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Chapter Four- Hiding, Running, From You

"What do you mean he refuses to speak to us?"

Tyler frowned at Caleb as he blocked the closed door to his and Reid's dorm. "He doesn't want to speak to you guys. He barely speaks to me, Caleb. What makes you think he'll talk to you?"

"I have to talk to him about Laina."

"That's the reason he hasn't moved for three days. You think I haven't tried talking to him about it? You never saw them Caleb. They had something." Tyler shook his head when Caleb made to push past him. "It's not our place to force him. If he wants to grieve, then we'll just have to let him. I'm not letting you in there until Reid decides to talk to you. Understood?"

Caleb stared as the youngest members eyes flashed black. "Alright Tyler. But you're responsible for him. If he does anything, you'll be the one to bear the blame."

Tyler opened his mouth to argue when the door opened. The two boys stared at Reid in his dishevelled clothes. His blue eyes were red and puffy from his previous crying, but his face was determined.

"If you'll excuse me, I think I'll go have a shower."

Caleb grabbed the blonde's arm. "Reid, wait. We need to talk."

The blonde growled in his throat, his eyes flashing black for a moment. "No we don't Caleb. You are so insensitive that when someone tells you no, you charge right on in. This is not your business."

"The hell it isn't. Reid, Laina is my sister. I don't want you going after her."

Reid closed his eyes as he struggled to stay calm. Caleb had no idea. "Back off, oh Mr-I'm-So-Great-Cos-I-Ascended. You don't want to piss me off right now. I might just be inclined to use."

Caleb let go of Reid's arm reluctantly. He watched in silence as the blonde moved off towards the showers, a towel and clothes slung over his shoulder. He looked at Tyler who shook his head. "What?"

"I warned you Caleb. Him and Laina, they had something. He will go after her, and you can't stop him." Tyler walked into his dorm room and slammed the door as hard as he could, putting enough force into it that the walls actually shook.

Reid sighed as he stepped back out of the shower. Thinking that hot water would help had seemed a good idea. Now? Well, it just meant he didn't smell so much. He looked in the mirror at his face. His normally bright eyes were dulled by pain. Not to mention the redness.

He dried himself off quickly and dressed in his clean clothes. He wrapped the other clothes in his towel and shoved them under his arm. The black fingerless gloves were pulled back on and he flexed his fingers. So he was finally feeling up to class, to having to face the rest of the school. But he wasn't up to leaving her disappearance alone.

Reid pushed his sleeves up to his elbows and walked out of the showers. He paused as he went to turn right, turning left instead. As he walked along he noticed how the closer he got to Laina's room the colder the air got. As he stopped outside of it, he breathed out a cloud of warm air. A frown creased his brow and he reached for the doorknob, turning it and being refused entry.

He looked around him before flashing his eyes. He heard the satisfying sound of the lock clicking and turned the handle again. Yet he was still refused entry.

"I already tried that."

Reid jumped at the sound of Caleb's voice. "Why won't it open?"

"Magic. Even my power won't allow me to get inside. Not to mention the freezing cold air that seems to surround the place. It's not natural."

"It's not just the cold." Reid's eyes closed briefly. "It's like her room is sad."

Caleb nodded. "That's what I thought. Her sadness is affecting everything around it though. All the students in this corridor are seeing the counsellor, claiming feelings of depression."

"You told me not to go after her. Why?"

The older boy sighed. "There was always something about Laina, but my parents never told me what. I was only ever told that if she ran away to let her make her own way back. Our father told me that if she did run, she had a good reason. That her kind never does anything without an ulterior motive."

"Her kind?" Reid ignored the last statement and focused on what wouldn't hurt.

Caleb shrugged. "I don't know what that means. But we should leave this for now."

For a moment Reid wanted to argue, but a calming presence surrounded them and he could swear he smelt Laina. He closed his mouth and nodded. Waiting, though, was going to be hard.

Laina crouched on the branch of a large oak tree on the edge of Spencer Academy's grounds. Her eyes shifted from black to their usual green. She smiled as the image of Reid faded from her mind. That brief moment had allowed her to see how much pain he had been in since she'd left him at Nicky's. She looked down as two figures emerged from the shadows of the woods. She jumped and landed lightly on the moist ground.

"You shouldn't have let your emotions effect the world around you, Laina."

Laina smiled at her older brother and younger sister. Damon smiled back while Sheiloh frowned. "I know. But I couldn't help but try to take some of his pain away, the only way was to let it out onto the elements."

"I don't mean that." Sheiloh's blue eyes flashed and Laina was thrown into the tree. "The people near your room are being affected."

Laina's eyes shifted to black and her sister gasped as an invisible hand grasped her throat. "Don't play with me Lee. I'm stronger then you. I didn't allow my emotions to effect those students." She smirked and the hand threw her sister backwards. The younger girl gasped as she drew a ragged breath.

Damon watched the exchange with interest. His younger sisters had always fought. Both were clad in black, except for the khaki green jacket Laina wore. He frowned at that, the jacket smelled of someone else. His amber eyes narrowed as he spoke. "Lai, whose jacket is that?"

Laina stopped and turned to face Damon. Her eyes faded back to green as she replied. "Reid Garwin's"

"You're wearing the jacket of a Son of Ipswich?" she nodded. "You gave him something didn't you?"

"I gave him my scarf and he gave me this." Her normally assertive voice grew small. "It makes me feel safe."

Damon moved forward and hugged his sister. He hadn't missed the tears that had begun to well up in her eyes. "Shh. It's gonna be okay."

Sheiloh coughed and stood up. "Interesting and all, but you called us here for a reason."

Laina stepped back and took a deep breath. "Caleb said my full name."

"What?!"

She raised an eyebrow at them. "He wouldn't listen when I told him not to. I think he's angry."

"She mustn't want you here then. He does live with her after all."

Laina sighed and closed her eyes. "That's not all. There was a creature there. When he said my name it made its move. I had to get rid of it in front of them."

"That's not too bad. Dad said that you would eventually have to show yourself."

"But it's bad for them." Damon frowned. "You're not gonna like this, but you're going to have to stay away from the Sons."

"I was hoping for another choice. But I guess there isn't one now, is there?" Damon shook his head. "Alright. I'll stay away from them. But don't think that Tyler and Reid are just gonna let it all go."

"We'll come with you then. Transfer papers aren't that hard to make."

Laina laughed at her brother's mischievous grin. "All right. But this school's different to Montreal. They have rules. Which means these," she held her half-gloved hands up. "Are definitely necessary."

Damon grimaced as his black shirt and jeans were replaced by the Spencer uniform. His hands were gloved in a pair of black fingerless gloves. A small red design of a flame stitched itself in while she watched. Laina laughed. She had always hid her own mark. Damon's eyes remained black as his hair was ruffled by an invisible hand into the shaggy style he preferred.

Sheiloh's eyes darkened as well as her black skirt and tank top disappeared in place of the uniform. Fingerless gloves covered her hand and a grey design of two wavy lines appeared. Her eyes turned back to blue as she carefully smoothed her blonde hair. She had never used her abilities to change her appearance before and wasn't sure if trying to do her hair would even work.

The two looked at Laina who still stood clad in jeans and Reid's jacket. She sighed and the jeans were swapped for the long tartan skirt, a flash of white could be seen under the jacket. A small white symbol of a pair of wings appeared on her gloves. She smiled and led them over the wet grounds towards the administration building.

"Why were you running from him?" Damon's amber coloured eyes stayed focused on the ground. He knew Laina hated to admit any weakness.

"I wasn't running."

"Okay." Sheiloh grinned. "Why were you hiding?"

Laina glared at her before speaking to Damon. "I just couldn't bear to see him. I wasn't sure whether it was safe for them. And…he backed away from me. I thought he hated me. When I couldn't get through to him I thought that maybe he had shut off because of that hate."

"It wasn't hate was it?"

"No." she shook her head and the dark locks of her hair flicked water into the air. "I hurt him, Damon. He locked himself up for three days because of me. I don't know how I'm gonna be able to face him now."

"You used to calm him down, and it worked didn't it?"

"Yeah."

"So maybe, he doesn't feel anything bad towards you. But either way. You can't go near him."

"I know."

Laina led them through the doors and into the office, transfer papers appearing in her hand before she approached the secretary's desk. How on earth was she going to avoid Reid and Tyler?