Chapter 4

Author: Wow! I got a lot of reviews on that last chapter! They all mean soooo much to me and I thank all of you who reviewed! This chapter might not be quite as long, because I have 4 exams this week and I definitely need to be studying for them, but as you can tell I am writing the story and not studying! Hahaha! So yeah…..but I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

Kegan shot up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. She looked around the room, no one was in sight. The only thing she remembered was passing out on the ground after seeing Caleb, using….magic. She closed her eyes and rubbed her hands over her face. She turned toward her clock and saw that it was 4:30 in the morning. She groaned, before throwing her legs over the side of the bed. She walked into the bathroom and ran the cold water for a little bit before sticking her hands underneath and putting it to her face. She grabbed her towel off the rack and wiped her face, leaving the towel there for a second. She sighed before throwing it over the shower. She walked back into her room and walked to the window. She saw the moon shining brightly, boy how she wanted to go lay out on the grass. She was scared to death to even leave her room at night. She looked down at her desk and saw a picture of her and the boys. They were laughing, just having a good time. She picked it up and looked at it for a few moments. She set it down hard, and quickly wiped the tears from her face that had escaped. She moved over to her bed and climbed in, bringing her blanket up to her chin. She closed her eyes, knowing she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep.

The next morning, Kegan shot out of the bed. She had totally forgotten about her literature test. She quickly grabbed her uniform, and threw her hair up in a bun before grabbing her books and rushing to her class. She made it just in time, before her professor closed the door. Kegan quickly smiled before hurrying to her seat. The professor began to give the exam out. Kegan looked at the paper, everything looked foreign. She closed her eyes and just prayed that she could remember what she had studied. The only thing that kept coming to her mind was the cliffs. "Ms. Danvers is something wrong?" the professor asked noticing that Kegan hadn't even picked up her pencil.

"Yes, I'm just thinking." Kegan lied. She looked back down at the test. Tears came to her eyes, but she quickly shook her head. She noticed people begin to get up and turn their test in. Soon she was the only one sitting in her desk, haven't even touched her test.

"Kegan…." The professor moved over to her student, who was almost to tears staring at her test.

"I just don't know this stuff right now." Kegan admitted.

"You have answered all the questions in the class. How could you not know any of it?"

"I just had some problems last night with my brother and I didn't sleep at all last night. My mind isn't focused right now." She wiped the tears that escaped on her cheek off.

"Listen, you know this stuff. I know you do. You are one of the brightest students here at Spencer. You can make this test up. I will not let you fail this class."

Kegan bowed her head. "Thank you." She replied. Kegan slowly got up from her seat and walked to the door. She quickly wiped her face before she opened the door. She walked all the way to her dorm room without saying a word to anyone. Before she got to her room, she saw Reid and Tyler staring at her. She turned her head and walked in and locked the door. She stood there for a moment staring at the door, praying they wouldn't open it.

"Caleb!" Kegan yelled walking outside. She had been looking for her brother for hours. She walked around the house and saw him standing around a big rock. She rolled her eyes and walked towards them. "Caleb, where have…." Caleb turned around, with black eyes. Kegan screamed and turned to run away. Caleb quickly grabbed her by her arms and stopped her. He turned her around only to show her that his eyes were normal. Kegan was panting, looking around.

"What…" she began but couldn't find the words. "Your eyes…"

"Contacts."

"How? Why?"

"I just wanted to see if I could scare you."

"Well you did a good job of that." She admitted. Caleb nervously laughed. "Where did the contacts go?"

"It's magic." He wasn't really lying to her. It was magic. "Did you want something?" Changing the subject.

"I have been looking all over for you. Mom wanted you to come in, she needed to talk to us."

"Is everything ok?"

"Caleb, dads getting worse. He isn't doing too good and the medicine isn't helping him." She could feel tears forming in her eyes. "I just don't understand what happened to him. He was doing fine, and then he just got sick."

Caleb looked away from her. "Keg, you remember when mom told us about the Salem Witch trial?"

"Why do you keep changing the subject?"

"This is part of the subject."

"Yes I remember. What does this have to do with our father who is dying."

"Our father is a descendent of the people who were convicted of being witches."

Kegan began to laugh "Are you saying that our dad is a witch?"

Caleb nodded his head. Kegan died out laughing. "You are crazy did you know that. Trying to make me feel better, because our father is dying?"

"That's not it. I am telling the truth."

"See, that's just it Caleb. There is not truth in that. There is no such thing as witches. Someone wrote that book because they didn't have anything better to do. They were poor and wanted to get some fast cash. I thought, you of all people wouldn't believe in that."

"I am telling you the truth."

Kegan shook her head. "You need to stop Caleb. It's not working anymore. I don't know if you are doing this because you just can't accept the fact that our father is dying or you are just trying to get attention but it's enough." She began walking to the house. "Mom wants us for a moment, so I suggest we go inside now."

Kegan was knocked out of her trance when someone knocked on her door. "Who is it?" she yelled backing away.

"Kate and Sarah." Kate answered. Kegan sighed before opening the door. "Hey you guys."

"Hey, we are going to Nicky's tonight. Would you like to go?" Kate asked.

"Naw, I have a lot of studying to do." Kegan lied.

"Yeah right. You don't study." Kate laughed. Kegan laughed, she knew Kate was right but she had to have some excuse.

"Come on, go with us. Everyone is going to be there." Sarah chimed in.

"Yeah Sarah, why don't you tell her why you are going?" Kate smiled.

"What's going on?" Kegan asked.

"Sarah is going because your brother is going to be there. She kind of has a thing for him."

Kegan smiled. "What's wrong?" Kate asked.

"I'm just tired. I didn't get much sleep last night."

"Yeah Pogue said something about you being upset. Is everything alright?"

"Yeah I just got into it with Caleb last night. Nothing really, just brother and sister rivalry." Kegan smiled before turning around.

"Then why aren't you seeing Reid anymore?"

Kegan looked at her friend. "It's a long story and I don't really want to talk about it anymore."

"Then let's not talk about it. Let's talk about you going out with us tonight." Kate suggested.

"I'm just not in the mood to do anything." Kegan admitted.

"Do you want me to talk to them?"

"No, it's no use. They know what they did."

"Then you should talk to them. Reid is your boyfriend, and Caleb is your twin brother. You guys shouldn't be like this towards each other."

"I know, but it's just hard right now. They all lied to me and I just don't know how to forgive that."

"Lied to you about what?" Sarah asked.

"Our family." Kegan sat down on her bed and puts her head in her hands. "It's so complicated."

"Tell me about it." Kate replied.

"Listen, we don't have to go to Nicky's tonight. We will just hang out with you." Sarah offered.

"Thanks you guys, but I would just rather be alone. I don't think Michelle is coming back again tonight, so I thought I could use this time to sort things out in my head. Then maybe tomorrow I will talk to the boys, but right now I don't want anything to do with them."

Kate and Sarah nodded their heads. "Well I guess we will see you tomorrow then?" Kate asked.

"Yeah, that sounds good." Kegan smiled at them as they moved over to the door.

"Another thing, Pogue is really upset too. You are like his sister and he would do anything for you. So just to let you know you are messing with his feelings as well as the others by not talking this out."

"Thanks, but I think I can handle it."

"Ok, see you later." Kegan closed the door and sat back down on the bed. She sat there for a moment, before moving her gaze back to the picture of her and the boys. She smiled. She got up from the bed and grabbed her coat. She wanted to go for a walk before it got dark and started raining, like usual. She walked outside and saw everyone sitting on the grass either reading, or eating lunch. She walked in the direction of her house. Soon she found herself on the steps of her mansion knocking on the door. Betty, her housekeeper opened the door. "Hey Betty, is my mother here?" Kegan asked.

"Yes sweetheart, she is in the living room with your brother."

"My brother is here?"

"Yes, he was just about leave if you would like to wait."

"Yeah I think I will wait in my room. Please tell me when he leaves."

Betty stared at her. "Yes ma'am I will." Kegan smiled at her before moving to the stairs hoping Caleb didn't see her. She moved into her room and saw that her mother hadn't changed anything in it. Kegan smiled as she laid down on her bed to feel her baby doll underneath her head. She pulled it out and stared at it. Her father gave that to her for her tenth birthday. Kegan's mind went back to Caleb telling her that her father was part of the Salem witch trial. Kegan shot up from the bed and took off down the stairs. Caleb was just about to leave when he saw his sister at the stairs. "Kegan…" he started.

"Is my father really dead?" she asked bluntly.

Caleb looked at his sister before turning to his mother. "Answer me!" Kegan demanded. "You told me when we were thirteen years old that he was a descendent of people from the Salem witch trial. Were you telling me the truth or lying to me?"

"Kegan…" Caleb started, he took a breath in before continuing. "I was telling you the truth."

"Don't lie now. Is my father still alive?"

Caleb looked at his mother, who nodded her head in approval. "Yes, he is still alive." Caleb whispered.

Kegan covered her mouth with her hand and sat down on the stairs. Caleb moved over to her. "We never wanted you to find out this way."

Kegan looked up and glared at her brother. "I shouldn't have even been lied to about my father being dead in the first place. I can take being lied to about you being some freak, but to tell me that my father died and act like it was killing you is beyond what I can take. You don't just tell someone that her father is dead, when he is still alive."

"He might as well be dead. He's not doing too well."

"Where is he?"

"We can't tell you."

"You can't tell me?" Kegan looked at her brother is disbelief. "So now you aren't only lying to me, but you are going to keep me from seeing my father."

"He doesn't look the same."

"I don't give a shit if he looks like Satan himself, he is my father."

"This wasn't supposed to happen."

"Caleb cut the shit ok. I don't care if it wasn't suppose to happen this way or not, because it already happened. I already saw you and your band of freaks doing some crazy voodoo shit. I already know my father is still alive and is a freak like you. What next you going to tell me that you are sons of Lucifer?"

"You don't understand…"

"I understand perfectly. My family is so screwed up and you kept it from me the whole time."

"You wouldn't listen to us when we did try to tell you. You would always walk away or laugh it off. We were never playing when we told you that we had powers. You never listened to us."

"There is no such thing as witches!" Kegan exclaimed.

"There is, me, Pogue, Tyler, and even Reid are. We have been since we were thirteen."

Kegan shook her head. "How is this possible?" Tears began streaming down her face. Caleb laid his hand on her shoulder. "Don't touch me!" she yelled. "I don't care what you are, yes you are still my brother no matter what, but you lied to me. How can I forgive you for that? You lied to me about my own father being dead. I lived with that for years thinking that something was truly wrong with him and how much I missed him. I left because I couldn't take the pressure of him being gone. You all lied to me like I wasn't even part of this family."

"You are part of this family, you have always been a part of this family." Her mother finally chimed in.

"If I was then I would have known that my father was still alive." Kegan got up from the stairs. "You aren't my family. To tell you the truth I don't know what you are."

"Kegan stop!" Caleb yelled.

"Why Caleb? So you can lie to me some more? No, that's ok, I've had enough of everyone's lies for one year. Thanks!"

"You don't understand."

"I don't want to understand!" she yelled.

"I wanted to tell you. Reid wanted to tell you."

"Don't bring him into this."

"He wanted so badly to tell you everything about him, but I wouldn't let him. Being part of a covenant means no one can know."

"I'm your sister, that's should be an exception."

"He loves you. Don't take this out on him."

"You should be happy that me and Reid aren't together anymore Caleb. I'm sure you are just all giddy inside now that I don't have a boyfriend."

"I didn't want it to end in this way."

"Well guess what? It did." She walked to the door and slammed it behind her. She wiped her face and looked towards the school. The sun was beginning to set over the sky, just as raindrops begin to hit her in the face. She didn't hurry back to school, even though it was cold she liked it when it rained. It always hid her tears from everyone. As she approached the steps of the school and figure was behind her. "Hey there." He replied. She turned around and smiled.

"Hi." She responded.

"Is everything better from last night?" he asked.

"No not really, but thanks for asking."

"I was just making sure that you are ok. You were a little shaken up. It was like you saw a ghost or something."

Kegan laughed "No, no ghost. Just my brother."

Chase smiled. "Well that's good news. I would have to send you to the doctor if you saw a ghost."

"Yeah, well you know there's no such thing as ghost."

"Or witches."

"Do what?" Kegan eyes got wide.

"There's no such thing as ghost or witches, or demons, or wizards, whatever everyone likes these days."

Kegan let out the breath she noticed she had inside her. "Yeah, well you know kids these days."

Chase laughed "Yeah sure." Kegan couldn't help but laugh.

"Where are you headed?" he asked.

"Um...I was just going to go back to my room and study some."

"Oh…" Chase began looking around.

"Why? What were you getting ready to do?" Noticing that he was disappointed.

"I don't know. I was just wanting to see if you would like to go get coffee or something."

"I don know."

"Boyfriend?"

"Sort of. We aren't really on talking terms right now."

"Then I guess it wouldn't be a problem?"

"Well…"

"Come on." He smiled at her. There was something about him that made her want to give in. He reminded her of Reid in so many ways, but her mind was always set on Reid. She knew he would be so hurt if she was to go off with Chase, even if it wasn't a date.

"I'm sorry, but maybe some other time."

"How about we stay here and you can tell me about yourself."

Kegan smiled. He just wouldn't give up. "Yeah that's sounds good."

Chase smiled and nodded his head. "Finally got you to agree to do something with me."

Kegan laughed. "Yeah well, it's your lucky day."

"Yes it is." He responded still smiling.

"Let me go get my umbrella and pull my hair up and I will meet you back here."

"Sounds good." Kegan hurried inside and rushed to her room. She grabbed her towel from the shower and wiped her face with it from the rain. She looked in the mirror and saw a shadow behind her, but when she turned around it was gone. She felt something on the back on her neck which caused her to shiver. Suddenly her phone began to ring which caused her to jump. She looked in the mirror again, before answering her phone. She kept her eyes on the mirror as she heard Michelle's voice telling her she wasn't coming back to the dorm that night. Kegan rolled her eyes, but agreed before hanging up. She couldn't shake the feeling like someone was watching her. She grabbed a hair tie and pulled her hair back before grabbing her umbrella and walking back to where her and Chase once were. She saw him standing there with his hands in his pockets. "All ready." She replied. He turned around and looked at her with a smile on his face.

"Great." He looked at her and noticed she was a little disturbed. "Is something wrong?"

"No its nothing." She still couldn't shake the feeling.

"No, tell me. Something is wrong. What is it?" he asked.

"Have you ever felt like someone was in the same room as you, but no one was there?" she asked.

"Um….no not really."

"Well I could have swore that I saw someone in my mirror, then when I turned around no one was there but I felt someone breathing on me." She shivered remembering what happened. "Whatever, that was just weird." She walked in front of him down the steps as Chase put his hands back in his pockets, with a smirk on his face as he followed her.

Author: There you go. I hope everyone liked this chapter! I wrote it when I should be studying, whats new? Hahaha! But I hope you guys enjoyed it. So I wonder who was in the bathroom with her? Hmmmm…… Let me know what you guys think! REVIEW!