WARNING! SUGGESTIVE THEMES AHEAD!

Chapter 13

Pogue and Zelmia stood in the back of the crowd when they had all gathered around Cassie who was still in a pile on the floor. Zelmia could see Jo sitting in the corner over everyone's head. Part of her was worried about her roommate but mostly she was surprised the timid girl had the strength to knock Cassie down. 'Her little girl was all grown up and hurting people,' she laughed to herself as the thought came into her head.

"What's so funny?" Pogue turned from the crowd to look at her.

"What isn't funny? She's so tiny and –," Zelmia trailed off as a glazed look came over her eyes. Pogue turned, expecting to see Chase but instead saw all the people crowded around getting the same look over their eyes and Caleb, eyes black as night. He turned back to face Zelmia, waiting for her eyes to return to their normal shade of brown. It wasn't long before they did. "What was I saying?"

"That you needed to get to class," Pogue handed her books to her as he spotted Kate just joining the dispersing crowd, alone.

"Oh right," Zelmia shook her head, slightly confused. "I'll see you at lunch then?"

"Yeah," Pogue rushed, giving her a quick peck on the lips and he moved around her. Zelmia felt a stab of jealousy as she watched him approach his ex, but let it go as she turned to go to class. He was doing it for his child, not Kate.

While Sarah and Reid took the still distraught Jocelyn back to the dorms, Caleb made his way over to the infirmary to try and do something about Cassie. As he walked his mind wandered back to the night at Putnam Barn. His father had willed him his power at his mother's request and he had defeated Chase, only he hadn't. As he thought back to the events, he begin to wonder if he should have called for Reid and Tyler to come to the barn when he'd seen Sarah floating weightlessly in the air. Perhaps if he had, Chase wouldn't be back and they wouldn't be dealing with this now.

His face darkened when he thought about Chase holding the expectant Kate as an unaware hostage to keep all of them at bay. And the fact that the Source willed a small portion of Its power to Jocelyn and then didn't even teach her how to control it. It had made her a danger to herself and everyone around her and now he had to clean up the mess. Jocelyn had pulled on his arm as Reid and Sarah escorted her out. Something very disturbing had entered his mind then, a memory from her. A fleeting look down the hall to her left as she ran for the stairs, and a figure leaning against the wall. That's why Cassie had cornered the unsuspecting girl.

When he finally reached the infirmary he could see through the window that Cassie lay on the very same bed Kate had not too long ago. Marian was in the chair next to her and Tyler stood with his back to the window. Cassie was stiff and seemed to flinch every time one of them moved. No one spoke. Caleb rubbed his eyes trying to wake himself up again, the amount of energy it had taken to change the situation in everyone's mind had drained him and he wasn't sure he wanted to tire himself more by Using on Cassie and Marian as well. He entered the room prepared to do what he needed to, to protect the Covenant only to be pushed back out again by Tyler.

"What the hell," Caleb exclaimed as the door snapped shut behind the younger boy.

"I don't think she knows," Tyler said quickly, cutting Caleb off. "The doc said she has a slight concussion from the blow and – what?"

"A concussion doesn't mean memory loss, baby boy," Caleb rolled his eyes. "And besides, Marian needs to have her memory of events altered as well."

"Oh, come on," Tyler replied, looking though the window at his lover. "Does she really have to be shut out?"

"We can't risk exposure Tyler," Caleb said lowly as a nurse walked by. "You know that."

"It really doesn't seem that fair though," Tyler started to sound like he was mildly whining. "All of you guys, you, Reid, Pogue, all of your girlfriends know, why can't mine?"

"Sarah only knows because she went digging," Caleb said, getting defensive. "And Jocelyn was pulled into it without a choice. None of Pogue's girlfriends know about it so I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of it. It's not like you're going to be with her forever. You'll go to college and that'll be it."

"Oh, so, what're you saying then?" Tyler was taken aback. "That because she isn't figuring it out on her own she can't know? And if what you say is true then, why does Sarah get to know? Once you go to college you'll break up anyway."

"That's not –," Caleb sighed. "That's not what I meant."

"Isn't it?" Tyler tilted his head to the side, his eyes flashing black for a second.

"Okay," Caleb hung his head and looked back up as his angry friend. "I won't alter her mind, but if she gets hurt, it's on you. Are you prepared for that?"

"I can protect her just fine," Tyler replied. "So, what about Cassie?"

"First things first, we need to find out just how much she actually knows," Caleb pushed past Tyler and through the door once again.

Caleb sat down on the chair recently vacated by Marian as she had gone back out into the hall with Tyler, leaving him alone with Cassie. She really was skittish, but after being thrown through a door, who wouldn't be. He debated for a few minutes as to whether or not to just change her memory of events or try and talk to her about it first.

His mind wandered back to Chase again as he sat next to the redhead, who, he noticed, hadn't once taken her eyes off of him. It was the same issue as with Kate, and Marian and everyone else. If he found out he could use Cassie to his advantage, and given the fact that she seemed to be on a never-ending quest for Reid, it could make things even more dangerous. Caleb looked down at her again; her eyes were questioning and fearful. He sighed.

"Don't worry," Caleb stood up. "You're going to be fine. We'll talk later. Just do me a favor, and keep what you saw to yourself."

It wasn't until after he was gone and had taken Tyler and Marian with him that she breathed a sigh of relief.

Reid waited impatiently outside Jocelyn's dorm while she was inside with Sarah changing back out of her uniform. He looked at his phone and back at the door again before walking briskly towards the stair well and to his room to change into sweats and a t-shirt himself. When he got back downstairs the door was open slightly. He knocked before going in to see the two girls sitting on Jocelyn's bed laughing.

"Looks like the three o' clock fairy arrived a little bit early today," Reid laughed at his own joke.

"No, just making sure she's happy," Sarah rolled her eyes. "It's the best way to get over something like that."

"I'm sure," Reid stood at the end of Jocelyn's bed.

"You better be," Sarah replied, but quickly stood up, shoving Reid playfully. "I've got class in less then five minutes though so I've got to run. I'll see you this afternoon. Get some sleep!"

"I will," Jocelyn smiled tiredly and waited till the door snapped shut to look at Reid again. "So, I got your text. I'm really sorry about last night too. Guess you're not going to class either, huh?"

"Pfft, class," Reid waved his hand nonchalantly. "What class? What kind of boyfriend goes to class when his lady is throwing people through doors and stuff? That's way more entertaining," he put on a fake smile, but changed when he noticed she wasn't laughing. "Hey, you were trapped and you responded the way anyone else in your situation, with new found telekinesis, would have. Everything's fine. Caleb made sure our peers thought it was something else," he moved to sit on the end of her bed.

"Yeah, new found telekinesis that explodes whenever I'm on an extreme emotion trip," she rolled her eyes. "I mean what about last night?"

"What about it?" Reid shrugged. "You said no, and made sure I knew it was no. It's fine babe. We'll work on it, together. You'll get it under control. Then we'll take care of Chase and you'll be back to normal."

"Normal," Jocelyn sighed. "Normal, meaning invisible bookworm who only appears when she's injuring someone?"

"No," Reid shook his head scooting up to take her hand in his. "Normal as in my girlfriend who stands out a little bit more when she's injuring someone."

"Great, just what I was going for," Jocelyn smiled at him.

"Oh, that's sarcasm," Reid raised his eyebrows, laughing. "That is so cute. Come here," he scooted up again and pulled her to him, kissing her but flinching slightly when she pulled away quickly.

"Oh come on, you really think I'm going to say no now?" Jocelyn rolled her eyes as she moved over on the bed to make room for him.

"You mean, I get to have sex?" Reid perked up.

"God, no," Jocelyn laughed. "But you do get to sleep with me."

She pulled him down on top of her, into a kiss but pushed him off again and pulled her covers down for him to join her. He moaned ever so slightly when she pushed him off, aroused yet again, but accepted her invitation into her bed. He pulled off his shirt before snuggling down next to her and pulling her into another kiss and sliding one leg in between hers getting as close to her as possible. He could feel her nipples harden through her tank top against his chest.

"It will happen, babe," Jocelyn sighed in between kisses. "I promise."

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