Chapter 2: Back at Ipswitch

Normal POV:

Alyssa didn't get much sleep that night. She kept thinking about last night, and the feeling that someone was watching her didn't help much. She eventually pulled herself out of bed, glad it was a weekend. She looked at Sky's bed. She was already up. Alyssa took a shower and changed before walking into the small kitchen where Sky was making breakfast. She had quickly made scrambled eggs and put the cheerios and milk on the counter. Alyssa grabbed a bowl and a spoon and made herself a bowl of cereal. She looked at the clock. It was about 10, which was pretty early, at least for her. She looked at Sky, who was still in her pajamas, and they sat down on the stools that surrounded the small table in the living room, which wasn't really a living room. More of a table room with the computer in it, but whatever. Sky looked at her, smiling widely.

"What are you so happy about?" Alyssa asked, looking curiously at her friend.

"Oh nothing. I just guess I got off to a good start this morning." Sky said. She began whistling as she grabbed her and Alyssa's bowls off the table and tossed them into the sink.

"Sky, I was eating that." Alyssa said, her mouth still full of cheerios.

"Oops!" Sky said, brushing it off, and continuing to whistle.

"It's fine." Alyssa said, getting up from the stool to grab a cup of coffee. She poured herself a large cup of coffee and drank it all rather quickly. At least she would be somewhat awake today…

"Hey." Sky said, turning her head to look at Alyssa. "I was gonna go to the store today. Wanna come?"

"Sure." Alyssa said. They cleaned up a little and Alyssa did the dishes while Sky got ready. Soon enough, they were out the door and headed for the store. They decided to walk because it wasn't that far. They bought what they needed and left. They got back to the apartment, dropped off the bags and were about to head out the door again when Alyssa's phone rang. It was a good thing too because it made Alyssa realize that she had left it to charge overnight and didn't grab it this morning. She pressed the talk button and held the phone to her ear.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Alyssa hey, it's Pogue" Said Pogue from the other line.

"Oh hey!" she said excitedly. She hadn't really expected him to call back, especially not this soon.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go back to visit the boys this weekend. We were planning on meeting up there to see each other. It's about a 3 hour drive back there."

"Oh! Sure that sounds great!" Alyssa said excitedly

"Okay. Well then I'll see you tomorrow I guess." Pogue said.

"Oh uh… sure! Okay bye!" Alyssa said.

"Bye" He said, and with that they hung up the phone.

Pogue's POV:

"Bye." I said casually, and then hung up the phone.

Wait, what had just happened? Had I, Pogue Parry, just invited Alyssa, Reid's little sister, to Ipswitch to hang out with Caleb, Tyler, Reid and me? Yeah. That's what I did. Did I have feelings for Alyssa, who used to be the spunky little girl that had a crush on me? Yes, I think that's true too. I just don't what to do! After her 18th birthday party, we hadn't talked much. In fact, we hadn't talked at all. I remember everything about that night, the happy look on her face, her ascension, but most of all, our last confrontation up until recently. I had thought that she still loved me the way she did when she was only 13, but she didn't. Things had changed. She wasn't the little girl that I always wanted to protect. She wasn't just Reid's little sister anymore. She was her own person, who seemed to know how to take care of herself.

I called Reid. He didn't pick up.

"Hey Reid." I said into the machine. "I ran into Alyssa the other day, and I asked her if she wanted to come down and hang out with us this weekend and she said she did. I was just calling to say that so I guess I'll see you tomorrow." And with that, I hung up the phone.

I slept easily that night, thinking of tomorrow and the trip back to Ipswitch. I woke up and realized that it was already almost noon. I had slept pretty late this morning at least for me. I washed up and got dressed. I called Alyssa, who seemed to have been woken up by the phone call.

"Hello?" she answered the phone groggily.

"Hey Alyssa, it's me Pogue. I was just calling to see if you were still coming. It's about noon."

"Noon!" she yelled into the phone. "Yeah, yeah. I'll be ready in about an hour." Alyssa said

"Okay, see you soon." I said and hung up.

Alyssa's POV:

"Okay see you soon." He said, and hung up the phone. Holy shit holy shit! He's gonna be here soon! In an hour! Ahhhh! I gotta hurry up! I took a shower and quickly ran to my room to get changed.

"Where are you going that's so important?" Sky asked, laughing.

"Pogue's picking me up in like an hour. We're driving back to Ipswitch today." I said, pulling on a pair of jeans, a black tank top, a gray hoodie and my black fingerless gloves, which, yes, I still wear.

Sky laughed. "Sounds fun, especially since you love Pogue."

"I do not love Pogue, okay?" I said, annoyed.

"Mhm, sure you don't." she said. I walked into the kitchen and quickly ate a muffin. The doorbell rang and there was Pogue. He had gotten a car, instead of his motorcycle. I guess he still had it but he didn't really drive it anymore. I used to think that it was so cool that he had a motorcycle, but the thrill of it wore away after a while.

"Ready to go?" he asked, smiling.

"Yep." I said. "Bye Sky!" I yelled.

"Bye!" I heard her yell back, before I locked the door.

"I'm really glad you came today." Pogue said smiling, and looking into my brown eyes. He ran a finger through my straightened hair and leaned in closer. He kept leaning in until our lips were only about an inch away.

"Alyssa!" Sky yelled, pulling open the door. "You forgot your- oh, oh! Sorry!" Sky tossed me my phone, and ran back into the apartment, looking somewhat embarrassed, which she really shouldn't have been. I was the one that should be embarrassed! The drive back didn't seem as long as it really was. We talked about everything, not once mentioning what had happened, or didn't happen, I should say, outside my apartment. In fact, I didn't even think about it…we went to Nicky's to meet up with the boys, but they seemed to be a little late, so we sat there for a while. I got some french fries and a coke and by the time I finished, Caleb, with Sarah, Tyler, and Reid, and even Kate had shown up. Caleb hugged me first, then Kate, Sarah, then Tyler, and finally Reid. He looked at me.

"Wanna play some pool?" he challenged, smiling.

"Okay, but don't be disappointed when your little sister beats you. Again." I shot right back.

He laughed and picked up a pool stick. "Me and Tyler against you and who was it? Oh yeah Kate. KATE! Come here!" he yelled. She walked over.

"What?" she asked, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"We're playing pool. Get a pool stick." Reid said.

"Oh! No I don't think so…" she said nervously laughing.

"Come on Kate, please! I need a partner!" I said.

She sighed and bit her lip. "Alright." She said hesitantly, but then she smiled. We played for a while until finally Reid and Tyler only had to sink the eight ball. Kate and me still had to sink two more balls. It was our turn. Kate made her shot. I shot and made mine too, only it bounced around the pocket edges. Kate shot at the eight ball and barely missed. Reid shot, and as a matter of fact, it made it in. It was a great shot too.

"Hey. Good shot." I said. I was just a good a winner as a loser. I was somewhat disappointed, but I didn't really show it.

"You too. Good game." He said, but I could tell he was trying really hard not to brag. I appreciated it though. It was a pretty eventful night. We hung out. I ate some more. And then I ate more. And I danced… with Pogue, but it wasn't like that 'cause he doesn't even like me! So there!!!

"Alyssa, we should probably head home. It's getting late and you have classes tomorrow don't you?" Pogue said.

"Oh come on Pogue just a little while longer!" I begged like I was 7.

"A few more minutes, but that's all!" he said. So we stuck around for a few more minutes then headed out the back entrance into the alley. I felt like someone was watching me, but they seemed so much closer than it felt all the other times. I felt someone use and I knew that the others felt it too. There was a large explosion behind a few seconds later which startled me so much, that I spun around, clutched my chest, and stumbled backwards. I would have hit the ground, too, but Pogue caught me and pushed me back up to a standing position. We heard someone laugh and for a second I thought it was Chase, which really would have annoyed on account of we already killed him twice, but the person that emerged from the shadows, was a person that was nothing at all like Chase Collins. It was a girl, who looked about my age, maybe even younger. She was very umm… attractive, if you wanted to be nice about it. She was laughing quietly, and I thought to myself that she hadn't really gotten the evil laugh down yet. I always seem to think things like this at the worst times. All of a sudden something flew passed my head. I wasn't quite sure what it was, but there was no fucking way it was an energy ball. I blocked it but another one flew directly at me, hitting me and knocking me to the ground. I felt the life leave my body and the girl disappear. I heard people scream my name but that was the last thing I remembered.