--Chapter Six--

Alyssa was helping Angela unpack her things in their dorm room, Angela had her IPOD in the stereo dock playing music. Alyssa was okay for a while, then when she heard the song her and Tyler first kissed to, she busted up crying and she collapsed on her bed.

"Are you okay?" Angela said sitting on her bed next to her.

"No." she cried. "I want Tyler."

"Do you want me to call him?" offered Angela.

"No… I don't want anything to do with him anymore."

"Honey… you don't mean that. I know you still like him deep down. Don't say that."

"Ang… I don't like him."

"Yes, you do."

"No… It's more than that. I love him. I have loved him since we were little and he hurt me because of my stupid brother."

"It's not like he meant to, Caleb just doesn't want you getting hurt."

"He's such an asshole."

"As long as I've known you guys and all that time I was M.I.A. I don't think anything has changed as far as them trying to protect you and not wanting you to get hurt… Um, does that make sense?"

Alyssa laughed and said "I guess you explaining it will be as good as it's going to get… but I got it."

"Now… would you like me to call Tyler?" holding her cell phone.

"No… I am done with him but, gimmie my phone." she said taking it out of Angela's hands.

Alyssa changed the greeting on her voicemail then laughed.

"You are so stubborn Alyssa… but I still love you." said Angela shaking her head.

"Well… thank you. I'm glad someone loves me." she got up and started going thru her clothes.

"What are you doing?" Angela asked confused.

"Well… I have a feeling that one of them are coming to look for me, so I don't want to be here."

"Oh okay… I'm not going to ask where you are going because I know they will grill me for information."

"You are the best Ang."

Alyssa packed a duffel bag with clothes, toiletries, and her school uniforms. She also loaded up her backpack with her school books, laptop, and a few random things she needed.

"I'll see you at school Ang."

"Okay… Bye. I'll call you and give you the scoop. You'll know it's me calling when you see a California area code."

"Okay, bye!" as Alyssa walked out of the door.

Alyssa managed to slip out of the dorms unnoticed, got in her car, and drove off. She went to the colony house and parked her car where nobody would see it. She had called Gorman ahead of time to tell him that she's staying the night and to please not to tell Caleb about it. Gorman understood and let her stay.

It was around eight thirty, Tyler and Reid went to Alyssa's room and knocked on the door.

Angela opened it and said "Yes?"

Tyler and Reid walked in, looked around, and Reid said "Where is Rox?"

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know… you let her take off?" questioned Tyler.

"What do you expect me to strap her to a chair… you know Alyssa does her own thing regardless what anyone says to her." she said as she sat on the recliner.

"Aw man… do you have any idea where she could have gone?"

"Nope… all she said to me was that she would see me Monday at school."

"What else did she say? asked Reid.

"Well… she told me that she loves you Tyler and that you hurt her listening to Caleb."

His eyes got all big and he said "She loves me?"

"Yeah ever since you all were little… but she also said that she is done with you as well."

"But she loves me."

"That's what she said… she was upset when she said she was done with you. Give her some time, she'll come around."

"She loves me." Tyler said with a grin.

"You say that one more time Baby Boy… I'm gonna pop you." threatened Reid.

"Yeah whatever." Tyler said sitting down on Alyssa's bed.

"Call her and see where she went." suggested Reid.

"Yeah... good luck with that." snickered Angela.

Tyler called Alyssa's phone but it went straight to voicemail, he put it on speakerphone.

"Hello, this is Alyssa. If this is Ang, Kate, or Sarah… I love you girls. If this is any of the Son's of Ipswich, you guys can piss off. Except you Pogue I love you dude… everyone else especially Cal and Ty… fuck off. And I love you too Reid. Beep"

"Well… looks like she loves me Baby Boy." snickered Reid.

"Shut up Reid."

"Well… obviously, she doesn't want to be found. I am sure she is okay. Let's go to Nicky's and take our minds off all the drama for today."

"Alright… fine." said Tyler rolling his eyes.

"You wanna go… Angela?" asked Reid.

"Yeah sure… let me get dressed." she grabbed clothes out of her suitcase then went in the bathroom.

While she was getting dressed she texted Alyssa "Hey… I guess we're going to Nicky's. They heard your voicemail. It was funny."

Alyssa texted back to Angela "Okay have fun… but not too much fun. LOL"

A few minutes later, Angela came out of the bathroom wearing jeans, a tank top, and she threw on her black Chucks.

"Ready, guys?"

"Yep." said Reid checking her out.

Then Reid, Tyler, and Angela left in Tyler's hummer to Nicky's.

When they got there, they walked over to their table where Caleb, Pogue, Sarah, Kate, and even Chase was sitting down.

The three of them sat down, and Reid said "Hey Chase this is our good friend Angela… Ang, this is Chase."

He shook her hand and said "Nice to meet you."

"Likewise." she said with a smile.

"Where is Lys?" asked Caleb.

"I don't know." Reid said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"What do you mean you don't know?" he looked over at Angela. "Do you know?"

"No, I don't sorry… she didn't tell me."

"Listen to her voice mail… it's pretty brutal." said Reid with a laugh.

Caleb dialed her number then put it on speaker, it went straight to voicemail. All of them heard it.

"Well… she loves me." said Pogue smiled.

"Ha! She loves me too." Reid laughed.

"Shut up Reid… shit." said Tyler getting mad.

"Look Caleb… she's fine, I am sure of it. She just needed time to cool off." said Angela.

"What did she say?" asked Caleb.

"All she told me was that she would see me on Monday."

"Fine." Caleb said rubbing his face.

They all stayed there for a few more hours then went back to the dorms.