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When they got to Nicky's Pogue was the first to spot them.

"Hey Caleb," he yelled to be heard over the noise of the bar, "the girls are here."

Caleb looked at Pogue and then over to where he was pointing and saw Sarah and Kate at the door with a girl and a guy. A soft smile crept onto his face as he watched Sarah make her way toward him. He couldn't believe he had only met her a few weeks ago, yet he was deeply and hopelessly in love with her and thanked the Powers That Be that they had found each other.

When Sarah finally reached him he looked down at her and said softly, "Hi."

"Hi yourself," Sarah replied with a bright smile.

Their moment was ruined by Kate.

"Baby!" she squealed, jumping into Pogue's arms and going straight past kissing to full blown making out.

When they finally broke apart to breathe, Pogue spoke. "Hey baby. Where were you two, you got her later than usual?"

It was Sarah who answered. "We had to stop by Cassie's dorm room and show her and her brother how to get here."

"Who's Cassie?" Caleb asked.

Cassie stepped forward and waved her hand. "I'm Cassie, and this git," she said pointing to John who was looking around suspiciously, "is my brother John. Tyler helped me get my boxes to my dorm room and invited us to come.

Caleb wrapped his arm around Sarah's waist and spoke. "Nice to meet you Cassie, John," nodding his head at John when he said his name. "I'm Caleb Danvers, that's Pogue Parry, you already met Tyler Simms, and the blond next to him at the pool table is Reid Garwin."

"The Banished," John said suddenly.

"The what?" Pogue asked with a look of confusion on his face.

"The Banished," John repeated, glaring at the two other boys distrustfully. "Your families, along with the Putnam family, were banished from the town of Ipswich in England; supposedly for being witches."

Caleb and Pogue looked at each other and Pogue gave an almost imperceptible nod before turning to go get Reid and Tyler.

Caleb turned back to John and spoke in a hard tone. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Cassie, sensing not only the tension but also the declining temperature, broke in. "Don't mind my git of a brother," she told Caleb while placing a hand on John's shoulder, warning him to calm down, "he's just really into the history of our hometown and doesn't know when to not speak at all."

"Sounds kind of like you Reid," Tyler commented, having come up to the group in time to hear the last part of Cassie's sentence.

"Ha ha, very funny Baby Boy," Reid said scathingly.

"You have to admit, Tyler's right," Pogue added while snickering.

Even Caleb chuckled a bit.

"Oi, leave the poor bloke alone," Cassie told them with a smile and a wink. "If he's anything like my brother, it's not his fault he doesn't have a filter to stop what he's thinking from coming out of his mouth."

Everyone except John and Reid laughed loudly at that.

"Girl, you're funny," Kate told her when she had finally stopped laughing.

"You fucking BITCH!" someone yelled.

All eight teens whipped around to identify the owner of the voice which just happened to be Brody. The area around his nose was bruised and his nose was all taped up.

"What happened to you," Reid asked snickering, "get hit in the face with an ugly stick?"

Cassie tried to hold in her laugh but instead, it came out as a snort. Reid looked over at her and gave her a cheeky grin.

Brody's face turned red. "That bitch broke my nose," he huffed, pointing at Cassie.

"Did you really?" Sarah asked, her eyes wide but a hint of a smile playing on her lips.

Cassie shrugged. "He grabbed me and wouldn't let go when I told him to, so yeah," her Cassie gave a huge smile, "I hit him in the face."

"Way to go," Reid exclaimed, high-fiving Tyler.

Caleb and Pogue gave Cassie congratulatory pats on the back.

Brody's face was turning purple in his rage. "You think this is funny?" he snarled.

Cassie smirked and answered calmly. "Yeah, actually, I do."

Brody's face was now completely red and purple and his expression was apocalyptic with rage. "I'll show you funny," he yelled, spit flying from his mouth as he spoke. He pulled his arm back and threw a punch at Cassie's face.

Faster than anyone could see, John stood in front of Cassie, Brody's fist caught in his hand. John spoke quietly but his words were heavy with thinly veiled malice. "It is not polite to even think of swinging a fist at a woman, let alone my sister," John told Brody. "I would suggest that you leave and stay away from my sister for the rest of your life. If you don't, you will wish for death as it would be kinder than what I will do to you."

"Is that a threat?" Brody sneered, trying unsuccessfully to get his fist back.

John chuckled darkly and tightened his grip on Brody's fist until the boy winced. "No," answered John, "that's a promise."

With that, John released Brody's fist and the boy shot out of Nicky's as if the hounds of hell themselves were after him. The group was quiet for a few seconds before Cassie and John looked at each other and burst out laughing. They were laughing so hard it was almost impossible to understand what they were saying.

C- "That was BLOODY BRILLIANT J. Almost as good as that time in"

J- "With the half-dog, half-,"

C- "At that freaky lake,"

J- "When the pirate,"

C- "And you bit,"

J- "Then threw up,"

"ALL OVER THE ALTAR!" The two finished together.

Cassie cackled madly before sighing and saying, "Good times, good times."

It was at this point that the two noticed that the other six of the group were watching them with amused smiles on their faces. John grinned at them while Cassie flushed red, embarrassed they had seen that little display.

It was Reid who finally broke the silence. "I don't know what you were just talking about but what you did to Brody was fuckin' awesome!"

This caused everyone to start laughing and the jovial spirit was restored. Caleb and Pogue challenged John to a game of Foosball and Reid and Tyler wandered back over to the pool tables and started taking people's money. This left Cassie, Sarah, and Kate alone at the table.

Cassie giggled.

"What's so funny?" Sarah asked curiously.

Cassie giggled again before answering. "It seems blokes from America are no different from the ones back home."

Kate giggled too. "How so?" she asked.

Cassie answered. "Both would rather be among other blokes than with three hot, young women."

Both Sarah and Kate started laughing and Cassie joined in.

When they had stopped laughing, Sarah had a naughty smile on her face. "Let's see if we can't do something to change that."