Chapter Nine:

The next morning Nova walked around the school looking for either one of her siblings or one of the Ipswich boys. She saw her brother in the main common room. He was making out with Miki at the moment. She waited until they were done and walked over to them. "Guys I heard something about Chase last night." She said as Miki grew worried.
"What do you mean?" Miki asked worrying.
"Three people were talking outside in the dorm hall yesterday," Nova said as Miki shifted in position nervously but no one noticed.
"How much... I mean what did you here?" Miki asked.
"Not much... I heard Chase's name though," Nova said.
"There's other Chase's is this school... I'm sure it wasn't the same one," Scott said as he put his arm around Miki and walked off.
"Yeah probably," Nova said unsure.

Later in class Nova was still unsure about what happened. She looked around the large classroom and noticed the absence of her sister. She saw Reid and Tyler come in and made their way over to her and sit down.
"Where's your sister at?" Tyler asked.
"I don't know," Nova said.
"Aren't you concerned at all?" Tyler asked.
"Not really... She probably just got sick from the rain last night that's all," Nova said.
"Are you okay?" Reid asked concerned.
"Just a little confused," Nova said.
"About the Chase thing?" Reid asked. "Your fag of a brother told us about it."
Just then a dark haired girl entered the room and walked towards the Professor's desk, handing her the note. The female professor's eyes skimmed the note carefully then pointed to a desk in the corner of the room. Nova watched as the girl swiftly made her way towards the desk and sat. When the dark haired beauty passed the group of desk, an odd sensation filled Nova and her vision became slightly blurry. Finally, the girl sat and Nova's vision cleared as she was trying to regain sanity. The instructor began the lesson on Daniel Webster's contribution to American history. Nova secretly whipped her head around and saw the mystery girl fiddling with her pencil, her eyes closed as she drew on the cover of a book. That's when Nova's eyes spotted what seemed to be the ancient form of Gothic Manuscript. Powerful Items through the Ages, Nova read silently to herself. She gasped.
"Miss Emerson, does something seem to be the matter?" the elder female professor asked once Nova whipped her head into the right direction. The professor was giving her a stare, so were many of her classmates. "No," Nova murmured.
"Then would you mind naming the pamphlet that Webster used against President Jefferson?" the professor instructed sternly. Nova began to stutter.
"The attack pamphlet of Embargo Act of 1807," Tyler said in several coughs, inaudible for the instructor.
"The attack pamphlet of Embargo Act of 1807," Nova repeated less tense.
"Good," the teacher said slightly shocked before turning back to the lesson. Nova sighed and sent Tyler a small smile. She gave one last glance at the girl and the stolen book before listening back in on the lesson in hopes of avoiding a similar scenario.

Chapter Ten:

"Nicole," Nova called as she entered the room, shutting the door behind her. A loud cough erupted from the direction of the small bathroom, followed by retching and heavy breathing. Nova stalked over towards the bathroom and saw Nicole's pale face laying on the cold floor, curled up. Nova lent down by her sister's side, offering a sympathetic smile. "I feel like shit," Nicole breathed. Nova touched Nicole's pale face feeling the sweat drops rolling off her forehead. "Don't worry Reid and Tyler should be here with that spell book," Nova replied hopeful. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door and Nova went to answer it. It was Reid and Tyler. "Hey," Nova said before kissing Reid on the cheek and taking the spell book out of his hands.
"Did I miss something?" Tyler said confused, causing both Reid and Tyler to blush a deep fuchsia. Just then the sound of Nicole's weak voice called, "Tyler, is that you?" He quickly excused himself and went to check on Nicole leaving Nova and Reid alone. Nova felt slightly nervous and shifted her gaze to the floor. Without warning, Reid's lips caught hers in a full-blown kiss. She laid the spell book on the small table behind them and continued kissing him. His hands were running under the hem of her skirt when Tyler ran in, "I think Nicole might need new-----What the hell?" Nova pulled away and looked stunned, while Reid gave Tyler a furious look. Nova smoothed out her skirt and turned her attention to Tyler, crossing her arms over her chest, "What does Nicole need?"
Tyler snapped his attention from the previous events and replied, "Um.. A new shirt…she.. Um, threw up on the other one." Nova nodded, grabbed the spell book, and went to find Nicole a new shirt. Reid's eyes followed her until she went out of view, then he turned back to Tyler, giving him a death glare. "Why did you have to do that, baby boy?" Reid whined angrily as he leaned against the table.
"What?" Tyler asked completely confused.
"You ruined our special moment," Reid replied angrier.
"Calm down Reid….I mean, I didn't know," Tyler stuttered, "Anyway, when have 'special moments' with girls, besides one night stands?"
Just as Reid was about to speak, he stopped. Tyler was right. He hadn't had any special moments with one girl since his freshman year at Spencer. "That's what I thought," Tyler stated smirking and giving a light chuckle. Reid returned the laugh, then punched Tyler in the arm followed by walking towards the open bathroom doorway. Tyler cursed under his breath as he clutched his arm and too went towards the bathroom doorway.
Nova was patting a wet towel against Nicole's forehead and muttering something. In an instant, Nicole's skin returned to its healthy state and she looked alive and well. "Better?" Nova asked. Nicole nodded, "Much." and stood up walking past Tyler and into the room.
"Well I guess Reid and I will go study in the library," Nova called as she grasped Reid's hand and her knapsack. Nicole gave them a questioning look and Nova mouthed that she would explain later, and with that they left, leaving Nicole and Tyler together.