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AN: Ok so the next chapter is going to be the last one lol, but I'm sure I'll have a sequel coming out soon. It may be a while though. I still don't have my computer back yet. So tell me what you think! Read and Review please!
When Miki got to the room, she saw that Bryan was fully dressed and was sitting up on the side of the bed, his back facing her. She didn't know what he was doing up considering it was about 3 in the morning. She walked up to the bed and crawled across to him. When she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, he lightly pushed them away. That's when Miki knew something was wrong.
"Bryan?" She asked and he slowly turned around to face her. His cheeks were wet from crying and his eyes were blood shot. "Bryan what's wrong?"
"Why?" Bryan asked shaking his head. "Why now? Why him?"
"What are you talking about?" Miki asked but she still wondered if he had seen something. Bryan just pointed out the window and Miki gasped. There was a perfect view of the clearing where Reid and I had been. Bryan must have seen everything. Miki stood up and walked around into Bryan's arms. She kissed his forehead and hugged him close to her. "It was a stupid mistake. I should never have trusted myself with him alone. Come on. I want to go home."
"Then go." Bryan said shaking his head. "Take my car. I'll find another way back."
"No." Miki said kissing his forehead. "I want to go home with you."
Reid's heart dropped at the sound of her words as he listened to the conversation out side the bedroom door. He had forgotten that the room they were staying in had a perfect view of the clearing and he kicked himself for not thinking about that before. Now Miki was going to believe that he had purposely done that to her. but it wasn't true. Reid still loved Miki with all of his heart. He would never do something like that to hurt her. but he did find out some thing he had wanted to know since she left. She was still in love with him. Or at least she still cared for him. That was the only way she could have felt his troubling heart. His friends had drifted away from him since the day he purposed to Ronnie. Before Jenna had the twins, the others had only talked to him maybe twice in the months since Miki left. They knew it was Miki who had broken it of for a stupid reason, but they blamed Reid for not fighting harder for her. Instead, he just gave up and went back to the first girl that broke his heart.
Reid walked away from the door only to hear it open behind him. He turned to see Bryan and Miki hand in hand. Reid looked down at the floor and slowly started to walk back up the stairs.
"I thought you were getting married?" Bryan called after him coldly. Miki pulled on Bryan's arm in protest but he ignored her. "Or cant you stand being a one girl man. You just had to go after mine didn't you? I know all about you Reid Garwin. Every girl in my school talks about you. The infamous Reid Garwin of Ipswich. The playboy of Massachusetts. Just stay away from my girl."
"Bryan." Miki warned. "Come on. lets just go."
"No, I want to hear what makes him so special?" Bryan said pulling his arm out of Miki's grasp. "What makes Reid Garwin tick? Why he believes he can just try and take my girl from me."
"Her name is Michelle." Reid said angrily. He took a step down from the stairs. "And she can make her own decisions. You have no fucking clue what we had been through together….Just get him the hell out of here Miki."
Miki grabbed Bryan's arm but yet again, he pulled away from her almost knocking her down. Reid's eyes flared with rage as he took another step down the stairs. It was taking all of his self-control not to beat the shit out of him.
"No Reid." Miki warned stepping in between Reid and her boyfriend. She knew Reid could have a temper and she had seen what happened the last time some one almost hit her. She turned back towards Bryan and put her hands on his chest. "Please Bryan, just drop it. this isn't your house don't start trouble here. Come on. lets just go."
Bryan's eyes softened as he looked into Miki's eyes and Reid looked away. He remembered when Miki could make him look at her in the same way. Bryan nodded and put his arm around her.
"Later Garwin." Bryan said. He couldn't help but test the boy one more time. He knew there was something between Miki and him. The only thing he could tell was that Reid was in love with Miki and if Bryan could rub it in that she was with him, he was not going to give up the chance.
When Miki and Bryan had left Reid's parents came out of the shadows. Reid's knees collapsed under him and Gloria raced to his side.
"Reid! Honey what's wrong?" Gloria asked he looked so weak. Paul stood up at the top of the stairs. His hands over his mouth as he shook his head violently.
"I know you love her Reid, but it's not worth all of this." Paul protested.
"What?" Gloria asked worriedly. "What is he doing?"
"He's giving up." Paul said going to his son's side. "He's no longer fighting the seduction of the power. He's letting it take over him."
Gloria stood up and quickly raced out of the house. She didn't pause when she saw Bryan's car start to drive off. "No! Miki, please you cant go like this. Please help us."
Miki could feel the power of some one using and it was strong enough to make her nauseous. She looked in the rear view mirror to see Gloria running after the car bare foot on the gravel. Something was terribly wrong. "Bryan, stop the car."
Bryan didn't listen to her and was almost ran over by Tyler's Hummer racing into the driveway, it was soon fallowed by Caleb's mustang and Pogue's bike. Miki looked behind her and saw the boys jump out of their vehicles not even worrying if they were still running. Caleb reached the distraught Gloria first. She said some thing to him and soon Caleb was glaring at the Bryan's car.
He's dying Michelle. Miki knew that voice. It wasn't any of the boys. It was Paul. The sound of pleading in his words brought tears to her eyes.
"God damn it Bryan stop this car." Miki demanded as she started to open her door.
Bryan stopped the car at once. He knew she was about to jump out if he didn't.
"Stay here. I'll be back." Miki said as she raced to the house. When she saw the scene in front of her she knew it was really bad this time. Paul held his son close to him begging him to stop. Gloria held on to his hand as tears streamed down her face. She didn't even seem to notices the bottom of her feet were cut up and bleeding. Caleb, Tyler and Pogue stood on the landing unable to say anything but by the concentration on their faces they were trying to reach Reid. Miki didn't say anything to the others and she didn't walk up the stairs. She concentrated on Reid. She whispered to him with her mind and soon Reid took a gasp of air. He looked past his friends down to the first level to where Miki was standing. A tear streaked down her face.
"I warned you to never do that to me again Reid Daniel Grawin." Miki cried. "And this is the last time. Don't you ever scare me like this again. I'm not worth it."
She turned and walked away. The others hadn't even known she was there till she spoke.
Thank you. Paul said in her mind. Miki knew she didn't have to reply. He knew she had done it for him and Gloria.
The next day Miki woke up curled up next to Bryan's warm body. When they had gotten back Miki was so warn from using that she could hardly stand on her own. Bryan took her to his room and laid her down. That's all he could do at that moment. He couldn't ask her what had happened that night.
"So what is with you and that Garwin kid." Bryan asked when he saw that she was awake.
"Well I was dating this guy who had hated Reid and his friends and my family has hated Reid and his friends for centuries so it was like a mortal sin to even talk to him. Then one night at a party that my brother had taken me to Reid and his friend looked after me that whole night and well we became good friends. Later on I started to have feelings for him and he then sort of just admitted his love for me." Miki said holding back tears from the memories. "My dad stopped tuition at Spencer and Reid's parents helped pay the rest of it so I could stay at school for the rest of the year. Then there was an accident and Reid saved my life and then after two more accidents I saved his. We were inseparable for a while. I then got mad at him for the most stupid reason and wala here I am."
"I have a feeling that is only part of it." Bryan said knowing he was pushing her buttons.
"Well its as much as you'll ever get out of me that's for sure. There's to much pain in repeating anything else." Miki said sitting up on the bed and kissing his forehead.
"And who's the girl he's marrying. I kind of got a vibe off of you yesterday that you know her." Bryan asked and by the look on Miki's face she didn't care for the girl much either.
"She's the one that made Reid the way he is. She was his first everything. She's also what we fought about before when I called it off between us." Miki said bitterly.
"Not to sound selfish or anything, but I'm glad she did break you to up." Bryan said rolling on top of her. "Cause if she didn't you wouldn't be here with me right now."
He kissed her hungrily and his hands began to grope her body as usual. Miki pushed him off.
"What is it." He asked and Miki shook her head. Reid had been right. She got up and quickly put on her shoes.
"Where are you going?" Bryan asked looking very disappointed.
"Ipswich." Miki said. "I have to stop a wedding."
The next three words that came out of Bryan's lips were the three words she didn't want to hear right then.