A/N: Here's the next chapter. And i've been forgetting to say that i don't own anything, so, i don't own anything. Enjoy.
Inner Struggles
Chapter 7
Caleb, Pogue, and Tyler had been sleeping in shift. They were coming up on ten A.M., with nothing that could help Reid. Someone had to be with Reid at all times, or he would drift off to sleep, and cause problems. Caleb had forbade him from calling Emma, and had taken his cell away from him.
Emma kept trying to call, but Caleb would ignore it, which drove Reid mad. "Answer it! Something might be wrong! She could be in danger you idiot," he yelled. The next time the phone rang, Reid glared at Caleb until he answered it.
"Hello?" he asked. "Reid's not able to come to the phone right now."
"Is there something wrong?" she asked worriedly.
"He's not feeling very well. I'll have him call you when he's better." Caleb hung up the phone. Not five minutes, she called back. This time, Reid made lunge for the phone. He managed to grab it out of Caleb's hands before he answered it.
"Hey," he said, answering the phone and walking away with it. "Yeah. We're all just at Caleb's house. I'm really sorry I couldn't come to coffee with you this morning, the guys wont really let me leave," Reid explained. "Is everything alright?" he asked.
"Yeah. Everything's fine," she answered, wondering where that question came from. "At least let me come over there with you," she pleaded. Reid looked at Caleb.
"Hold on. I'll ask boss man," he said, lowering the phone. "Hey, Caleb. Emma wants to come over here, so I'm gonna tell her how to get here." Just as he was about to start talking with Emma again, Caleb shook his head.
"You know you can't do that Reid. She can't find out about us," he said sternly.
"Kate and Sarah know! Why can't my girlfriend know?" he asked, angrily. "Besides, if Emma is in danger, wouldn't you rather her be in danger here than at school?" Reid knew he had a good point when Caleb sighed.
"Okay, but we have to be careful how we explain it to her." Reid brought the cell phone up to his face.
"Yeah." He gave the directions to Caleb's house. "Bye." He hung up the phone. Caleb stood up, and left the room. They'd been sitting for hours in the guest room. Reid got up and went out to the foyer, sitting down in a chair and resting his head against the wall it was against.
"Reid, you better not be sleeping," Tyler walked over and shook his friend, who stood up, knowing that if he sat there for much longer, he would be asleep.
"I'm going to go make more coffee," Reid stood up and walked over to the kitchen. Tyler followed him in.
"How do you think Emma's going to react?" he asked, sitting down at a bar stool by the counter. Reid looked over at him.
"I don't know. I think it won't matter that much to her," he said, just now realizing the ramifications of telling her this. She could decide she didn't want to deal with this right now, and break up with him. "I hope it won't matter to her."
"It'll be okay. Maybe this will all go away once you see her okay. Then you won't need to deal with this any more," Tyler wasn't used to having to reassure his friend. Reid was usually the kind of person who despised people trying to make it sound like everything was going to be okay. Tyler assumed that this feeling resulted from everyone lying to him and saying his father would be fine, when, he wasn't.
Just then, there was a knock at the door. Caleb answered it, and Emma stepped in. Reid looked at Tyler, and walked down the hall way to where she was standing in the foyer. "Hey Emma," he said, pulling her into a hug.
"Is everything alright Reid?" she asked. "You look like crap." Caleb stepped in, before Reid could say anything.
"We have to explain something to you," he said, leading her into the living room to their left. Reid and Emma sat down on one of the couch, and Tyler sat next to them. Pogue and Caleb took the two wing back chairs facing the couch.
"What is it?" Emma asked, worriedly.
"In 1692, our four families formed a covenant of silence. Through our bloodlines, the first born male in the family was given unnatural powers, surfacing at age 13. We can do basically anything we want, but there's a catch; every time we 'use', which means using our powers, we age a little faster," Caleb tried to explain as easily as he could.
"At age 18, the powers become even stronger, and have even harsher results. They start to get harder and harder to stop using the older you get," Pogue started in. "Eventually, if you use too much, you get addicted to it, and you can't stop."
Emma just looked around at all their faces, and reached for Reid's hand. Finally, she looked up at his face. "Is something wrong?" she asked. Reid nodded his head.
"Whenever I fall asleep, I start to subconsciously use. Things start levitating, and fall off shelves," Reid explained, surprised how well she was taking this. "Every time this happens, I'm dreaming that you're in danger, and I can't help you. The powers are linked directly to our emotions," he said.
"So, basically, we're trying to figure this out, and trying to keep Reid awake," Tyler added to the conversation. "Are you okay?" he asked Emma, who hadn't stopped staring at Reid.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" she asked suddenly. Caleb looked at her and nodded.
"You can keep him awake, while Pogue, Tyler, and I try to figure this out," he said, standing up. "Can you handle that?" he asked. Emma nodded, still trying to absorb all she'd just heard. Pogue and Tyler stood up and left the room.
Reid and Emma sat in silence for a while, before she stood up. "I smell coffee. Let's go have that coffee date you promised me." Reid got up, and led her to the kitchen. "They have no idea why this is happening?" Emma asked, pouring two cups of coffee into the two mugs sitting by the coffee pot.
"No, they thought it's because I use too much, and haven't used for a while. Like withdrawal symptoms," he said, gratefully taking the coffee cup. "But now, I think they think it's something else."
"Do you use too much?" she asked worriedly.
"Not since I met you. It's like you're a distraction or something, because the second I'm not with you, the urge to use is stronger than I've ever felt it," he said. Emma smiled and want to sit down in the breakfast nook by the window.
"I guess that means we're going to have to spend the rest of our lives together," she said with a sigh. She motioned for Reid to come sit next to her. He did.
"I'm sorry I couldn't fill you in earlier. It's just that Caleb would kill me if I told someone with out him being consulted first," Reid said, putting his arm around her. Just then, Mrs. Danvers came into the kitchen.
"Hi Reid, how are you holding up?" she asked.
"Fine. This is Emma. It's okay. She knows already," he said. "Emma, this is Caleb's mom."
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Danvers," she said smiling.
"I'm going to make you guys something to eat, what would like?" Mrs. Danvers asked. "I can make you anything you want." She opened up her refrigerator.
"You really don't have to," Emma said. Mrs. Danvers gave a look that said she wanted more than anything to make something for them, and that she wouldn't take no for an answer. "Could we have some omelets?" she asked politely.
"Yes you may," Mrs. Danvers got busy making the omelets. Emma and Reid looked at each other. Just then, they heard a crash coming from the foyer. Reid jumped up and ran out the door to see what was going on. Emma walked over to where Mrs. Danvers was standing.
Out in the foyer, Reid was shocked to see Chase Collins. It wasn't possible, since Caleb had killed him already. "Hey Garwin," he said. "Don't look so surprised! Did you think I'd let you guys off the hook so easily?"
"Caleb killed you," Reid said, taking a step forward. Chase laughed.
"I'm stronger than you know," he said. Just then, Caleb, Pogue, and Tyler rushed into the room. "Now the party can start," Chase said.
"Who are you talking to Reid?" Caleb asked. "Is everything alright?"
"Can't you see him?" Reid asked, pointing to where Chase was standing. Caleb looked, but it was clear he didn't see anything. "It's Chase! He's right there. He's gonna hurt Emma," Reid said, annoyed that no one could see.
"There's no one there Reid," Pogue said, worriedly, putting a hand on Reid's shoulder. Reid jerked away.
"What are you going to do, Reid?" Chase said.
"Did you hear that?" Reid asked, desperate for someone else to have heard Chase's voice. Everyone shook their heads. Caleb looked really worried.
"I think that not sleeping is catching up with you. He left the room, with more motivation to find a way to fix this. Pogue followed, him, and so did Tyler. Reid was left with an evil person only he could see, alone.