Chapter 8! Hope you like it, when the idea's for the last chapter started coming to me this chapter kind of wrote itself. Chapter 9 might possibly be up tomorrow, it's also practically writing itself so hope you like them, kinda angsty but I can't really help that. Warning lots of Rachel this chapter, couldn't really help that I needed this conversation to happen.

So read on my friends see you at the bottom!

~Miles~

Miles and Rachel walked down the halls of the school trying to be as quiet as possible while still calling out for Aaron.

"I'm don't trust him Miles, I don't know why you do." Rachel said whispering, her tone suggested she wished it could be louder and angrier.

"Rachel can we not? seriously here now?" Miles said exasperated.

"Yes Miles." she said turning to him. "Here and now, you sent my only child off with a murderer!" her voice was reaching dangerous volumes.

"If I recall." Miles said getting closer to her. "Your standing in front of one, and honestly Charlie could take him if she needed to, it's not exactly like her hands are clean in all of this."

"And who's damn fault is that?" She took a step closer.

"I suppose you think it's mine, but guess what Rachel, she's an adult she can make her own decisions. She went to find him! if she trusts him then so do I." He pointed an angry finger at her.

Rachel floundered the air going out of her fight. "Fine Miles, but don't blame me when this all goes up in smoke." She turned to walk down the hall.

"I don't know if it will Rachel, he cares about her." His words stopped her in her tracks.

"What are you talking about?" She slowly turned to face him.

Miles shrugged. "I haven't seen him interact with anyone the way he does with Charlie in a long time." he peered down the hall. "He took care of her when he didn't have to."

Rachel gaped at him stunned. "What are you saying?" Miles didn't look at her, didn't reply. "What are you saying Miles?" She tried again.

"I don't know Rachel, but he cares for her, and I think she cares for him. I don't know how much or how but they do." He nudged open a door and stuck his head in looking around, when he turned back he saw Rachel staring at him stupidly.

"What now?" Miles asked impatiently.

"That can't be possible Miles, she knows what he's done to this family." Rachel was dumbfounded and angry.

"You mean taking her mother away? I believe that was me, and I believe I asked for Ben not you. You chose to come to us, we didn't drag you off the street." Miles was getting frustrated, he knew she was trying to figure it out and trying to reason with herself but this was a losing battle from all sides. everyone had done things they shouldn't and everyone was on a slippery slope of false justice.

"He kept me prisoner for 10 years!" she said her voice raising in volume again. "He faked my death so you wouldn't come back for me!"

"Would you keep your voice down?" Miles said frowning at her. "I know that. He's made some really terrible mistakes, but so have I, and dammit so have you!"

Rachel was speechless again. "Fine you know what, clearly this isn't going to get resolved today. Lets just find Aaron and get out of here." And with that Rachel turned and started calling Aaron's name as she looked in the many doors.

Miles pinched the bridge of his nose, He knew this was going to always ba an issue with them, with all of them. But dammit if he didn't love the stubborn woman. Sighing Miles followed after her, he was usually not one to give in during a fight but he really didn't want to hash this out with her now so he left is slide and continued his search of the classrooms.

Rachel was a door ahead of him when they heard the crashing of heavy doors a few halls down from them. they both turned to the noise and looked at each other, panic written all over Rachel's face she whipped around and started sprinting from room to room looking for her friend.

"Aaron! She whispered as loud as she dared. "Are you in here?" Miles and Rachel had entered a classroom looking around. Miles stood still for a moment trying to catch his bearings, he was woozy from the fever the infection was causing. He legs gave out from under him and he crashed into a desk before he hit the floor, he heard Rachel close the door and the scraping and jarring of what he assumed was chair.

"Miles? Miles whats wrong you're burning up." Rachel said touching his face and forehead.

"Don't freak out." Miles said breathing heavy. He rolled up his sleeve and he watched at Rachel stared at his arm trying not to do the think he asked her not to. "You gotta go."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Rachel asked, he could hear the panic and irritation in her voice.

"Well we kinda had our hands full." He said trying to lighten the tension

"I Coulda helped." Her eyes were pleading with him

"Your dad coulda helped, you can only act like an idiot which is what you're doing right now you gotta go, you gotta get out." He was trying to be forceful even though he knew she would never leave him.

"I'm so sick of your macho cowboy bullshit Miles, I'm not leaving you." She turned to the sound of the door being banged on. Miles tried to keep his eyes open but he was fading fast.

"Rachel, I gotta tell you something." His eyes drooping more his body giving up.

"You can tell me later." He heard the clicks of a gun being loaded.

"No, I gotta tell you now, before it's to late." He lifted his heavy head and watched Rachel turn to him, fear etched into her face. "I-I never should have let you go." his breathing was getting heavier, harder to maintain. "You were always the one." The door banged open and he slipped farther into the darkness, he heard gun shots go off and his eyes slid shut no longer having the energy to keep them open. The last thing he heard was Rachel calling his name, begging him to stay awake before he was completely engulfed in the darkness.

Sooo... sorry about all the angst, hope it was a little bearable. It's kinda weird writing two different Miles at the same time, my Birthday Surprises Miles is so totally unobservant and silly, while this one is soo... not... I want him to be totally aware of everything thats happening all the time, i just feel like thats just how he is, how he was with Bass before the blackout... any ways. love you all!

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