Authors note: Sorry it took me so long had writers block. :)

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I made my way down the crowded hallway. You would think with a smaller school that the hallways would be easier to get through. That is a total understatement. It seemed even more crowded. Some of the girl's skirts were hiked up way past the dress code requirements. I don't really care about what they do its there life but what makes me mad is that since some girls like to get hit on some guys automatically think they can do that to anybody.

"Leila! I like!" a guy from Aaron's group howled. I feel sorry for him. Reid looked ready to make Bordy burst into flame. Reid wrapped his arm around my waist protectively and squeezed me to his side. Almost as if we were joined at the hip. That's when I noticed my skirt seemed too be two inches longer. Either it grew or I lost a couple of inches. I glanced up at Reid who seemed to be satisfied with his modifications to my uniform. I rolled my eyes; pretty soon he's going to have me wearing a parka to class. We both walked into Mr. Mason's World History class. He was my old 8th grade U.S History teacher. But from what Reid has told me he moved up to teach at the high school level. Reid led me to a table that had two chairs he pulled mine out as I slid into it he took his seat as well.

It seemed that everyone from Kira and Aaron to the guys had the same class as Reid and I. I drummed my fingers on the table as I waited for the bell to ring.

"So want to tell me why you felt so scared or worried this morning?" Reid asked as he took one of my hands. I had forgotten how connected we were. He could sense my emotions at times. I stopped my fingers and turned my head and looked up at him.

"I…I was a little…well it…its nothing, I was just over reacting," I waved my hand as if it were no big deal.

"Lee…come on tell me," he brought my hand he held and kissed my knuckles. I gave a loud sigh.

"Well it just…its…Chase…," Reid stopped dead, unmoving. "…he asked a question about you and me and before that I had forgotten my shirt in my room and had to go back to get if, and I was in a towel and he comes up behind me and taps me on the shoulder and hands me my school id, but I didn't take my school id with me or out of my…wallet," I looked off into the distance. Thinking about it now made me shiver. How did he get it out of my wallet, out of my dorm even. Reid didn't look to happy either.

"Then I ran into him in the hallway and we walked together to the cafeteria but then…I don't know if it was my imagination but the door shrunk on us and we went through at the same time it just didn't feel right, so I squeezed past him and power walked over to Sara," I looked over at Reid with a worried expression on my face.

"I. Don't. Want. You. Near. Him." Reid said in a clipped voice. I could tell he was trying to control his anger and his powers. I gave his hand a reassured squeeze. The last bell rang as the last of the students trickled in. The last person to come in was Chase. He caught my eyes for a second before I broke away. I heard Reid growl in the back of his throat. I tried to get comfortable in my seat but it seemed impossible, I felt Chase's eyes on the back of my head. Reid must have sensed my distress because he gave a gentle squeeze to my hand and stroked it with his thumb.

As usual the first day is the easiest with no homework just lectures of what to except this year so I played hangman and tic tack toe with Reid. Oh and we had a thumb war under the table, he won, but what ever. Stupid testosterone. As the bell rang the rain clouds came in and it started to pour. So the sun was gone and the gloom was here in its place.

As the day went by I found out I had four classes with Reid and one with Sara but she had Caleb and Kate in her other ones so I wasn't worried too much. As the last class was approaching which was photography with Reid. I heard an announcement over the loud speakers.

"All Track and Field students please come down to the track field after class to get your meet schedules thank you." I glanced out the window and frowned. They wanted us to go outside. I groaned out loud.

"That sucks," Reid said as he looked out the window. It was cold and wet. If they just wanted us to get track meet schedules why didn't they just say meet in the gym? What ever. For the rest of the class period we just looked at different cameras and what kind of angles you could get and what they would look like with certain types of lighting. The final bell rang and I kissed Reid on the cheek and put my jacket on for my long walk down to the track field. I put my hood over my head as I pushed the double doors open, the splatters of rain hitting the cement was the first sounds that hit my ears. The smell of wet grass drifted to my nose. I inhaled and closed my eyes savoring the smell and the sound of the rain. I took a short cut through the woods to the track. It took me a total of two minutes rather then four.

As I got there, every one was huddled under the roof of the snack shack.

"This is insane, making me come all the way out here for a piece of paper, I mean look at what kind of shoes I'm in!" Kira complained. She was wearing a black pair of three inch heels. The school dress code didn't even allow two inch heels. I rolled my eyes at her. My low top converse were a little wet but I didn't mind that much. Such that's like my biggest pet peeve is wet socks in shoes but I knew that as soon as this was done I was going to change anyways. As I finally joined the group everything froze.

Literally. People stopped moving the rain was even stuck in place. As I looked around I noticed that only the track field and the people in it were frozen in place. Kira was in the process of flipping back her hair. It was like someone pushed the pause button on life. I walked around people. I started to get a little freaked out. I knew Reid wouldn't pull this big of a prank and neither would the other guys. I took a couple steps backward from the crowd when I hit someone. I slowly turned around to see Chase towering over me. I swallowed hard.

"Leila…" he said as he stroked the side of my face. I shivered and not just form the cold and back away from him.

"Uh…Chase what…what happened to them…" I asked as I was trying to put as much distance in between us as possible.

"There frozen, for the time being…I wanted to see you…wanted to…want…" my head smacked against the wall of the snack shack. I was trapped. I knew my eyes were big and my breathing was hard. I hoped Reid could feel what I was feeling now and come get me. Chase was now right in front of me. I tried to side step him but his arm came and slammed right against my head. I tried to move the other way but he did the same thing. He was toying with me. He lowered his head. I tired to move, but I was pinned.

"Chase leaves me alone," I tried to sound firm and commanding but my voice broke. He smiled and felt like I was going to puke.

"No…" were the last words he said before his lips came down on mine. At the last possible moment I turned my head and started to kick and punch his chest. His lips came into contact with my cheek, I winced.

"Chase leave me alone!" I screamed. He grabbed my wrists and pinned them to my sides. I had tears running down my face. I was scared. I pulled my head back and flung it forward coming into contact with his nose and forehead. The pain was enormous it felt as if I had just gotten his with a sledge hammer , I fell back for only a moment because Chase stumbled back and I took off running. I ran up the hill to the woods. Tears running down my cheeks, I didn't look back to afraid of seeing Chase. The pain was too much, I clasped on the side of the trail. I felt a warm trickle of liquid running down my face from the corner of my eyebrow; I whipped my finger across it and winced. It stung; I glanced down at my fingers to see them coated with blood. I hid behind a tree and carefully glanced down the trail that I had just run. I tried to control my breathing so that it wasn't so loud. My lungs felt like they were about to burst out of my chest. I didn't see him anywhere. I closed my eyes and sighed in relief. I opened my eyes and screamed. They clamped their hand over my mouth.

"Lee…it's ok, it's me," Reid said as he was crouched before me, he was looking at my cut on my eyebrow and seeing my dirt streaked face. He slowly took his hand off my mouth; I let all my tears run down my face. He looked distressed and hurt that I was hurting. He gathered me in his arms and held me in his lap. While he rocked me back and forth Reid stroked my hair, whispering comforting words into my ear. I just hugged him closer and hid my face in his coat. That's when I noticed that it was raining again. Everything was unfrozen. My tears stopped and hiccups replaced them.

"Leila what happened?" Reid cautiously asked me. He searched my eyes and it looked like he was about to cry. He gently kissed me.