"Hazel. But that's not the point."

"What is the point?"

"That we can't be friends, not really." Charlotte said looking off to the side

"Well, we can try" Pogue said hopefully

"Sure, why not." Charlotte said looking him in the eyes

"So do you want to hang out with me and the guys tonight?" Pogue offered gesturing back to the other Sons who were looking astounded that Charlotte and Pogue had carried on a conversation for so long

Charlotte glanced past him at the Sons and grimaced, but nodded

"Sure, what the hell,"

"Sweet!" Pogue said happily, "we'll meet you at Nicky's"

The color drained out of Charlotte's face, briefly then returned

"Will Sarah be there?" Charlotte said softly

"No, she's visiting her family in Boston." Charlotte visibly relaxed,

"Okay, I'll be there."

"What went down between the two of you?" Pogue said curiously, Charlotte sighed and ran a hand through her hair

"It's not a long story, so I'm not going to say it is, but it's... well, i just don't want to talk about it." Charlotte said running a hand through her unruly hair, "I'll see you guys at Nicky's." She finished abruptly and walked away through the glass doors of the hospital and was gone.

The Sons joined Pogue where he was standing, looking at the pieces of tile where Charlie had stood.

"She's something else." Caleb said briefly. Tyler the voice of reason that no one expected, snorted

"No she's not." The other Sons turned around to look at Tyler who'd been hanging towards the back of the group, "She's just another teenager, just another girl in the hallways, what does she matter?"

"You don't like her much do you?" Pogue said cocking his head at Tyler, the Son in question looked at his sneakers intently

"She just gives me the creeps is all, and for no reason. It's those eyes, no human should have eyes like that." He said scuffing his shoes on the ground.

"Have we considered the fact that she might not be one hundred percent human?" Caleb said crossing his arms in a leader-ly way

"Oh please." Reid said rolling his eyes, "We know we're not the only ones, but we know who the other ones are, and she wasn't listed."

"So she's a normal. Nothing, just like i said, she's just a regular chick." Tyler said, still looking away

"Whatever she is, she isn't normal." Reid said with a hand on his chin, the others now turned to Reid, "Normal girls don't punch guys in the face, maybe slap them on the arm, or something flirtly, but girls don't nail guys in the face."

"What makes you such an expert on girls?" Pogue said rolling his eyes, Reid gave him a look that dared Pogue to ask him to elaborate, "Forget i asked." Pogue muttered

"Oh yeah, we're meeting Charlotte at Nicky's later tonight." Pogue said as they started walking out of the hospital

"Nicely done Bro." Reid said clapping Pogue on the shoulder

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Later Reid and Tyler were hanging around their dorm, Tyler was reading and Reid was playing basketball with the toy hoop on the back of the door.

"So why are you chasing Charlotte." Tyler said not looking up from his book

"Why are you scared of her?"

"She unnatural." Tyler said stoically, not looking up from his book, Reid looked Tyler's serious expression, and bust out laughing, "What?" Tyler said looking at Reid rolling on the ground laughing "What's so funny?"

"She's unnatural?" Reid said, still laughing, "And what are we, poster children of normality? She's the unnatural one?Oh my God I'm going piss myself from laughing so hard," Reid said getting up and going into their bathroom.

"Are you going to answer me?" Tyler said annoyed that Reid had laughed at him, he saw Charlotte's eyes in his mind, burning like blue hellfire. He shook his head to rid himself of the image, she was unnatural. He wasn't sure why, but Tyler was certain she was.

He'd seen those eyes before he was certain of it, but every time he tried to remember it was like his mind ran up against a brick wall.

"Answer what?" Reid said zipping up his pants as he walked out of the bathroom

"Why you're chasing Charlotte." Tyler said shutting his book, Reid stared at the ceiling mulling over his thoughts

"Because she's different, unattainable, I'm not quite sure how to deal with her. She's interesting to be around for all that she decked me."

"You can't have her." Tyler said abruptly

"I know."

"I don't think you do. There's no boyfriend you can get her to break up with, there's nothing you can do, she's off the market in the most permanent way. Not only is she married she's going to have his kid. Do you understand? You can't hang all over her like she's single, or she has a boyfriend. She's made her final decision, and it wasn't you."

"Wow dude, harsh." Reid said flopping down on his bed, "I'm not even that into her." He said running a hand through his blond locks, hoping Tyler didn't see the lie. The fact that he couldn't have Charlotte was killing him , everything she did turned him on, and he couldn't have her. Ever.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Charlotte's phone rang, the caller id read Jackson, she was instantly grateful she'd changed it from "the groom."

"Hey hun, what's up?"

"Nothin' I just wanted to talk to my woman,"

"Well, I wish my man was in the United States to talk to but we can't all have what we want." Charlotte said twirling a lock of her hair around her fingers before straightening it with her hot iron.

"Ha ha Charlie, how's our youngster?"

"Tiny," she said putting on hand over her lower stomach, "But soon I'll be a balloon and you'll divorce me for being so fat."

"Never." Jackson said firmly, "I like you the way you are, you know I'd rather have you than a girl who's roughly the size and shape of a broom handle. I appreciate your curves immensely, even when your curves will be more around your middle."

"Thanks Jackson, but i want you home to be a father for our child, and a husband for me, I'm here all alone for this instead of back home where i should be."

"Sugar, you know it's for your own safety, and the baby's. I know you want to be in the thick of things with your people, but right now your job is to stay safe and lie low. Please don't do anything stupid."

"Shouldn't you be looking in the mirror when you say that?" Charlotte said quirking an eyebrow, "I'm getting so stir crazy just sitting around doing nothing, I'm so tightly strung because i have no release."

"Maybe you should-" Charlotte heard an explosion go off in the background, "I gotta go, love you sugar." and the phone clicked off.

Charlotte buried her face in her hands, terrified at the thought that that might be the last time she spoke to him; every time she spoke to him could be the last time. She was shaking when she picked up her straightener and meticulously and methodically.

There was a knock on her door that startled her out of her trace like state. she glanced at her face in the mirror, her eyes were red with tears that threatened to spill over, her hair was flowing over her shoulders like dark glass.

Brushing the tears out of her eyes, she got up and walked to the door on unsteady legs, unbolting it and opening it wide. Reid stood there

"Hey," Reid started putting his hands in his pockets

"Hey,"

"I heard you're coming to Nicky's tonight."

"You heard right."

"Do you want a ride?" Reid said polietly, Charlotte frowned at him, "What? That's a legit offer." Reid said taken back

"Yeah it is, which weirds me out. But sure, just let me get changed real quick." Charlotte said ducking back into her room, to change quickly. Off went the remainder of her uniform, and on went a loose fitting white skirt and a loose blue shirt with a dark purple cardigan, she pulled her cowboy boots out of her closet and pulled them on before walking back out to Reid who was waiting impatiently.

"Let's go." Charlotte said locking the door behind her after grabbing her brown leather jacket.

"Tell me 'bout Jackson." Reid said abruptly

"Why do you want to know?" Charlotte said suspiciously trying to steer the conversation away from Jackson, who could be dead or alive for all she knew.

"Curiosity."

"He left for Israel because he wanted to help. He thought he could help fix the Middle East, namely Israel, he's big on religion and he really devoutly believes that he can make all of them see reason and stop fighting and killing each other."

"No one can do that." Reid said shortly

"I know, but he thinks he's superman and can't be killed and can do everything. He went over there with his best friend Tommy. Tommy was like him, invincible, he died trying to disable a car bomb yesterday, he was one of my best friends."

"I'm sorry." Reid said at a loss, was Charlotte letting down her barriers?

"I don't know why I'm telling you this and getting all blubbery, well i do know but I'm sorry, i shouldn't burden a carefree young teenager like yourself." Charlotte said wiping her eyes as they entered the parking lot.

"So why are you telling me all this." Reid said as he started up Tyler's Hummer and Charlotte buckled herself in to the passenger seat.

"I just spoke to Jackson, then an explosion went off and the line clicked dead. This isn't the first time, but every time it could be the last; and I can't do a thing about it." Charlotte said staring out the window. Her hair flowed down her back and to her hips straightened, a good four inches longer than it usually looked, it looked fluid as it lay there like dark coffee.

"I think a night out at Nicky's will do you some good, do you play pool?" Reid said turning onto the road Nicky's was on

"Not well, Tommy tried to teach me but i still suck."

"Maybe you can have a couple drinks to calm you down." Charlotte looked at Reid like she would a total idiot

"I'm pregnant."

"Oh, right." Reid said shaking his head as he parked

"Well, you'll have fun anyways, I'm not sure how since you can't play pool or drink but what the hell," Reid said turning off the car and getting out, Charlotte didn't wait for him to open her door for her, she hopped out deftly and made her way into the bar, hands in her pockets.

Nicky's was smoky, but the air was still breathable, the place wasn't very crowded as it was a Monday night, but there were still pockets of teenagers stationed all over the bar, Reid grasped her elbow and led her to a table where Pogue, Caleb, and Tyler were sitting.

"You have really long hair." Pogue said abruptly, looking at the sheet of hair hanging to her hips

"I straighten my hair when I'm nervous, stressed, or bored," Charlotte said twisting a lock of hair in her fingers as she slid into a chair, there was an brief awkward pause until Pogue spoke,

"So what do you know about the baby?"

The Sons groaned and Charlotte laughed

"Could you be anymore blunt?" Caleb said turning to Pogue, "Not that I like you, you did bitch out my girlfriend." Caleb said looking at Charlotte, she shrugged

"Fair enough, but she deserved it. Anyways-"

"I can't believe that Sarah would do anything bad enough for you to bitch her out like that. I think you were overreacting about something." Caleb said leaning back in his chair and frowning at Charlotte.

Charlotte's eyes flashed dangerously, Reid sat forward and started

"I don't think Charlotte wants to tal-"

"No, i think it's time." Charlotte said cutting off Reid, her eyes still boring into Caleb's, "I went to school with your little girlfriend for a while. we were friends, so i introduced her to Jackson, who's now my husband, and his best friend Tommy who was one of my best friends too." Charlotte leaned forward as her words became more vicious, Reid's eyes widened ever so slightly at the mention of the name of the man Charlotte told him died yesterday

"Sarah pretended to fall in love with him so she could be a part of the rich and famous, unfortunately Tommy really fell in love with her. She stole from him when she was over at his house, she used him, then slept with my brother Duncan to hurt Tommy. She then proceeded to tell him in front of the whole school and tell him that she never really loved him, she tore out his heart in front of the entire school, then ran off to go to school in Boston. Did I fucking overreact Caleb?"

"I'm sure Tommy got over it..." Caleb said

"NO! He never did get over her, so to try to rebuild his life HE RAN OFF TO THE ARMY WITH MY HUSBAND!" Charlotte yelled getting up, her lower lip quivered as she sat back down

"He died yesterday, in a place he would've never been if it weren't for that bitch. So don't tell me I overreacted Caleb, don't you fucking dare."

Caleb, and the rest of the Sons for that matter, sat there dumbfounded, Charlotte moved her head so a curtain of her hair covered her face. She got up abruptly

"I'm gonna get some food." She mumbled before walking up to the bar, leaving her jacket behind

"Nice fucking job." Reid said glaring at Caleb, "I final get her somewhere social to forget about all that shit and you bring it up! What the hell are you thinking!" Reid said shifting in his chair like he wanted to go after Charlotte

"Dude you fucked up big time." Pogue said with wide eyes

"I don't even like her and i think you crossed the line."Tyler said frowning at Caleb

"Fine! I fucked up!" Caleb said throwing his hands in the air with exasperation, he got up slowly, "I'll go apologize."

Caleb found her easily, she was average height at 5'6" but her hair gave her away

"Charlotte?"