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Co-Author: SkyyRyver

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Fallen Now is Babylon the Great

Chapter 10: All Hollow's Eve Part II

-Babylon's POV-

I could feel their eyes. Scrutinizing me, judging me. It wouldn't be as bad if I'd entered the bustling house on my own, but no. I had to be with one of the four people in town that turned the heads of everyone wherever they were.

Too many of these eyes were familiar. Too many of these people watching me, whispering to each other, discretely pointing, were my classmates. What would they think of me dressed like this? Would they brush it off? As Reid had pointed out, there were certainly many girls here dressed in hardly anything.

No, that's doubtful.

My reputation is too high. I'm the kind of person people just wait for something, anything, to happen that they can gossip about or break the person down over. Well, that will never happen to me. I'll make it through this whatever happens, despite feeling as though coming here was a huge mistake.

The wandering eyes of Aaron Abbot as we walked past him made me cringe and follow closer behind Reid. What have I gotten myself into? My stupid pride made that bet with Garwin, not me! Why do I have to pay for it? I should've stayed home. I should've put on my witch hat and gone with a few people from church and brought Shena and Imogen trick or treating. I should've gone with the other older kids to bring the little ones around. That's what I did every year! Why is this year any different? What am I doing here?

"Babylon?" I froze and turned to look at the owner of the voice that called out to me. Wonderful. Half of the dance team stood before me, ogling me with shocked and disbelieving eyes. Amber had been the one to speak. "What are you wearing?" she wondered, stunned. Self consciously, I crossed my arms over my chest, trying to cover myself up.

"I can't believe you even own something like this," Hayden added. I felt an arm on my shoulder and a second later, Reid's body was right beside mine. "What can I say? I bring out the animal in her. Have a nice night ladies," he interrupted before pulling me further into the house and away from the rest of the dance team and to where his friends were standing around.

"Happy Halloween assholes," he announced, grabbing the attention of the three other Sons.

"Hey dude. Hey Babylon," Tyler greeted me, his eyes widening a little as he looked at my attire. I inwardly groaned. I've never felt like such a piece of meat before in my life. And I hated how a small part f me was enjoying it.

"Hey, get your own date Baby Boy," Reid growled, pushing the side of his friend's head. Tyler blushed a little before staring down into his cup, but a grin was there on his face.

I waved shortly to Pogue and Caleb before spying Sarah and Kate sitting on a loveseat to the side of the boys.

Surprisingly, I actually enjoyed their company. I never really got along with girls, finding that they usually saw me as a goody two shoes, and I never expected to get along with either one of them particularly. But I actually had looked forward to seeing them tonight and chatting.

"What the hell are you supposed to be, a gay biker?" Pogue snorted when he eyed Reid's so called costume.

"Yeah dude, I did come as you," Reid joked back, punching his longhaired friend in the shoulder. While that went on, I made my way over to the two girls while Reid and his friends joked around with each other and sipped on beer.

"Hey Babylon. You look nice," Sarah commented with a bright smile. She's a very welcoming person. Even though she was clearly shocked at the outfit's scarcity, she didn't make it as noticeable.

"Let me guess, Reid picked that out," Kate smirked, shaking her head at the correct assumption.

"Yeah. It was part of our bet. I certainly didn't buy this." They both laughed lightly and I perched on the arm of the loveseat beside Kate who shrugged at my comment.

"It's not as if you can't pull it off. You've got a good body, it's okay to show it off every once in a while." I must admit I was flattered at Kate's comment. Girls are bitches and one who I wasn't even certain liked me just gave me an extremely high compliment.

"Thank you," I said, flushing a little.

"Want to go in the other room? It's really loud out here and the kitchen is probably still pretty deserted," Sarah asked over the pounding music. Kate and I both stood while nodding and followed the blonde over to the boys. I couldn't hear wheat she said but I guessed she told Caleb where we were going.

The kitchen was much quieter, the music being filtered through the door, and there were only two other people in here, on their way out. We made ourselves comfortable at the breakfast nook and engaged in some meaningless conversation.

"So what do you think?" Kate asked me. "About the party I mean," she added, noticing my initial confusion.

"It's... definitely loud. I've never been to anything like this before." There were sweating, scarcely clothed bodies pulsing around the living room to the beat of the music, the scent of alcohol and cigarette smoke filling my lungs and it was far too loud. But all in all it was an interesting environment.

People traveled in and out of the kitchen as we hung out, some staying longer than others. It wasn't until a group of about four unfamiliar boys stumbled through the swinging white door that our conversation halted. I raised my brow at the clearly drunken state of the group before rolling my eyes and turning back to the girls.

"Anyway, what I was saying was that Mr. Jefferson is definitely planning a pop quiz for next week, so I'd start reading that—"

"Hey!" I was interrupted by the slurred boom of one of the guys, a brunette with hair a little longer than Reid's. One of the unfamiliar guys. They must be from the public because I've never seen them around Spenser before. "Where's your dates, ladies?" Wonderful.

"Um..." Sarah trailed off as the guy invaded her personal space.

"Actually, our boyfriends are in the other room. So you should probably back off," Kate said, not very threateningly. Scum like these guys makes me sick. Huffing, I stood from my seat and grabbed a hand of each of the girls, urging them to get up as well, which they eagerly did. I certainly wasn't going to give this jerk a reaction to his actions, so I just strode towards the door, letting the two girls follow close behind.

It all happened so quickly I could barely comprehend it. A different guy, this one with black hair, clearly dyed that fell shaggy past his ears, tall and rather muscular, pushed his way between Kate and I causing her to stumble backwards, Sarah helping her catch her balance before she fell.

"Where you goin' sweetheart?" he slurred, far to close to me. I can't believe he pushed Kate like that! What is wrong with this guy? Being drunk and hitting on girls is one thing, but putting his hands on a woman is by no means excusable at al!.

"Away from drunk pieces of garbage like you. I suggest you and your friends leave this house right now before the host finds out you just pushed his girlfriend. He's definitely not going to go easy on you." I had a tongue of fire when I wanted to and I'm sure I looked ridiculous standing with my feminine frame, though I was tall for a female, up against this easily six foot two, clearly athletic young man. But I don't care. He didn't intimidate me.

"Aw, why you gotta be like that angel?" he asked, emphasizing the identity of my costume. A growl sounded in my throat and my fists clenched at my sides. I was becoming furious until fear took my fury's place.

The guy reached out and brushed his hand against the bare area above my navel, every intention of traveling higher until I jumped back, completely at a loss for what to do now. I've never encountered something like this. No guy has ever tried to touch me inappropriately... well maybe with the exception of Reid. But he's never tried to grope me and when he touches me he certainly doesn't make me cower back in fear. And it's not as if I have a problem with that at work either. The only people that come into Sock Hopper's are children, their parents or old men and women trying to get a taste of their childhood.

The aggressiveness of this guy terrified me.

"Keep your hands off of me!" I cried out as he reached forward again, grabbing at my forearm this time. I should run for it, but I wouldn't want to leave Kate and Sarah in here with these perverts. I began panicking as the guy pulled me closer to him, easily overpowering my struggles to try and escape his grip and I wasn't keen on squirming too much for fear I would fall out of this stupid, impractical costume.

I saw Sarah run off and prayed to God she was going to find Caleb or anyone to get this guy away from me. My eyes are seriously about to swell up with tears. I don't know what to do! I've never had to worry about this!

-Reid's POV-

Taking a swig of the room temperature beer in my hand I noticed Sarah surveying the room looking almost panicked. Frowning, I saw her eyes grow wide at the sight of me and she literally ran over, pushing drunken people out of her way as she did. Damn, the girl's strong.

Her small hands grabbed on to my left arm and she was rambling on and on about something. She was going way too fast for me to understand.

"Whoa, whoa, Sarah, babe… slow down." I put the red Solo cup down and turned to look at her. "Now let's go back to the beginning, what's wrong?"

"It's Babylon." Sarah pursed her lips together. I felt my face fall at the look of almost horror that was adorning Sarah's generally happy face. "We were in the kitchen and there were these drunk guys. One was getting fresh with us, and she was trying to get out of there and a different one grabbed at her, and not in a very nice way. I left them in there Reid, you need to go!"

I could feel my chest tighten and as Sarah told me this, my fists clenched. "Go get Pogue." I'm about to go kick the shit out of some guy who seems to think he can put his hands on my date.

Fuckno!

I've dealt with enough of these drunken assholes to know that when it comes to getting what they want, they won't stop. I have worked way too fucking hard to get Babylon to loosen the fuck up. No little prick is gonna ruin that for me.

My gaze settled on Tyler who was flirting with a pretty brunette. I never thought I'd say this, but there's no time for flirting now. We've got to go save Babylon's ass and any chances I have at winning this bet. I mean, I'm the one that made her come tonight. If something bad happens she's never going to trust me again. And I just can't let that happen. I grabbed Ty's shoulder and lifted my chin to the kitchen door. His brow furrowed, but I didn't have time to explain; I had to go get Babylon.

I walked in to the room and saw the guy. He was holding on to one of Babylon's wrists and had her pushed up against a counter. Half of his body was pressed up against her. There was no fucking way she could overpower this guy. She was visibly trying to wrench her wrist out of his grasp. But he was effortlessly grasping onto it. I could see the look of horror on her face as he leered in closer.

"I just wanna have a little fun, babe…"

This guy clearly has no idea who he's fucking with.

Her face twisted and she squirmed, trying to hide the look of fright on her features, though it wasn't working. I can't just stand here and watch this. This isn't just some guy grabbing her ass when she walks by. This guy isn't going to stop anytime soon. I felt Tyler's hand clamp on my shoulder giving it a tight squeeze.

Casting a glance at Kate, I nudged him in the side to get his attention. "Get Kate out of the way."

It was more of a command than a request. Tyler simply nodded his head and walked towards Kate. I narrowed my eyes in on the bastard that thought it was okay to harass women, and put your hands on them. Sure, I can get grabby, but if a girl starts to get upset, I'll stop. I'm not a fucking rapist.

Not that girls ever get too upset when I get handsy.

The prick went in to grab her other wrist, but I was too quick for him. I intercepted his wrist and twisted it behind his back, catching him completely off guard. Babylon's eyes went wide seeing me come to her rescue.

That's right, I'm fucking Superman.

I smirked at the brief though. Almost.

The guy let go of her other wrist and turned around to face me. "Who the fuck are you?" he snapped. I chuckled bitterly when I got a good look at him. He was one of those ignorant cocksuckers from the public. He sneered at me, trying to intimidate me, but those bloodshot, drunken eyes didn't worry me one bit. He was just a bit taller, and stalker—his build reminded me of Pogue.

He shoved me, that fucking idiot. I shoved him back making him ram in to the counter next to Babylon. She yelped out in shock and jumped away when Tyler grabbed her arm and pulled her safely out of the way near Kate. I ripped my jacket off roughly and threw it on the ground, ready for a fight. The guy regained his composure after undoubtedly hurting his side when he hit the hard counter's edge and headed right towards me.

Just as I was about to throw myself at this fucker, his two friends came backing him up. Oh, they want to play it like that? Fine with me. I've got a few tricks up my sleeve I know they can't compete with. Not to mention Tyler's right beside me, ready to brawl if he has to. Fucking morons.

"Reid!"

Caleb's voice grabbed my attention for a half a second. Sarah stood between him and Pogue, and the two girls were pushed behind them. I think they could see that I was about two seconds away from throwing these fuckers out of the parlor window, with or without the Power. That was Caleb and Pogue's cue to come over to where Ty and I were facing off.

"Get your shit, and get the hell out of my house," Pogue warned them.

They didn't budge; it was a stare down between the public posse and mine. Did they really think they were going to intimidate us? Before anything else could happen Pogue, Tyler, Caleb and I escorted the idiots out of his house, right in front of everyone, causing a raucous of laughter and mocking at the public assholes' expense.

We returned to the room and Kate flung herself in to Pogue's arms, Sarah curled under Caleb's and I walked over to Babylon. She looked visibly shaken, and I couldn't blame her really.

I reached up and brushed her dark hair out of her face. "Are you okay?"

Seriously, I may not be the epitome of a gentlemen, but I wouldn't fucking put my hands on a women like that asshole had. Drunk or not. Those bluish-gray eyes stared back up at me, and she shook her head.

A wave of complete shock washed over me when she immediately wrapped her arms around my middle and hugged me tightly. I was a bit hesitant to reciprocate, but hugged her back nonetheless, trying to hug her comfortably over her wings that were a little broken from her struggle with the douchbag.

"Wanna dance?" I asked her, my lips just centimeters away from her ear. I thought maybe it would take her mind off of things.

She looked up at me, a questioning expression on her face. I jerked my head towards the kitchen door, signaling we could go out there to dance and she simply nodded her head. I liked the feeling of her body in my arms, what can I say?

"Let's trash these first," I said, gesturing to the ruined costume accessory on her back. She nodded and reached back, grabbing the over shoulder elastics and pulling them down her arms. Wow, what a view. The way the black material clung to her curves, and the plunging 'V' of the dress opened even more when she reached back...

No wonder every guy in this place was staring at her when we walked in. I couldn't blame them.

She looked fucking hot.

The rest of the night she was attached to me. Not that I minded really. If I walked away from her, or slipped away to use the bathroom she gave me that look. That look that read she was almost completely terrified that it might happen again.

"You'll be fine B. They're gone and there's tons of people out here. No one's gonna let that happen again, okay?" She gave me a forced smile and stuck close with Tyler or the girls. When I came back from the bathroom she was in a light conversation with Sarah and Kate. I slipped in next to them, and let my fingers trail down her bare arm.

Her head snapped up and I gave her a charming grin. She smiled back a bit, and I let my fingers fall into her palm. Within seconds she was holding on tightly to my hand.

As much as I hated the fucking pricks that harassed her, I was kind of glad it happened. If there's one thing I know it's the hero always gets laid. Period.

We were all having a good time, and Baby was finally loosening up a bit more after the incident, but when Pogue got a call that there were cops coming, the entire party split.

"Hey man... You heard what? Shit, thanks bro," Pogue stopped yelling into his cell phone and shut it. "We got cops," he announced after running over to turn off the stereo. People began scattering out of the house and I would remember to look of absolute horror on Babylon's face forever. You know why? Because she was looking at mefor help. Guess I'm like her savior now, right? Screw Jesus.

"C'mon Babs!" I shouted, quickening my pace to the door. She shot me a look and I shrugged my shoulders. "You can either stay here and get caught, or you can take off with me."

She didn't think twice, grabbing my hand and we weeded our way through the swarm of teenage bodies and finally made it onto the front lawn. We found the car without any problems, Pogue's driveway always being reserved for his brothers and his girl's cars. Anyone with half a brain knew at any Sons party, not to park in the drive. I pulled out the keys and unlocked the doors, running to the driver's side just as the cops were pulling in.

She stared at me in horror. "Reid…"

The way she said my name, seriously sent shivers down my spine. As fucking gay as that sounds, it's true. I slammed the gearshift into reverse and the space behind me parted like the Red Sea when my taillights went on.

"If I get caught, I'll lose my scholarship." Her eyes were wide as she stared at two cops running to their cars. "And you've been drinking..."

"Don't worry." I had like two beers. That's hardly enough to do any damage to me and even if I was drunk, one flash of my eyes could sober me up in a millisecond.

I flew out of the driveway and slammed the car into drive, taking off down the long road that led back to the main roads. I glanced in the rear view and noticed the red and blue lights that were following us.

"Hang on B."

She grabbed the handle above the door and turned around to see the cop car skid across the road to keep up with us. I noticed the disbelieving smile on her lips and grinned. I'm going to make her night.

I swung the car on to a narrow road and I believe am now deaf. She let out the loudest scream and hung on tightly to the door, then snapped her gaze at me and I grinned.

She was turned around in her seat again, staring out of the back window, and I glanced in the rear view. There was no way they were going to catch us.

She let out a small laugh once they were a good distance away from us and turned back around in her seat. I could tell by the look on her face that she found it kind of exciting. I couldn't blame her. I always loved running from the cops.

-Babylon's POV-

Oh my god, we just out ran the cops! Is that even possible? I glanced over at Reid and I seriously wanted to kiss him.

Oh gosh, I did notjust admit that.

First he saves me from that ogre, and then he gets me out of losing my scholarship by outrunning the cops. How incredible is that?

I glanced at the clock on his radio and swallowed hard. It was past midnight. I was going to be in deep trouble if I didn't get home.

"Reid?"

Those blue eyes flickered over to me.

"I'm late."

My words caught him off guard and he shook his head. "Don't worry." He smirked and pulled on to my road. He pulled up in front of my house and I grinned seeing all the lights were off except for the front porch.

No one was up. This is good. I ran a hand through my dark hair and I could feel his eyes on me. Wow, this was substantially awkward. I couldn't quite grasp the idea that Reid had been my 'knight in shining armor' tonight. He had seriously saved my ass from a really bad situation.

It's funny how something like what happened tonight can shine a whole new light on someone. The way he acted, the way he took charge of the situation, the way he held me after it happened. I just… I didn't see the same blonde haired jerk I always thought he was. He was so much more than the playboy of Spenser, and I could see that.

There is more to Reid Garwin than meets the eye.

"Thank you."

He looked at me with a sheepish grin. "Don't mention it."

"No, really." I gave him a small smile. "I really mean it." I felt my heart pounding in my chest as he glanced at me with a look of contempt. "You have no idea how scared I was."

"Guys like him are scum," Reid shrugged his shoulders.

"I really appreciate what you did for me. It means a lot…"

He shrugged his shoulders in indifference again and ran a glove clad hand over the top of his head, sending the pieces of his already untidy hair sticking up in all directions. I opened the door to the car, and took a deep breath. I'm about to do something I swore I would not do. I swore I would never be dazzled by Reid Garwin; I would never be one of those swooning girls.

Yet here I am, leaning over the center console, and without thinking I placed a peck on his cheek. I pulled away quickly, seeing the amused smile on his face.

I felt my stomach in my throat as I lifted a hand to him. "Goodnight."

With a large smile on my face I fluttered up the steps to my house and unlocked the door. He sat there waiting for me to enter the house and I chanced a glance back at him. He was leaned over the seat, looking out the window at me. He picked his hand from the steering wheel and wiggled his fingers at me, mouthing 'goodnight' as he did so. I totally get it now. I can see what all these girls go completely nuts over. I grinned at him and quietly opened the door, sliding in and silently shutting it behind me. I couldn't get the jubilant feeling inside of me to calm down.

I was acting like Shena, on cloud nine right now at the simple thought of Reid Garwin being my, dare I say... messiah.