Second chapter….
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Syrin lay on the bed in her dorm, and could only think about Reid. How the guys had walked them to their room. She was so lost in thought, that she completely missed Temari's question.
"Earth to Sy!" Temari said annoyed jumping on her bed.
"Hu? Oh, what did you say?" Syrin asked confused.
"Never mind. Go take a shower, maybe you'll wake up."
Syrin nodded, and undressed. She grabbed a towel, and left the dorm without a word to her sister. Her red hair brushed the small of her back as she walked silently through the halls, to the showers.
With a deep sigh, she stepped under the boiling hot water. A she stood under the pounding spray, her lips slowly mouthed out words, until she began to sing.
"Where have all the good men gone
and where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gatta be strong
And he's gatta be fast
And he's gatta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gatta be sure
And it's gatta be soon
And he's gatta be larger than life"
It was this sound that caused Reid to pause outside the showers. As quietly as he could he opened the door, his curiosity getting the better of him.
"Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gatta be strong
And he's gatta be fast
And he's gatta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gatta be sure
And it's gatta be soon
And he's gatta be larger than life
Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me"
Reid smiled at her last verse, as she turned off the water, and grabbed her towel. He heard her sigh, and slowly turn to open the door.
Reid's smile vanished as he realized he had nowhere to run from, before she'd see him.
His worry was wasted though. Syrin walked out of the shower, and walked straight out of the room. Not even noticing he was there.
Reid walked after her. "Sy!" he called.
That vaguely caught her attention. "Hmm?" Sy slowly looked up and around. "Oh, hey Reid."
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"What do you mean?"
"Look, I may have only met you tonight, but you seriously look out of it."
Syrin shrugged. "Somethings just stuck in my head and it's not leaving any time soon."
"Something or someone?" Reid winked.
Sy rolled her eyed, and started walking back to her dorm, singing loudly enough for Reid to hear, but not to wake the sleeping residents.
"Oh my love, I know you are my candyman oh my love your word is my command oh my love I know you are my candyman let us fly to bounty land"
Sy turned, smiling, and gave Reid a wink, as she disappeared into her dorm room.
"Damn, she's hot." Reid smirked, and walked to the room he shared with Tyler.
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"Feeling better sweetie?" Temari asked, removing her make-up, as Syrin walked into the room.
"Much." she said. Syrin went to her dresser and grabbed a fresh pair of panties, pyjama pants and a tank top. "I ran into Reid in the hallway." she added absently.
"Oh really? Did he hear you sing?" Temari asked, completely interested.
"I might've sung a few bars for him in the hallway." Syrin flung herself on her bed.
"So you do like him! EEEEE!! This is awesome!" Tem squealed.
"Tem, please. I just want to get some sleep." Syrin groaned. She reached over and turned off her light.
"Oh Sy, you ruin my fun." Tem pouted, and crawled into her own bed.
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Reid pouted from his seat in English Lit.
Syrin sat four rows in front of him, and her school uniform refused to let him see anything he hadn't already between her bar outfit, and her towel last night.
Syrin could feel Reid's eyes on her, and a small smile spread her lips.
"Hey Temari, don't look, but I'm sure Tyler's wishing you were back in your bar clothes."
"Oh shush Sy." Temari blushed, and tried to listen to the instructor.
Syrin quickly scribbled down a note, and passed it to the student behind her. "Reid." she whispered. The girl nodded, and passed it to the boy behind her "Reid" she whispered.
When Reid got the note, be frowned, then grin, to rival the Cheshire cat appeared on his face. He elbowed Tyler. "Dude, looks like the girls want to get to know us better."
Tyler shyly smiled, "wicked."
After class, Syrin and Temari slowly walked, giving Reid and Tyler enough time to catch up.
"Hey girls! These are our friends Caleb Denvers, and Pogue Parry. Caleb's girlfriend Sarah, and Pogue's Kate." Tyler introduced them. "Guys, Temari and Syrin Popel."
"Pleasure to meet ya." Sy said. Temari nodded.
"We were going to change, and then head out for coffee, you two want to join us?" Sarah asked.
"Sure. Got nothing important to do." Syrin smiled.
"Umm, studying?" Temari reminded.
"Like I said nothing important."
"hey what's that sound?" Kate frowned after hearing
"Pretty girls make me nervous
Pretty girls make me nervous
Pretty girls make me nervous
When they're as pretty as you"
"Oh my cell. 'Scuse me." Syrin said, and took a couple steps away.
""Pretty Girls make me nervous"?" Caleb asked.
"Her all time favorite song." Temari answered.
A couple seconds later they heard Sy scream,"Screw off!" She hung up her phone, and barely resisted the temptation to chuck her cell phone.
"Syrin? You okay?" Pogue asked.
"Yeah." Her eyes were narrowed to tight slits, making her eyes appear black as night.
"Sy! "Travelling Solider"." Temari said worried.
Syrin took a deep breath.
"Traveling Solider?" Reid frowned.
"It's a song a wrote to help me calm down, when my temper gets the better of me." She opened her eyes wide, flashing the deep forest green tint.
"Okay, so we'll meet you guys in the foyer, when we're done changing okay?" Temari said, nearly dragging Sy down the halls to their dorm.
"Calm your ass down Sy!" Temari nearly yelled as they changed.
Sy slipped on a pair of light wash blue jeans. "It was Vincent on the phone."
Temari stopped. "Maybe going for coffee isn't a good idea."
"No, we'll go. Vinny has to know that he hasn't won." Syrin tossed Temari a simple pale pink sundress, as Temari tossed her a red one shoulder belly shirt.
"Okay, but keep calm. I don't want this relationship blown because you lost your temper again!"
"There is no relationship… yet. I'll try to keep my anger in check." Syrin grabbed her purple tie-dye bandanna, and a pair of black runners, while Temari slipped on red kitty-heeled flipflops, and her silver bangle bracelets.
"Come on. Let's make some friends." Syrin said as they walked down the hall to the main foyer.
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Much to Syrin's releif, everyone was very nice. Nobody asked very serious questions, and no questions about their past.
"I still don't believe your twins. You don't look anything a like." Kate said for the 4th time.
Temari giggled. "Well, we're the same height, same blood type, same body type. Well when we were kids, we were identical." she sipped her frappachino.
"Well, aside from our eyes. But when we got into our teens, I dyed my hair red at a friends house, and absolutely fell in love with the colour." Syrin added, putting down her ice cap.
"I had decided to try the purple instead, and, like Sy said, fell in love with it. She's been red, and I've been purple ever since."
"Much to mom's dismay!" Sy laughed.
"So you where close to your parents then?" Pogue asked.
Both Syrin and Temari stiffened. Syrin bowed her head.
"Not really. Our dad died when we were four, and our mom… well, she never was able to cope well after."
"'Cope'? Temari, she all but abandoned us!" Syrin spat out.
"Ouch. Don't worry you guys, you have us now!" Sarah smiled, and held her hands out to the twins.
Sy and Tem looked at each other and smiled, they each took one of Sarah's hands. "Thanks hun." Temari said.
The rest of the afternoon, was actually fun. Somehow they ended up back at Nicky's.
"4 ball side pocket." Syrin said as she took her pool shot. "yes! Beat that." she taunted to Reid.
"Fine, 2 ball, rebound off side into opposite." Reid smiled, and Sy rolled her eyes not believing he could do it.
Her jaw dropped when he made the shot, but she quickly recovered. "lucky shot." She playfully pushed him to the side. "6 ball corner pocket."
"Can't be done." Reid murmured absently.
"Put your money where your mouth is." she grinned, and made her shot.
"Damn, looks like we have a stalemate." Reid said, slightly confused, he'd been Using, only a little, but still, how could she tie him, with his powers?
"Hmm, I recall, in the rules of pool, when a stalemate occurs the male takes the money and buys the girl supper." Syrin winked.
On the other side of the bar, Tyler and Temari were talking, quite intimately.
Tyler was so glad, he was no longer watching Caleb, and Pogue being happy with their girls. He might stand a chance of finding love with Temari, so long as he didn't take any advice from Reid. It made Tyler wonder how long it would take Syrin to splash a coke on Reid, and storm off.
"Hey, mind breaking up the love fest so long as I'm here? I don't want to puke before I eat." Syrin said sitting at the table.
Temari sighed. "Can you possibly have worse timming?" Her eyebrow twitched.
"Yeah, I could've waited till you where making out." she laughed.
"Tyler and Temari, were making out?" Reid asked sitting down, with a plate of fries.
"No but you could tell they were seconds from it." She stuck out the tip of her tongue, and popped a hot fry in her mouth.
"Here." Reid handed her his coke.
Syrin took a drink, then handed it back. "Thanks, I didn't expect them to be freshly hot."
"That's Nicky for ya. He lives to bully and surprise." Pogue said, as he and Kate sat down after he (purposely) lost at fooseball.
"Well, yeah. Nicky has nothing better to do." Caleb said out of breath, as he and Sarah sat down from dancing.
A couple hours later, Caleb, Sarah, Pogue, and Kate left, and the remaining four promised that they wouldn't be much longer.
Stupid classes… Syrin thought to herself. She didn't want the night to end.
Some how, after Caleb and them left, Temari ended up on Tyler's lap, and Syrin was using Reid's shoulder as a pillow.
With a sigh Temari, and Tyler, got up. "Come on, we should get going." Tyler said sadly.
Syrin groaned. "damn, I was almost asleep."
"Don't worry. If you fall asleep in the hummer I'll carry you to your dorm." Reid said jokingly.
He never expected, he'd actually have to carry her. Sure enough Syrin fell asleep in the car. Reid picked her up, and carried her into Spencer.
"You know, this is the first time, she's ever fallen asleep with people around." Temari said worried.
Reid wasn't paying attention to Tem. He was to stunned at the pure beauty, Syrin was. Her face was completely calm. It wasn't challenging, defiant, or filled with anger for once.
Damn, Tyler I hope you know what your doing with Temari. I think I just sold my soul to this woman.
