This is the most confusing chapter I think I have ever written. If you get confused, I'm sorry, I promise to explain everything in the next chapter. Thaks for the reviews, you guys rock! They are really keeping me going! H.B.


Chapter Two

It had only been a couple days since Caitlin and Lucas kissed, that the usual strange things that happen at Blake Holsey High started again. Everyone had noticed how Lucas had become more confident and outgoing recently, and it was hard to say that it was all because he had a girlfriend.

The truth was Caitlin and Lucas were hardly ever together, it seemed like they just kept missing each other. In classes, they would smile and sometimes flirt, but after the bell rang they said nothing to each other or about each other.

"Hey Caitlin, can I ask you something?" Corrine asked her at lunch. They were sitting with Josie. The boys decided that they didn't want to eat lunch together today, leaving the girls to gossip on their own.

"Sure, go ahead." Caitlin looked at her worried. This was when things get dodgy. It was three days after her kiss, and things were starting to more quickly, she couldn't be stopped. The only thing she was worried about was the science club. They seemed to be very good at picking up on things that weren't right, and this situation definitely fits the description.

"Is everything okay with you and Lucas?" Corrine asked Caitlin. Josie scooted closer to them so she could hear her response. Caitlin didn't know what to say, she and Lucas weren't actually dating, and they didn't spend anytime together.

"Well, we aren't dating, if that's what you two want to hear, we're friends. I haven't really talked to him that much lately." Caitlin confessed. She needed to get out of this conversation. She was why behind in the things she had to do for Lucas, and she didn't have time to work on her friendships. "Uh, I really need to study for that math test tomorrow, so I'm going to go up to my room. I'll see you later." Corrine and Josie watched their friend leave the cafeteria, and head into the busy halls.

"I think she's hiding something?" Josie said to Corrine, who nodded in agreement.

"We should talk to Z." They both got up and headed to the science lab.

Caitlin pushed her way to her room. Strangely the halls were crowded today, but it was fine with her. This way she could try to affect everyone. It wasn't fair to some, but then again it wasn't a fair situation. She had a job to do, and Lucas needed her to get it done, even though he didn't realize it. She hated losing people this way. It was like she was trapped in a cycle that would never break, once she finished here she would have to leave, and it would start all over again.

"Hey Caitlin, we're having a meeting in the science lab, are you coming?" Marshall asked. Caitlin was surprised that Marshall even recognized her in the crowd.

"No, I have to get caught up for that test tomorrow, sorry." Caitlin lied. Marshall shrugged and turned around to walk into Vaughn. Caitlin saw this and took the distraction to get away. Vaughn was one of the five that seemed to be the most suspicious of her.

"Where's she going?" Vaughn asked Marshall as Caitlin pushed her way up the stairs. He had to admit that Caitlin was one girl you didn't want to mess with, she was intimidating and mysterious, which scared him a little bit. But he was going to find out what was going on with her.

"She needs to study for a test, are you going to the science lab?" Marshall wondered. He furrowed his brow when he noticed Vaughn's attention was no longer on him, but on Caitlin's retreating form. "Why do the new girls make every guy go crazy?" Marshall asked himself, while he left Vaughn standing alone.

Caitlin was sitting at her desk surrounded by Lucas's notes. She still wasn't done catching up, but she wondered why she even cared. This was the first time she had ever wanted to learn something at a school, usually she was in and out. As she was deep in her thoughts, she was startled when her door flung open. Josie walked into her room, and took a seat on the empty bed across from Caitlin's desk.

"We need to talk about what happened." Josie started. Caitlin looked at her confused, but inside she was afraid that the science club had found out what she did to Lucas.

"What happened when? I don't know what you're talking about Josie, and I'd love to find out, but I really need to study." Caitlin told her motioning to the door. Josie didn't get the hint though, she sat there on the bed, never changing her expression.

"You need to take it away from him. It's not fair to anyone. You have to take it back." Caitlin just stared at her blankly.

"I can't just take it back Josie." Caitlin started without thinking. She was so tired and confused she forgot who she was talking to. "I have no control over it. I don't know what it is or how I got it. You can't ask me to play the hero, when I'm obviously the bad guy." A lame metaphor she knew, but it seemed to fit in that moment. Caitlin was digging herself into a hole, she was terrified about what might happen to her if anyone else found out what she did.

"Have you ever tried?" Josie was so calm, and that scared Caitlin even more.

"Well no, but where do I start? I don't even know what it is I have."

"Kiss him..." Josie said simply. They let the words float in the air for a moment, but Caitlin came back to her senses.

"And risk making it worse? No chance. That is how it all starts. I kiss a boy and then boom all of a sudden he's this awesome guy that every girl likes, and every guy envies. I can't help that I do that. It's something that just happens." Caitlin spoke quietly now. She didn't want someone in the hall to hear their conversation. What did Josie want her to do? What did she want to do? Caitlin wished someone could give her the answers that she needed.

"You have to fix it Caitlin, to help Lucas and everyone else." Josie stood up and headed towards the door.

"So, I fix this to help everyone, but what about me? I can't stay here after that. I'll loose everything." Caitlin said to her. Josie just looked blankly at her for a few seconds.

"Loose what? What do you have?" Josie left with that. Caitlin looked at the door as she thought. Josie was right, Caitlin didn't have anything any more. Lucas was the most popular guy in school now, and all her other friends were already effected by her too. She didn't have anything to loose.

Caitlin shot up from her desk at the sound of her alarm clock. She fell back down onto the spirals she had been reading. She dreamt all that stuff Josie had said, that was a major relief. But she still remembered her last words: 'What do you have?' Caitlin had to forget this and move on. She wasn't going to take back all she's done. She just couldn't do that to Lucas.