Daughter of Ipswich

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

The Party

I looked up from my magazine to Pogue, who was dressed like he was going out. Probably the party that is taking place tonight in the Dells. I knew Kate was going, so obviously Pogue would be going.

"Yeah?" I groaned, as lowered my magazine, feeling the boredom eating me alive.

"You want to come with me for the party tonight?" Pogue offered, as he leaned against my bedroom door's frame.

"Is that an offer or a command?" I asked, as I closed my magazine. Sometimes I had to go along to these parties, to pretend to be one of the boy's girlfriend, so they wouldn't be mauled by other girls, or I had to come along, so Katie had someone to talk to.

"It's an offer." Pogue grinned, but laughed," But you might want to go, just to make an appearance. You know, you have an image to keep."

I stuck out my tongue at him, he knew I hated the idea of a class system in our school, but it was true. My brothers, and his buddies, were at the top of the food chain. And I…well I was sort of a geek, but if I didn't have Pogue as my brother and didn't keep the petite shape I had developed into, no one would probably know about me. But now, I was only sought after, because people wanted to get close to the boys.

I couldn't wait until college. I would go to Harvard and be away from all of these people, and go and live a life of my own.

But one problem had flawed my plan; Caleb was going to Harvard too.

"Fine," I sighed in defeat, knowing I would much rather hang out with the boys, than being left home alone. "Just give me a minute."

Pogue nodded, as he walked out of my bedroom leaving me alone. With a sly smile upon his face, as he trotted down the hallway.

I sighed, and looked down at the magazine on my lap.

Without much thought, the magazine floated to my pile of magazines, and neatly landed upon the top, making me smile, while I grabbed my sweater.

And the door closed behind me, as I walked down the hallway, pushing my arms into the sleeves of my sweater.

I wasn't going to lie, I loved using magic. But I knew the repercussions of what would happen to the boys, if they kept using magic. They would age, and get older. They would become addicted, and it would be the end of them.

But I had a little something up my sleeves that the boys didn't have, I was a girl. And girls don't age, like men do. But that is another story for another time.

In typical fashion of my brother, Tyler was already in front of our house, with Caleb in the back seat smiling and waving at us to hurry.

"Come on, you two!"

"Someone had to get ready," my brother teased, as he led the way to Tyler's brand new SUV he had just bought himself. He was really proud of making is own money, and being too able to by the SUV on his own.

"You just told me that you were leaving!" I chide, as I wrapped my sweater around me tightly, knowing it was going to get cold later.

"Yeah, right." Pogue chuckled, trying to get a rise out of me. "You knew about the party weeks ago."

With what little spurt of energy, I ran after Pogue to smack him. But he beat me to the car, and crawled into the back seat, next to Caleb, avoiding the smack I was about to give him.

I pouted and stuck out my tongue again. "You're just evil! You know that! You just pick on me because I'm a girl!"

"Yeah, so?" Pogue laughed, causing Caleb to chuckle, and smirk down at me from inside the SUV.

I tried not to smile back at Caleb, instead, Tyler looked over the edge of his door towards me, and grinned," Do you want to ride up front, or in the back?"

"Up front," I then sneered towards my brother and Caleb," I don't want to sit next to either of them, or Reid, anyways."

"Come on, then," Tyler shyly smiled," get in!"

I giggled, as I ran around the car, and jumped into the front seat, and pulled on my seat belt.

"Now lets go and get Reid," Tyler sighed, as he rolled out of the drive way.

The ride was enjoyable quiet, except for the occasional snicker coming from Caleb and Pogue in the back, as they both whispered to one another.

So in return, I decided to have a little conversation with Tyler. "So, Tyler," I smiled as I looked over at him," How are things going with Lucy?"

"Well…ahh…" Tyler kept his eyes on the road, but I could tell things weren't going to well.

"She dumped him," My brother teased from the back seat.

"Pogue," I leaned around the seat, and attempted to smack him, but he easily dodged it.

"It's true!" My brother retorted with a sly smile.

I frowned at Pogue, before looking back over at Tyler, with a reassuring smile.

It had seemed that every girl he had ever gone out with ended up dumping him, by the third or fourth date.

"She just wasn't meant for you," I reassured Tyler, while the car slowed to a halt in front of Reid's house.

But none of the lights were on. None of them.

"Are you sure he is here?" I asked quietly, as I stuck my head out of the window to get a better look at Reid's house.

"He said he was going to be here, when he asked me to pick him up." Tyler sighed, as he pushed down upon the horn of his car.

"Reid! Reid, come on out!" Tyler shouted out of his window, but no response echoed back to us.

"He's not here," Pogue snorted. "Typical".

I sighed and sat back down, before looking over at Tyler. "I guess we should start going then."

Tyler nodded, and began driving away, towards the party, which the Sons of Ipswich had to be present for.

But an annoying feeling in the back of my head was starting to get to me, it was something about Reid. But then I pieced it together. I had this feeling before, when the boys used magic, and I could feel it.

"You guys should check your cell phones," I sighed, rubbing my temples," just to check and see if Reid left a message."

"Sure," my brother sighed in defeat, while I heard him and Caleb digging into their pockets to check their cell phones, while Tyler single handily dug into his jacket pocket, before pulling out his cell phone.

"Wow," suddenly I heard Caleb chuckle, making me look back at him. He held up his cell phone for me to see," One new message, from Reid."

"Man," my brother looked at me, with an accusing stare," Are you sure you're not telepathic or something? His cell phone just got the message."

I smiled, weakly, trying to not show I really had powers," Na, I just know you guys too well."

"Whatever it is," Caleb began, as he read over his text message," We have to meet Reid at the cliff."

I groaned loudly, already knowing what was on Reid's mind. He was going to have fun jumping off of the cliff.

"To the cliff," Tyler sighed, turning down a dirty path, making the car jostle back and forth, over the uneven road.

But finally we parked in the woods, and from there we had to walk.

I groaned in complaint, while I began trudging up to cliff, ahead of the boys, who were talking and laughing with one another.

"Couldn't we have parked closer?" I whined, as I trudged up a hill.

Pogue laughed, while he walked up next to me," Not, unless we wanted to attract attention."

"Or if you wanted to run all the way back to the cliff, after the party is over." Caleb added, trying to gather my thoughts and make me see his way.

"This is inhumane torture," I mumbled loudly, as I kept dragging my legs up the hill. "I'm not going to have any energy left, to be hanging out at the party."

And without a second to spare, I left myself being pushed up into the air, and I was now hanging off of Caleb's shoulder, like a sack of potatoes.

"Caleb!" I pouted loudly, as I hung off of him, feeling extremely self conscious at the moment.

After all, I hated to admit it, but I had a huge crush on Caleb, but I thought I hid it rather well. And I doubted any of the boys realized it, since we had known each other since we were all in diapers, and I think they all assumed we were all naturally close to one another, so I could get close to Caleb-without my crush being announced.

Pogue laughed at me, while Tyler wore a simple smirk, still as shy as ever.

"Aren't you two going to help me?" I whined, giving up fighting against Caleb, but I wanted to get off of him. I was getting paranoid thinking that he thought I was fat or heavy, for Caleb to carry.

But Caleb chuckled," I'm helping you conserve your energy. The least I can receive is a thank you, instead of your whining."

I blushed slightly, but kept it hidden, in the shadows, of the cloudy night sky.

"We're almost there, anyways," I heard Pogue comment, in the background, pushing his hand through his long hair.

So, I lay there, hanging off of Caleb, not complaining, but still felt my insecurities weighing heavily upon me.

But I still couldn't help but look up at Caleb, catching the sight of his handsome face, as he kept hiking up the hill, leading Pogue and Tyler, like he usual does.

But all too soon, the hike was over with, and Caleb placed me down upon the ground, near the edge of the cliff.

"Thank you," I shyly smiled up at him, as I got up onto my tip toes, and kissed his cheek. But naturally, due to my short height, I couldn't reach his cheek, but he bent down a little for me.

"No problem," Caleb smiled, as he straightened his posture.

Caleb then took a step towards the edge, and looked directly down, through the fog, down at the party, which we could all hear.

I let Tyler and Pogue step up on either side of Caleb, creating a V formation, while I stayed back.

I wasn't afraid of falling off the cliff, but I was afraid having to use my powers when I did fall, and I didn't want the boys to find out.

"What's up, Babe?" I felt Reid's arm wrap around my waist.

I rolled my eyes, and greeted," Hello, Reid."

Instantly Caleb, Pogue, and Tyler turned around and looked at Reid, in disappointment.

"What's up, fellas?" Reid grinned, as he pulled let go of my waist, and walked up in-between Tyler and Caleb.

"Where were you? I stopped by to give you a lift." Tyler complained.

"Had things to do." Reid muttered nonchalantly, as he looked over the edge of the cliff," How's the party?"

"Don't know." Pogue leaned over the edge and continued," Just got here."

"Well, hell, boys…" Reid kicked a rock over the edge of the cliff, and smirked," let's drop in."

Reid looked back at the guys," Who's taking her?" Instantly causing all of the boys to look back me.

"I can walk down," I crossed my arms, feeling cold. "You guys don't need to use your powers for me."

Reid rolled his eyes, which turned back into that eerie black color, and stepped off of the edge, letting out a joyous yell.

"Reid!" Caleb frowned, while Tyler smirked," Oh, shit, yeah."

And Tyler fell backwards into the fog, with his arms stretched out, smiling the whole time, with his demonic looking eyes, glowing black.

"Tyler!" Caleb stepped up to the edge, frowning at Tyler's and Reid's enjoyment.

"Come on, Caleb." My brother looked over the edge," It's not like it's gonna kill us."

"Yet!" I protested, grabbing his hand, and pulled him back.

My brother just rolled his eyes, while he unlatched my hand from his, and turned around to look back at Caleb and me, who stood there frowning.

"Caleb, go walk with her." And my brother turned around, and jumped off the edge of the cliff, without another thought.

"You're an ass," I shouted down into the fog, where I knew Pogue could still hear me.

I sighed and took a step back, looking down into the fog for a second. "You don't have to walk down with me." I whispered knowing Caleb could hear me.

Caleb took a unwillingly step towards the edge, before looking over at me, out of the corner of his eyes," We're not going to walk all the way down there."

I looked up at him, frowning, since I knew he was going to use his power, for both of us.

"Caleb-"I began trying to protest.

"It's a one time deal," Caleb promised, with a smile. "Anyways I don't want Pogue to get angry at me for leaving you to walk down by yourself."

I sighed in defeat, and wrapped my arms around Caleb's chest, knowing I needed to hang on tight. Caleb wrapped an arm back around me, in a brotherly manor, before we both took a step off the edge.

I buried my face against Caleb's chest, and held on tight, knowing that Caleb would make sure nothing would happen to me, but the amazing amount of pressure of us falling, still freaked me out, every time.

When we landed, I quickly separated from Caleb, giving him a polite smile of thanks, while I watched his eyes became white again.

"Come on, you two." Pogue groaned, as he stood there, while Reid and Tyler smiled at us. "You two are such hypocrites."

I stuck my tongue out at Pogue, before clarifying," This way was easier for both Caleb and I, instead of having to walk all the way back down."

"You mean he would have done the walking." Tyler teased.

I frowned and crossed my arms, while Reid lifted up his eyebrow, and looked at each of us in question.

"Caleb carried her up the hill, because she wouldn't stop complaining," Pogue chuckled.

Reid laughed, before he reached out and grabbed my hand, pulling me over to him. "Let's get going."

Caleb nodded in agreement, taking a spot in the center, with Pogue next to him.

And of course, I was dragged closer to the loud and uncontrollable party, with Reid's arm wrapped around my waist.

See, Reid had always been a best friend I guess you could say, but as we got older, our relationship evolved into friends with benefits, but he rarely gets any benefits, with the exception of our one kiss in middle school.

And with every step we took, I felt pieces of my casual self becoming more hidden, as I began to put on the same mask as the rest of the boys had. I changed into the Daughter of Ipswich, the only girl out of all the Ipswich founding families, in this generation. I was becoming that popular girl that people envied and hate.

And I hated this person more than anything in the world.