The next couple of days went by relatively slow. Christmas came and went and the guys ended up going to Pogue's house for dinner. I didn't go even though the guys tried to talk me into it. I just wasn't in the mood for celebrating, or meeting the family of the boyfriend I was going to break up with.

I had been thinking a lot over the days. I was trying to figure Reid out, I was confused as to what he had meant as he had walked out of my room. I wanted to believe that he had been serious but it was Reid. I know his ways, I know the reputation that follows him around everywhere. I wanted to me with him, I always had but I couldn't bring myself to trust him.

And of course the Reid dilemma brought me to realize that I had to tell Pogue and Caleb about what Chase had done with their girlfriends. I couldn't stop Pogue from getting back with Kate, I wasn't sure I wanted to stop him. He still loved her, that was easy to see. Besides I wasn't sure how this whole Reid thing was going to work out. I just didn't know how to go about telling them. I had a feeling they weren't going to take it easily.

School was starting in a couple days and I had been avoiding the guys as much as possible. Usually I would just say that I was tired or something like that and go to my room. I was happy to be going back to school at the end of the week. Classes would give me a good distraction. Only thing was I wouldn't be able to get away from the guys. I had too many classes with them. Good thing was they wouldn't have to follow me around everywhere now because Chase was no longer a problem.

I had no idea what exactly had happened, but the one time I was brave enough to bring it up they told me not to worry about him anymore. Things between all of us had become awkward and I'm pretty sure it was because they though I had died. That thought was still strange to me, I wanted answers but had no way of going about getting them.

Reid had barley talked to me let alone looked at me sense he had walked out of my room. Tyler noticed this and confronted me about it after dinner one day.

"Sam, what happened between you and Reid?"

"Nothing." I tried to walk away but Tyler wasn't letting me off the hook that easily.

"Sam, I'm not blind something happened. He has barley said a word to you since… well in a long time."

"I don't know baby boy, why don't you go ask him." I snapped at him and walked away. Within seconds a felt horrible and immediately turned back around to apologize. "I'm sorry" I said as I walked back towards him. "I'm just aggravated at everything that has happened. I got so use to Chase being around and it feels weird to be free of him. Then the whole Pogue and Reid dilemma is driving me insane. I have to fix everything that is going on I just don't know how to without hurting someone. Chase used Kate and Sarah to get to Pogue and Caleb. They never would have done the things they did otherwise, which means Pogue and Kate never would have broken up and we wouldn't be together now. I know I have to tell them I just don't know how to do it. Plus, Pogue will go back to Kate because I know he still loves her, its so obvious, and then where does that leave me? It means I have no practical reason not to be with Reid other then the fact that he is a player and can't settle with one girl. As horrible as it sounds Pogue is my shield against Reid, and once Pogue is back with Kate I have no way to stop Reid." I couldn't believe I had just spilled my guts like that to Tyler. I was embarrassed by how that had happened and I ended up slowly walking into the family room and sitting down on the couch.

For reasons unknown Tyler followed me and sat next to me. "Wow Sam you have a lot on your mind."

"That's not even the half of it." I was defeated and I covered my face with my hands.

"Wow, well lets start with what you have already told me before we go crazy brining in too much other stuff."

"Look Tyler I appreciate it but seriously you don't have to trouble yourself with my problems." I looked over at him.

"It's no big deal. Besides what else am I supposed to do in this house?"

I rolled my eyes at him. The sad part was is that he was actually serious.

"Chase is taken care of Sam, so there really is no need to worry about him anymore. I get that it is going to be a big change for you to get used too. You are so used to having us around you 24/7 your not use to having personal space anymore. But you will get back into a routine, it will just take time. You did it before Chase and you will do it now that he is gone. If your worried about us leaving you now that he is gone don't worry about it. You won't get rid of us that easily. Your pretty much stuck with us forever." Tyler smiled as he said this, apparently he like the sound of me being around forever.

"Thanks Tyler I know you guys wouldn't leave me. Your too attached to me." I returned his smile, I was already feeling better.

"Now as for the rest of this stuff with Pogue. You have to tell them what you know. It's not right for you to keep this from them and then honestly it's up to them what they do. Caleb is going to be so happy when you tell him. He was planning on marrying Sarah, then will all that shit went down between them it tore him apart. He still loves her and has tried to talk to her many times but never actually does. As for Pogue, its hard to say what he will do. Yes I can see that he might still love Kate, but I don't think he will break up with you because of it."

"I know Pogue won't and that's the problem. As much as he might want to he won't. So of course it's going to come down to me breaking up with him for his own good. Then of course I become the bad guy and where does that leave our friendship?" I stood up and started pacing.

"Sam, you can't stress about these kinds of things, what happens will happen. You have to do what's best for you and everything else will fall into place."

I sighed and sat back down on the couch. "Your right, of course you right. But then that leaves me with Reid."

"What about Reid? Don't get me wrong I love the guy, he is my bestirred and practically my brother. But sometimes the guy can be so stupid. Your right he doesn't do relationships, he never has and that's precisely why you guys belong together."

I was taken aback by what Tyler had just said. "Excuse me? You know that doesn't make any sense."

"Your good for him. Yeah he is an asshole and I don't think that will every change and yeah he might have his week moments and cheat on you. He might not ever come out and tell you what he is thinking or tell you how he really feels. But that's just Reid and you know you can't imagine your life without him."

I just sat there staring at Tyler. Where in the world had this insight come from? No teenage boy would every say the crap that Tyler had just said. I was beginning to think there was more to Tyler then we were all aware of. But I wasn't going to worry about that right now I had to much else to think about.

"Stop looking at me like that Sam, you make me seem like an alien or something."

"Sorry, I just so was not expecting that to come from you."

"Yeah well I don't go around advertising that I give good advise. Its weird for guys to be like that."

"How do you not have a girlfriend?"

At that Tyler blushed, still the sweet boy I knew and loved. "I haven't found the right girl that's all"

"Well let me tell you something Tyler Sims, whoever you end up with is going to be one lucky girl. Thanks for the advise."

"Did I just hear you thank baby boy for advise? He gives the worst advise in the world." Reid had walked into the room. It was the most he had said to me in a week.

I rolled my eyes at Tyler and walked over to Reid and whispered in his ear. "I was being nice, I didn't want him to feel bad." Being close to Reid felt weird it had been so long since we had even been in the same room let alone this close. I could smell him and it was turning me on I knew I had to get out of there. Reid turned his head question in his eyes. I swear sometimes that boy could read minds and he always did it at the worst possible moment.

I walked past him and up the stairs to my room. I had things I had to think over, like when to tell Pogue and Caleb the truth. I made it to the top of the stairs before I felt a hand on my arm. I turned around to see Caleb.

"Hey" I smiled at him. Thanks to Tyler's talk I was feeling a lot like my old self.

"Hey" Caleb returned the smile. "You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm great. I was actually just on my way to find you." Ok so that wasn't exactly the truth but I figured there was no time like the present to tell Caleb. I figured the sooner I get everything out in the open the sooner my life could get back to normal.

"Oh really and what would you need from me?"

" I don't really need anything, I just need to tell you something." I was hesitant, I had to make sure this was the right way to do this. But I was already half way there I might as well finish.

"Ok…" he was hesitant. "Is this something serious?"

"Yeah kind of."

"Are you ok?" I mentally rolled my eyes, leave it up to Caleb to be concerned about me.

"Yeah I'm fine, this doesn't really have to do with me."

"Is Pogue ok?"

"Yeah as far as I know, at least for now he is."

Caleb looked at me questioningly. "Are you going to break up with him?"

"Caleb would you just let me talk, please?" He was a little taken aback but he recovered quickly.

"Yeah, sorry shoot."

"It's about Chase."

"Look Sam, you don't have to worry about him anymore." I shot him a look "sorry continue"

"Thank you. At one point in time Chase told me his plan, everything that he wanted and the reasons he was using me. I guess I forgot what he told me and only remember now because he is no longer in the picture." I sat down on the stairs and Caleb followed suit. "

I hated talking about this, but I knew I had to. "Chase told me something about Sarah." At the mention of her name Caleb face changed. "He told me he used her to get to you. Apparently she was under his control and he made you guys fight and her cheat on you. The only reason she did all that stuff is because she was under Chase's control."

I didn't have anything else to say but Caleb wasn't saying anything. I couldn't just leave him there like that so I waited for him to say something. I could see he was thinking about what I had just told him.

"Wait Sam, are you going to break up with Pogue because of this?"

That was totally not what I thought he would be asking me. "Um… I don't know I haven't really thought about it."

Caleb cocked his eyebrow, he knew I had been. I sighed in defeat, I knew I was gong to have to tell him.

"Look Caleb, I haven't decided anything yet. It's not really my call, I mean its his. He still loves her."

"There's no way."

"Caleb, he still loves Kate as much as you love Sarah." I started at him daring him to contradict me.

He sighed in defeat. "Is it that obvious?"

"Sometimes" I smiled at him. "But look you can't tell Pogue ok? I want to tell him, it needs to be me."

"Sam I don't know if that's a good idea."

"Caleb he's my boyfriend, he needs to hear it from me. He might not even care, who knows. But you have to promise me you will stay out of it until I find the right time to tell him."

"You didn't wait for a right time to tell me."

"Your different then Pogue and besides your not my boyfriend."

"True, very true. Fine I won't say anything, but the longer you wait the harder its going to be."

" I know. I have been thinking about it a lot the past couple of days." Right then Pogue appeared at the bottom of the stairs, he had just walked out of the kitchen.

"Hey, guys we were thinking since it's the last Friday night before break is over. How about we hit up Nicky's?"