Chapter 11

The next morning, Reid woke up with Summer wrapped in his embrace. The clothes that she had worn the night before lying peacefully on the bedroom floor. He felt so at peace with everything around him until he remembered. Caleb was like his brother and he felt awful, even though they were in a fight at the moment. It wasn't that he didn't feel more strongly for Summer than any other girl in the world, because he did, and he would never hurt her. But not hurting her right now meant hurting Caleb. This was all his fault. He'd let his damn hormones take over. If he hadn't kissed Summer they would still just be liking each other in secret and Caleb wouldn't have to be lied to. Then again, if they liked each other, he probably ad just sped up the inevitable. It was too late to play what-if anyway.

Not wanting to be alone with his thoughts, he nudges Summer who woke up gently next to him. She looked at the clock that read 5:27.

"It's half 5, Reid." Summer complained, Reid smirked to himself. Typical Summer he thought.

"I know I just didn't want to be alone." Reid confessed truthfully. Summer nestled herself into Reid's chest.

"When I'm around you'll never be alone." she whispered and something changed in Reid. He then got up, explaining himself as he put on his clothes.

"I better get back before Baby Boy wakes up a starts asking- shit!" he exclaimed quietly at the end. Both of then looked over at the other bed and saw Kira, asleep, but still there, under the covers. Summer urgently put a finger to her lips and threw her dirty clothes into the dirty washing, putting on her robe and spritzing herself with a new amount of perfume. When t hey were both dressed, Reid turned to Summer, who even looked beautiful when she had just woken up. He took her in his arms and kissed her passionately, but quietly. He then whispered in her ear.

"Summer Danvers, will you be my girlfriend?" he asked.

"Yes." Summer breathed back. She snaked her arms around Reid's neck and faced him.

"Let's just keep it private for now." he suggested subtly, "We'll tell Caleb and the others when we're ready?" Summer nodded, still beaming. He pecked her once more on the lips and then left the room. He went for a quick shower before going back to his own dorm so that he didn't smell so much of Summer's perfume.

When he reached his own room, he opened the door a crack before going in, and saw Tyler asleep on his bed, quietly and not snoring as usual. He crept in and got changed as quietly as he could, resting on his own bed and shutting his eyes just for a moment.

He woke up about 2 hours later when Tyler shook him.

"Hey. Hey get up, buddy." he muttered and Reid sat up.

"What time is it?" he asked, rubbing his eyes and smacking his lips. Having spent the night with Summer had drained him, but still he was not sorry that it had happened.

"7:30." Tyler told him as he grabbed his bag, he noticed that Reid was already dressed.

"Did you not even get changed last night?" He asked almost suspiciously. Reid quickly thought up a lie, a talent he had perfected.

"Nah, couldn't be bothered with the fuss. I was too hammered."

His lying flair was obvious as Tyler never questioned him.

"Why are you even up so early?" Reid asked.

"Caleb called, he said something about thinking he saw something suspicious by the lake. Like, covenant suspicious." Tyler explained. Reid was up and dressed within the minute. They hopped into Tyler's hummer and headed towards the lake. When they got there, they saw that Caleb's silver escalade and Pogue's Harley Davidson were already in the abandoned visitors car park. Getting out of the car and into the wind they walked around the lake until they could see two familiar figures, which they jogged up to.

"Wassup guys?" Pogue asked as he greeted the two new comers with handshakes. The others nodded in contentment. They then turned to Caleb, whose eyes were fixated on the water.

"Caleb?" Reid asked as he approached his friend.

"I feel something." he said, not turning towards them.

"Like what?" asked Tyler.

"Something strange." Caleb said, again not moving. Pogue suddenly nodded in realisation.

"I can feel it too." he said, stepping forward next to Caleb. Reid and Tyler, who had both not yet ascended, were at a loss.

"I don't feel anything." Tyler admitted and Caleb and Pogue turned to them, a hard glare lingered in Caleb's eye.

"It's something dark, something powerful. Right now I don't know what it is but for now we keep calm, and keep it to ourselves. Understood?" he asked. Everyone nodded. Then Reid's phone rang, breaking the suspenseful mood. It was a text from Summer.

Hey x u wanna go to Nickyz l8er?

It read. He texted back a quick 'yes' before Caleb questioned him.

"Who's that?" he asked.

"Just some girl who won't leave me alone." he lied brilliantly, "Lets go, the others will be wondering where we are." he said and they all got into their cars (and Pogue got on his bike) and left.

Reid was set to meet Summer outside Nicky's car park gates at 8. He was there at 7:30 just to make sure that he was on time. He was wearing a white vest that showed his ink on his arms, a leather jacket to keep him warm while he was outside, black jeans with chains on them, and his signature black gloves without the fingers. It was 5 to 8 when he spotted someone walking towards him. She was a brunette with stunning chocolate eyes. She was wearing a short red cocktail dress with a short button up cardigan and black heels which allowed her to be the same hight as him. Summer reached him and kissed him deeply without saying a word and they walked in together, hoping nobody they knew would be there.

It turned out the odds were in there favour as no one who wouldn't had a go at them for being there together was there. They sat down by the pool tables and Summer took off her cardi. She sat opposite Reid, smirking at him beautifully.

"Want anything to eat?" Reid asked, leaning in near Summer"s ear.

"What do you think." was the cheeky answer she gave him. He kissed her cheek and went over to the bar. He slammed his hand down to get Nicky's attention and asked for two burgers, fries and two cokes. It was then that he looked over at the pool tables and spotted Aaron, who caught his eye and scowled. Reid growled under his breath; how could Aaron be that ungrateful? They saved his sorry ass and he was just back to normal. Granted Reid was the one who had put him in danger but he didn't know that. He did his best to ignore the arrogant bastard as he returned to Summer with the food.

This was the best date Reid had ever had. He was just talking and laughing with a girl he really liked, this was new to him. Usually he was in it for the sex but he had been talking to Summer for two hours and nothing to do with that particular topic had even crossed his mind. He looked over at the pool tables again, Summer followed his gaze, she looked at him playfully.

"Think you can whip his ass?" she asked mischievously.

"I know I can." Reid grinned and they headed off the the pool tables together, Summer sitting on a stool nearby and Reid walking right up to Aaron.

"Hey jackass." Reid called, Aaron reluctantly turned to him, "Hows abouts a little game between you and me, 1 on 1. Winner takes all." he slammed $300 on the side of the pool table which put Aaron"s winnings to shame, but he put his down on top of them and picked up his cue.

"Prepare to lose." he said as he broke the balls his mate had set up, potting a stripe. He went again but missed, making it Reid's go. Of course Reid got the first one in, without Using, then came the hard core stuff. He made three combo shots in a row, each time no one noticing the black twinge that came to his eyes. He looking up and saw Summer cheering him on, winking at him and nodding her head in approval. When he had sunk all the balls, he turned to Aaron, who hadn't had a go since he broke the balls.

"Yeah, I don't think I lost." Reid bragged in a whisper as he collected his winnings and went back to Summer, who kissed him the minute he was in reach. Aaron spotted this.

"Hey, Reid!" He called, Reid didn't break away at first but Aaron was persistent so he eventually pulled away from Summer and glowered at him.

"What?" he asked menacingly.

"Does Caleb know you're sleeping with his sister?" he laughed, the boys surrounding him laughing and high-fiving him. Reid was stunned, he hadn't thought of that. The pang of guilt he felt for Caleb hanging low in his chest. He felt one of Summer's delicate hands on his chest, pushing him slightly, the pressure only making Reid feel worse.

"C'mon let's just go." Summer said, Reid nodded silently and they turned to leave but Aaron wasn't done yet.

"How about I tell your buddy how you've been pounding his sister and you give me back the money, dickface!" he called and Reid froze, not turning around. "We all know she's just another easy whore like the rest of the girls you bed, Garwin. Just another meaningless slut-" He stopped there as Reid leapt over the table and tackled him to the ground, smacking his head against the floor repeatedly.

"Apologise to the lady, Abbott." he threatened, tearing up Aaron's head by his hair.

"Fuck you!" Aaron spat and Reid beat him again, not needing to Use. Two of Aaron's friends pulled up Reid off of Aaron, who punched his face twice. Reid broke free easily and knocked Aaron out with one punch, causing all five of his friends to set on Reid, before Nicky's baseball bat clipped one of them on the back of the head, knocking him out to. Nicky offered himself to the others as a challenge to the other four friends as the one he had clobbered fell next to Aaron. They dropped Reid, who had class in his face from a bottle one of them had smashed. Nicky cocked his head and the four boys scarpered, he then picked up Reid.

"You alright, kid?" he asked. Reid nodded wiping some blood from his nose. "Just coz I like you, kid doesn't mean I won't throw you out if I have to, so stay out of trouble." he said sternly but with concern. Summer rushed over, examining the damage to Reid's face as everyone continued as they were. She took him into the boys bathroom, making a younger guy who was peeing in the urinal run away as she came in. they stood by the sinks and she touched his face with her delicate, warm hands. The feeling was good until Reid remembered why he had got into the fight in the first place. Why could he not shake this feeling? He had been dismissive of Caleb before, why now that he was dating his sister should it change? It was the least convenient time to grow a sense of moral support.

"That looks bad." Summer whispered as she grazed a finger over a cut on Reid's lip, getting a speck of blood on it.

"I'll be OK, I can heal the wounds-" he began but Summer stopped him.

"No." she ordered sternly, "You keep Using and you'll be a gonner when you ascend." she whispered, not knowing whether to do what her conscience was begging her not to. But he was her boyfriend, how could she not help him?

"OK, Reid, you have to promise me that what you see now you will never mention again, got it?" she asked, when Reid didn't answer right away she asked again, with greater urgency, "Got it?"

Reid nodded. Summer placed a hand gingerly on the side of his face. She then turned on the tap and put her other hand into the stream of flowing water. Reid looked at Summer in confusion, but then he saw her eyes flood white. He blinked, thinking he was imagining, but this was really happening. The water ran up Summer's arm, around her shoulders, up her other arm and across Reid's face, healing any wound it came into contact with. Reid felt the cool water on his face take away the stinging of the cuts and bruises and the swelling around his left eye went down. Summer could see that he was healed, but she couldn't bring herself to stop. Reid's eyes flickered, the water now sharp and stinging.

"S-Summer, stop." he begged. Summer battled with her instincts, wrestling with herself and begging her mind to stop; she was hurting him. Her eyes squeezed shut and she let go, collapsing. Reid caught her in time and shook her until she came to, gasping. Her eyes swung open, once again the warm brown Reid was accustomed to. A tear of blood had seeped from the corner of her right eyes, Reid wiped it away with his thumb staring down at the girls face.

"What was that?" he asked, his voice trembling. Summer shook her head, crying real tears.

"I don't know." she said, her back shuddering. Reid held her close and let her cry into his shirt. A million thoughts were in his head. What was that? How could she Use? Why doesn't she know what it is? These were all great questions but neither one of them knew the answers. When Summer had calmed down, she looked into Reid's fresh face.

"Don't tell Caleb." she pleaded, "Not yet."

Reid nodded and put a hand under Summer's chin, lifting her head. He leaned in and closed the gap between them, their lips meeting. Summer wrapped her arms around his neck, Reid had one hand on her back, one caught in her long brown hair. He seared his tongue through her lips and she responded happily. She was still his, no matter what she could do. There was then a gasp from behind them as someone else entered the bathroom. The two pulled away from each other and looked at the new arrival, both of their eyes widening in horror at who was standing before them.

"T-Tyler?" Summer gasped.

"What the hell?" Tyler exclaimed, utterly bewildered.