A/N I am SO SORRY for being away for so long guys! Please don't hate me! Any way, I read over what I wrote so far and I'm hoping this chapter will be a little present for my friendly readers who don't want to kill me for being away for so long! I'm a little rusty so please be nice and review ")
As always I own nothing you recognise, only Verity and her house (which is no longer my house,
sad days). Also, I'm writing alot of this from how Tyler would feel, if you're like me and have beeen cheatred on, you'll probably relate to how he feels quite a bit. Also, I mention a few video games, I have no knowledge wht so ever about video games, so if I get it wrong, please over look it! Sorry if it is a little short!

Chapter 21.

As Verity changed, re-playing the actions of the pool over again in her mind she wondered what it all meant. Pouge had kissed her at the hospital before she began to get involved with Tyler. The she began to date Tyler and went on to kiss Pouge. She was Tyler's girlfriend, she shouldn't be kissing any one else. Yes she had little crush on Pouge, the bad boy biker, but she'd simply had enough of bad boys. Which is why she chose Tyler.

Except Pouge wasn't really bad boy, he was caring and protective. He seemed to bounce from point A to point B and had no real future prospects or goals, but Verity was willing to bet he had a hidden plan up his sleeve.

While Pogue changed, he had one thing running through his head; why did he have to hurt Tyler to get what he wanted?
He made amove on Verity first, so he should be the one she's dating, so there should be no reason for either of them to feel guilty. Tyler was in way over his head with this girl. At the same time, he too felt guilty about the kiss and how heated things had become in the pool.

But, neither Verity or Pogue realised that Tyler had seen the kiss. He was on his way to join his girlfriend and had seen the way his friend had taken her hads and guinded her deeper on to the pool, had seen the kiss and how his hands had wrapped around her waist, and how her hards and wrapped around him and wokred their way in to his har. How his friend and directed his girlfriend to the side of pool and pushed himself in to her. Yes, Tyler had seen it all. He saw the kiss break up and Verity and Pogue, his girlfriend and friend, go their seaperate ways to the small, singular changing cubiles.

To Tyler, watcing the scene unfiold and play out, felt like a kick to the stomach, a knife to the heart nd slap in the throat all at once. He began to shake and sweat, feel angery and nauseaus at the same time. His adernaline had kicked in and he didn't know whether he was in fight or flight mode. All he wanted to make it all dissapear.

He walked away as silently as he had entered. Would it be better to know and pretend it hadn't happened or better not to know at all? Could he forginve? Could he even forget? As much as he wanted to, could he do either? Or both?

Tyler walked back in the the room where he has left his other two friends, his two other brothers, fighting over a game.

"Tyler! Tell Caleb he's never going to beat me at Gran Theft Auto!" Reid cried out, failing epically at fooseball.
"Dream on Garwin! We all know you have no clue when it comes to cars!" Caleb replied, continuing to beat his friend.

Tyler just nodded, barely acknowedging them as he made his way to find alcohol. Beer would not quite do today, he needed harder substance. He needed vodka, or tequila. Anything to get his mind away from what he saw. If he could forget, then it would be a good thing.

Sensing something wasn't right, Caleb and Reid paused their game, looked at eachother and followed the youngest member of their frienship group and their brotherhood.

Tyler poured himself a whiskey and knocked it back in one, then he poured another. About to knock that back too, Reid interrupted.
"Hey man, what's up?" The blonde asked.
"Nothing, Why would any thing be up?" Tyler asked in sulky way, placing his glass down and turning away from his two concerned friends and placing his hands on the kitchen counter and loking down and the amber filled glass.
"You're not one drink. Especially so ealry on in the day" Caleb said, placing a hand ont he younger boys back.
Tyler didn't move, he didn't talk, he didn't think. He just was.

After a few moments of silence he decided that he couldn't here here when Pogue and Verity surfaced.

"I need to run a few errands for my mom. Do you guys want any thing while I'm out?" Tyler asked, turning to face his friends.

Caleb and Reid looked at eachother, and shrugged. Reid didn't know what to say. Something was wrong and he knew it, even if Tyler didn't want to admit it.

Caleb, seeing Reid#s hesitation, took control.

"We could do with some chips and dips, maybe a couple of pizza's for later. But if you're going to be in a hurry we can always order in later?" Caleb said, looking sympathetically at Tyler.

"Whatever, let me know what flavours you want. I'm heading out." Tyler said, shrugging and walking out of the kitchen and towards the front door.

Meanwhile downstairs, Verity raced to get dried and back in to her clothes. The reality of her actions had truly hit her now. She needed to get away fronm Pogue and pretend that nothing had happened. She liked Tyler, she was with Tyler, so she should go upstairs and be with Tyler. She got changed and left her towel and bikini in the small cubicle and ran up the stairs, tying her hair in to a braid as she went.
She burst through the door and to the kitchen just as Tyler closed the front door.