Disclaimer: Still not mine.

A/N: Okay, so I'm SO sorry for not updating in a few days. I've been super busy and this chapter was shitty to write. I crammed a lot of shit in it. Anyway, I would've had it done yesterday, but I went to see The 69 Eyes and Wednesday 13 and I was in Boston pretty much all day because of that. It was the most amazing show I've ever been to. All the guys from The 69 Eyes kissed me on the cheek, then I showed them my tattoo, and they all kissed that lmao. Funny guys. And Jyrki gave me a rose during the show. Amazing band. My favorite. The only thing was that I was with my boyfriend and this guy that I've hooked up with a few times showed up. That was awkward. Plus he hung out with us all night. The song is 'We Fall Like Love' by Christian Death. It's on YouTube, but if anyone happens to find it on myspace, please send it to me! It's a good song, but I hate Valor Kand, the singer. He's a douche bag of the highest extent. The old singer Rozz Williams was amazing. If you know anything about Christian Death, you probably agree. Anyway, there's a picture of Lux's dress in my profile.

Wild Pagan Heart by Cara Mascara

Chapter 17: Fall Fest

-Reid's POV-

"So… how're you and Lux doing?" Baby Boy asked me. It was Saturday morning and we were getting ready for a swim meet. I feel bad for Caleb. He has a big meet this morning, a dance with his honey tonight, his ascension, and he's on the hunt for Chase. Dude's got a shitload on his plate.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Reid… you haven't asked her out yet?" Tyler asked.

"No. Baby Boy. I've got it made right now. Lux, she's fine with how we are now. Just friends that fuck. No pressure. No obligations. No nagging. Why would I voluntarily put myself through all that if I can get away with it?"

"Maybe because… you like her?" I just shook my head. He doesn't get it, he doesn't get her, and he obviously doesn't get me.

"I like fucking her. I never said I liked her. She's a cool girl and all. But Baby Boy… you know me."

"Yeah well I also know that I've never seen you go out of your way to get attention from a girl the way you do with her," Tyler challenged me. Then he walked through the locker room door. I stopped in my tracks. What the fuck? He's right!

-Lux's POV-

"I cannot believe you didn't even bother getting a dress! The dance is too-night! Why do you always do things like this Lux?!" Mel went on as we walked through the mall. My god, she is blowing this so out of proportion. It's just a dance. A stupid, boring dance that I'm going to hate! Plus, how can I think of such a shallow thing like a dance when I know Caleb is going to be ascending and fighting Chase tonight?

"It's not that big of a deal Mel," I said as I looked through countless racks of dresses. Nothing. Everything was too… blah. I spotted a decent looking dress. "This one's nice," I said. Mel scurried over and looked at it.

"Wow, yeah! Try it on!" Mel urged me. I took the dress in the fitting room and put it on. "Oh wow. That's the one." Mel informed me as I walked out.

"You think so?" I asked, unsure as I turned every which way in the full-length mirror, trying to crane my neck so I could inspect every angle.

"Definitively. I love it. So will Reid," she smirked. I scoffed. Like I care if he likes it or not. If he doesn't he can just get the fuck over it, now can't he?

I bought the dress and went with Mel to go get my nails filled. When we were done doing that, we headed back to school. We got there just in time to catch Tyler and Reid heading to their dorm from swim practice. "What's in the bag, princess?" Reid asked, trying to peek inside. I pulled it away from him.

"None of your business," I snapped. For some reason I didn't want him to see my dress. I just feel like… it should be… a surprise… kind of. He just doesn't need to see it till I'm wearing it, okay?!

"Alright, alright. Relax baby," he said, slinging an arm around my shoulders as we walked into the boarding house. We'd been walking around like this in public a lot lately. People were starting to assume we were dating. Girls were starting to talk about me. Typical. But I don't really care. Let them say what they want. They're just jealous because they want to be the ones fucking him.

"Excited for tonight?" Reid asked as we sat in the cafeteria together eating lunch.

"No offense, but not at all," I replied honestly.

"I figured as much."

"It's hard to think about something as shallow as a stupid dance with… Caleb and all, you know?"

"Yeah I get what you mean. He'll be fine though. I know it." Reid sounded very unsure while saying this. I put my hand on top of his and squeezed it, giving him a half smile, trying to reassure him that Caleb would make it through. I wasn't even sure myself though. Chase has his father's power and he's already ascended. That kind of power is scary to think about.

"Hey, I'll meet you here tonight, okay? Caleb wants me and Tyler to go get Sarah and bring her to the dance."

"Okay, that's fine. So, she knows everything, right?"

"Yeah. He told her."

"Do you think… maybe… I don't know."

"What?"

"Well… I feel bad… not telling Mel."

"Yeah I think Baby Boy does too."

"Should we say something to her? I think we can trust her."

"I don't know. Better wait and talk to Ty about this one. And maybe Caleb too. But I get you. She's bound to get suspicious now with all of us hanging out so much."

"I know.

"Hey Tyler!" I called, running to catch up with him as he walked alone through the courtyard. Reid ran behind me. "I need to talk to you."

"About what?" he asked.

"Where's Mel?" I asked first, making sure she wasn't going to interrupt our conversation.

"Oh, she went to her room to get ready for the dance."

"Already?" I raised an eyebrow. She had three hours. Whatever. "Anyway, that's not the point."

"She wants to tell Red," Reid explained for me.

"I can talk myself," I said to him, frowning.

"Well then get straight to the point woman instead of asking a million and one questions!" Reid defended himself.

"Hey, guys, back to Mel," Tyler said, waving his hand between our faces.

"Right. Do you think we should tell her?" I asked him. He blinked a few times.

"I… yeah… welll… I want to, but what if she freaks out or something. I mean… we aren't supposed to tell anyone."

"I know… it just feels like… I've known her so long and never told her. I just know we can trust her." I could tell Tyler was sold right at that moment. "Do you want to call Caleb?"

"No. She's my girlfriend and she's your best friend. It's not his decision. He didn't ask us when he told Sarah." I just nodded and we headed up to Mel's dorm room

"Hey Lux. Tyler!" she exclaimed, noticing him right behind me. She had her hair put up in a towel and was wearing a very baggy shirt and shorts. Not exactly her most attractive attire, so I figured she probably didn't want Tyler seeing her like that. Silly girl.

She ripped the towel off her head, revealing very wet strands of hair and she brushed them out with her fingers, then let us in. Reid followed behind us. I'm not sure if he agrees with us telling her or not though.

"We need to talk. It's very important."

"So… you hid this from me for four years?" she asked once we'd spilled our guts and even given her a show, which completely freaked her out. "I should've known. You live in Salem… you own a witch shop. Dee! She's one too, isn't she?" Girl's too smart for her own good.

"Yeah. I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I'm not supposed to be telling you now. Caleb might kill us for telling you. I just figured it was better to find out from us now, then to catch us in the act and be completely weirded out about it."

"Wierded out? Are you kidding? This is bomb!" Mel said excitedly. "You guys have supernatural powers! Lux, do my hair!"

"Mel… it's not good to use the powers a lot. It's addictive," I said, glancing at Reid. He didn't notice. He was too busy looking down at his fidgeting hands. "And once you ascend, it becomes your life. Every time you use after that, it ages you faster." Mel just looked as if she didn't know what to say. "But I don't use a lot… so… alright." She grinned and I used to put her hair in a cute up-do for the dance. "Done."

She ran into the bathroom and squealed, then ran back into the bedroom. "This is so cute! I love it! Thank you!" Tyler frowned and looked at me. I know I shouldn't use. But I barely do. So I figured t was alright.

"But what's the deal with this new kid?" Mel asked, resuming her seat on her bed and becoming serious. "He actually wants to kill Caleb?"

'Not exactly. Well… I don't know. He might. But he wants Caleb's powers. And that's the only way to get them. Caleb won't will him his power though. At least, I hope he won't." I explained

"Do I look alright?" Mel asked franticly as we saw Tyler and Reid walk into the dance. Something was wrong. I could tell by their faces.

"Yeah… fine," I said, not even bothering to look at her. I knew she looked alright. She was just being paranoid. They came up to us and Tyler hugged Mel tightly, but I could tell there was something on his mind.

"Something up?" I asked as Reid came to stand by me.

"Yeah… Sarah's gone." I looked at him with my eyes wide and my jaw nearly dropped. "I think something happened. I lost Caleb on the phone."

"Oh my god," I muttered, rubbing my forehead. This was bad.

"Yeah… you look… really hot…" Reid said, scanning my body. Jeeze this really isn't the time.

"Thanks, you look… are you wearing your sneakers?" I asked, peering down at the black skate shoes peeking out from under his pants. He smirked and me and I shook my head and laughed. "You clean up nice though, really. Maybe Sarah's around. Let's look," I suggested and he took my hand, leading me through the crowds of people. No such luck though. We returned to where Tyler and Mel were standing.

"You find her?" Tyler asked as we stood by them.

"No," Reid answered. He looked as his watch. "Twelve minutes past eleven."

"Happy Birthday Caleb." Tyler said, looking off into the crowd. The night didn't go exactly as planned. We were all too worried to have a good time until Caleb called Reid. Reid stepped outside to take the phone call. When he came back, he was grinning.

"It's good. Caleb's fine. He has Sarah. Everything's good," he assured us. We all breathed sighs of relief. "Now, you need to dance with me," Reid told me as a slow song started playing. I complied without an argument. Slow dancing is so stupid. All it is is two people hugging and walking slowly around in circles. But… it wasn't that bad.

"Do you wanna… hang out after the dance?" he whispered in my ear suggestively. "Tyler's staying in Mel's room tonight." Oh wow. Mel's a virgin. Wow!

"Sure," I said, warping my arms tighter around his neck and resting my head on his shoulder. This… this was almost too good to be true. Something was bound to happen. Nothing this nice lasts forever. And the song ended. There it was. We went over to get some drinks, finding it quite obvious that the punch was spiked. I looked around the room and caught Aaron's eye. He smirked and flashed me the silver flask in his pocket. I laughed to myself.

"I'll be right back," I told Reid and went over to say hi to Aaron.

"I should've known," I said as I approached him, crossing my arms over my chest like a disapproving mother would to her misbehaving child.

He just shrugged and shuffled his feet. "So… you came with Garwin?"

"Yeah… I did." He just nodded his head and licked his lips, bouncing on the balls of his feet.

"You look nice," he told me.

"Thank you. So do you," I returned the compliment.

Aaron peered over my shoulder and scowled. Before I had a chance to look at what he was looking at, he asked, "Are you guys in a relationship?"

"No… well… no," I said, not even sure.

"Yeah well… how do you feel about that?" he asked, gesturing to what he was looking at before. I turned and saw Reid dancing with a petite brunette girl. They were dancing very close to each other. Very close. I turned back to Aaron and frowned. There were all these… feelings running through my body. Confusion, hurt, question, jealousy and about a million others. "My god… you're in love with him," Aaron said in a quiet voice, studying my expression.

"What?! I am not in love with Reid Garwin! You're insane!" I exclaimed, outraged. A few people looked at me strangely.

"Lux, it's obvious. I can tell. You love him."

"Aaron, shut up. I don't love him. I hardly know him!" Sure, I knew him for four years, but I knew him as the Neanderthal Reid Garwin, not the person Reid Garwin.

"Alright," Aaron said, a smart-ass look on his face. I looked back to where Reid was dancing with the girl.

"I'll see you later," I said and walked out into the hall. I went into the bathroom and into one of the stalls, locking it. Why am I crying? This is so stupid. It must be near that time of the month.

Footsteps approached and the bathroom door opened. I sat on the closed toilet seat and pulled my feet up.

"She's so weird. I can't believe he actually came with her!" one female voice said.

"I know. I saw her a few days ago walking around in the rain without an umbrella or anything. And it looked like she way just hanging around, not really going anywhere." They were talking about me.

"What does Reid see in her?" I knew it.

"No idea. It must be the boobs."

"You know, I've been thinking about getting mine done…" their voices faded out s they exited the bathroom. I got out of the bathroom at that moment, using to fix my running make up before I went through the door. Then I went outside. I needed a smoke.

-Reid's POV-

"I'll be right back," Lux said after drinking her drink and walked off. Towards Abbot. What the fuck? I thought she didn't talk to him anymore. That didn't set well with me. I glared in their direction hoping one of them would see me.

"Hey Reid… wanna dance?" a petite brunette asked, giving me her best doe eyes. She's cute. I think she's in my bio class. Her name's Michelle or something.

I looked over at Lux who was still talking to Aaron. "Yeah, sure," I said to the girl and we went to the dance floor. We grinded to some stupid rap song. I saw Abbot looked at me so I looked away from the two of them, making it look as if I wasn't paying attention to them. I concentrated on dancing as close and as nasty as I could with this girl.

When the song was finished, I simply walked away, not even glancing at her, finding my place back near the punch, pouring myself more.

"Hey moron. You better go find your date," Abbot said, taking a place beside me. I raised my eyebrows in question. "You're an idiot. Lux saw you dancing with that girl. She got jealous and left."

I sneered at him. "Why the hell are you telling me this?"

"Because… she's my friend. And I care about her. I was an asshole. I'm trying to redeem myself," Abbot said. I breathed out a huff of air. Shit. I really don't want to find some cheap bimbo to spend the night with.

"Where is she?" Abbot shrugged and pointed to the door.

"She went out there. Probably to smoke or something. Then again, she might've left." Shit. I went over to the door and stepped outside.

-Lux's POV-

"What's up?"

"Nothing," I replied to Reid as he leaned on the wall next to me.

"Liar."

"Shut up," I snapped.

"You mad?"

"No. Why would I be mad?"

"That's not what Abbot said." Damn Aaron.

"Look, I'm not mad alright… you just… you came with me. Not Michelle Rivers."

"I know. I'm sorry. I shouldt've danced with her." I looked over at him and smiled. He was being genuine as far as I could tell. "Wanna get outta here?" I nodded and he grabbed my hand, leading me to the boarding house.

A/N: I don't really like this chapter. Sorry it blows.