Thank you to - nomanslandvicki, heartbreakerginny & Peril Of Hope for reviewing. Here's the second chapter. Chapter 3, should hopefully be up by Sunday.

A/N: I fixed my tiny error, thanks to heartbreakerginny for pointing it out.

Disclaimer: See Chapter 01. 'Waiting Game' belongs to Yellowcard.

Chapter 02: Waiting Game.
After Pogue dropped Caleb off at his house, he walked into the house to be confronted by his mother only to have her remind him that he was very much like his father. When actuality he was nothing like him. Caleb then let it slip that Ella was back, his mother smiled she had always liked the young girl.

"Caleb, these powers you and your friends first got a taste of when you were thirteen are seductive," Evelyn told her son shakily as she put down her glass. "I've seen what happens when you abuse the power,"

"I'm nothing like him, and I never will be," Caleb told her angrily, before he turned and walked away from her. "Oh and mom, I don't think that Mr Sims is aware of Ella being back," he added pausing before he continued walking up the stairs and talking. "Don't say anything please,"

Meanwhile Reid, Tyler and Ella were on their way back to the Spencer. Ella had a tendency to over-react especially when it came to Reid's usage. Everyone figured that it was from the amount of time that she had spent with Caleb.

"Reid, promise me that you won't use," Ella said, as she climbed out of the car and looked at the two younger boys.

"Promise," Reid answered, a small smirk being evident on his face.

"Tyler, make him keep it please," Ella added as she walked around to the drivers side of the car and leant in the window to give him a sisterly kiss on the cheek.

"I'll try," he smiled returning the kiss before adding. "It's good to have you home,"

"It's good to be home, and you pair I'll see you tomorrow," Ella told them, making Reid's eyes go wide as he realised that he wouldn't be able to use without getting the third degree from Caleb and Ella.

Tyler and Reid drove off while Ella walked up the walkway to her flat, being grateful that it was on the ground floor and not up any higher or she would have freaked. Pogue arrived back at his small flat, which he soon found out was next to Ella's.

"Ella?" Pogue questioned, seeing the black haired girl walking into the building. "What..."

"Pogue?" Ella questioned spinning around to face him.

"What are you doing here?" they asked each other simultaneously as she hugged him properly for the first time that night.

"Live here, you?" Pogue said, speaking first before realising that Ella was going to say the same thing.

"I live here, too dork," she grinned, looking him in the eye before they continued walking into the building. "Wait, why aren't you going up?"

"That would be stupid, when I live in flat 1C," Pogue told her before he asked which one she was staying in. "What about you?"

"Flat 1D," she answered, smirking at him as she added. "We live right by each other,"

With that said, both teens walked to the doors of their respective flat's unlocked the doors and went inside closing the doors behind them. Ella took a deep breath and slid down against the door and closing her eyes as she thought about every little thing that she had missed and the things in her life that the boys had missed. Being exactly five months older than Caleb, meant that all the boys had missed her ascending but she wasn't about to miss his.

Meanwhile back at the dorms Kate and Sarah where chatting endlessly about Caleb, Reid, Tyler and Pogue. Kate filling Sarah in on what she knew about the boys. Until Sarah asked who the girl was that had been standing behind them.

"Who was the girl?" Sarah asked curiously as she walked into the bathroom and walked out seconds later in a towel.

"Tyler's sister. You know I think Caleb likes you," Kate said smirking at the last part before Sarah walked out the door and to the showers.

Later that night Ella and Caleb both felt someone using, Ella fell out of her bed while Caleb awoke in a cold sweat. Nothing could wake him from the deepest of sleeps, yet this had. Pogue knocked on Ella's door and was a little scared when she didn't answer so he used to get into the room. He hadn't been asleep just lying staring at the ceiling and slowly drifting to sleep.

"El?" Pogue queried, looking around the darkened flat. "You okay?"

"Pogue..." Ella mumbled, loud enough for the younger boy to hear her and figure out where her bedroom was.

"Ella, lets sit you up yeah?" Pogue questioned after navigating his way to her room and realising that the bedroom was the only room completely unpacked. Ella nodded, regretting it instantly as she held her head. "Take a deep breath,"

"Fuck off Pogue," Ella said, sounding a little harsher than she meant to. "Sorry, I just...my head hurts," she said resting it on him as he helped her back into her bed. "I hate falling out of bed,"

"Want me to stay till you fall asleep again?" Pogue asked, she shook her head a little before deciding against it. "You sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure, go back to bed. Besides don't you have a girlfriend now?" Ella said as she closed her eyes before having a chance to see Pogue nodding. "Now shoe," she made a shoeing movement with her hands indicating

"Night Ella," Pogue called walking out of the girls flat and back into his own.

The following day was the last day before school. Caleb had found himself driving into town talking to Pogue on the phone about feeling someone using that night. Suddenly he found himself face to face with a darkling causing him to drop his phone right as a truck carrying logs. His eyes went black as he used to avoid becoming road kill, disassembling and then reassembling his car and hitting the brake, taking a deep breath as he tried to calm down.

"Caleb! Caleb pick up!" Pogue all but yelled into his phone as he stood the middle of bike shop waiting for his bike to be fixed. "Caleb?" Caleb fumbled around for his phone picking it up and placing it against his ear.

"I just saw a darkling," Caleb told him still breathing heavily as he spoke. "It was that kid from the Dell's the one that died,"

"I read about that, but who'd send you a darkling?" Pogue questioned, his voice getting quieter when he said the last part.

"I don't know, but I intend to find out tonight at Nicky's," Caleb told him, Pogue thought for a moment before he spoke.

"Ella, Reid and Tyler'll be there we'll ask them," Pogue said, not even thinking for a moment about whether Ella would be going or not and just assuming she would.

Both Pogue and Caleb hung up simultaneously and did what they had to do. Meanwhile Tyler and Reid were talking about Caleb's upcoming ascension and Ella's return. Reid picked at his gloves, he'd had them since they were 14, a gift from Ella. Tyler smirked at his friend, his gift from Ella had been a small toy 'hummer' that he kept in the glove box. Caleb's was the piece of leather that he wore constantly, along with his normal silver chain. Pogue's gift from her had been the piece of leather that he wore around his neck, in fact they had all gotten one, only Tyler's was well hidden.

While running his errands he had run into Kate, Sarah and Chase at the local pharmacy. They talked for a couple of minutes before Caleb and Sarah headed towards the Danvers first colony house. Kate and Chase went to a movie, almost running into Ella who didn't want to be seen by Kate as she knew Kate would have a lot of questions.

That night Tyler turned up unexpectedly at Ella's flat but realised he didn't know which one was hers. Luckily she was walking down the path towards him moments later. Reid was sitting in the passenger seat and leaned over Tyler so that he could look out the window at her.

"Nice!" Reid grinned, causing Tyler to scowl at him and Ella to roll her eyes.

"Garwin," Ella poked her tongue out as she opened the back passenger door on Tyler's side and climbed in being sure not to get her jacket caught in the door as she closed it.

"What?" Reid questioned, sitting back in his seat as Tyler started the car again.

"Reid, would stop ogling at my sister?" Tyler asked, as he drove towards Nicky's.

"Huh?" Reid looked at him clearly puzzled by what had just been said, Ella burst out laughing at the confused look plastered all over Reid's face.

"He wants you to stop looking at me flirtatiously," Ella smirked, as Tyler pulled up in the parking lot of Nicky's.

Once inside Nicky's the three of them headed for the pool tables, Ella sucked miserably at pool and usually ended up watching. Tyler and Reid chose a table, which had the best view of the bar and almost instantly got challenged by Aaron, Ryan and Bordy.

"What's up cutie?" Ryan questioned, as Ella rolled her eyes before she decided to answer him.

"How about nothing," Ella retorted, returning her attention to the game as she watched Kate, Sarah, Caleb and Chase arrive and walk to the back near the jukebox and foosball table.

A few moments later and Pogue arrived, he noticed Ella but not Tyler and Reid, before he walked down the back towards Kate, Sarah, Caleb and Chase. Once he got to the table he and Caleb did their special handshake. Caleb challenged Chase to a game of foosball while Pogue went to the bar to get some food.

"Could I get a coke, burger and fries please?" Pogue questioned banging on the bar until Nicky acknowledged him. Pogue turned around and spotted Tyler and Reid playing, they in turn spotted him.

"Well, well, well," Reid grinned, leaning his pool cue against the table as Ella wrapped her arms around her brother and hugged him.

"What's up fellas?" Pogue questioned, doing the same handshake with both boys as he had done with Caleb. "And Ella," he added after getting glared.

"Just challenging Aaron and the boys here," Reid answered, as Pogue wrapped an arm around his shoulder and then looked towards the bar where a girl was leaning over with a short skirt. "Blue cotton," he said suddenly slapping a twenty on the table.

"Pink," Tyler paused looking at his sister who shook her head. "Lace," he finished, he too putting a twenty on the table.

"Boys that girl hasn't worn panties since she was twelve," Pogue smirked looking at Ella quickly who nodded and then back at the girl as Reid made his eyes flame and the girls skirt blow up. "Next time," he said sweeping up the money in his hands and walking over to the bar.

"Will you pair ever listen to the voice in your head?"

"Nope," the two boys answered before going back to their game of pool.