AN: Just to clarify all of this story is in Melinda's Point of View unless otherwise noted.

Chapter 3:

The next week at school classes began to get better. I noticed that I had at least one son in each of my classes.

Caleb and Tim seemed to be getting along great. If I were to guess it would have something to do with the face that Caleb and Sarah tend to keep the private parts of their relationship private. Pogue and Henry were getting rather close as well. Being close to Caleb and Pogue means that they are rather close to Sarah and Kate as well.

Those arrangements left me with Reid and Tyler the most. I am okay with that.

Reid is a creature of habit. He likes to chase girls, hang out with the sons and now the lasts, pester Aaron, and make crude jokes that could be seen as either harmful or insulting towards his closest friends. That last one is where our relationship flourishes, seeing as I find myself doing the same on a rather frequent basis. Due to our mutual enjoyment of sarcasm and ridicule we find that communicating through sarcasm and ridicule is the best way for us to work. It is also rather funny. For example.

Xoxox Flashback xoxox

I was walking out of History class with Tyler when we saw Reid talking with one of their giggling fan girls. She was a bottle blond and had an obnoxiously high voice.

Tyler leaned over and whispered in my ear. "That is the same girl that was all over Caleb and Pogue last week. She just won't do. Why don't you go and work your magic."

I looked over at him, "I am hocked that you would even suggest such a thing. It is not right to meddle in the lives of others. I am so proud. Wish me luck." I sauntered on over to Reid and said fan girl. He was leaning with one hand against the wall and her back as against the wall. She was giggling in a way that would make anyone want to cut his or her own ears off.

I walked over to them and squeezed myself in between Reid and McGiggles.

"Melinda, darling, what is this?" Reid asked, clearly rather annoyed by my presence.

"I was planning on asking you the same thing." I told him. "It isn't nice to hit on all the pretty girls when you know that you know that you really want me. I mean, how many girls have there been since I got here that you slept with and ended up screaming my name?" I now had my entire body pressed up against his, moving in ways that I knew would cause overly predictable reactions. And it was working.

"All of them sweat heart. But we wouldn't have that problem if you came and helped me out with my little, well actually rather large, problem." He countered.

"Um, excuse me!" Blondie squeaked. "We were talking."

"Yes, I can see that." I told her. Then turning back to Reid I said, "You know I would, but you are well aware of the fact that you can never have me."

"Really?" He asked, "And why is that?"

"Oh because of this…" I turned and kissed Blondie full on the mouth, then turned and walked back to Tyler and continued down the hall. I could hear Blondie screeching behind us.

"Alright so point for you." Reid said as he threw an arm over my shoulder. "That was hot, by the way."

"That was repulsive, but I knew it would only spur you little big problem on even further." I told him.

"Yeah, you so owe me for that."

"Oh, you wish." I told him, then pushed him to the side, causing him to run into the wall.

"Hey Reid, there's a wall there, I wasn't sure if you saw it or not." Tyler told him.

I laughed.

Xoxox End Flashback xoxox

Reid and I made fun of each other all the time, and if that happened to cause rumors about us, so be it. They only make the teasing more fun.

My relationship with Tyler is completely different. Tyler is more on the quite side. Not to say that he is shy in any way, he simply is one of fewer words than Reid and I. He is very easy to talk to. There have been many occasions when he and I have just sat on him bed and talked for hours. He is funny when he wants to be, and sometimes when he isn't even trying, but he seems to always really listen when I talk. That is something that I have never really had.

With such a big family there isn't really much time to just sit down and talk to each other. My brothers were there for me, but I could never talk to them seriously. They always just saw me as a little kid. My little sister I could never really talk to because she was always looking up to me, and if I ever showed weakness around her I would risk loosing all older sisterly power. So talking to Tyler has fast become one of my favorite past times. Apart from watching Kate and Sarah plot the next blind date for Henry or Tim.

That is what Reid, Tyler and I are currently watching.

"Sarah, I understand that you are just trying to make Henry and me more comfortable, but you need to understand that we are both very capable of choosing which women to pursue." Tim told her while trying not to sound disrespectful.

"I object." I stated raising my hand. "You may be able to pick women. But Henry I question. Remember that Nymph he went after at school. That girl was such a clingy bitch."

"Very true." Tim agreed. "Alright Sarah, Kate, you can have at it with Henry, but leave me out. How does that sound?"

"Hey, Thumbelina was really nice, you two just didn't understand her." Henry protested.

"Henry, she set my entire wardrobe on fire and thought that you were cheating on her with me. That is not only totally judgmental but also extremely disgusting."

"Ok, fine, whatever." Henry slouched down into his chair, admitting defeat. Watching Henry and Tim being terrorized by two mortal high school girls is so much fun, it also distracted them from my interest in Tyler, an issue that I still needed to figure out myself. And I intend on doing just that.

Xoxox

Tyler and I were in the library, studying for our history exam. I have been trying to get a chance to have one of our little talk sessions with out Reid or any one else for that matter interrupting for a few days now. I think Tyler has started to notice.

"Hey Baby Boy, hey Lin." Reid hollered across the library, getting scolded by the librarian. Coming over to our table he sat down next to Tyler. "So, are you two coming to Nicky's tonight?" He asked.

I looked at Tyler and saw him looking at me. I quickly turned to look at Reid then look down at my book. "You know. I really need to study for this exam. I think I am going to stay in." I told him.

Tyler quickly responded. "Yeah, Lin is right, I need to study too. Tell the guys maybe tomorrow night."

Reid stood up and started to walk away. Half way to the door he turned around and yelled "Party Poopers!" Then bolted out the door.

"So why aren't you going tonight?" Tyler asked me.

"I just told you, I'm studying." I told him while pointing to the book in front of me.

"Lin," he said causing me to look up at him. "The exam is on pagan worship, a subject I know that you studied at Magic School. Now this time, lets try another reason."

"Cocky now, are we?" I said raising my eyebrows. He gave me the same look. "Okay, so maybe I have been craving a Disney Movie Marathon and no one else seems to appreciate them as much as I do." I crossed my fingers under the table praying that Tyler would take the bait.

"Well then you clearly have yet to ask my opinion on the matter." Tyler said. "What movies were you thinking of?" He asked.

"The Aladdin Series. I don't know what it is, but I just have a big thing for big blue guys that talk to rugs." He laughed.

"Well that is good because you just got your self a movie buddy." He told me as we made our way out of the library and up to my room.

AN: So this one is short, sorry. But the next one is basically all of Lin and Tyler so get ready for movie night.