Bailey woke up the next morning with a migraine.

"What the hell was I thinking" she thought to herself . She replayed the conversation she had with Tyler the night before, as she made her way downstairs to grab some aspirin.

"What are you looking for?" Katharine said, watching her daughter fumble around with the medicine cabinet.

"I have another headache." Bailey said, not taking her focus off of what she was doing. Searching for aspirin.

"Here, let me get it" Katharine said, slightly nudging Bailey out of the way.

"I can do it myself. I'm not dead yet" Bailey snapped. She hated how much her parents babied her. It was bad before everything had happened, but now, it was almost unbearable.

"You're right, I'm sorry" Katharine's voice came off softer. "I just worry about you Bailey." She handed Bailey the bottle of aspirin.

"I know mom, but I'm okay… really" She smiled hoping to reassure her mother.

She felt guilty for snapping. She knew it was only natural for her parents to worry about her. After all, she was their only child.

Katharine leaned down and kissed the top of Bailey's pink scarf. "I love you" she said as she made her way towards the coffee pot. "Should we brew regular or decaf today?"

"Regular, and a lot of it" Bailey smiled. She walked upstairs and took a fast shower. She threw on her wig, securing it with barrettes, and made her way downstairs. She smiled as she saw the cup of coffee her mom had fixed for her while she took a shower. Her mom knew the way Bailey liked her coffee. A little cream and a lot of sugar. It probably wouldn't be very healthy, but Bailey could live off coffee.

Making her way towards her seat in first period, she purposely avoided the stares from Tyler and Reid. She sat down in between Chelsea and Chase.

"Hello beautiful" he greeted her, handing her a white rose.

"Thanks" she said, giving him a peck on the cheek. She found herself wishing Pogue was watching her right now.

"How'd you know that white roses were my favorite?" She was in awe.

"Lucky guess." He chuckled.

"Would you like to blow off a few classes today and spend some time together" he asked her, with a playful expression on his face.

Bailey knew that it probably wouldn't be good for her studies if she cut her classes, but she couldn't resist Chase and his adorable puppy dog face, which he now was doing.

"I'd love to." She answered as she pulled her notebook and a pen from her bag.

Chase draped an arm around her and tried to focus on the lecture, as much as he possibly could. Bailey found herself leaning in, resting her head on Chase's shoulder halfway through their class. She was beginning to really like his company.

They had decided to cut from lunch and on, and made their way towards Chase's dorm room. Secretly, Bailey wasn't too sure she wanted to do this, but she felt as though she had no other choice. Chase showed an interest in her, whereas Pogue wouldn't even look at her. And Chase was undeniably hot.

"So tell me more about yourself" he said while throwing his bag of books on the bed next to his.

They spent that afternoon, and well into the night, talking. It was weird for Bailey, getting to know another guy on that level. She found herself interested in him, more so than she had ever thought she would be. She felt safe with Chase, like nothing could harm her, as if he'd protect her from everything that would ever harm her.

She went to bed that night, unusually happy. She had found a really good friend in Chase, and she was starting to think that she might be feeling something more. And she was unusually happy for another reason that night as well. She hadn't thought of Pogue since that morning with Chase, in Mr. Howard's English class.

"Alright guys. I'm going to start this out by saying that if you know anything, anything at all, that would help us figure out what's going on, then you should say something right now." Caleb started, as he looked around his basement. Caleb, Pogue, Reid, and Tyler were sitting in a circle, having an emergency "brother's meeting." Pogue and Reid stood silent. However, Tyler stood up.

"Tyler, did you use?" Caleb was a little taken aback. Tyler was the shy, quiet, and compassionate one of the group. Caleb couldn't imagine Tyler would do such a thing to anyone.

"No I didn't use, but I did have a conversation with Bailey last night that might help us figure out what's going on." He looked over at Reid, who sat expressionless.

"What's going on?" Caleb was worried. Tyler didn't have the balls to keep anything from the group, let alone Caleb in general. This had to be huge.

"Last night, when I carried Bailey towards the dorm room I noticed how light she was." Tyler started. He kept his eyes focused on the Book of Damnation, which was now floating in the center, between the four of them. "I've noticed, since she's been back that she's out of breathe lately and really skinny. I've also noticed how she has to sort of power walk to keep up with Chelsea and everyone when she's walking around them at school. So when she woke up, I asked her if she was anorexic. I just assumed that all those symptoms might have been a reflection of some sort of eating disorder." Tyler swallowed hard. This wasn't going to be easy.

"And?" Came's Pogue's voice to the right of him.

"And she said no, but there was something else. And it's something I think everyone should know. I promised I wouldn't say anything, and the only other person that she told, was Chelsea."

Tyler looked around the circle and saw that all eyes were glued to him. "She left last year because she was diagnosed with leukemia. She didn't go traveling, they just flew to London, which was where her doctor was based at. She recovered and everything, but she's still a little weak from the chemo. But she does have to keep on top of her medication, and she found that she forgot to take a dose before her date with Chase last night. She thinks that's why she hallucinated and passed out." Tyler finished and looked over at an expressionless Pogue. He knew that whatever Pogue was feeling, he wasn't going to let it out. Pogue was never good at showing emotions. That's just how he was.

Caleb and Reid looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Tyler, unsure of what else to say, spoke up again. "She said her parents came up with the excuse of traveling. She also said she didn't want to tell anyone because she didn't want people treating her differently."

After a few minutes of silence, Pogue finally spoke up. "Do you really think she was hallucinating, or do you think it was a creation?" He was mainly asking Caleb, who seemed to be at a loss of words.

"I.. I think, the best thing right now is to keep a close eye on her. We need to pay attention to the smaller things, like if she's acting differently, or acting as though she's in a trance." Caleb answered.

"There's also something I need to show you all." Caleb held up a newspaper. "This is tomorrow's paper. A student from Newbury was found killed in his car a few days ago. Pogue and I recognized his picture as the darkling that came to us. Something unusual is going on, and we're going to have be on alert for anything" Caleb sounded more like a leader than he had a few minutes before. "Anything suspicious, anything unusual, make sure you say something." He looked over at Pogue who was staring out the window.

A few minutes later Tyler and Reid were on their way back to the dorms. Caleb stayed behind. He sat down next to Pogue, who was still staring out the window.

"It makes sense," Caleb said, staring out the window with Pogue. "She didn't want anyone to worry about her."

"It changes everything man. I don't know what to do." Pogue, for once, let his guard down. Caleb had seen Pogue cry only once before. The day Bailey had left. But now, Pogue was sitting there, his arms wrapped around his knees, silently crying to himself. Caleb for once, didn't know what to do. So he just sat there, with his friend, staring out the window.

The next day at swim practice, the boys were about to warm up, when their coach, Coach Anderson, came up to them.

"Boys, this is Chase Collins. He's the newest addition to our team. Treat him right, he took his team to state last year, and I have a feeling he's going to be Spenser's new MVP."

Reid rolled his eyes. Caleb reached out his hand, "I heard about your skills through the grapevine, I'm Caleb."

Chase shook it and smiled. "I heard you're pretty good yourself" Chase said as he looked around at the three other boys. All of them, were glaring at him. He let out a nervous laugh. "You know, it's never good to be so tense before a game."

"This is practice, sweetheart, not a game." Reid commented. Tyler tried his best not to chuckle.

"So, I think you and I are going to be swimming free-style together" Caleb tried to keep the conversation light. His friends, weren't helping.

"I heard that too. May the best man win," Chase held out his hand and Caleb shook it again.

Coach Anderson blew the whistle, and the two boys started swimming. Pogue looked over and saw Bailey sitting in the stands watching. She did look weak, but she still looked amazing. Even in Spenser's uniform her eyes were a radiant blue. She was clutching a book to her chest and watching Chase intently. He looked down a few bleacher to see Kate, flirtatiously chatting up another guy. He looked back up and met Bailey's gaze. Not sure what else to do, he looked away. Illness or not, she had still hurt him.

"Shit, someone get help" Tyler yelled. Pogue snapped out of his daydream just in time to watch Chase pull Caleb out of the water.

"I think he hit his head" Chase suggested, as they all hovered over Caleb.

Caleb's eyes opened slowly. "Looks like you had your ass handed to you back there" Chase laughed.

"You were really good at practice today" Bailey said after taking a sip of her diet coke. Her and Chase were at Nicky's together.

"It's always nice knowing I have a fan in the seats" He laughed and reached over to grab her hand.

"I'm going to be honest with you Bailey, and I don't want to freak you out. But I've never felt this way about a girl before." He looked her directly into her eyes. Bailey was mesmerized. "I think, I might be falling for you." He reached her hand up to his lips and kissed it.

"I think I might be falling for you too" Bailey said, in awe of how giddy he was making her feel.

"Do you want to come back with me to my dorm?" He asked, a hint of suggestion in his voice.

Bailey sat her coke down and stood up. She grabbed Chase's hand and led the way out of Nicky's.

"Are you breaking up with me?" Kate's voice was high. Her voice always got a little high pitched whenever she got angry.

"I just don't think it's fair to you if.." Pogue trailed off.

"If what? It's because of her isn't it? That stupid little slut comes waltzing back in here and you instantly forget about me!" She was on the verge of crying.

"She's not a slut Kate, don't say things you don't mean. I've been feeling this way for a long time. It's just not there with us Kate." Pogue was tensing up. He knew Kate well enough, to know that she was on the verge of throwing a full-blown tantrum.

"This isn't even fair! You haven't even given me a chance!" She screamed. "You're an asshole," she picked up her hair brush and threw it at Pogue. "Get out! Get out! Get out!"

Pogue recovered from the impact of the hairbrush on his chest. He turned around and walked out the door. He wasn't sure if he was ready to talk to Bailey just yet, but he knew he did the right thing by breaking up with Kate. She was always flirting with other guys, and Pogue was known to get a tad bit jealous. Just as he was about to hop on his bike, his cell phone went off. He checked his caller id and saw that it was Caleb.

"What's up?"

"Meet me at my house in twenty minutes. It's important." Caleb's voice sounded rushed.

Pogue pulled up the Danvers mansion in less than twenty minutes. Caleb was waiting for him at the gate.

"Come on, I'll explain on the way over there." Caleb said as he pointed towards his car. Pogue hopped in and listened as Caleb explained what as going on.

"This afternoon, when I was swimming with Chase, I saw his eyes. And they were black. Something's not right with this guy and I plan on finding out what exactly it is."

"Are you sure you saw him using?" Pogue was worried. He had seen Chase and Bailey walking hand in hand earlier in the day during school. If he hurt her, he'd kill him.

"I'm positive, here we are." He said as he pulled up to the school parking lot.

"So you really think that breaking and entering is going to help us figure out what's going on?" Pogue was hesitant.

"I just need to check his files. He's been getting close with Bailey and I think we both don't want anything to happen to her." Knowing that would get the reaction he wanted from Pogue, he hopped the fence. He smiled, as he saw Pogue trail beside him towards the admission's office.

She leaned back and let Chase leave a trail of kisses down her neck. She had forgotten what it felt like to feel sexy. And once again, Chase seemed to bring that out in her.

"Tell me this is what you want. We can stop if it's not." He said. He was being sweet with her.

"I want this. I want you." She found herself saying.

He removed her Spenser's blouse and revealed a pink Victoria's Secret bra.

"Pink… that's sexy" He said while moving his lips towards her breasts.

Realizing he was still fully dressed he quickly pulled back and removed his closing. Everything he was wearing came off, in record time. Bailey closed her eyes as she felt him get on top of her again. He pulled off her skirt and panties in one swift movement. Her bra was next to come off. He moved his hands, slowly up her thighs sending her a shiver throughout her body. She let out a small moan, enjoying the feeling of his skin against hers.

"Tell me what you want." He growled into her ear.

Unsure of what exactly came over her, Bailey's confident voice answered him seductively. "I want you right now."

Without hesitation, Chase slid his throbbing cock into Bailey.

She let out a small cry.

"Am I hurting you?" He sounded more pleased than worried.

"It's just been awhile, that's all." She whispered back, closing her eyes, and regretting her decision.

Chase gently moved in and out of her. Once Bailey got comfortable enough she started grinding against him. He took this as a sign to quicken his pace. She felt so good, so tight. He couldn't help himself. He had to have all of her. He started grinding up against her, blocking out her cries as he slammed his cock in and out of her, as hard as could.

"Fuck yeah that's it" he moaned out, as his climax built up. He could feel himself throbbing inside of her. He felt so good, so alive. The headboard started to bang against the wall as he began to thrust deeper and deeper inside of her.

"Fuuuuck," he moaned as he came inside of her.

Bailey's eyes were closed tight as she felt him get off of her.

"You liked that, didn't you?" He asked her as he threw his clothes on. Bailey sat up and opened her eyes.

"Yeah. I liked it." She lied, as she too, got dressed.