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Four

"Adrian was my boyfriend" Chloe whispered trying to remain calm.

"was?" Tyler questioned casually, he didn't want to push her too far. Chloe nodded keeping her eyes down. She could feel them looking at her, waiting patiently for her next sentence. She'd have to go into detail, she knew that, but the pain of reliving that night again made her feel nauseous and angry. So, she did the only thing that made the pain in her chest more bearable and seem less real, she thought of the hatred she had for Adrian and the hatred for the thing he'd done, focusing on that alone, it enabled her to continue speaking.

She took a deep breath trying to even her breathing.

"Last week, while I was booking my flight, I came across something that I wasn't meant to see." she sighed, remembering how she had came across it.

"He knew though that I was considering coming home. I had decided that I was going to wait till the end of school before I came home, purely for his sake of course, but seeing that made me change my mind completely." She sighed letting the anger flow out of her. Telling them wasn't as hard as she thought it would be.

"So…" Chloe started in a rush all of a sudden "while I was looking up flights, I came across an old IM message of Adrian's. Its was a conversation he had had with his friend Wyatt from ages ago. And basically…" she paused in thought suddenly then reached for her bag. After rummaging through all the pockets, she finally found what she needed. As Tyler and Reid watched, she slowly unfolded the white piece of paper and handed it to Reid. He studied it carefully, looking at it puzzled, at first, until he understood what he was reading.

"I only printed out the part I needed" Chloe murmured.

Reid returned his eyes to the piece of paper in front of him. Slowly he read, wanting to understand every part of what had upset her so much.

Wyatt says: Why the hell did you do it? Why cheat on her? Your with Chloe, I thought you loved her?

Adrian says: I do! Of course I do. She means everything to me, that's why you need to keep what happened quiet. Chloe can never know, it'll break her heart.

Wyatt says: If you love her like you say you do, how the hell could you do something like that to her!? Chloe deserves to know Adrian!

Adrian says: Yea she does, I know that. But if you do, it'll ruin everything I have with her. Wyatt, I know what I done was inexcusable. But I'm going to spend the rest of my life making up for it. I know I made a mistake and I know I shouldn't have done it. She deserves better, I know that. You can't make me feel any worse than I already do Wyatt.

Wyatt says: Too right she deserves better, she's way out of your league, I always said that.

Adrian says: So you'll keep it to yourself? Come on man please?

Wyatt says: Whatever Adrian, just don't expect me to act as if nothings happened. You're an asshole and one day Chloe will realise that.

Reid read it again before passing It to Tyler.

"Idiot" he muttered angrily. Chloe nodded

"Idiot, liar…there's a whole list of things I've called him" she smiled at Reid, trying to clear the unpleasant expression on his face. Tyler huffed

"He phones again. Let me talk to him, the arrogant little shit"

Chloe smiled as Tyler calmed himself.

"Remember no telling Caleb. Adrian I will deal with" she stated clearly.

The boys nodded in reply.

"So what happened after you found that" questioned Reid.

"Well.." Chloe started sighing "I found six months after it happened. So when I left him a message on his phone telling him to come and see me ASAP, his little 'secret' was the last thing he thought was wrong." she paused thinking it all though "So like 10 minutes later, he shows up, all rushed and like what's happened and all I did was just repeat You cheated on me. He denied it of course, but when he saw his laptop on my bed.." Chloe inhaled deeply "I was so angry at him, I couldn't look at him and of course I started crying which didn't really help" she laughed lightly

"He couldn't stand it when I wouldn't look at him" Chloe mused, as she thought of how much it upset him to see her like that. At least now, as her phone began to vibrate beside her, Chloe enjoyed the fact that her silence towards him was making him suffer for a change. Not nearly as bad as Chloe's pain, but hurting him none the less. Reid and Tyler fumed as Chloe read the called ID aloud. Tyler put out his hand, waiting for Chloe's ringing phone. Chloe smiled

"Thanks but no thanks" she replied as she pulled open the nearest drawer and shoved her cell into it, closing it with a bang, She smirked at them both.

"I'll bear your idea in mind, but right now, for me, my way is the best. I don't think I could handle talking to him"

Tyler smiled cheerfully winding his arm casually round her shoulders.

"Yea but you have us guys now. We'll keep you busy" he grinned. Chloe smiled sadly then nodded.

"The pain of missing him isn't even close to the pain of missing you guys. I'd pick any of you guys over him anytime" Chloe laughed. Reid smiled at the thought as he lay down at the foot of the bed, placing his hands behind his head, staring up at the ceiling. Listening to Tyler Chloe's conversation, he grinned feeling -for once- content. Nothing else, including Adrian, seemed important. Two facts filled Reids mind "Chloe would pick you over Adrian and she is here in Ipswich with you and the guys were she belongs. "

These facts were all that mattered to Reid and with the thought of Chloe in his head his sleepy eyes shut.