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Part VI

Will groaned as her alarm clock went off. She stretched out an arm and shut it off, then turned over. Her eyes flew open when her body came in contact with warm skin. Staring right back at her was Caleb. A very naked Caleb.

Before Will could open her mouth to speak, the front door of the apartment slammed shut, and her mother's voice floated through the air. "Will, are you up? I know I'm a little late…I slept over at Rick's place—he doesn't believe in alarm clocks! Will?"

"I'm up!" shouted Will her eyes never leaving Caleb's. The red headed girl gasped as she heard her mother fumbling with the door knob. In a flash Will pushed Caleb out of her bed and prayed he would hide underneath it. Caleb took the hint and vanished under the bed as Will pulled her covers tightly around her, sitting up and turning around in time to greet her mom.

"Hey mom, how was your date?"

"Fine. Hurry up and get ready for school. I passed Taranee on my way home—I would've stopped to pick her up, but I'm really really late. I'm going to hop in the shower, okay? I'll see you later." Mrs. Vandom gave Will a quick kiss on the forehead before retreating from the bedroom. Will breathed in relief as soon as the door was shut.

"Can I come out now?" hissed Caleb sticking his head up from the floor to glance at Will who was blushing a bright red. Will nodded and tightened her grip on her covers as she got on her feet and made her way over to her dresser. She yanked out some clothing and then stepped inside her closet, shutting it tight behind her.

Caleb rolled his eyes and went about searching for his clothes, pulling them on as fast as he could. By the time Will reemerged Caleb was fully dressed and sitting on the edge of her bed with his chin in his hands.

"We," started Will motioning at the two of them, "are so screwed."

"That thought has crossed my mind—many times within the last five minutes. Do you remember anything?" asked Caleb glancing up at Will.

"No, but I am sore in a particular area. Did we…?"

Caleb nodded slowly. "I think so. I vaguely remember…certain parts of…last night…mostly I remember your…well, I'm sure you get the idea."

"Cornelia is never going to forgive me. Oh God, my mom is gonna send me to a convent!"

"Whoa now, no one has to know about this. I say we keep it between you and me," said Caleb jumping to his feet.

Will hung her head with a frustrated groan. "You're joking, right? Something this big you want to keep a secret? Caleb, I'm not sure we even used protection."

"I think we did."

"Oh really? And how do you know, considering the fact that you already mentioned you vaguely remembered certain things?" demanded Will placing her hands on her hips.

Caleb tried to give Will a reassuring smile, one that only fell at the look on her face. "There's a condom under the bed."

Will's face went white as she placed a hand on her mouth. Things weren't starting to look so good.

"Will? You ready for school?" called Taranee from outside Will's doorway.

"Uh…one more minute!"

Caleb sighed and leaned over to place a gentle kiss on Will's forehead. "We'll talk later. I'll see you—" He never finished his sentence as Taranee opened the door and entered the room.

Taranee froze in her tracks as she stared at Will and Caleb. Will quickly shut the door, pulling the dark haired girl into the room. "Oh no," murmured Taranee wrinkling her nose. "Please tell me you didn't."

"Didn't what?" questioned Will hopefully.

"You did!"

"Eat breakfast? Was great, but I think I'll be going now." Caleb turned to climb out the window when he someone grabbed his shirt and pulled him away from his escape. Turning around, Caleb winced as Taranee glared at him reproachfully.

"We gave you one rule: hands off of each other. Why is that so hard?"

Will made a face as she rubbed her forehead warily. "Would you believe this is all just some dream?"

"I hope for all our sake's it's a dream, otherwise Cornelia is going to wipe the floor with you. Oh man, we can't tell Cornelia! She'll kill me too!" Taranee shuddered. That was definitely something that couldn't happen to her—she liked being alive.

"Great," smiled Caleb cheerfully patting Taranee on the back. "So it's settled, we keep our mouths shut, go to Meridian today and break the spell."

Taranee nodded along absently. "Yeah, and then you and Will get married and we all live happily ever after."

Will frowned. "Married? Are you insane?"

"If you can sleep with Caleb, then you can marry him. Trust me on this would ya? The only way for the three of us to make it out of this mess alive—without Cornelia throwing a temper tantrum for being left out of the loop—is for you two to get hitched. This way, everything's legal, and Cornelia can get over herself," replied Taranee.

"You didn't get enough sleep last night, did you?" asked Caleb after a while.

"No, Cornelia kept me on the phone for almost six hours going on and on and on and on about your little make-out fest earlier. I fell asleep on her twice, and then she threatened to wake my parents up if I didn't take notes." Taranee turned to Will with a curious look on her face. "Did you know that Cornelia thinks this whole spell thing is just an excuse to steal Caleb from her?"

"Really? That's…that's great. Not shocking though…but maybe that's because I can't get my mind over the fact that I just slept with Caleb. I cheated on my boyfriend. Aren't there laws against that kind of stuff?" babbled Will running a hand through her hair nervously.

Caleb pulled Will into a hug, murmuring into her ear. "It's going to be okay. We'll get through this…worse comes to worse and then we'll just get married."

"This is serious," protested Will pulling away from Caleb slightly.

"I know. I'm just as scared and confused as you are, Will."

"But you don't show it."

"Yeah, probably because I'm more afraid of Cornelia than any other consequences from last night."

Taranee snorted. "Man, you guys have it bad for each other. Just wait until you're married, you're going to be one of those couples that can't live without each other. Hey, and just so you know, if you guys have kids, I'm not babysitting."

Caleb chuckled and gave Will a small kiss on the lips before climbing out the window. Will watched him climb down the tree and then head down the sidewalk. "You sure this isn't some kind of dream?" she murmured to Taranee as Will followed her friend out of her room. The two girls left the apartment and walked towards the school.

"I'm really staring to wish it was. Are you okay? I mean, last night, did you guys really have…sex?"

Will bit her lip as she contemplated the question. "I honestly don't have an answer for that. I assume we did since I hurt…down there, and Caleb found a…you know, under the bed. But I don't remember anything. I remember talking to Caleb at the library after Matt left and—Matt! Oh, I am so screwed! How can I ever face Matt again?"

"Well, maybe you should start by putting a bag on your head," suggested Taranee softly. Will gave her friend a quizzical look until Taranee pointed a couple of feet ahead of them. Standing together on the sidewalk were the last two people Will wanted to see.

Cornelia and Matt. Talking. Whispering. And looking at her…

Matt's jaw tightened as he and Will caught eyes. He looked furious, and Cornelia looked triumphant. Will gulped as she and Taranee came to a dead halt.

"Think he knows about the make-out yesterday?" whispered Will softly.

"Which one?" mumbled Taranee.

"I don't think it matters at this point."

"Well then, yeah, I think he knows."

"That's what I was afraid of." Will felt tears forming in her eyes as she and Matt continued to stare at one another, and then, Will began to feel a deep anger rising up inside of her as her gaze shifted over to Cornelia.

"What are you going to do?" questioned Taranee noticing Will's eyes flash with rage. For an answer Will launched herself across the short distance, tackling Cornelia to the ground.

"Alrighty," murmured Taranee to herself, "revenge it is."

A/N—I know this one took a little longer than usual, but the semester is almost up and I really need to get a bunch of stuff done, so be patient with me. My updates are going to be a little more spatial than even I'm used to. Hope this chapter keeps you entertained until the next one.