Sorry for the wait for this one. There's a bit of fluff in the middle :)

I sat hunched on one of the benches in the corner, slowly people had begun to talk again, emerging from the silence that death brings. I however hadn't said a word since Pogue had stalked off in a rage. I didn't know where he had gone and I can't say I really cared, at that point numbness had kicked in. Not only was some psychopathic stalker writing my name in blood all over the walls but the one person who I had been counting on to hold me and make it all better was at this minute furious at me. Who could blame him either, what me and Nathanial had done was stupid and shouldn't have happened. It was just like fate to stick her cruel hand into my life once again, making it so Pogue turned up just at the right time to witness it. I hardly stirred except to move my arm when Caleb sat down next to me.

"how you doing rob" his voice was quiet and strong. Immediately getting my back up, somehow,

"How'd you think Caleb" I snapped. He sighed

"I didn't want to argue rob. Just to talk to you" I relaxed slightly

"Not going to shout at me for coming all the way to England without telling you" he shook his head

"No not at the moment, I am proud that you got on that plane without having to be tranquillised though" I couldn't help myself a small smile twitched my lips. I looked up into his dark eyes,

"What did you want Caleb"

"There's something not right here rob, and I can't put my finger on what it is" I hesitated for a few seconds before saying

"Nathanial was telling me about Michael's death. There something wrong with it Caleb" I paused watching him look at me searchingly waiting for me to continue "Nathanial said when they brought him back that night dead his eyes, well they were like ours when we use. Completely pitch black" I saw a multitude of emotions sweep across Caleb's face. Before he settled on neutral

"What did you tell him"

"I didn't tell him anything, he's not dumb though Caleb. He knows there's something I'm not saying"

"Are you sure about Michael" I hadn't seen Michael's body but I didn't doubt Nathanial's word about his eyes.

"I'm sure" Caleb rubbed his brow deep in thought. I placed a hand on his arm "What do we do Caleb" he looked back at me

"I don't know rob, but whatever it is, we can't do it here. We have to get back to Ipswich. Its where our power is rooted. I have a feeling whatever is doing this is gonna be following you anyway, so no doubt it'll follow us back to Ipswich" I nodded, it made sense. Plus it would be drawing it away from my friends and memories I didn't need where still here.

"Ok. I'll go pack again. Oh Nathanial will come" Caleb rose a questioning eyebrow "he'll come not for me but for him Caleb. These are his family, he wants to help" Caleb nodded.

"You'll have to tell him" I nodded this time

"I know" Caleb stood to leave then turned round once more

"You know Rob, I don't know what's going on between you and pogue" I blushed and dropped my head. "And I don't want to at this minute but I think you should know, when we found out what had happened here and where you were pogue went crazy. When Kate told him not to bother coming to get you, that you could and would look after yourself he went mad" I looked up at him again. Caleb smiled down at me once more. "he broke up with her rob. Never explained to me why he did but he said it was over, completely over, his words were that he had someone more important to worry about" I felt a small tear leak into my eye and fall onto my cheek. Caleb leant down and dropped a kiss on my head. "I thought you ought to know"

"Thanks Caleb" he smiled and walked off again. Oh god this was just brilliant I may have finally gotten Pogue, he had broken up with his girlfriend to come and see me and what had he found, me and some guy going at it on his bed. I dropped my head into my hands and groaned. This was just great.

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I was ramming clothes into my bag when Nathanial appeared in the door way. I looked up at him hands on my hips as I watched him.

"I'm coming with you" he finally said.

"I knew you would" I turned back to my packing, well if you could call it packing. It was more stuffing.

"Your not going to argue" I sighed

"No I'm not. I knew you'd come and I can't stop you" he came further into the room and plopped down on his bed next to my bag.

"Is it gonna be awkward with you and that guy" I packed harder

"No why should it. Me and Pogue weren't together, we just... slept together some times" Nathanial looked at me hard

"I don't believe you"

"What's not to believe"

"You love him" I snorted

"I do not"

"Yes you do its in your eyes" I sighed and finally looked at him.

"Don't tell anyone ok, especially not Reid" he smiled and shook his head.

"I won't tell a soul" I zipped the bag up and hauled it up onto my shoulder

"I'm gonna take this to the car. You should pack" he nodded and grabbed a rucksack off the floor. I smiled at him and went out to the car. Pogue was leaning against it, a cigarette stuck between his lips. He was dragging tar in like his life depended on it. He stopped when he saw me. We stood like that for what seemed like forever before finally he held the fag out for me. I took it off him and inhaled. Before handing it back.

"I really am sorry" I whispered. He didn't answer me but the ice from his eyes had gone and held his hand out. I took it slowly and he dragged me into the warmth of his body. I finally relaxed, the tension bled out of my shoulders, this was what I had wanted. Ever since I had seen that poor girl and my name I had been carrying round tension, not Nathanial, Reid, Tyler or Caleb had been able to ease it, but Pogue's silence and his hug had made it disappear. I rested my head on his shoulder my nose fit in the hollow of his neck. His arm wrapped round my waist and held me close to him. I could have stayed there forever.

"I broke up with Kate" his voice was soft.

"Why?" my question was just as quiet. Neither of us wanting to ruin the atmosphere.

"I realised she wasn't the one that I loved" I smiled into his neck

"Who was" he laughed softly

"Well its this girl, she as annoying as hell, I think she gets that off her twin brother though, she's gorgeous and strong, she's stubborn and kind, she's funny and she's my best friend, Plus she's amazing in bed" I laughed at him

"Really, whoever is this girl"

"Well her names Roberta Garwin, though we never call her that, not if our heads want to remain attached to our necks anyway"

"She sounds nasty"

"She is, the nastiest, but I love her no matter how she is" I drew away from him so I could look up into his face.

"Does she love you too" he frowned slightly

"I hope she does" I leaned up on my tip toes and kissed him softly on the mouth.

"I think she does" he grinned and me, dropped the cigarette and pulled me into his arms kissing me hard.

"Hey scumbag, your gonna want to take your hands off my sister now" I laughed and turned round to face Reid. He was caught between happiness and brotherly outrage. Tyler and Caleb where stood on either side of him. Tyler with a restraining arm on his shoulder.

"We were wondering how long it would take you two" I scowled

"You three knew" Tyler put his dumb face on

"Duh, how could we not. You argue like a little old married couple. It was so obvious it hurt at times" Reid just glared.

"You knew and didn't try and hurt him" I said to him, surprised.

"Course I did, just couldn't catch you and him together, it wasn't like I could beat him up without catching him, that would have led to questions that were more likely to hurt you then him"

"Your not going to hurt him now" Reid's eyes gleamed

"I dunno I think I just majorly caught you" I stepped in front of Pogue causing them to laugh, well all of them apart from Reid, who knew how vicious I could be. After all he had grown up with me.

"Your not gonna want to try it this time Reid" he growled low in his throat but didn't move. Nathanial came out of the warehouse and dumped his bag in the boot of the car with the rest of our stuff. I felt Pogue stiffen a bit.

"He's coming with us" I nodded

"Yeah he is" Nathanial grinned at pogue

"Looks like you'll just have to learn to love me mate" I heard Pogue sigh and his arm wrapped round me tighter.

"Looks like it" The guys got into the car, leaving me and Pogue outside still. "Does he know about us" I shook my head

"Not yet, were going to have to tell him though"

"You sure you wanna have that conversation"

"Are you kidding I'm just dying to have that conversation" pogue grinned

"Oh look, I missed sarcasm off my list" I whacked him in the arm and he just grinned more.

"Come on just get in the car" I said angrily. He smiled and opened the door letting me climb in then getting in behind him.

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This had been a bad week for me. Being in a plane two times in one week wasn't my idea of a good time. However this time at least I had something to take my mind off of it. We had decided now would be a good time to tell Nathanial about our powers. He had no where to run on a plane.

"So, you wanted to know about Michaels eyes" I instantly had his attention. I turned to face the other son's. They nodded and I turned back to look at Nathanial. "Did they look like this" at that point all five of us let our eyes darken with the power. To give Nathanial his due he didn't look that scared, just mildly curious.

"Yeah exactly like that" I blinked and let my eyes lighten again.

"This is gonna be difficult to believe for you, but we have….powers. Sort of like a witch or a wizard I suppose" Nathanial's eyebrows rose up

"So what your like miniature Harry Potters"

"I resent that characterization" Reid shouted out from beside me.

"Not really. More like…..the girls from practical magic"

"HEY" the boys all shouted at me

"We aren't some female groupie witches" I sighed

"Fine, you prefer Harry potter" they grumbled but shut up. Nathanial was actually grinning at this point.

"So your magical"

"Again I say sort of. We can all do magic, it takes its toll though. To cut a really long story short, to each of the founding members of Ipswich the first born son would inherit the power" he looked like he was going to ask about me so I cut him off "Me and Reid went all screwy cause we were twins" he nodded and fell silent again. "We first get them at thirteen, there only half powers though, a taster if you will for the power we get when we turn eighteen and ascend. This power is a thousand times stronger and even more seductive. But there's a catch each time you use the power you age a little bit. It takes pieces of your life away each time you use" Nathanial nodded.

"This is kinda unbelievable"

"Why'd you think we waited till you were on the plane, there was no where for you to run" he grinned again

"Its kinda cool to. Can you show me" I looked over at the guys who all shrugged. I let my eyes go black and slowly lifted the glass of water Nathanial had up to his lips gave him a drink then returned it to the table.

"Woah" I smiled. "I retract cool and insert awesome" I grinned a bit more.

"Your not freaked out"

"Well yeah, but at this altitude someone could come at me with a knife and I'd likely just smile at them and try to hug them" I laughed and hugged him, until someone coughed loudly behind me. I presumed it to be Pogue so I pulled away from Nathanial. Who was smirking at the irritated look on Pogue's face.

"Look mate if your gonna, be with us your gonna have to leave off touching my girlfriend" I whacked Pogue

"Quiet you, he's my friend and since when did I become girlfriend" Pogue just kissed me making the others laugh, apart from Reid who hit Pogue this time. When he turned to glare at Reid he just smirked

"What you gonna kiss me now to Pogue" Pogue glared and everyone laughed again. So that conversation had gone a lot better then I could have imagined. The rest of the journey I spent trying to not throw up. When we finally had landed and grabbed the baggage from the line, we stood at the front of the airport.

"Least your not coming home in cuff's this time Rob" Reid said from beside me.

"Yeah thanks for bringing that up Reid" I sniped as Pogue, Caleb and Nathanial all turned to stare at me open mouthed.

"What the hell is he talking about" Caleb said

"Nothing, he doesn't mean anything" I muttered. Nathanial grabbed me spinning me round

"Does that mean what I think it does" I nodded and he looked at me sadly

"You should have told me"

"There was nothing you could have done, and anyway nothing came of it"

"Still"

"Nathanial honestly it was nothing, I just got a free ride home" he didn't look convinced but he shut up and we walked over to hail a cab. Soon enough we were outside the dorm rooms of Spenser. No sooner had I gotten out of the cab when Kate flew up to me. She looked furious.

"Kate…."

"Are you all right Rob" surprised I just nodded, then suddenly even more surprising she lifted her hand up and slapped me hard.

"You bitch" then she ran off.

"Nice welcoming committee you've got there rob" Nathanial perked up from behind me. I turned to growl at him but pogue grabbed my arm and jerked me away.

"Come on, we'll go get unpacked" it had already been decided that Nathanial could stay with Caleb at the manor. I heard them get back in the cab and it drive off. Pogue took my bag off me and we went upstairs. What an interesting day that had been.

ok so finished for know. Nice to know what you all think. I'll update soon as i can.