A/N: Thought Key

/blah/àGlare speaking telepathically

/blah/àShorty speaking telepathically

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Chapter Ten-Mistake # 2

"SpitFire, I can't believe it's you," Glare whispered as she pulled up a chair and sat down next to him. "What're you doing here?" he blinked and rubbed his eyes to make sure it was actually her. It was. Her hair got longer so it hung to her lower back and her held the same shine as before.

'Didn't think I'd miss her this much.' Glare thought to himself. 'She's even more beautiful than I last saw her.'

"Visitin'. Smirk got some extra money so we figured we should come back and try to find out where you were," she responded as she smiled and brushed her hair behind her ear. "I heard about what happened. I'm sorry. For you, Icy, and Shorty."

"Thanks," he said with a small smile as he took her hand. "I'm pretty sure I get out of here soon. How long are you staying?"

"Until the end of this week."

"That's enough time to reconnect."

"And by that you mean…?"

Glare just grinned as he pulled her down for a kiss. SpitFire smiled as she pulled away and gave him a hug.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you've been hanging out with Armpit and Magnet too long. Your pick up line was corny." Glare laughed along with her as she bent down and pulled something out of a paper bag. She handed him something wrapped and she stared at it in confusion. "Open it!" Rolling his eyes at her impatient personality, he pulled off the tape before pulling out a picture frame. He smiled when he saw the picture. It was of her, her twin Smirk, and the Montgomerys on their last day at CGL.

"Thanks SpitFire, I love it," Glare said as he kissed her cheek.

"I knew you would. Well, I promised Smirk I wouldn't stay too long. I'll come and check on you later." SpitFire waved before she left the room.

/Who was that? I couldn't tell by the voice./

Glare noted that Shorty sounded a little bit better, considering that she was still in a lot of pain from the car that hit her.

/That was SpitFire. She and Smirk are here to visit./

/Ohh, I wish I could talk to her./

Before Glare could reply Squid barged into the room, making Glare jump. Glare noticed he had a look of pure fury on his face, but knew better than to ask what was wrong. He was going to find out anyway. Squid's face softened when he looked across the room and saw Shorty lying on the bed.

"Is she all right?" He asked in a hoarse voice.

"She's alive, if that's what you meant," Glare responded as he pushed a button and his bed elevated so he was sitting up and looking at Squid. "Something's bothering you…do you want to talk to Shorty?"

"How can I talk to her if she's…?" Squid let his voice trail off as he sat down in the chair that was still by Glare's bed.

"Like this," Glare responded as he placed his palm on Squid's forehead and closed his eyes.

/Shorty? It's me again, Squid's here too. He wants to talk to you/ Glare thought as he took a relaxing breath.

/Squid's here? How're you feeling? What's wrong?/ Shorty's voice floated into Squid's head.

/It's about your sister/ Squid thought back.

/What'd she do?/

/She cheated on me./

/That's not like Icy. She's crazy about you, she told me herself./

/She's crazy all right…crazy enough to cheat on me with Twitch. I caught them in Magnet's room./

/They weren't…?/

/No, they were just making out. But it still hurt me. I don't know why she does this to me? I mean, can't she see how much I care about her?/

/She's going through some rough times, Squiddy, and I'm guessing you aren't there for her. So she turned to someone close to her. Think of it this way, as long as it wasn't Ziggy, right?/

/What if she turns to him next?/

/…I don't know. When she comes to visit, I'll talk to her and try to sort this out./

/Don't bother. I don't want to talk to her ever again./

/…I'm sorry./

Glare let go of Squid's forehead and opened his eyes before they narrowed. "Icy cheated on you!? That's hard to believe."

"Don't rub it in!" Squid spat before leaving the hospital room.

"It was great seeing you too," Glare grumbled as he crossed his arms over his chest. He sighed and shook his head. "Icy, what are you doing to yourself?"

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"Icy! Wh-what're you doing here?" Nikita questioned once she opened the door to her house.

"I need to talk to you, Niki," she responded in monotone. "Can I come in?"

"Uh, well, uh," Nikita stammered. Icy shoved past her without waiting for an answer. "My mom's not home."

"Good, I didn't want to have a 'meet-my-parents thing going on. But this is important!"

"Laurie. Laurie," a little voice called out as footsteps reached Icy's ears. She turned and almost burst out laughing when she saw the little boy. His jet black hair fell into his eyes, but it was brushed to the side and partly covered his left eye. He had dark eyes that seemed filled with sadness. He wore a black wife beater and a beat up black jacket over dirty black cargos and black socks.

"Why's that shrimp calling you Laurie?" Icy questioned as the boy stood by Nikita's side.

"I'm not a shrimp and Lauren is her name," the boy responded. "She's my sister. And who're you?"

"I'm her friend, Icy. And you are?"

"This is Leon." Nikita turned to her younger brother. "Go run along and play. I have to talk to her about something."

"I'll go if you give me your My Chemical Romance cd."

Rolling her eyes Nikita pointed towards the stairs. Leon gave her The Raspberry before running back up the stairs. Motioning to Icy, Nikita walked into the living room where she plopped down lazily on the couch.

"Cute brother," Icy commented.

"Eh.." was all Nikita said with a wave of her hand. "Now what's up?"

"I cheated on Squid," Icy stated promptly.

"Ok, I may be a blood sucking vampire and have to bite peoples' necks now and then, but even I don't cheat on Ziggy."

"You're not helping." Icy sighed as she leaned back into the couch. "I don't understand. I gave up myself for Squid, and then I go behind his back and cheat with one of my best friends."

"If it was Ziggy, I'll kill you."

"Relax, it wasn't Ziggy."

"Ok." Nikita pondered as Icy stared at her. Nikita made a face and asked hesitantly, "It wasn't…your brother…was it?"

"Ew, no! That's just wrong on so many levels!" Icy shook her head to get the image out of her head. "No, it wasn't him. Or X-ray, Armpit, Magent, or Caveman either!"

"Well, it couldn't be Zero…what about Eric, Zigzag's brother? He has this huge crush on you and–"

"It was Twitch, you moron!" Icy couldn't help but scream at her. She then took a pillow and covered her face with it.

"Well, why'd you do that? I thought you were in love with Squid," Nikita questioned in confusion as she rolled down the sleeves to her black shirt. She had just pushed them up and was now pushing them up and rolling them down out of habit.

"I was! I mean I am!" Icy's muffled voice came out from underneath the pillow, but Nikita understood anyway. "I can't explain it. With Squid I feel safe and protected. But with Twitch I feel respected and cared for." Icy removed the pillow from her face and sat up to look at Nikita. "I don't know, every time I'm around Twitch things are…right." Icy realized what she just said and made a face. "God, I sound like such a girl!"

"At least you didn't go all the way with him," Nikita said with a shrug, trying to lighten up the mood. "You didn't…did you?"

"Corse not," Icy said with a shake of her head. "I just kissed him…which turned into a make out session.":

"Damn girl, what's the matter with you?" Nikita asked as she hit Icy across the face with a pillow. "You gotta fix this. I'll talk to Ziggy, ok?"

"Whatever."

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"Squiddy, calm down," Zigzag said as he watched his friends pace his bedroom. After Squid left the hospital he went straight to Zigzag's house. Zigzag noticed that Squid was pissed off, even more than usual, and he was back to his old habit of chewing on toothpicks.

"I can't calm down, Ziggy," Squid responded as he dropped into his reclinable, rolling chair. "Would you be able to if Nikita was cheating on you?"

"No, I'd talk to her about it and try to make things work."

Squid stared at him hard. "Are you insane?"

"I prefer the word crazy."

The answer was so honest Squid couldn't help but laugh. Zigzag beamed, knowing that he made his friend laugh even when he was feeling down. Zigzag closed the door and locked it as his laughter subsided.

"Squid, how's everything at your place?" He asked hesitantly.

"Everything's fine," he responded. "My mom's getting better and Duke buys her gifts and things for no reason. Things are pretty calm there, actually."

"You're lying to me," Zigzag stated as he narrowed his eyes. "Hand me the phone," he said suddenly, changing the subject.

"Why?" Squid asked as he grabbed it and tossed it over.

"Because you need help and I know where to get it."

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"Why'm I here?" Squid growled as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in his chair.

"Because there are things in D-Tent that are going on and I need to know about it, being the leader," X-Ray responded as he shot Squid a glare. "Let's start with you, then. Zigzag tells me that there's something going on at your place."

"Nothing's going on at my place! My place is fine! Ally and I are fine!" Squid spat.

"Where'd you get that bruise?" Magnet questioned as he nodded at Squid's neck.

"I got hit by a tree branch. That's all."

"A tree branch in the shape of fingers? That's hard to believe," Icy commented as she walked into the living room. All of their mouthes fell open, except for Squid's, his jaw was set and a frown was cared into his face.

Icy's hair, which was usually kept back in a ponytail, was let down, the single cerulean blue streak resting on the right side of her chin. She was wearing a black tank top underneath a partially zipped black jacket. She was also wearing baggy black jeans and black converses.

"What happened to you?" Armpit questioned, spiting out the cookie crumbs that were in his mouth.

"She's been hanging out Nikita too long," Icy heard Caveman whisper to Zero who nodded in agreement.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that. Why did you call me over here, X? I need to go visit Glare and Shorty," Icy said as she sat down in the only available chair that was sitting in the living room.

"We're having a well needed D-Tent meeting, Ice," X-Ray responded calmly.

Icy scoffed. "Are we back at CGL with Dr. Crack-head? We don't need this meeting!"

"We were just discussing how Squid got that bruise on his neck." X-Ray continued as he gave Icy a warning glare.

"Duke abuses him. It's not that hard to figure out," Icy responded casually as Squid shot her a death glare.

"And you haven't told anyone?" Armpit questioned.

"I can handle it," Squid said after a moments silence. "He doesn't hurt me as much as he hurts Ally." He paused and added. "And none of you is telling the police! I don't want Ally to have a reason to hate me because we have to leave this city! Aiight?"

"Ok. But if one thing goes wrong I'm calling the police!" X-Ray warned him. "Caveman? Zero? Anything with you?"

"Nothing really. Except our moms are planning on going all out for the dance that's coming up," Caveman responded with a shake of his head. "If you had our mother's, you'd be afraid to go to the dance in the first place."

"I believe you on that," Magnet said with a laugh. "I have it worse. My mom is setting me up on dates with these girls I knew from Mexico. I don't want to go out with them, but my mom won't listen to me. Every time I've been set up for a date I've faked being sick and went to the movies instead while the girl went back home."

"Isn't that kind of mean?" Zero questioned as he wrinkled his nose.

"No, because I take them to the mall later so they could learn more about the United States culture or whatever. That's all they really wanted in the first place. They didn't want to be on the dates either. I knew them all anyway."

"Armpit?" X-Ray questioned as he turned towards the black boy sitting next to him.

"My mom's threatening to send me to St. Bart's if I don't go on this diet she's making me take," he responded.

"It aint working," Magnet said before he and Squid laughed and bumped fists.

"Man–" Armpit started as he stood up and moved threateningly towards them. They backed away in fear before X-Ray stopped Armpit and made him sit back down.

"Calm down, man. Zigzag, what's going on with you?"

"Well, my mom and dad think my sister Samantha and I are crazy, me especially. You say the walls are talking to you and they go nuts. They want to take me to a psych ward, but I know that's where Dr, Pendanski, Mr. Sir, and the Warden are positioned. If I get sent there she'll make me leak info about you guys to her." Zigzag shook his head as everyone looked at him. "Not going to happen." He smiled brightly as he twiddled his thumbs, as if he thought of a good solution.

"All right, Twitch? Anything new?"

"N-no," he responded as he started to Twitch slightly as all eyes rested on him. "N-nothing n-new has been h-happening in my life. I-I'm just glad to b-be out of j-jail and–"

"And stealing my girlfriend!" Squid spat as he stood, so fast, his chair fell backwards. "Ex-girlfriend!" He corrected himself.

"I-I'm not st-stealing your–" Twitch tried to say as his face turned red in embarrassment.

"Don't lie to me! I saw you and Icy in Magnet's room!"

"Damn! You two did?" Magnet questioned as he turned to Icy who had a bored expression on her face. "In my room? Was he better compared to Squid or what? Give me the info, chica!"

"Shut up, Magnet!" Squid yelled as he kept his eyes on Twitch's trembling form. "You've been jealous of me ever since you first came to camp. I could tell just by looking at you."

"Have you ever thought that this whole thing had something to do with you?" Icy asked calmly as she rolled her head until she was looking at him. "I mean, everytime s couple breaks up it's the guy's fault."

"You're the one who cheated on me, remember?" Squid hissed.

"I don't know why I'm wasting my time explaining this to you," Icy said as she stood and faced him. "But, Twitch was the one who was coming onto me. Sure, at first I liked it. But I was trying to get him to stop when you came in." She turned around to look at Twitch who had a sad look on his face. "I'm sorry Twitch, but that's the truth. You're just my best friend, nothing more." She turned bacl to talk to Squid. "You never trust me, even if I know what I'm doing. I love feeling safe and protected, you can provide that for me, but I absolutely hate it when you're overprotective."

Icy gave him one last hard look before leaving the house. She walked down the porch and on the sidewalk. She kept her head low as she kicked a rock, ignoring where she was going. She walked in crosswalks, even if cars were coming her way, she didn't care. Sighing heavily, she placed her hands in her pockets as she walked into the run down part of town.

"Hey babe, glad to see you're back."

Icy's eyes widened as she whirled around.

"Crimson?"