Disclaimer: See Chapter 01. 'Trouble' belongs to P!nk.

A/N: Also I do realise that I've spelt 'Sims' wrong, when I started writing this I'd been playing "the Sims".

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Chapter 03: Trouble.

At the table where Sarah, Kate, Caleb, Chase and Pogue had been sitting the two girls had been left alone and didn't really like it. Caleb had challenged Chase to a game of foosball and was currently winning when Pogue walked over.

"Best two out of three?" Chase asked, Caleb shrugged accepting his offer as they shook hands.

"Mind if I play?" Pogue interrupted, looking at Caleb as he said so before glancing to Chase who nodded. "Reid, Tyler and El are here,"

"Where?" Caleb questioned, as they started to play and Chase watched with his arms neatly folded across his his chest.

"Pool tables," Pogue replied, before Chase spoke looking between the two boys. "With Aaron and the boys,"

"That means trouble," Caleb muttered.

"Caleb here tells me your swimmers," Chase said, unfolding his arms and shoving his hands in his pockets.

"Spencer's best. State finals twice," Pogue answered without thinking as Caleb scored.

"I swam too, for Hastings," Chase stated pausing before he added. "I'm a freestyle man,"

"You won't be here," Pogue said looking up and grinning at Caleb before he spoke again. "That's Caleb's swim,"

Sarah put a dime in the jukebox and walked over to Caleb and started to dance with him. Soon as he spoke they heard a crash near the pool tables, Caleb looked towards them and noticed that Tyler was helping Ella up and that Aaron was shoving Reid. Ella looked in the direction of Caleb and Pogue mouthing. 'Get over here!'

"It's Reid, Tyler and El," Caleb said turning briefly to Pogue as he started to walk, before Sarah grabbed his arm. "Grab my jacket?"

"What can I do?" Chase questioned, Pogue looked at him.

"Stay with the girls," Pogue said following Caleb in the direction that Reid, Tyler and Ella had gone.

Outside, Ella, Tyler, Reid, Aaron, Bordy and Ryan were facing one another. Aaron, Ryan and Bordy were facing the back of Nicky's while the other three faced them as Caleb and Pogue walked out.

"You bet him he couldn't make the shot and he did."

"We ain't paying you shit!" Aaron said throwing his hands in the air.

"What's the problem?" Caleb questioned, as Ella wrapped her arms around him and hugged him whispering in his ear.

"None of your business Caleb," Aaron replied glaring at the taller boy as Reid looked at him before speaking.

"He bet me I couldn't make a shot, and I did," Reid smirked, as Nicky walked out the back with a baseball bat in hand.

"Break it up boys," Nicky said menacingly, though not scaring Caleb, Tyler, Pogue, Reid and Ella.

"Whatever you say Nicky," Aaron said pushing past Caleb and walking off leaving the Sons of Ipswich alone in the alley way.

Once Aaron and his friends were clearly out of site. Ella walked over to Reid and glared at him before walking over to Tyler who wrapped his arms around her. He didn't like when she got upset.

"Reid," Caleb strained, then allowed his own eyes to go black pushing the younger boy with a blast of energy. "What will it take for you to get it? It's addictive you moron," Caleb yelled, glaring at the younger boy as he walked towards him. "You've see what it can do when you abuse it, you want that? That's your problem," he paused taking a breath before he continued. "But if you use in the open tonight you risk exposing us all, and that I won't let happen. Reid went to walk around Caleb but had the older boy grab him by the shoulder, in turn he grabbed him by the wrist and then allowed his eyes to go black. "My powers are stronger than yours,"

"Not until you ascend," Reid hissed, as he started to stand up he used to have a barrel levitating a few inches above the ground.

"Alright, tough guy, go for it," Caleb growled, glaring at Reid while Tyler and Pogue moved to stand a little in front of Ella.

"Alright," Reid grumbled back as he telekinetically threw it at Caleb who blocked it sent it flying into the wall.

"Stop it!" Ella yelled to no avail, as she stood on her tiptoes to see what the two boys were doing right as Caleb used to throw Reid backwards into a tower of glass bottles.

Tyler ran to help Reid up as Caleb moved to use again but before he could Pogue ran and grabbed him by the shoulders. Ella shook her head at both boys as she walked slowly over to Reid.

"Were you lying when you said you didn't use last night?" Caleb asked as he ran his left hand over his face.

"I didn't use last night," Reid told him before pushing past with Ella on his tail.

"It's not right using on each other Caleb," Tyler told Caleb before following after Reid and Ella.

"Ugh, tell it to Reid," Caleb muttered, watching the two younger boys walk off with Ella before speaking to Pogue. "Reid's lying it has to have been him,"

"Why him?" Pogue questioned, resting his hand on his shoulder as he forced Caleb to look at him.

"Because, I know it wasn't you or Ella," he paused before adding. "And Tyler doesn't have the guts to lie to me,"

Ella hurried after Reid leaving Pogue and Caleb in the alleyway she wanted to know what was running through the boys head and also wanted to be sure that he wasn't hurt. Reid stopped short of the hummer and fell against it jumping as Ella placed a hand on his back.

"Reid, let me take a look," she told him quietly, he shook his head but that didn't stop her from checking his back to make sure that none of the glass had gotten in it. "Why?"

"Why what?" Reid retorted half angry as he propped his head up on his hands while his elbows leant on the front of the hummer.

"You know exactly what I'm asking you," she sighed, reaching around him and grabbing his hands before spinning him around to face her. "Tyler, how was 'Leb?"

"Pissed," Tyler answered as Reid stared at Ella before reluctantly talking to both of them.

"Caleb thinks I use too much," Reid muttered, causing Ella to laugh before she kissed the top of his head.

"Okay, trust me. You guys don't use all that much, sure you fix a car or a game of pool every once in a while..." she paused smirking at the two of them before she continued. "Hell, I've done it a couple of times. But you don't over do it," she added.

Back in the alleyway Sarah had walked to the back door of Nicky's and was looking at Caleb and Pogue talking but couldn't work out what they were talking about. She waited a few seconds before Caleb spotted her.

"Hey," Sarah said, looking to Caleb and Pogue. "You okay?"

"Hey, yeah," Caleb answered smiling at her.

"Come on let's go," Sarah smiled, motioning inside with her head. Caleb nodded before he answered her.

"Yeah, let's go," he answered following her inside Pogue rolled his eyes before going inside as well to grab Kate. "See you at school tomorrow, Pogue,"

"Yeah, see you," Pogue said before smiling at Kate and wrapping his arms around her. "I'll drop you home,"

Caleb took Sarah home, and she thanked him for a wonderful day while he told her that she was the first person he had taken to the colony house. And that he wasn't sure why.

Pogue dropped Kate off before he went home himself. When he got back to his flat he noticed that Ella wasn't home yet and he wanted to talk to her, but decide that it could wait until school the following day. That night Pogue saw the same darkling that Ella and Caleb had seen. Only neither boy knew that she had seen it.

The following day was the first day back at school and they had English Lit. Caleb sat with Pogue while Kate sat Sarah, and Tyler sat with both his sister and Reid. How Ella had ended up in the same class as them was a mystery to Sarah. As far as she knew Ella was older than all of them.

"Miss Sims and Mr Danvers the Provost would like to see you after class," their teacher requested before going on with the lesson.

"What?" Ella questioned quietly as she looked at Tyler who shrugged and then Reid who had already fallen asleep against.

"Wonder what the provost wants," Tyler muttered back, before he was called upon to read from their text book.

"Why you and El?" Pogue whispered curiously as he glanced at Kate who smiled and then mouthed.

'What's Ella doing in here?'

Although Ella was 10 months older than Tyler and 5 months older than Caleb, she had started school the same year as the rest of them. After class Caleb waited for Ella before the pair of them head to Provost Higgins office. Tyler, Reid, Pogue, Sarah and Kate all headed to the pool, they had swimming, though Reid never actually made it into the pool.

"Provost Higgins, you wanted to see us?" Caleb questioned, knocking on the door with Ella close behind as he poked his head in the door of the office.

"Ah yes, come in Mr Danvers, Miss Sims," Provost Higgins replied, motioning towards the two seats opposite his desk. "I understand that you were both at Nicky's last night,"

"Yes," Caleb answered, looking to Ella who nodded.

"I also understand that Chase Collins was with you," he said this time it was Ella's turn to speak.

"Yeah, he was," Ella answered, almost sarcastically but stopped herself.

"I believe that there was a fight also," this time both teens simply nodded before the provost continued. "Now Mr Collins comes to us from a rather brilliant academic record, and I would prefer that you and your friends didn't get in to any more fights,"

"Yes, sir," Caleb and Ella answered at the same time.

"Now off you go," the provost ushered the two teens out of his office and into the hall.

Ella and Caleb walked into the hallway and then started to walk down towards the pool. Spencer had its own private pool as it was known for having champion swimmers. Ella had been at the school for the first year of highschool until she had left.

"What'd the provost want?" Pogue asked as Caleb walked towards them, Ella walked past the boys and sat in the bleachers. Kate and Sarah had managed to disappear to the library.

"Someone told him about the fight at Nicky's," Caleb answered folding his arms as he looked to Reid who was leaning against one of the diving boards.

"Care to elaborate on that?" he questioned as Pogue leant over him and moved to pull out a non-existent piece of glass.

"You've got a piece of glass in your face," he smirked, the younger boy moved his head away with a grin. Tyler couldn't help laughing.

"What about Ella? Why'd he want her?" Tyler queried, running a hand through his hair.

"Same reason he wanted me I guess,"