "Reid's going to be there next to her." Leah sent a jab towards Tyler's ribs, only for the boy to jump back with a laugh. Caleb rolled his eyes and pointy ignored the younger boy's comment. If he pretended he didn't know Reid spent his free nights hanging out and falling asleep in his sisters room he didn't have to feel weird about it.
Reid hugged Tyler good night as Pogue said goodbye to Caleb.
"If you see Adam tell him to be out of the dorm by two alright?" Reid chuckled at his friend, "I don't feel like seeing either of your bare asses tonight."
Tyler sent Reid the stink eye, "Make sure to keep down or Caleb's liable to kick your ass." Reid's tongue swiped over his lips before grabbing his friend in a headlock. He couldn't help but smile wonder at the sound of Leah's laughter. Reid turned to see the older Danvers sibling picking Leah up over his shoulder and spinning her.
Tyler wanted to comment on the sappy look in his friends face, on the fact that he should just tell the mortal girl he was completely and irrevocably in love with her, but instead he took the opportunity to break from Reid's headlock.
"No fair Baby Boy," Reid chuckled.
"Why cause you were distracted?" Reid flipped Tyler off. Tyler rolled his eyes before climbing into his truck and speeding off towards the dormitory's of Spencer Academy.
When Caleb set Leah down she kissed his cheek good night.
"Sweet dreams," she said.
"You two Leah," Caleb told her before making his way inside through the front door, leaving Leah and Reid to make their way to her room via the ivy wall under her balcony.
Leah took hold of Reid's hand with a smile as they started to make their way around the side of the house, laughing.
"Nice work with Doug," Leah said to Reid as they turned the corner to the back of the house.
Reid shrugged, "It was no big deal, Abbott though," his face darkened for a moment, "He's lucky I didn't break his jaw." Leah ran her thumb along his knuckles.
"My hero," she winked. Reid grimaced.
"What?"
"Nothing," Reid denied as they stopped under Leah's window. Leah looked at the witch boy skeptically.
"Come on Reid don't lie to me, what's up?"
"The new kid, what Pogue said in the truck, do you want him?" Leah scoffed at the blondes question. When she saw how serious he lifted the hand that wasn't holding his to cup his cheek.
It was dark and though Reid couldn't see her eyes in perfect detail he knew, from memory, they had softened to a kind and gentle whiskey color by the small smile on her face.
"Don't be an idiot Garwin, you know as well as anyone that there's only one guy I have my eyes on." She had such an intense yet kind look in her face Reid couldn't help but take a step closer to her, the tips of his boots knocking into the front of her converse.
Reid dropped her hand and placed both of his on her hips. He wanted to lean in, he did, more than anything but despite the border line confession there was still something holding him back.
So instead of leaning down and capturing her pink lips with his own he pressed a hard kiss to the crown of her head. The two of them stayed like that for who knew how long, intertwined and leaving a plethora of unsaid words in the air around them.
When Reid pulled away he flashed his eyes and the two of them started to gently rise from the ground. Leah clung to front of Reids sweatshirt tighter. It wasn't as if she were scared of heights, but flying? It always freaked her out.
When the two of them gently landed on her balcony Leah glared at Reid. There wasn't any real malicious behind it, but she still hit his shoulder.
"What have I told you and Tyler about levitating me without warning?" When the two boys had first gotten their powers they had taken to levitating the young girl randomly.
Reid grinned, "Come on Angel," he purred, "I just saved you from climbing two stories." Leah pouted. He was right, she was tired and hadn't actually want to climb the ivy.
"Still," she pouted. Reid tilted her head up with a gracious smile,
"Come on Angel I think it's past your bedtime." Leah sent a well aimed kick to the witch boy's shins.
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