Sarah was woken by a pounding on their door, early Saturday morning. She glanced at the alarm clock, squinting to read the numbers and groaning when she saw that they read 7:08. As quietly as she could, so as not to disturb the others, she crept to the door and flung it open with an angry glare. The smirk on Reid's face vanished and he took a small step back, a little frightened by the force of the glare from Sarah.

He gave a small grin and shrugged his shoulders when she cocked her head, waiting for him to begin. "Um... have you seen Ty? He disappeared last night when I brought Pip home, and I haven't seen him since..."

Sarah sighed and open the door a little more, so Reid could see a little further into the room. She could have laughed at his expression. His jaw almost hit the floor and his mouth opened and closed like a goldfish at the scene in front of him. Monica was lying on her right side, the blankets scrunched around her waist. A waist at that had an arm draped over it. An arm that belonged to Tyler. Tyler Simms, who was spooned against Monica's back. Reid gasped and tried to walk into the room, but Sarah blocked his way and pushed him back into the hall.

"What the hell?!" Reid hissed, throwing an accusing look at her.

She sighed, running a hand through her hair and replied, "Its nothing, Reid. Tyler came here last night, and obviously there is no third bed in this room, so he jumped in with Monica..."

"It'd better be nothing, blondie. Why did he have to share with Mon? Why couldn't you have shared together and Ty could've had a bed to himself? Pogue is going to kill him! How could you let this happen?" he stared at her angrily.

"I promise you, blondie, nothing is going on. It's completely innocent. Monica really likes Pogue, she wouldn't jeopardise that!" she hissed at him, crossing her arms against her chest.

Reid let out a deep breath, and crossed his arms, mimicking Sarah. "Fine. I'm not happy about this, though", he began to walk off, but spun around as he remembered what he came here to tell them. "Oh, we're all meeting up for breakfast at 'Joe's ' at 9 if you want to come..." He smiled at her, having run out of steam, and she couldn't help but grin back at him.

"We'll be ready", was her only reply as she closed the door again. Shaking her head, she slipped back under her warm covers, reaching over to set the alarm for 8:15. With a long yawn, she looked over and grinned at the couple sleeping in the next bed. If only they knew about the storm they had unwittingly created this morning.

A soft 'beep, beep, beep, beep' interrupted Monica's sleep, and she gradually woke to a groan behind her, an arm tightening against her wait, and a face nuzzling into the back of her hair. She frowned at first, but quickly remembered that Tyler had spent the night in her bed. She opened to her eyes, yawning, just as Sarah was reaching over to turn off the alarm. "Dude, seriously", she began groggily, "who the hell sets an alarm on a Saturday morning?"

Sarah grinned at her, sitting up in her bed, rubbing her eyes. "Reid stopped past earlier to let us know that we're all going out fro breakfast at nine. I wanted plenty of time to wake up".

Monica nodded, as Tyler groaned and rolled onto his back, and she sat up, running her hands through her hair. "Wait! Reid was here this morning?" Sarah nodded, a small grin playing against her mouth. "Did he...? Did he see Tyler here?" she asked, biting her bottom lip.

"Oh yeah," Sarah smirked, "you've created quite the controversy in his mind!"

Tyler laughed silently beside her, causing the whole bed to shake. She smacked him on the stomach. "This isn't funny Tyler! You know how much of a drama queen he is! He's probably going to tell Pogue that he walked in on us goin' for it!" she finished with groan, dropping her head into her hands.

Sarah threw off her covers, and walked over to her wardrobe, shaking her head. "I explained the situation to him, and assured him that nothing was going on, but still, you might want to give Pogue a heads up before Reid blurts out something inappropriate at breakfast."

Monica sighed, climbing from the bed and making her way into the bathroom. She was brushing her teeth as Ty walked in, wearing his sweatpants, and hugged her from behind, planting a kiss on her cheek. "Thanks for letting me crash last night. I really appreciate it".

She ginned at him through the mirror, and patted his hands with her free one. He wandered back into the room, grabbing his hoodie from the chair, and called out "We'll come past and pick you guys up about 8:45?" Monica gave him the thumbs up from the bathroom and a muffled "mmhmm" emerged from the closet. He grinned, and shut the door behind him, making his way back to his room.

Reid pounced on him as he walked through the door. "What they hell were you thinking, baby boy? Pogue's gonna shit a brick when he finds out! It's obvious that he likes her, and here you are sleeping with her! Bro's before ho's, dude. Bro's before ho's!"

Tyler, a little irked by the accusation, pushed past his best friend, not even soothed by the apologetic smile Piper was sending him. He snatched up his towel and bag, before turning back towards the door. Reid grabbed his arm, halting his progress, and Tyler turned on him with a scowl. "I'm not an idiot, Reid! I know what's going on between Mon and Pogue! I was probably the first one to notice it! There's nothing going on between me and her. How many times to you have to be told?! She's a friend. A really good friend, and nothing more than that. Trust me, I'm not even remotely interested in her!"

He walked out, slamming the door behind him, leaving a startled Reid in his wake. He'd never seen Tyler so angry. What the hell was going on?!

Outside in the hall, Tyler was furious. Storming towards the showers, he ran a hand through his hair and sighed. It would be so much easier if they knew- he wouldn't have to explain himself. He was angry with Reid, but more so, he was angry with himself. What did it say about him, if he couldn't even tell his best friend about the most important revelation he'd ever had?

Meanwhile, the girls were making their way back to their room after a shower, as Piper was walking back to hers. She gave them a tight smile, telling them she'd be over in five minutes, and closed the door behind her. Monica and Sarah shrugged, walking into their room and set about finding something to wear. Monica was throwing her jeans and black tank on her bed when Piper walked in and plonked down on Sarah's bed with a sigh. Sarah poked her head out of the bathroom, her mouth full of toothpaste, and raised her eyebrow in question.

"Something's going on with Tyler," she started, not noticing the tightening of Monica's shoulders. "Granted, Reid went a little overboard about what he saw this morning, but Ty flipped out on him. I've never seen him get so angry, so quickly, especially not at Reid. I think something's wrong...I don't know..." she broke off, looking at Monica.

Monica just shrugged, stripping off her shorts and pulling her jeans on. "I don't know. I haven't known him as long as you guys have. I wouldn't really know if he was acting differently". Piper nodded and rose to hunt through the girl's closets. Sarah walked out of the bathroom and joined her, and soon they were all dressed and ready to go, just waiting on the guys.

At that minute, the boys were walking down the hall towards the girl's room. "Look, I'm sorry about earlier, man. I didn't mean to freak out on you, it's just...you know how protective Pogue gets about his women..." Ty allowed a small grin, enough for Reid to breathe a sigh of relief. He threw his arm around Tyler's shoulder and tapped on the door before darting into the room.

He came to an abrupt halt, his hope of finding all three girls in their underwear not coming to fruition, as they were all fully clothed, watching TV. He sighed, walking over to his girlfriend and picked her up, throwing her over his shoulder. She shrieked, and began beating his back, but her pleas went ignored as Reid strolled out of the room and down the hall.

Sarah followed them laughing as Tyler hung back, waiting for Monica to grab her cardigan and lock the door. She wound her arm through his and they walked slowly down the hall. "You ok?" she asked, looking up into his face. "Piper was worried about you this morning. Something about you blowing up at Reid."

He sighed, pulling her arm closer to his body. "Things would just be easier if they knew. I wouldn't have to explain myself. I just...I just wish I had the guts to tell them! I hate having to hide being with Chris. I guess it's just building up inside of me and it kinda blew over at Reid this morning..."

"Do you think you could tell them yet?" she asked, her eyes not straying from the path they were walking on. She felt him shrug and her heart went out to him.

They caught up with the others at Tyler's car, and piled into it, Reid being smart enough not to offer Monica 'spousal shot-gun' again. Reid began relaying his hilarious dream from the night before, and soon they were all in stiches. Even Tyler couldn't keep a straight face. The ride to Joe's Diner took them through the older area of Ipswich, and Monica fell in love with the scenery. Her artists' eye could visualise several canvases and she promised herself that she would come back out here, with her sketchbook. In the distance, she could just make out the top of a barn, and for some reason, it gave her an uneasy feeling. Shaking her head, she chided herself for her silliness, and returned her concentration back to the antics of the car.