A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update you guys. I've been busy with homework out the wazzoo with spring break coming in the first week of April. I should have the next chapter up relatively soon…no later than Sunday afternoon, and as early as forty-five minutes from now. Please continue to review.

Putnam's Daughter

Chapter Nine

Competitive Pool

(Reid's POV)

As I prepared to open my door a motorcycle parked next me. I planned on shrugging it off, until I realized the person on the bike was a girl, not a guy. When she pulled off the helmet I was shocked to see Rei.

"You ride?"

"Yeah," she smiled, "Race too. My dad's been racing motocross since he was seventeen, he taught my sister and me."

"Wow, that's pretty cool."

"Yeah, I guess. Anyone else here yet?"

"Caleb's car's over there," I answered pointing to his car, "So I guess he and Sarah are here. And there's Pogue coming now," I finished blocking the light coming off of Pogue's head light.

"Where's Tyler?"

"He probably got a ride from Caleb, or he's just running late."

"Reid, Rei," Pogue acknowledged us as he took off his helmet.

"Hey, Pogue, lets go in so I can make some pool money."

"Yeah, just like you helped Rei become a better pool player last time," Pogue sarcastically commented.

"Shut up."

"Aw, poor, Reid can't have his way," Rei said pinching one of my cheeks, "I'll tell you what, I'll let you have a rematch tonight."

"Good, this time I won't loose. You don't have the upper hand."

"Whatever you say Reid."

The three of us walked into Nicky's and found Sarah and Caleb sitting together talking. We merely dropped our jackets on a chair to claim as our own when we decided to eat, then Rei and I went to have our pool rematch.

I set up the balls while Rei chalked her stick. Once the balls were set and ready Rei broke and got the solid purple ball in the right middle pocket, leaving me to be stripes. She took another shot sinking the red ball into the left far corner pocket. Her next shot however did not put any balls in any of the pockets.

It was my turn. I managed to get both my yellow and red ball into the right far pocket. I sunk two more balls into the pockets in two more shots then the third shot came short…barely.

Rei got a ball in then, missed.

This time, I decided to put an insurance policy on my victory. My eyes turned black briefly as I made my short, I got two balls in. My next shot however was fruitless.

When Rei went up to shoot, he eyes turned black, just like mine. She managed to get two balls in.

'This is insane,' I think to myself, 'Chase is most likely dead, and even if he's not he's definitely not a girl. I must be seeing things!'

Then, she did it again. Exactly the same, Rei's eyes turned black and then she made a perfect shot, only getting one ball this time, but still! '

How the hell is she doing this?!?' I thought to my self in fear.

She got her remaining balls in the same way. Then came time for the eight ball, and she sunk it in the right middle pocket with her own talent.

"What do you have to say now, Reid? Who's the better pool player?"

"Uh, let me get back to you on that, I gotta use the bath room."

I rushed to the bathroom where I text messaged Caleb- We have a serious problem.

(A/N: Caleb's texts begin w/ and Reid's with -)

What is it?

-Rei's eyes went black when we were playin pool. And she beat me.

Reid that's impossible.

-U THINK I DON'T NO THAT! I'm freakin out.

Where R you?

-BR

Meetin ASAP I tell P and T

-CU

I only hope that Rei hasn't been playing us this whole time and, us look like the fools. Because if she has that means not one, but TWO others of our "kind" have made fools out of us.