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A/N: It's been so long! Thank you, guys, for remaining faithful. My spring semester is over so I decided to type up all the chapters I've been squirreling away. True, I am taking Summer Session, just like the rest of my crazy Nursing compatriots, but it's a much lighter load than last term so I should be able to update. Forsooth, I have more than five chapters done and only really need to upload them and write the climax of the fic. Anyway, on with the chapter that I'm sure you'll love.

Today was one of the days Jane was supposed to sit with her boy-toy, so all of the Sons were surprised when they came over to their table and found her talking to the girls while eating with more relish than they had seen in weeks. She smiled cheerily at the four and laughed at their confused looks.

"'Sup, fellas," she said around her straw. She smirked at their incredulous look. "What? You look like you just saw a ghost," she remarked innocently.

Pogue was the first to simply shrug it off before sliding in next to Kate, reaching over to muss Jane's hair and smirking at her exaggerated outraged cry.

Caleb sighed at the two next to him who were still gaping. He nudged Reid, the closer of the two, with his elbow and then sat down, too.

Reid smirked and plopped down next to Jane. "Missed me?" he asked cheekily.

Jane scoffed. "Like a rash. Besides, we just saw each other yesterday." She mock-glared as he plucked a fry off her plate, pushing away the thought that she had gotten them with the intention of having that wicked smirk directed at her. "But apparently you missed my food more," she said sarcastically. "Better be careful, Reidy – regionals are coming up."

Reid rolled his eyes. "Yes, mother." He couldn't help but smile from the familiarity of it all.

Tyler finally spoke, asking harshly, "Why are you here?" He was still standing, his posture rigid with barely contained anger. His caustic question knocked all the happy expressions off of the table's occupants. "Shouldn't you be sitting with your boyfriend? Aren't you working an every-other-day system?" His hands were clenching the tray so tightly that his knuckles were white.

Jane brushed her bangs out of her eyes and looked away, murmuring something that sounded a lot like, "I would if I still had one."

"What?" Caleb, Pogue, and Reid cried out at the same time. Varying amounts of relief colored each of their voices

She shrugged carelessly. "We broke up."

Caleb and Pogue exchanged a look while Reid's face split into a wide grin. Kate tried not to roll her eyes at how obvious the boys could be.

"That's great," someone chirped. Strangely enough the comment hadn't come from Reid but Sarah. Everyone looked at her. "Um," she fumbled then wrung her hands. "I mean that's too bad," she added hastily in an overly sincere tone, a faint grimace marring her features.

"So, just because you broke up you think everything will go back to normal?" Tyler asked, his anger relentless.

Jane gave him a hurt look. "I thought it already had," she said, referring to how the reunited trio had taken up to hanging out with one another again.

Tyler gave a humorless, bitter laugh. "You know just as much as everyone else that it'll never be the same." He shook his head and walked away, tossing his uneaten food into a nearby trashcan.

Reid stopped Jane when she made to follow. Shaking his head, he got up and went in the same direction as Tyler.

"What is your problem?" Reid asked when he caught up with his roommate outside. He was thankful that Tyler had wandered to an abandoned part of the school – if Tyler were to lash out with his powers there were to be no witnesses. "Can't you tell she's trying?"

Tyler kicked a wall. "You know as well as I do that no matter how much we try it'll never be the same," all previous ire had left him and instead he just sounded exhausted and defeated.

"You don't know that," Reid argued halfheartedly. "We could still -."

Tyler stopped Reid's remarks by holding the blonde boy with his powerful gaze. "Do you think you'll ever be able to forget what happened?" His voice was tender and told Reid he wasn't just talking about Jane and Reid's tryst.

Reid couldn't answer or meet the other boy's eyes.

Tyler came up beside him. "Do you think I will ever be able to forget?" his voice had dropped to an intimate whisper.

"Tyler," Reid breathed like it was the first word he had ever said. Then he closed his eyes and let the other boy kiss him.

A small gasp that neither heard broke the silence of the hall they occupied. Jane turned and ran away.

She would later puzzle why she hadn't felt possessive of the two as per usual when they were romantically involved with someone else. Instead she felt only cool acceptance, lost, and arousal.

It was the last of the three that confused and shamed her the most.

TBC.

Next chapter: Angst and more angst. Yay.