"What sound does the turkey make?" Chase said as he bent forward blowing a raspberry into Chastity's belly. When he pulled back, Chastity was laughing and he said, "Gobble, gobble, gobble." The door bell rang and Serenity flew to the door to answer it. When she opened the door she stared wary, but let the couple inside.

As they passed by her, Serenity spotted Chase through the archway to the living room. She mouthed her question to Chase, "Who are they?" Chase looked at the skinny blonde woman that was evaluating his home with her grey beady eyes and a blonde man, that look a lot like Reid, holding a can of cranberry sauce. Chase shrugged his shoulders and Serenity said, "Here let me take your coats."

The man nodded his head and said, "The Mrs. and I brought some cranberry sauce for dinner."

Serenity replied surprised, "Oh, thank you. We didn't have any left."

Meredith added, "Reid called me about it." She looked over to Sam and whispered, "And how many times do I have to tell you there is no we."

He said back, "Only a hundred more times." Meredith looked away annoyed and Serenity stood there awkwardly, not sure what to do.

Penn, who was sitting on the couch, spotted Meredith through the arch and got up to greet her, "Hello, Meredith. Glad to see you came…." He glanced over to the other person accompanying her and he halted in his words.

Sam smirked, "Hey Penn. How you doin'?"

Penn quickly enveloped him in a man hug and when Penn pulled away, he asked, "Sam Garwin, is that really you?"

Sam laughed, "Yep. The one and only." Penn tried contained his laugh when seeing Meredith roll her eyes at Sam's comment.

Penn said, "Couldn't tell by your facial hair." Serenity looked over at Sam to see he was clean shaven.

Sam scowled, "Still with the jokes from high school."

Penn, wrapping his arm around Sam, replied, "It never gets old." They both proceeded into the living room where on the couch sat Caleb, Thea, Reid, Kylie and Tyler. Ben lay upside down on the recliner while Rae was sprawled on the floor holding Austin. Ben glanced up at the arrival of people and jumped up quickly.

"How the bloody hell are you alive?" Sam glanced toward the area to find where the source of the question came from. He stared at Tyler, who quickly shook his head and then Sam turned toward Kylie.

Without hesitation she pointed to Ben on the floor, "He said it."

Sam, noticing Ben, finally said, "Nice to see you too, Benji."

Rae jump up over to Sam and squeezed the crap out of him. "I can't believe your back from your backpacking excursion."

Sam glanced down and said unsure, "Beth?"

Rae's face lit up, "Aww…you didn't forget me. The name's Rae, now."

Sam wittily said, "How could I forget such a," he paused for his joke, "spit-fire like you."

Rae rolled her eyes, "Man, you haven't changed a bit." She over looked him noticing he didn't seem very old, or even have the symptoms of a crazed addict. He seemed normal, which was weird because he used more than William.

Sam shifted his eyes searching and he asked, "Wait, if Will's guardian is here, then my chica must be…."

Rae interrupted, "Yea. Here let me introduce you." She pointed, "This is Tyler, son of James and Diana. Next to him is Kylie, Tyler's guardian."

Sam gave a head nod acknowledging him and replied to Kylie, "Nice to finally get a chance to meet you." Caleb was about to ask a question when Rae pointed to the next person, "This is Reid your son." Rae looked over to Sam with a smirk and continued to say, "And this is Caleb, Will's son."

Sam stuck his hand out, "Pleasure to meet you Caleb. I'm sorry for your loss; he was a great man."

Caleb said, "Thanks, Mr. Garwin."

As they were breaking apart from their handshake, Sam shook his head and said, "Call me Sam."

Rae sat down by Caleb and said, "Finally, this is Thea."

Sam nodded his head, "I know we met."

He looked around the room searching and Thea looked over at Reid with a smile. As if Reid could read her mind he shrugged his shoulders and said verbally, "Go ahead."

Thea coughed to grab Sam's attention, "Dejar de buscar la habitacion como sis u tutor va a aparecer de la nada. Es justo en frente de usted."

(Stop searching the room as if your guardian is going to pop out of thin air. She is right in front of you.)

Sam quickly turned back to Thea, "Maria?"

Thea nodded her head and began to continue talking in Spanish to Sam. Reid sat forward and asked Caleb, "Do you have any clue what they are saying?"

Caleb shook his head, "Nope. I took three years of Latin. Shouldn't you know this stuff?"

Raising his eyebrow Reid said, "Where have you been? I've been taking French since freshmen year."

Caleb responded, "And shouldn't you know that I took Latin?"

Reid cracked his knuckles and replied, "I did. I just thought all knowing Caleb could do this."

…

Meanwhile, Meredith stood awkwardly with Serenity, until Serenity suggested they should go into the kitchen with the girls. Opening the door to the kitchen, Holly was mashing the potatoes while Kylie and Abby were checking the Turkey in the oven. Kylie asked Abby, "Do you think we should leave it in a little bit longer?"

Abby nodded her head, "I think so. It should be a little more golden brown." Abby moved back to the counter to her previous job cutting the buns. As she sat down, her head turned in Meredith's direction.

Serenity leaned against the counter, "What's her problem? I introduced her to Holly and she basically snubbed her."

Abby smirked, "I guess she can't interact with us common folk. She's really trying to figure out who Reid's guardian is."

Serenity asked, "Why?"

Kylie brought over the bean casserole and added, "'Why' is exactly the question I wanted to ask." She pointed over to Meredith as she said, "Did she forget to bring her white gloves?" Serenity glanced over to see Meredith running her finger over the inside of the display cabinet that held some of Serenity's knick knacks.

Serenity said, "What does she think? I'm going to have time to clean every nook and cranny when I have two twins to take care of." Meredith's face pulled into disgust as she went over to the sink to wash her hands.

The door opened up and Thea walked in throw a dirty diaper away. As she disposed it, Holly asked, "Thea, will you take pumpkin pie out on the table?"

Thea reacted to her name being called and said, "Okay." She didn't notice in her happy mood that Meredith was there trying to hunt her down.

Abby quickly got up and said, "Amelia, will you go out and check if the table is set?" But in Thea's mind Abby sent a thought, she knows you've been lying to her. Thea nodded her head and went through the kitchen door quickly knowing she messed up big time. Meredith now would put together she was Reid's guardian. I guess I could go back to blonde again, Thea thought.

Kylie shook her head as she looked at the time, "Well I guess we could start putting the food out on the table and start the prayer. Then I'll bring the turkey out when it's done. So much for trying to get everything together on time."

Serenity picked up the sliced cranberry sauce that Abby placed in a dish and said, "I always love dessert before dinner anyways." She walked out the door and called everyone to get some grub.

Sitting at the table Chase sat at the head of the table on the one side, while Penn sat at the other. Serenity sat next to Chase's right hand and next followed, Tyler, Kylie, Rae, Caleb. Two seats were empty, and then Sam sat next to Penn's left hand. On Penn's right hand was Holly, then Meredith, which followed two other empty seat, Ben, Abby, Thea, Reid, Serenity and finally back to Chase.

Kylie asked, "So who's starting the prayer?" Kylie twisted her body toward Rae and they both put their pointer fingers to their noses. They said simultaneously, "Not it."

Rae laughed and turned to Caleb, "Why don't you Caleb?" Caleb hesitated and relief sparkled in his eyes as he said, "Chase, should; it's his home."

Chase gave Caleb a smirk and put his finger to his nose. He said, "I called not it."

Meredith getting impatient said, "I'll just say it already."

Rae whispered to Caleb, "You're going to regret not saying it."

Caleb leaned over to Rae, "Are Gorman and my mother coming?"

Rae nodded her head as she eyed the stuffing, "Yea they'll be here in three, two, one." Ding dong. Serenity got up out of her chair and opened to the door to Evelyn and Gorman.

Evelyn asked, "Are we late? The car decided to give us trouble with starting."

Serenity told her, "No, no. We were just about to start." Gorman took Mrs.

Danvers coat off and she rushed over kissing Caleb's cheek, "I'm sorry I'm late."

Caleb smiled, "It's okay, mom. Just take a seat." She gave a look around to see where she liked to sit. Evelyn's face froze when noticing the empty seats across from her, had Meredith next to them. She decided to sit by Sam, so she was directly across from her old best friend. Meredith's face was blank as Evelyn took her seat.

Penn seeing the tension said, "Why don't you start the prayer now Meredith." She slowly directed her gaze at Penn and said, "Yes. In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Thank You for this special day, a day to remember your goodness to us. I want to thank you for a roof over our heads, and more than enough food to eat. I want to thank you for the relationships you have given to us, for family and friends." Meredith gave a sweetening smile over to Penn and patted Holly's hand.

Caleb whispered to Rae, "It's not so bad."

Rae replied back, "She's going to keep blabbering on. It was so boring in my vision that I had to pull out of it."

She continued to say, "Also, I want to thank you for all the bad experiences we've had. We have learned that you were there for us all the time."

Evelyn stared at Meredith and said under her breath a little too loud, "Unlike some other people I know."

Meredith paused at Evelyn interruption and said, "Please help the sick, the desperate, the dying, the ugly," she glanced over to Ben, "…the dim-witted" she focused on Abby. Meredith said angry, "The adulterating traitors of the world."

Sam stared clueless at her accusation toward him and Meredith then directly looked at Evelyn, "the mentally unstable." Going down the table, Rae noticed the prayer was becoming an easy way for Meredith to take her frustrations out. Rae just couldn't wait to hear what Meredith had to say about her.

Meredith looked at Gorman and said, "The poor." She shifted her eyes to Caleb, "The misfortunate fools."

Rae sat up more in her chair to hear what she would be labeled and Meredith said, "The unwanted." Rae glanced over to Abby and said in her thoughts, how original.

Abby replied, I'm not that dumb.

Rae smiled at her own thought, No. never.

Abby replied, You're an ass.

She said, See now that was a better insult. Rae went back to focusing on the next assaulted person. As Meredith was about to label Kylie, Tyler's hand clenched, "The outcast."

Next was Tyler, "The lonely."

She said to Serenity, "the impure and unchaste." Serenity stared back shocked and had a hurt expression on her face. She moved onto Chase, but skipped over him due to the murderous glare he was sending her.

"The unappreciative." She stared at Reid, who rolled his eyes.

"The depressed, the down-trotted, the abused…."

Reid coughed, "Bull shit." This grabbed her attention for a second.

She kept going, "the homeless." She finally glanced up at Thea and said cold hearted, "the slimy scum of society that lies about…."

"Amen," Rae said quickly to cut her off. She looked over to Caleb, "She changed her speech a bit." After her prayer, Ben got down and went upstairs mumbling about not taking her crap.

Penn cleared his throat trying to break everyone's daggering eye at Meredith. He glanced over to Holly trying to get a better conversation started. Penn said, "Well the food looks delicious right, Holly?"

Holly smiled at Penn, "Yes. We should dig in. Evelyn can you pass me the bacon and baked beans, please. I love it."

Sam laughed, "You know what they say about beans."

Rae chimed in, "Beans, beans, they're good for the heart."

Penn said, "The more you eat…."

Reid added, "The more you…."

"Fart. Sir." Gorman answered in his monotone voice.

Penn smiled as he said, "Well I guess I'll be sleeping on the couch tonight."

Holly batted at Penn's arm, "Oh please. You shouldn't talk, Mr. Toots-A-lot."

Ding dong. Caleb turned to Rae to see her eyes dilated. She whispered more to herself, "They weren't supposed to come."

Kylie asked Rae, "Who?" She turned her head toward Abby, who answered her question mentally. "Oh." Abby began to turn pale as Kylie stood up to get the door.

Getting shoved to the side, Kate barged in the foyer pushing Kylie out of the way. Kylie said slightly sarcastic, "Hi Kate. What a surprise to see you. I thought you were going to your parent's house to have thanksgiv…."

She took off her coat and practically threw it at Kylie, "Changed my mind. Is Abigail here?"

Before Kylie could answer, she swiftly walked to the dining room. Kylie stood there astounded and Kate's coat in her arms was being taken away. She glanced over to see Pogue hanging up Kate's jacket on the coat rack. He glanced down and said, "Sorry about Kate's manners. She's a…little upset."

Kylie waved her hand, "That's fine. It's nice that you came to dinner."

Pogue was taking off his coat and asked, "I hope we're not intruding."

Kylie smiled, "You're not and you didn't miss much, just an interesting prayer."

Going back to the table Kate already took her seat next to Ben. Abby held her head as if she was in pain while Kate was glaring at Abby with hatred in her eyes. Penn stood up and went over to Pogue giving him a hug. "Pogue, I'm glad you decided to join."

They took their seats and everyone was piling food on their plates to fill the silence. It was five minutes later when Abby asked, "Kate, will you please stop. I've apologized."

Kate replied snippily, "Why should I stop. Obviously you couldn't."

Abby held her face in her hands, "Kate, this isn't the place."

"It wasn't your place to be with my boyfriend, you slut…." Kate continued to yell at Abby, while down the table Meredith said after Kate called Abby a slut, "All the guardians seem like whores."

Rae glanced over to Meredith's direction and said, "Take that back."

Meredith accused, "Like you haven't got into his pants already." She pointed to Caleb.

Evelyn countered her comment, "I know Rae, and she's a good person. And I know my son would never do such a thing. He's a well brought up man. Now apologize."

Evelyn glanced over to her son to see his head bent down in shame and she said timidly, "Caleb?"

Meredith laughed a little, "Yes, I can see the well brought up boy you raised."

Evelyn said, "Please, like your son hasn't de-flowered all the girl's at the school yet?" Evelyn said to Sam quickly, "No offense."

Sam said, "That's fine." He leaned forward, "Meredith. Stop."

She said, "Don't you dare try to tell me what to do."

Sam shrugged his shoulders, "Fine, have it your way." He turned to Evelyn and said, "Remember he's old enough to make grown up decisions, Eve."

Meredith said, "Like Kate said, they're all sluts. That one got pregnant and hasn't been married yet. He slept with Lucinda. Am I right?"

She held a smile as Rae took a sip of her wine. Before Rae could answer Caleb yelled, "I didn't sleep with her. So why don't you get your snooty nose out of my business."

Rae trying to direct the attention away from Caleb said to Meredith, "I may be mistaken, but if I do remember right, didn't you sleep with a guy before getting married? Hmm…I could have sworn you got pregnant too."

Meredith said, "That was different. It was one month before I was getting married. And I didn't know I was pregnant until I was two months in. Did marriage ever enter their minds?" Chase glanced over Serenity, who was intensely watching Abby and Kate argue. He thought, why hadn't marriage ever entered his mind? (add he was content right now. Why rush.) Chase focused back on to what Meredith was saying, "…no excuse why they haven't."

Evelyn said, "Apparently you're the only one that can make excuses. 'I'm sorry Evelyn. I have a Charity Ball to attend too. So I won't be able to make it to your husband's funeral.'"

Rae said cuttingly, "You still did the impure, dirty deed Meredith. But that's beside the point. I think the real question is why are you so focused on the guardian's sexual relations?"

Meredith stood up, "I don't have to take this."

She stormed out of the room and Rae said, "I think I struck a nerve."

Sam got up and said, "I know I'm going to regret this." [He followed her out to the car and he said, "Why are you so obsessed over impurity? Is it because you got pregnant before marriage?"

Meredith began to open the car door, "I don't want to talk about this."

He held the door closed, "Yes. We are going to get to the bottom of this. Why are you always on the attack? They didn't do anything."

She said angry, "Open this door now!"

He shook his head, "Don't push me away, Mere." She moved to the other side of the car and Sam quickly moved in front of her. She persistently reached around to get the handle and in a flash, his eyes turned black and he bent the metal frame in so she couldn't open any of the car doors. She barked, "Samuel Vincent Garwin. Put this car back to the way it was or I swear…."

Sam smiled, "You didn't flinch away."

Meredith stopped in her rant and said, "What?"

Sam continued to say, "When we were younger you always flinched when my eyes turned black."

She rolled her eyes, "I've grown up a lot since then. And I'm used to it with Reid around." Sam glanced down contemplated to ask if his son used a lot, but he decided to pursue Meredith's issue now.

"You still haven't answered the question."

Meredith began to march to the road and raised her hand out to feel a rain drop hit it, "Almost three months with a drought and now it decides to rain." He followed her as the rain started to fall harder.

He said, "You are so stubborn. You know that. Instead of telling me what's wrong and riding home in the nice warm car. You decided to avoid the question and get soaked." He grabbed her arm turning her toward him, "Why, Mere?"

She said annoyed, "Yes. Are you happy? It did bother me. It wasn't how it was suppose to go. I was to get married, then have kids."

He asked, "Still doesn't explain why you hate the guardians so much."

She yelled, "Fuck you. You know exactly why I hate that brat." She pulled her arm away and continued to walk.

He replied, "Whoa. Why do woman think men have mind reading abilities. What are you talking about?"

She said heatedly, "What do I have to spell it out for you. I know about you and miss tramp. I saw you holding her hand and I saw you kiss it. At first I didn't want to believe it, but then you started to ditch me more and more to hang out with her."

He said, "I have never cheated on you. The kiss on the hand that you've built your whole accusation on is wrong. She's like a sister to me."

She whipped around so fast that her blonde hair wrapped around the other side of her face. "Yes, because brothers always kiss their sisters. I saw the way you looked at her. Admit it, you did more than just innocently hold her hand!"

Sam said also getting heated, "Yet again I will tell you, I loved her as a sister, nothing more. And last time I checked siblings can kiss their hand when there's a boo-boo." He paused when a new thought dawned on him, "This is why you left me. Not because you were scared of me…."

She plopped on the ground and said tired, "Of course it wasn't because I was scared of you. I was startled I'll admit, but I loved you no matter what you were." She said miffed, "I thought you loved her, so I left before I could get hurt."

He sat down next to her on the muddy ground, "Oh, Mere. Why do you make things more complicate then they have to be? Six years I could have been with you and my son."

He asked her, "And since when did you care about material possessions and the social society parties? What happened to the fun girl that used to do dares like eat a worm and then throw up on my shoes, or sneak out of her house to see me? Are you still trying to belong?"

She looked away and said, "An ugly, simpleton like me could never fit in. That's what your father said directly to my face. I proved him wrong."

He lifted her face up, "He was right about one thing. You would never fit in. You were born to stand out. And that's what I first fell in love with." He put his hand over hers, "Now, I know you rather have one of your teeth pulled out at a time, instead of apologizing, but you have too."

She shook her head, "There's no way I'm doing that. What I said was partially true."

Sam let out a sigh, "Okay, how about this. Don't push Thea away from Reid like my parents did to us. He likes her, so let them be."

She crossed her arms and said, "Fine."

Sam smiled, "Good girl."

She sat up, "Don't good girl me. Even though we've straightened out some stuff, we are still not back together. Got it?" He nodded his head and she said, "Good."

…

"…since Halloween. That's practically two years." Kate said heated.

Pogue said, "Actually, it's a year and one month."

Abby turned to him, "That isn't helping my situation."

Kate continued to yell, "Three years I gave you my friendship. How could you do this to me? We were friends!"

Serenity added, "I can't believe you! You harp on me about how much I broke our promise and you did this."

Lashing out at Kate, Abby screamed, "We never were friends! I invited you to hang out because I felt sorry for you. You couldn't even keep Kira as a friend. And you were both compatible with your bitchiness." Kylie jumped over the table to restrain Kate, and Abby turned to Serenity to say, "We were drunk."

Evelyn gasped at Abby's comment and Penn said, "Oh come on, Eve. Don't act surprised. Like we didn't do some partying and drinkin…."

Holly looked over at Penn and she said quietly, "Penn. Don't encourage them."

Penn added louder for the children to hear, "But you shouldn't drink. It's illegal and bad. Very bad."

Abby continued to say, "I didn't mean it. It just happened."

Serenity replied, "Like I meant to fall in love. That was exactly my point I was trying to make. Things happen. I'm upset because you should have been the best person to understand my situation."

Penn trying to take control of the situation by whistling loud, thus this grabbed everyone's attention. "Everyone, let's try to calm down. This is supposed to be a time where we celebrate being together. Kylie put a lot of work into putting this thanksgiving dinner together. So let's relax and enjoy it because these brave women that died for us, never got to have a Happy Thanksgiving with us."

Kylie, with a sad expression, let go of Kate and walked into the kitchen as Kate grabbed her things to leave. When Kate stepped out the door she yelled to Pogue, "We're leaving!" And slam, the door was shut, thus waking the two twins that were asleep in the play pin. Serenity and Chase dashed over to sooth their kids and ultimately went upstairs to get away from the yelling.

Caleb asked, "Why?"

Pause. You know when you have those five seconds where you realize something bad is about to happen, but you can't do anything. Yea, that was Rae right now. She could only watch Penn's mouth as it slowly formed the words that would detonate the bomb.

"Gabriel kills them."

"They die." Caleb restated Penn's words trying to let them sink in.

Tyler said dumbfound, "I thought only Kylie was going to die."

Pogue asked Tyler, "You knew this was going to happen?"

Tyler shook his head quickly, "No. I thought Kylie was dying from cancer or something. The only thing I knew was that she only had until this school year to live."

Penn completely confused asked, "They didn't know?"

Rae shook her head, "No."

"When were you planning to tell us?" Caleb asked as he fumed. She swore she could see the steam coming out of his ears. Rae glanced around the table to see Reid was quiet in thought, while Pogue looked at Abby as if he was seeing her in a different light. Tyler kept pushing his peas with his fork with a miserable expression on his face.

Caleb was still waiting for an answer and she didn't know what to say. She would have rather spared him as much pain as she could. "You weren't going too." Caleb concluded. "You want to keep us in the dark. We can help fight…."

Rae stated, "See this is exactly what I was trying to avoid. You can't Caleb. It's our job to protect you. Too make sure your line stays alive." She put her hand on his shoulder, "You have to accept we're going to die."

Caleb yelled, "No. I'm not going to let you die. I'm going to protect you."

Rae yelled back, "How do you expect to protect us if your powers kill you with use. If you die Caleb, we are all screwed…."

As they continued to argue, Pogue moved over in Ben's seat to be closer to Abby. He said, "This is the real reason why you pushed me away. Isn't it?"

Abby glanced up from her hands, "Yes. Rae hasn't been able to see my future, so there would be no point in starting something if I couldn't finish it."

Pogue's eyes gleamed, "That day we went camping, you would have said yes if you weren't going to a…."

Abby said, "In a heartbeat. But we can't."

Pogue shook his head, "Can we have a fresh new start?"

Abby focused on his hazel eyes, "Yea, we can." She noticed the distance in his eyes was gone and her Pogue was back again. "Are you feeling better?"

Pogue's face held a little confusion at Abby's question, but he answered truthfully, "Actually yes. My head has been feeling clogged a lot lately, now that I think about it. Weird…."

She persisted, "What?"

He gave her a genuine smile, "I feel like I'm thinking much clearer than I have in a long time." The front door opened and Kate held a panicked expression as she witnessed Pogue by Abby. She said demanding, "Pogue now."

Pogue nodded his head and turned back to Abby. "I'll see you later then?"

She smiled and said, "I'd like that." When Pogue got up, Abby noticed how Kate feared losing control over Pogue. After all, he was taking his time to leave now. Not like the obedient dog she had tight on a leash a month ago.

Abby glanced up to see Kylie, who was on the verge of tears, enter from the kitchen door way with a very brown turkey. She plopped the turkey down with force, which captured everyone's attention. She said, "The turkey's dry."

When Kylie went back to the kitchen many things happened at once. Tyler, like always, went after Kylie. Caleb took off furiously in his car to go to Molly's dinner, while Reid got up quietly and went outside for some air. Penn and Holly, knowing this was a lost cause decided they should go home, thus Evelyn and Gorman followed in pursuit. Abby escorted the parents out and had an internal conversation with Penn. It went along the lines that he rather his son date her any day over Kate.

The only people left at the table were Rae, who was searching the future and Thea, who hadn't moved from her spot yet. When Rae came back from her vision of Caleb's unresponsive and depressing dinner with Molly, she saw Thea full on crying. Rae stared shocked and said timidly, "Thea? Are you okay?" Abby entering the room swiftly moved over and gave her a comforting hug.

Thea blubbered out, "He hates me. Really, really hates me. He, he…." She cried a little more before finishing her sentence, "He couldn't even, even look at me."

Abby held her tighter and tried to hush her sobs down, "Shhh,shhh…he doesn't hate you Thea. No one can hate a sweet girl like you."

Thea said, "But, I,I,I…felt it."

Abby replied, "He's just angry at the news. That's all." Thea nodded her head and Abby turned to Rae and said, "Be careful and good luck."

Rae said grumpily, "Yes, mom." She rolled her eyes and said to herself, "I'm just going to the colony house." She turned to Abby before leaving, "But thanks. I'll be needing it." And from there Rae went off to the colony house to wait for Caleb and hopefully talk this over calmly.

…

Out in the back Reid sat by a small pond that was a little north from the house. He looked at the ground searching for another square rock to skip across the water. Seven months until the spell would be broken. Seven months he would have to spend with Thea. It would be seven months until she would slip through his fingers and be gone forever. The rock he threw plopped into the water making a splash. He whispered to his self, "Seven isn't enough." Feeling this emptiness inside him wasn't totally new, but truthfully the news of their death created a new low of loneliness. Because the feeling of isolation was suffocating him, he quickly drew out his wallet and pulled out an old picture of Thea taken back in sophomore year. In the photo she wasn't doing anything, just sitting on a bench and smiling up at him.

In that sheer moment he decided he wasn't going to dwell on the bad news, but focus only on her happiness. After all Thea deserved the best. A plan was already forming to make her seven months the greatest by doing things she never did before.

A twig cracked behind him and he quickly folded the picture in half and placed it into his pocket. Reid turned his head to see Thea picking up a rock. As she was stepping forward to launch the rock, Thea being Thea, had tripped over her own feet. Reid hastily trying to stop Thea from falling by latching onto her arm; however, the momentum from Thea and the gravel slipping under his feet, instead pulled him forward with her toward the water. He closed his eyes waiting to hit the freezing water, but after a few seconds nothing happened. Did they miss the lake? He bounced his body up and down twice testing his footing. It felt solid.

"You can open our eyes Reid." Looking straight forward, Thea stood right in front holding his hands. She gave Reid his favorite smile and said, "I maybe be the clumsiest thing to walk the earth, but when it comes to water…."

He laughed and replied, "Because everyone can walk on water, Jesus…" He glanced around to see they were standing on the water and he continued to say, "Christ!" Thea laughed at his reaction and responded, "I do believe the Bible tells us Jesus is always with us and inside us."

Reid looked back at her, "No kidding. I guess you got more of the bargain. You can walk on water and probably part the sea."

Thea glanced down and asked, "Reid, I really need to know. Are you okay with the news?"

Reid rubbed his thumb over her hand and said, "Thea, I've accepted it. The only thing I want to do is spend whatever time you have together; preferably things you've never done." Thea's eyes examined him more intently, and he knew she was searching his feelings. He said, "Really, Thea. I mean it."

She gave him a hug and said, "Thank you. No one's ever done that for me." Thea pulled his arm to get back to the shore, but Reid didn't budge. "Are you coming?" Thea asked.

Reid nodded his head and Thea started to walk holding Reid's hand. Again she was yanked back by his lack of movement. "Reid."

"I know. I know."

"Don't you trust me?"

He rolled his eyes, "Yes."

Thea grabbed both of his hands and said, "Focus only on me and whatever you do don't look down."

Reid couldn't help but laugh, "Doesn't that sound familiar."

She replied, "It should. You're the one that used those words to trick me into going on that deadly limb."

Reid not taking his eyes off hers said, "It wasn't bad. We survived and didn't have to see my mother."

Thea glanced away, but kept leading Reid forward. She asked, "About that. Your mom knows my true identity. And I think it's not a shock she hates my guts for lying."

He sighed, "Thea you got to understand one thing about my mother. She's bitter, self-centered, and temper mental. And no matter what she's never satisfied with anything. So her disapproval, hasn't stopped me from doing things I love and sure isn't going to stop me from seeing you."

She said joking, "Am I that important to you?"

He smirked before answering, "Yes. You're one of my best friends."

She said, "Who are the others?"

Reid smiled, "Only one. Baby boy. But don't tell him; he might get jealous."

Thea replied, "Oh, well we wouldn't want thattt…!"

Thea tumbled backwards dragging Reid again, only this time they landed on the hard ground. Reid shifted his body to turn to Thea, "You are definitely spot on about you and the earth. With your clumsiness a flat surface would jeopardizes your life on a daily bases. How do you make it through a day?" He pondered for a second and Thea glanced over to hit his shoulder, but stopped.

She asked, "What are you thinking, Garwin?"

He said, "Doesn't it make sense that the ground is your enemy. Earth could absorb water and water can cover the Earth; there's a constant strain between these elements." Reid shook his head, "Anyway, I need to know what you have never done."

She laid there in thought and Reid just watched as her lips started to pucker and moved side to side. She finally said, "Well I have never went to space, drove a fork lift, ate molten lava, won an Olympic gold medal…."

Reid laughed, "How about we do something more plausible."

Thea smiled, "Hmm…I've never roller-bladed before."

Reid seemed shocked, "Seriously. We'll add that to the list and cross off all your firsts. If there is anything you think of that you want to do, I'll make it happen."

She sat up and twisted herself to face him, "Do you know you were the first person I ever kissed." She leaned forward and kissed his lips and pulled away, "Thank you." Thea walked away and Reid put his arms under his head and just blissfully savored that moment in his mind. It was indeed his first kiss too. One kiss that didn't lead to scoring with a girl to get a fast satisfaction; this was a refreshing change.

…

Picking at her nail polish thoughtlessly, Rae sat on the uncomfortable couch in the colony house waiting for Caleb to show. She glanced over to see William's empty chair and a shiver traveled up her spine from both the memory and the cold. Rae slowly walked over to the fireplace to light a fire, but her eye sight dimmed and she quickly focused on her vision.

Caleb practically busted through the door, letting all his emotions fly. He angrily broke anything in sight and when all his frustration was fed with impulsive actions, he sat at the bottom of the stairs mumbling about how it wasn't fair. Why was this happening? His head, that held teary eyes, was now buried in his hands. After a couple minutes, he calmed down and looked at his destruction. Caleb sighed and flashed his black eyes to fix the broken stuff and put them back in their rightful place….

The sudden shiver brought her back to reality and she stooped down pointing her finger toward the wood left in the fireplace. A flame grew around her finger and she touched the log and slowly started the fire. Once the wood caught, she pulled her finger to her mouth and blew it out. Watching the flame dance she decided to pick up where the vision left off. As her senses were becoming duller and the picture was coloring itself, a tap on her shoulders snapped her out of her concentration. She jumped up quickly knocking into the person behind her. Turning her head she found herself staring at Caleb, who was giving her a half smile. He said, "Sorry I scared you." She analyzed him and noticed no tear residue and Caleb said, "I saw the light when I came inside and the smell of stuffing."

Rae looked over at the coffee table to see the tray of stuffing she brought, "I thought you'd like some?"

He sat down on the couch, "You must be feeling terrible if you're willing to share it? But, no thank you."

Rae sat next to him and said quietly, "Yea, I couldn't either."

Caleb began to say, "I know I can help protect you. I won't fail you. I promis…."

She placed her finger on his lips and said sadly, "Please don't. Do you know how many times I've heard that and been disappointed? You can't stop it. It's our fate, we die to protect you and you move on and we come back."

Caleb looked up at Rae and said, "I hate how you already accept it. Fight it."

Rae sighed and replied, "I've tried many times. Just enough is enough."

Caleb persisted, "But you said it's different this time. What about Serenity?"

Rae pondered and said softly, "That's true. First time anyone's had a future." She paused before saying, "I saw her whole future. She'll get married, have another son and name him Evan. He'll be 8 lbs and 2 ounces." Rae said with a sad smile, "Serenity will grow old and die a happy life with Chase."

Caleb asked, "And do you see any other of the guardian's futures?" He seemed to be gesturing more to her future, but she decided to withhold that information.

Rae replied, "Well with Kylie I sometimes get clear glimpses. Thea is too fuzzy to figure out."

Caleb asked, "Fuzzy?"

Rae tried to explain, "It's kind of like when the TV channel is all static. And Abby's had been black for a year, but now it's fuzzy again." Rae focused her attention on twisting her ring around her finger. Usually she never looked into her future, but she messed up after Meredith's party and saw only her fate was now a black abyss.

He asked, "And yours?"

She smiled and bent the truth, "I choose to live in the present, than dwell on my future."

Caleb curiously asked, "Do you know my brother's futures?"

Rae contemplated in thought and finally said, "Yes, I've seen what your lives will be after we are gone. Pogue gets married."

Caleb said, "Really. To…?"

"Not Kate," Rae said as she watched Caleb's face light up with relief. "He gets married to a nice woman named Rose and has two kids. You're one of his son's godfather." Caleb sat in quiet and Rae feeling jealous and curious to Caleb's reaction. She blurted out, "Molly's the godmother."

Caleb asked, "Why? I didn't think Pogue and her were good friends."

Rae shook her head at Caleb's cluelessness, "He picked her because she's your wife. You have one son."

Caleb stood up in shock, "Oh." He said after a couple minutes, "But this isn't set in stone. The future can still change right?"

Rae said, "I hope it does for the other sakes."

Caleb asked, "Why what happens to Reid and Tyler?"

She shook her head disappointed, "Reid marries Leanne Parkson. But they aren't happy and they can't have children. She's sterile."

Caleb said, "Won't his line die out?"

Rae waved her hands in a carefree way and replied, "Don't worry he has a son."

Caleb said skeptically, "He does?"

Rae nodded, "I told you his marriage wasn't happy. It's on the rocks especially with his affair."

Caleb said unsure, "I guess that's good; him having a son. What about Tyler?"

She glanced away and said, "Tyler lost everything…and couldn't deal with the pain."

Caleb stared at Rae and asked, "Rae, he didn't?"

Rae said sadly, "After he lost Kylie, he willed his powers away." She sighed and said determined to Caleb, "I have to make sure Kylie lives or else everything is doomed."

Caleb still disturbed by the news of his brother's fate said without thinking, "Why?"

"If Tyler doesn't continue the line, Kylie will never return. She's key to everything. Without her giving us our memories, we are all goners." She asked him, "Promise me you won't give word to any of this future stuff to anyone. Telling Tyler could plant the idea into his mind. You just have to watch him and see if he shows any signs of him becoming too depressed. Maybe you could stop him and help him."

Caleb nodded his head and said, "Trying to keep Kylie alive would be a lot easier than dealing with that kind of depression. I know because I've been there."

Rae said, "You weren't that serious."

Caleb stood quietly by the window, "Those two days after my father's death; I had thought about it." Rae glanced over sorrowfully at hearing this and he added, "I'm glad I didn't, but Tyler may not feel the same way. So what makes Serenity different?"

Rae paced, "I think Serenity's future is secured because she's found something worth staying for. Her kids. If we could get Kylie an anchor, then everything would be...safe?"

Caleb put his hands together and said, "So get Kylie pregnant and we'll be all good."

Rae laughed, "I don't think pregnancy is going to be the answer for everything."

He sighed, "I know. Shouldn't being with Tyler be enough? They've loved each other since freshmen year."

She snapped her head quickly over to Caleb, "You knew?"

Caleb smiled, "Isn't it obvious."

She smirked, "Yea, it is. I think that's why I get glimpses of her because of her connection with Tyler. It just needs to be stronger. I think. Oh, I have a headache."

Caleb said, "Let's just focus on right now for today, and we'll think about this after our vacation is over. Pass the stuffing."

Rae nodded her head, "Okay." She said this as she picked a piece of stuffing and placed it in her mouth.

…

Back in the kitchen, Kylie sat on a bar stool eating a bag of chocolate chip cookies while Tyler was rummaging through Serenity's cabinets. Kylie watched him place an electric chopping machine on a counter, and he grabbed the dry turkey that lay in a pot on the stove. He began to dismember it and cut off the meat. Kylie said, "No one will want to eat it."

He ignored her comment and put the meat into the blender. She said sarcastically, "Oh, turkey smoothies. Good call Tyler."

Tyler shook his head as he laughed. He replied, "No. I have a better idea. But I wonder if that would work?"

Kylie rolled her eyes and asked, "So what are you making?"

Tyler turned toward her, "I'm going to start our thanksgiving over."

She sighed and said quietly, "I think there's no way to save this holiday disaster."

Tyler said all knowing, "There's always a way. You just have to think outside the box."

Kylie raised an eyebrow, "I still don't understand how putting the turkey in a blender helps…."

Tyler hit the blender button and the turkey was beginning to be grounded up into tiny pieces. He said, "Trust me. I know what I'm doing. Can you get the miracle whip for me?" She nodded her head and retrieved the miracle whip from the refrigerator. Tyler dumped the turkey bits into a large container and added miracle whip into the mix.

"Grab two plates, the buns and sit down baby," Tyler said as he brought the mixture over. He made her a sandwich and as he handed it over to Kylie, he said, "Whala. Turkey salad."

Kylie, who was starving took a bite, followed by another, and another until it was gone. She said making another one for herself, "This is really good. I would have never thought of making Turkey salad."

Tyler swallowing his bite and said, "My mom would always do this to the turkey after thanksgiving, so I could take sandwiches for my lunch at school."

The opening up of the kitchen door revealed Rae and Caleb, who was holding the remainder of the stuffing. Rae sat down next to Kylie and Kylie asked, "Do you want some turkey salad sandwiches?"

Rae shook her head and said, "I'm so stuffed I can't eat anymore."

Caleb pulling up a chair said, "No wonder, she ate almost the entire tray of it." He placed the pan down as he continued to say, "That stuff is heavy. I thought it was the pan at first."

"Did I hear stuffing?" Reid said as both Thea and Reid entered the back door into the kitchen.

Tyler said, "Yea, there seems to be some leftover man." Thea took the last remaining seat, while Reid stood over Caleb to quickly grab a slice. He said with his mouthful, "You know stuffing isn't bad tasting cold. Oh, sorry about that Caleb." Reid tried to pick off the piece of stuff that fell out of Reid's mouth onto Caleb's head. Caleb swatted him away as he shook his head.

"Do you really have to eat over my head?" Caleb said.

Reid shrugged his shoulders, "If you just move out of your seat, so I could just get in closer, you wouldn't have crumbs in your hair."

Thea added, "And if he moved you swipe his seat faster than green grass through a goose."

Kylie placed her plate down and said, "Thanks for the visual Thea."

Rae laughed and agreed, "Man, do I love your southern expressions. Anyway I prefer it cold. It's so much better."

The kitchen door again swung open only this time Chase, Serenity, who was dragging Abby through the door, came in. Chase eyed up the food and asked, "Please tell me there's enough food. I'm so hungry."

Reid replied, "Plenty. Who made the turkey salad?" Tyler raised his hand while he still was chewing his food. Reid said, "This is awesome."

Thea glanced over to Abby and Serenity and asked, "Did you two make up?"

Serenity nodded her head as she went into the refrigerator getting the extra food they cooked. "We're cool now and all is forgiven."

Abby was about to add on when she stared at the door. She said, "Pogue's here."

Everyone turned their attention to see Pogue standing at the door uncertain. He looked at Abby and asked, "May I join?"

Abby turned slowly to the group and Kylie said, "Of course you can Pogue."

Reid added, "All we ask is for you not to eat the cranberry sauce. My mother may have poisoned it." Rae, who was drinking her milk started to choke at Reid's joke. Pogue smiled and grabbed the can of cranberry.

He said, "Well in that case…." He threw the jar in the trash and scoop some mash potatoes on a plate.

Serenity mouthed to Kylie, "Ask him where Kate is." Reid, seeing this, gave Kylie a look that said, do it.

Kylie hesitantly asked, "So Pogue is Kate coming back to join us too?"

He glanced over to Kylie and said, "No. She said she wanted to go visit her parents."

Thea asked confused, "And you didn't go with her?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "She asked me not too." Abby cringed a little when she accidently saw Pogue's replay thought at what actually happened. Asking was a nicer term he used; it seemed more like viciously screeching.

Serenity seeing still some tension decided to bring out a wine bottle. "I think this occasion calls for some of this." She poured everyone a glass of wine and said, "I'd like to make a toast. Change, whether it seems good or bad, can provided opportunities to find out what kind of person we are born to be. Change allows us to grow and learn new things about others and ourselves. Change is inevitable, for it intertwines in our lives. So the only advice I can give is this; however our lives change let us not forget the good memories we've made and the friendships we've built over the years."

Serenity clanged her glass to Chase's glass as she said, "Cheers." Everyone clanked their glasses among friends yelling cheers and took a gulp of wine.

Rae whispered to Caleb, "See nothing a little stuffing and forgiveness can't do." Caleb rolled his eyes at Rae while Tyler leaned over to Kylie.

Tyler whispered in her ear, "Happy Thanksgiving, Baby." Right there she would have kissed Tyler for giving her the thanksgiving she always wanted, but company was present now. So she settled with just holding his hand under the table.