Name Of The Past - Chapter 8

Reid rubbed his tired face with his hand roughly as he took another look at the empty chair next to him. He let his eyes move to Tyler's, who was now sitting at the front away from him. They both shared the same look of worry as the third day of not seeing Izzy rolled over. His head shot up at the sound of the door squeaking open, a drained brunette stepped in, a coat two sizes to big for her drooped on her shoulders. He watched as her shaky hands pull something out of her tightly held bag and handed it to the mad looking professor if he says a word ill belt him he screamed as he watched the girl look away from the teacher and up towards her seat. Her eyes suddenly shot with fear as they collided with his stare. He tried to smile but couldn't, he even try to smirk but his face seemed to be resisting his brains command.

She walked up the stairs slowly, keeping her stares firmly on the steps leading her towards her seat. Feeling the eyes of the four brothers burning into her skin at the four corners of the classroom from where they were sitting. She let her heavy side bag slide to of her arm, hoping it would land silently on the floor next to her chair. She watched in horror as it instead landing on the boot of the boy who she was trying to ignore the most. Her eyes close tightly shut as he let out a small groan of pain. Chase just kill me now she kept her eyes closed as she sat in her chair with a thud. Resting her head on her folded arms on the table, never ones opening them until she felt her skin on skin.

She looked up sharply as she felt a paper plane dug in to the top of the head. Taking it slowly she looked around hoping to take a look at her new torturer. She slowly opened it, letting out a heavy breath as she read it:

Why have you gone out of your way to ignore me?

She looked around again and her eyes fell on a pair of dark blue ones. She sighed inwardly as she watches Tyler mimicked what he wanted her to do by writing on his hand. She let a small all too familiar smirk tug at her lips and she watched him. Grabbing a pen from the inside of her bag and bent her head putting pen to paper.

I was scared

Scared of me? She looked across the room as she read the note that had landed back at her fingers and look at the hurt expression on the boys face, fighting hard not to let a tear fall down her face she picked up her pen quickly, yes… Im scared of all of you.

Beth I'd never hurt you, none of us would.

But I know your secret, im a threat now

Beth you said you have always known our secret and you haven't said anything to anyone yet have you?

No

Well then nothing to worry about.

But what If I do slip up? What if I say something im not suppose to?

Beth you haven't for what? 9 years. I doubt your going to start now.

Ive never had Chase on my back before.

Look ok? If you do slip up ill just have to punish you,

You really need to get a new best friend.

She watched as it landed softly on his book he was pretending to read, and gave a small smirk the moment he snatched it. she watched him read it and let out a small chuckle, scribble something back, he quickly looked around making sure who ever would of told on them wasn't paying attention to the front, smiling up at her with a wink he pulled his arm back and threw it towards her. His face screwed up into anger at Reid snatching it away from her grasp and in to his bags the other side of him.

"Some of us are trying to pay attention" he said turning round to the girl who was still ignoring him. Making him grow with anger "and it's kinda hard with things flying in front of me" he pulled his gaze away from her bottomless green eyes.

"Sorry" she mumbled keeping her tears from falling down her cheeks. She knew it was a stupid thing to think that just because one of them didn't blame her for simply walking out on them the other night, it didn't stop the rest of them from hating her, especially after it was Reid himself who had gone and put his neck on the like with his brothers and brought her to them.

"Would you have told him?" the drained sound in his voice evident. He couldn't keep the question in any longer. When it had first happened he thought that maybe she had only let him in her room because it was him. Because she had trusted him out of all the other about her true knowledge of them all. But know seeing the way she was acting, ignoring him and the other two and only speaking to Tyler cut him deep. And worse, it brought back the memories of the time when he had walked in on them together. Your Reid fucking Garwin pull yourself together he spat in his head as he moved his body in his chair to face her. Hesitating slightly before placing his hand on her knee, "would you have told Tyler if he was at the door instead of me?" he asked again, squeezing her knee softly, letting his famous smirk pull on his lips as he saw her bit on her lip instantly.

She sighed deeply watching herself in unstoppable horror as she moved her hand underneath the table, placing her palm softly on the top of his worm big hand holding on to her knee, and moved it up and on to her thigh, "not my knee Reid how many times?" she asked finally looking towards him, observing his smile grow into his familiar Garwin smirk. Have you just flirted with your most hated Spencer student? She asked herself, disappointment bashing threw her head, she looked at him again and closed her eyes what the hell have I just done?

He let a small chuckle leave his lips as he looked at the girl next to him, eyes closed and obviously kicking herself, he let his index finger draw against her soft silk skin and lent towards her, "im not going to ask for the third time Izzy?" he spoke eager to know the answer.

She let the feel of another persons touch fuel her braking lust before she shifted back into the presents, sighing shapely she slowly opened her eyes, shocking herself at not moving backwards at the sight of how close the boys face was to her own. Studying his eyes for several moments she thought about his question. Truth was she didn't know, the pain and fear she was in the day he had come round, was too much for her to think straight with. She would of lied if she said she hadn't of thought what might have been different if Tyler had found her instead of him, how he would of confronted her. How he would have reacted to the girl he was so use to seeing have a hard skin crying like a lost child. Even though it was a very selfish thought she knew that as soon as she had told him that Chase had come back for his ascending he wouldn't have truly been there for her like Reid had.

She knew she would of cried on his shoulder, but he wouldn't of pushed her to come out with it, not that she would of said anything before she was ready, it was just she needed to let it out. "yes" she finally answered looking straight into his eyes and seeing the hurt she had coursed, "but im glad it wasn't" she finished knowing that what she had said was true, at that moment in time she needed someone to take full control of the situation, and not of been scared doing it.

Izzy took a deep breath and pushed open the side door to Nicky's and slid threw, hiding herself from anyone who would recognize her and made her way to the dark bar corner. She was in no mood for company. Granted she felt better knowing that the 'sons of Ipswich' weren't planning on killing her any time soon, well that's what the impression she got whenever she talked to the younger brothers. But it didn't stop her from still fearing that all that could change in an instant. She let her eyes close shut for a moment as the wave of needed sleep wash over her, she knew she couldn't sleep, as much as she needed it she couldn't take another beating. The black rose she found on her pillow today was proof that he was waiting for her, proof that he was true to his word when he said she couldn't run from him. She took a look around her, relief washing over her at the many faces around her; he won't strike in public she kept telling herself as she saw Nicky walk towards her.

"Long time no see little Beth, where ya been?" he asked cheerfully as he wiped the counter clean with his cloth and lent on it. "You looked shit"

"wow Nicky way to cheer a chick up, calling me little and shit looking, no wonder you have all the girls throwing themselves at you" she smiled back, glad for the playful distraction the older man was giving her.

"hey" he started holding up his hands in surrender, a smirk playing on his lips, "when have I ever said you were nothing but pretty?" he let his hands moved to the all to formula routine of making a double vodka and coke and shoved it towards the girl in front of him, "why I brake my rules for you I don't know" he said as he made his way down to the other side of the bar.

"Because you are deeply in love with me?" she shouted to his retreating body, laughing as he waved her off with a "yeah must be".

She watched blissfully as people she knew come and went grabbing their order drinks from the bar and waving at her slightly if they court her staring figure. "please tell me I have found another observer" a low husky voice pulled her out of her stares and made her turn round, she took in a sharp intake of breath at the sight of a dark haired strikingly good looking unknown stranger smiled down at her, his eyes sparkling with a ocean blue tint. He pointed his hand to the seat next to her "you waiting for someone?" he asked as he slowly moved towards the chair ready to back off if she said no.

Looking at the smile she gave him, he got his answer of if she was alone and took the seat he had just pointed at. "so" he said mirroring her smile with a small laugh he looked at the side of the bar she had been looking at before he had distracted her, "what were we thinking about?" he asked moving his gaze back to her. Watching as a real smile occupied her face, shocking him at how beautiful a real one from this girl looked like.

"People, seeing how long they took to notice me" she replied honestly

"oh the notice me game" he said smirking across at her, a mysterious glint spark in his eyes, "lets make it more fun" he said as he looked away from her, the smile she was falling head over heals for still on his face.

"And how do you make the most pathetic game in history fun?" She asked giggling at his mock pained face looking back at her.

"This 'pathetic game' is one of my favourite. It's not every day I get to play it with an attractive lady. Humour me" he said winking at her, imitating her grin.

"So how do we make it fun?" she asked again, showing off her jazz hands, and laughing along with him.

"we pick one person, and whoever gets looked at last has to take a handful of the grubby fingered bar table peanut" he said pointing at the steal looking nuts in the bowl in front of them, letting a cute snigger leave his lips as he looked at her face of discussed.

"When you say fun, you mean living on the edge fun don't you" she spoke, taking a sip of her drink and pointed at a twenty-something guy who Nicky was walking over to, "him"

"Oh ive lost this game before it's even started" he mumbled humorously as he watched the guy look over at them and looked at the girl next to him up and down. Grumbling he grab a hand full of nuts and shoved them in his mouth, gagging as they went down, glaring at the cute girl giggling beside him.

"Im jack by the way" he said offering his hand out and waiting for her to take it.

"Izzy" she supplied taking his hand in hers and groaning at the salty feel of it, "ewe peanut sweat" she wined pulling her hand away from his quickly

"Oh yeah!" he laughed watching her wipe her hand on her jeans vigorously, laughing harder when she punched him playfully on the arm.