Chapter 4

Jessica got off Pogue's motorcycle, she had wanted to get a ride from Tyler and Pogue but the bike was calling her name.

"That was sweet! Can I drive home?"

"No." Pogue said with a smile on his face.

"Fine granny pants." Jessica replied. They started to walk up to the front door of the mansion. "Is this really Caleb's house?"

"Yeah, its kinda the center point of where we hang out. It has been since we were kids."

"That's really cool. You guys seem to get along okay most of the time." Jessica said, she was an only child and the closest thing she had to a sibling was her best friend from back in California, Lilly.

"Yeah we kinda have too." They walked into the house and instantly they were hit with the smell of fresh bread.

"Smells good," Jessica said.

"Guys in here!" They heard Reid's voice yell. They walked into the dinning room where a long table was set up.

"Where are Kate and Sarah?" Jessica asked. She hadn't thought that Kate would have been riding with Pogue instead of her until now.

"They had something else they had to do," Caleb said. Jessica then remembered that they were just going to have a girl's night but at the time Jessica had thought that would happen after dinner. Her mind started to think real fast but she nodded her head then sat down in the empty chair between Reid and Tyler.

"You must be Jessica." Mrs. Danvers said coming from the kitchen. Jessica stood up and smiled.

"Hi, how are you Mrs. Danvers?" she asked extending her hand, Mrs. Danvers didn't take it and Jessica let her hand fell by her side, playing it like nothing happened. She was thankful that none one saw.

"Doing just fine. Please sit down." Jessica did as she was told. "So why did you transfer to Spencer in the middle of your senior year?"

"Getting straight to the point?" Jessica asked as more of a question than a statement. "To be honest I have no idea." Mrs. Danvers gave Jessica a little smile and in that moment Jessica knew that this was no ordinary get to know your son's new friend dinner and by the looks of it the boys had to idea what Mrs. Danvers was doing and if they did they didn't know why she was doing it. The only thing Jessica could do was play it cool. "But I like Spencer a lot and am glad I transferred. Though I do miss my friends back west and I wish I could have spent my last year with them but sometimes life gives you an opportunity and you just need to take it." Mrs. Danvers nodded her head.

"Yes, yes of course." It was silent around the table the only thing heard was the silverware clanking against each other coming from the boys. "So how is the team?" Mrs. Danvers asked the boys, finally releasing her stare from Jessica

"Good. Every one is working hard to be ready to qualify," Caleb said.

"Yeah coach is kicking our butts." Reid said. Jessica noticed that he didn't say ass and guess that they were all on their best behaviors because of the presence of Mrs. Danvers.

"Jessica, honey, you do any sports?" Mrs. Danvers asked. Jessica looked up from her salad.

"Volleyball. I was my school's setter."

"Really? So you aren't just one of those little pretty girls who go shopping all the time?"

"Nope, malls and me don't really mix," Jessica, explained.

"What about your family?"

"Its just me and my mom, we're really close." Jessica took a bite of bread and chewed it slowly, intensifying the stare.

"And your father?"

"He left on my 13th birthday and haven't heard from him since." The two girls continued to stare at each other with great intensity, Jessica was counting to ten to calm herself and not bring on anything that didn't need to be brought.

"Oh and-"

"Mom I think that's enough." Caleb said under his breath low enough that Jessica could barely make out the words.

"I'm just trying to get to know your new friend. Is there anything wrong with that?" Mrs. Danvers asked. She looked at Caleb then looked at Jessica, her eyes like daggers, Jessica continued to stare back, she was now more than used to these staring games that the people around Spencer played.

"Mom you're drunk come on lets getcha up stairs." Caleb said rising from his seat.

"I am not going anywhere! I'm going to stay here and talk to your nice friend. Now sit down Caleb!" Caleb pulled his mother's chair out from the table and took her frail little body up the stairs with her screaming with every step he took. He came back a few minutes later.

"Jessica I'm so sorry about that. I didn't know that she wanted to interrogate you."

"No worries." Jessica said with a smile. "Um bathroom?" Jessica asked.

"Down that hall and last door on your right," Caleb instructed. Jessica got up from the table ready to get a look around the house. She knew that Mrs. Danvers knew something was up with her and that raised more suspicion that there may be something up with Mrs. Danvers and the four boys.

Jessica walked down the hall and saw a door open a crack, she peaked her head inside, it was a library. She stepped inside already thinking of an explanation if she got caught. Reading titles as she walked around the room and then she saw one book that popped out from all the others even though the book didn't have any words on the binding

It look old and wasn't like any book that would have been published. In some ways it was similar to a book that her mother owned and she had read when she was younger. Just as she was going to grab it she heard footsteps coming down the hall. Jessica quickly walked away from the book and grabbed a book from off one of the high shelves.

"Jessica? You over here?" Caleb called.

"In here," Jessica said. Thankfully she grabbed a Shakespeare novel. She knew him very well. Read almost every one of his plays, poems and anything else he might have written.

"What are you doing in here?" he asked eyeing the book in her hands then the rest on the shelves. Jessica tried to keep the innocent look on her face but found it harder than she thought

"I'm really sorry, I saw the door open a bit and then the books and I couldn't help to see what books you had. Then I ran across my fave Shakespeare novel…" Jessica rambled looking at the ground.

"Don't worry about it. But I think Pogue better take you back it's getting late. And next time don't come in here, my mom doesn't like people in her library."

"That's fine. I understand." Jessica said putting the book back on the shelf and following Caleb out of the room. "I'll see you at Nicky's then." Jessica said when they got to the entryway.

Caleb nodded then Jessica gave him a hug. Then she gave Tyler and Reid a hug before going out the door to sit on Pogue's bike, she mentally was smiling and her cheeks were hurting from what she had just discovered.

"See you later man." Pogue said to Caleb then he Tyler and Reid walked outside. "Race you back to campus." Pogue said running onto his bike and kicking it into gear. Caleb watched his friends speed down his driveway and out of sight before walking up to his mother's room.

When Caleb got there he leaned against the doorway watching as she sat on her bed hugging onto a pillow. "Why'd you have to be so mean to Jessica?" he asked her, folding his arms across his chest.

"She will be the one to take you from me." she whispered so softly that all Caleb heard was a mummer then she passed out cold. Caleb shook his head. He was more than fed up with her drinking problem it went away for awhile and just recently she had started to drink again, this time she consumed more alcohol then before, a lot more.

Caleb walked down to the library and looked at where Jessica had been standing when he found her. Looking at the titles around that spot he just found novels that would have put him to sleep. He didn't know what he was looking for or why he was even looking. Jessica was normal, she could not have the power, and after coming to the conclusion he went up to his room and crashed.

After racing Tyler and Reid, Jessica went back to her room. The wind in her hair almost made her forget the book in the library, almost. The moment she got back to her room she called her mom even though it was nearly midnight east coast time.

Surprisingly she picked up. "What's wrong?" Her mother said. Her voice was still a little sleepy but Jessica didn't pay attention to it. Jessica stepped out of the room so Kira wouldn't hear her conversation.

"Hey mom I've got a question."

"At 3 in the morning?" She asked a little pissed off now that she more awake.

"Technically its 12 here." Jessica said drawing out the word 'technically' to help defend herself of her tactics.

"Just get on with it." Jessica made her way down the path far away from the school buildings and dorms.

"Tell me about the book."

"Which one?"

"The one you're got like near you bed or something. Basically the small one in you room."

"Why that one?" Jessica could feel her mother's smile through the phone but she continued to play it cool.

"Curiosity." Jessica said shortly. "You don't need to go into detail about what's inside I just want to know what it looks like on the outside."

"The outside? Fine I will-"

"No! Take a picture of it and text it to me." Jessica said quickly. She didn't want to use, not when she knew someone might be watching her.

"Fine. Hold on." Jessica waited till she heard a ping in her ear. "Satisfied? Can I get some sleep now?"

"Yeah, thank you. Kisses." Jessica said before hanging up. She pulled up the picture on her phone, looking at it she smiled. She finally knew why her mom had sent her to Spencer. She was going to get them. She was going to get Caleb, Pogue, Reid and Tyler but how was the question.

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