Title: The Calm Before the Storm
Author: Calie
Rating: PG
Summary: A new girl arrives at Spencer only days after Chase's disappearance. She comes with a secret but starts to find it very hard to keep with a very annoying boy following her around. Reid/OC
Notes: Alright, we're getting close, as you can tell from the name of this chapter. So this is another chapter with a little fluff and a little drama. I've had a lot of people asking about Breanna's secret and it should be coming soon. Maybe three more chapters. I hope no one was looking forward to the dance but I didn't write it. I need to get Breanna and Reid's relationship moving along so I don't want to spend too much time on one part.
"I'm sorry." Breanna yawned as they headed back across the courtyard. "I don't know what happened." She was referring to her inability to stop yawning
"We've been there for over three hours." Reid pulled at her hand to avoid a fallen branch. During the dance a pretty powerful storm had blown through, preventing anyone from going anywhere. He hadn't minded spending the time with Breanna but he did mind spending it with everyone else. When the storm had finally let up and he noticed her beginning to yawn he decided it would be a good time to suggest leaving.
"It's always so gloomy out here." She observed mostly to herself. A large puddle was ahead of her and she had to decide on walking through it or taking the chance in the soggy mud. "Great." Reid made it over the grass with no problem but when she stepped onto the grass her heals sunk in. "Shit."
"Very classy." Reid offered her his other hand so that she wouldn't fall. When she stepped back onto the cement in front of him he didn't move.
"Thanks." Breanna smiled but he said nothing and just continued to look down at her. His look wasn't joking as it had been moments ago. Instead he looked rather serious. When he stepped closer she knew exactly what that look meant but she didn't once consider stopping him.
Reid rested his hand on her satin covered waste and pulled her closer against him. It had been so hard not to kiss her earlier. Finally they were away from everyone else and he decided he couldn't have waited any longer. He cupped the back of her neck with his other hand and tilted her head back.
Breanna had to admit being outside, around midnight, under a clear sky was much more romantic then against his door or in a hallway. She couldn't resist wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him back. The sound of other students coming was what finally forced them apart. Breanna looked around embarrassed for a moment but didn't see anyone. She couldn't help but be slightly disappointed at the interruption.
"Come on." Reid grabbed her hand and led her back to the dorms. Kissing her had done nothing to make his need for her lessen. Instead it was making it worse.
There was an uncomfortable silence and Breanna felt obligated to break it. "So your birthday is tomorrow?" She'd known that for a long time now but it was Tyler who had said it earlier that night.
Reid just shrugged. "Nothing special." The last thing he wanted to be reminded of was his birthday. He didn't want the responsibility of the powers he was about to receive and he was doing his best not to think about it.
"It's your birthday though."
He pushed open the door to the school and looked at her suggestively as she walked by him. "Why, did you have something for me?"
It was a good thing he still hadn't caught up with her because she wasn't able to hide her smile. "Don't hold your breath."
Reid finally caught up to her and tilted his head to look at her. "Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure." Finally she had gotten her control back and was doing her best to look annoyed. "I don't even know what we're talking about."
"Sure you do."
Breanna stopped and in the middle of the hallway with her hands on her hips. It was only a moment before he had also stopped. "Why does everything you say have to sound so….." She couldn't even find the word for it.
"Dirty, suggestive, sneaky-."
"Yes." Breanna interrupted. "Stop smiling it isn't funny."
"Yes, it is." Reid stepped forward and she stepped back. "Your not going to do this again are you? Remember how it ended last time?"
Breanna did remember how it ended last time in the hallway. She looked behind her and when she saw a wall she started to step away from it but he grabbed her wrist. "I didn't get dressed up to get molested in the hall way."
"So," Reid grabbed her waste and pulled her closer, "you want to go to my room then?"
"No!" She put her hands on his chest and made a lame attempt at pushing him back. "You know what I mean. You always turn my words around."
"So you go through all this effort and you didn't think I'd want to kiss you?" She seemed to consider if for a moment and he decided to wait instead of taking advantage of her silence. "So you don't want me then?"
"I didn't say that." That definitely wasn't the case. All night all she had wanted was for him to kiss her.
"I don't think you know what you want." Reid whispered against her lips and as he predicted she didn't pull away when he did kiss her. He slid his other hand up her bare arm and cradled her cheek with his hand.
Breanna prayed no one would walk down the hall and interrupt them or she'd scream. She'd wrapped her arms around his neck and buried one of her hands into his long blond hair to pull him closer. The height difference was infuriating but there was little that could be done about it at the moment. Instead she just concentrated on kissing him. It was different then every other time they kissed. All of those times it hade been rushed and hormone driven. This time he kissed her a lot slower and was making it very hard for her to concentrate. She could deal with him kissing her like a seventeen year old boy but not slow and gentle as he was doing just then.
Reid should have known as soon as he'd seen her earlier that he was screwed. In fact he should have known it weeks ago when he continued to follow her around even when she had told him to leave her alone. He'd congratulated himself in the beginning on finally getting her to give in but now he realized he'd been an idiot. He had been giving in to her the whole time. He'd done everything he could to get to know her like she had insisted and it was only now that he was realizing what he'd been doing the past couple of weeks. Later he'd probably beat his head against the wall at the situation he had gotten himself into. In the mean time he didn't much care.
"So are you inviting me in?" Reid said when they arrived at her room.
Breanna started to frown but when she caught the joking look on his face she smiled. "I know better than to be in a room alone with you."
"Would that be bad?" Reid raised an eyebrow and waited for her response.
For a moment she seriously considered it. It was impossible to forget the way he looked without a shirt on and the way he kissed her but she knew it wasn't the right thing to do. "No, not bad. Just not yet."
"I figured you'd say that."
She was slightly relieved that he didn't seem offended. "Thank you, you know for taking me. I'd never been to a dance before." She felt a little foolish for saying so but it was the truth. It was all she had hoped it would be.
"Oh no, thank you, for all of this." Reid gestured to her body. He saw her try to frown but it didn't last long. "I don't know why you try getting mad at me, it's impossible."
Breanna smiled. "Don't flatter yourself."
"Why not?" He lowered his head and kissed her neck. "I'm very charming."
Breanna snorted and tried not to laugh.
"That's not very attractive." He said and kissed her lips again.
When he finally pulled back she smirked. "Well telling lies about yourself isn't attractive either."
"Well I must be doing something right."
"Maybe." She said softly and brought her hands up to his shoulders to pull herself up and kiss him. She swore to herself that she was going in after that but the kiss lasted a little longer than she had planned. Eventually she was able to pull back. "I better go inside."
"Yea," Reid said in agreement and released her, "you probably better."
This time Breanna did get into her room. Before she closed the door she turned to face him. "Thank you."
When the door was closed Reid walked down the hall and rubbed his face out of frustration. The dance wasn't supposed to end that way. He hadn't expected his attraction to Breanna to turn into confusion. When he finally was honest with himself it wasn't confusion that his attraction to her had turned into. Reid actually cared about her and it was a little overwhelming. It also meant that Chase might become more of a danger to her and Caleb would become more suspicious of her than he already was.
"Caleb, I think you're blowing this out of proportion." After the dance Caleb had returned with Sarah to her room and immediately told her of his concerns about Breanna.
"Why am I the only one that thinks something is wrong? I'm not saying this because I don't like her. She seems okay, but ever since we saw Chase in the bar I have a feeling something is going on." Caleb stopped his pacing and sat down next to Sarah on her bed.
"Yea, but remember Chase was after me? Do you think perhaps he harassed her because he knew she was with Reid? Maybe he thought Reid and Breanna's relationship was more than it really was." She just couldn't see what Caleb saw and she didn't want him to ruin it for Reid and Breanna.
"Chase may be a lot of things but he isn't stupid."
"I know." Sarah relented. "But she's not Chase. I'm just saying, maybe you should back off a little until you actually know something." Sarah noticed the slightly betrayed look on his face but she continued. "On top of it I think Reid really likes her. So it would be a shame to drive him away from a girl that's actually nice."
Caleb put his head in his hands then looked to her with a small smile. "He is looking pretty pathetic around her."
Sarah fought from laughing. "I think it's sweet."
"You would."
"Come on." Sarah scooted closer to him and lifted his arm over her shoulder. "Leave him along. At least you'll get the pleasure of seeing Reid wrapped around her finger."
"That isn't going to happen." Regardless of how much Reid might be falling for this girl Caleb couldn't imagine him around anyone's finger.
"Please. He's taken her out to dinner, to a dance, and he got into such a cranky mood when he found out she was going to town with us." Caleb seemed a little impressed by her information but it didn't last long.
"Fine. For the time being I'll drop it. But that doesn't mean I'm going to forget about it." He was going to be on edge about everything until Chase was finally gone.
When Breanna had woken the next morning she couldn't help the warm feeling that had carried over from the previous night. Regardless of how gloomy it was outside it didn't bother her. What did bother her was waiting to hear from Reid. She'd resolved not to call him as she did so many other times. So instead of waiting around she'd gotten dressed, taking a little more care than usual, and left her room. On a Sunday there was little for her to do so she eventually found herself in the library. It was the only thing that would get her mind off of Reid, her feelings for him, and the previous night. In the end it proved useless. An arm wrapped around her waste from behind and she almost screamed until a hand covered her mouth. For a moment she feared it was Chase but the voice quickly quieted her fears.
"You're a little jumpy." Reid whispered in her ear. "You wouldn't want to get us kicked out would you?"
She tried to turn around but his arm was wrapped tightly around her waste. "What are you doing?"
"Looking for you." Reid dropped his head and kissed her neck. "Called your phone, went to your room, and went to the cafeteria. I should have known you'd have your nose in a book. You couldn't just call me when you got up?"
"I thought I'd wait for you to call me."
"You would." He kissed her neck again and couldn't help a satisfied grin when she rested her head back against his chest giving him better access.
"You know this library is public." Breanna whispered. The sound of footsteps was what finally forced them apart. Breanna spun around and looked guiltily down the isle but no one was there. When she looked up at him she smiled regardless of the fact that they'd almost gotten caught. "Like I said, this is a public library."
Reid only shrugged and looked on the floor to the books she had stacked up. "What are you doing?"
"Just looking around. I thought I might check some out." She bent over and retrieved the books.
"You're the only person I know who comes to the library in their spare time." He said and followed her down the isle.
"So you were looking for me?"
"Maybe." They got to the check out desk and waited in silence as librarian stamped her books. When they were out of the library he began again. "I actually have to run into town. Do you want to come?" When she looked over at him he tried to ignore the surprised look on her face. He had considered whether asking her was a good idea or not but he'd finally decided he wasn't going to dwell on it and went in search of her.
"I guess. But I'm driving."
The ride into town, although not very eventful, had been interesting. It seemed Reid's parents deposited money into an account for him every month and he wasn't shy about going out and spending it. It had also given Breanna the chance to shop. She hadn't been into town much since she started Spencer. She had gone with Sarah and Kate but it had been exclusively for the dance. Plus it was nice to spend time with Reid doing something normal. For a while she was able to forget about Chase, about who Reid really was, and about the secret she was keeping from him.
"I only came for a few things. I didn't know you were going to turn this into a shopping day." Reid commented as she tried on another pair of sunglasses and looked in the mirror.
"Please, I saw how much you spent. For someone who spends so much money you don't dress like it." Breanna put the sunglasses back down and smirked at him.
"You're sounding like Tyler." Reid muttered with a frown and followed her through the store.
"Alright, I promise this is it. I just haven't had the opportunity to come shopping much. Anyway, it was your idea." Breanna pulled another pair of sunglasses off the wall and tried them on.
"Don't remind me." Reid said quietly, hoping she wouldn't hear. It wasn't that he minded spending the time with Breanna, he was just hoping it would have been a more productive way. While he waited for her he studied the rest of the people in the store in silence and finally found a person he recognized. Chase Collins stood by the doorway smirking at him. Reid tried to decide whether he should grab Breanna and run for it or not say anything at all. The choice was taken from him though.
"Okay, I guess-." As soon as she turned around she saw Chase standing across the store, standing next to their only exit.
Reid decided it would be best not to say anything while Breanna was there. "Come on." He grabbed her hand and maneuvered her around him so that he was walking past Chase instead of her.
Breanna didn't say a word and just let Reid pull her out of the shop. Chase wasn't going to say anything about her to Reid but she had no idea of what else he might do. As they walked out Chase had his eyes on both of them but he didn't say a word. When they got outside she tried not to show how relieved she was but her relief didn't last long.
"Going somewhere?"
Reid closed his eyes and turned around. "What do you want?"
"Nothing." Chase glanced at Breanna just long enough to rattle her then looked back to Reid. There was no way he planned on tipping him off to Breanna's uses. "Tell Caleb I said hello. Oh, and happy birthday." Chase winked and started to walk away but not before glancing at Breanna again.
When Chase was gone Breanna looked over at Reid. "What was that about?" She asked and tried to feign confusion.
"Nothing." Reid grabbed her hand. "Come on." He couldn't believe Chase had the nerve to confront them. Reid had to admit one thing, he was glad it was in public. From what Reid had heard from Caleb and Pogue he would have been no match for him, even if Reid had ascended.
When they had gotten back to the school Reid had made some lame excuse so that he could leave her but Breanna knew where he was going. He was going strait to Caleb to tell him about their run in with Chase. Unfortunately, they had no idea what Chase was really doing there. Her father had said over and over again that she couldn't reveal herself to them but she was beginning to think if she didn't than not only was she putting herself in danger but them also, especially Reid.
The next morning Breanna set her alarm early. She normally was up early for school anyway but this time she had something else to do before classes. She knew a lot about the sons of Ipswich, which included that Reid was born at 5:43 in the morning. It was already seven and she had decided she'd show up unannounced at his room. Worried that he would some how leave his room earlier she headed down the halls of Spencer in her pajamas hoping that she would catch him. It was hard to understand but she was worried about him. She was worried about Chases comment the day before but she was more worried about Reid's new powers. She knew he had a strong tendency to use and it worried her that he would not be able to resist his new powers. When she got to his room she knocked softly on the door and waited nervously. The door opened and she couldn't help but pity him. He looked tired and worn down. "Happy Birthday."
Regardless of how he felt Reid snorted. "Thank you." He turned around, leaving the door open, and walked back to his bed.
Breanna closed the door after she walked in and watched him sit on the bed. "Are you okay?" She knew what was wrong but she couldn't very well tell him that.
"Yea." That was far from the truth. It hadn't been like he had expected even after hearing Caleb's account of it and seeing Pogue's ascension. Nothing had prepared him for the pain of it or the power that was now available to him. He could feel the new strength in him and it was killing him not to use it.
"You don't look okay." Breanna walked over to him and sat on the bed next to him. She felt somewhat hesitant to touch him but she rested her hand on the nape of his neck anyway. "Are you going to class?"
"No."
"Can I stay with you for a little while?" The last thing she wanted was for him to push her away. She'd never have the experience of the ascension but she understood a little of what was going on and she wanted to help him out the best she could without revealing herself.
Reid finally turned to face her and forgot for a moment about the pull of power he was feeling. "I thought you had class?"
"I do." He seemed to consider it for a moment and she hoped he wasn't going to say no.
"I'm not going to be entertaining Breanna. I was going to go back to bed." She didn't say anything at first and just kicked off her shoes.
"That's okay. You're not that entertaining anyway." A reluctant smile came over his face and she smiled in return.
"Pick a side." Reid stood up and pulled off his jacket which was followed by his pants and then his shirt.
It was obvious by Reid's choice of clothing that he'd had gotten dressed rather quickly. He still had on shorts under his pants and Breanna wondered for a moment if he almost slept through his own ascension but when he pulled off his shirt she forgot about his ascension and tensed. While she could appreciate the view, seeing him without a shirt still made her uncomfortable. He lay on the empty side of the bed and allowed her to curl into his side and rest her head on his bare chest. It was hard but she closed her eyes and tried to force herself to relax.
When her bare hands touched his chest there was a small jolt through his body and under normal circumstances he probably would have tried to make a move. Instead he just wrapped his arm around her waste and closed his eyes. He did his best to not realize how grateful he was she stayed with him.
A chill ran through Reid's body and he woke with a start. He'd felt something but as he looked around there was nothing there. It was powerful whatever it was. It could have been Caleb but Reid knew Caleb. Caleb wasn't going to use his powers, especially now that he had ascended. The body wrapped around him released a whimper and he let the power fade away that he had called up and his eyes changed from there black color to there normal blue ones.
Breanna on the other hand had dreamt of Chase and spiders. Even though it was all a blur she knew it was more than a dream. She knew it was him. He didn't say a word to her as he sent his spiders towards her. It was the movement of Reid's body that finally woke her. When she was finally able to calm herself she looked up at him. "Are you okay?"
"Yea." Reid yawned and rested a hand on her thigh. He felt her head move on his chest and he looked down to find her looking up at him. "What?"
"Nothing." Breanna smiled and returned his yawn before closing her eyes again. With the dream fading from her mind and Reid's arms around her she was able to relax again.
Reid only shook his head and stared down at the top of her brown head. When he considered his relationship with Breanna he hadn't considered just laying in a bed with her. Of course he hadn't expected her to be that comfortable either. "Breanna."
"Hm?" She looked up at him but he didn't say anything. Instead he kissed her. In the back of her mind she knew it was a bad idea. Kissing in a bed was a very bad idea considering their first kiss had them making out against a wall in the hallway. The rest of her body wasn't going to listen though. She scooted up his body and propped herself up on her arm. The hand resting on her hips buried in her hair and the other gripped her thigh and then she found herself on her back.
Reid settled comfortably between her legs and didn't break the kiss but she eventually did.
"Reid, you don't know me that well yet." Regardless of her words she wrapped her arms around his neck.
She always managed to shut him down at the worst time. "Well, do I at least know you well enough to kiss you?"
Breanna smiled up at him shyly. The last thing she wanted to do was so no, so she didn't. "Well, I suppose."