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Reid's POV

I went down to Nicky's to loosen up, maybe even beat Aaron at pool if I feel up to it.

"Hey Garwin. How 'bout a round of pool for your hot little friend from the other night."

Apparently I feel up to it

"You know what? I'm just going to head out…" I said as I paid for my drink and picked up my hoodie

"Oh… ok" he grinned evilly "Just don't go to your girl friends room; give her sometime to finish in her line of work." I wanted to vomit right then and there

I whipped around and give him a warning hit to the kidneys. "Shut. The. Fuck. Up. Abbot." He fell to the floor with a thud; his underlings just looked at me "Don't move…"

Hehe… it looked like they were going to piss themselves right here "Y-yeah, sure." They picked Aaron up off the floor and scrambled out to the parking lot

"You know," hummed Nicky from behind the bar "you and Kidney Boy over there always go out to fight, but you've never just gone out and hit him out in the open before. I think its love—"

I flinched at the word

"Yeah she had the same reaction." He laughed

"I know you're like her family or something; but let me assure I don't love her." I mumbled

"Sure like that was convincing. I've seen you with what seems like a hundred little girls your age but if Aaron insulted one you never seemed to care." He picked up a glass and started cleaning it with a rag, in the "father figure" mode

"So, maybe he finally got on my nerves—"

"Reid face it. You're a good kid." He sighed, "give her a chance, she's narcissistic, sarcastic, stubborn, thick headed, rough around the edges, and has a mean streak the size of Jupiter—"

"This is the girl you say I love…?" I asked slightly annoyed

"—but she cares about the people close to her more than she cares about herself. That's what you need; someone to look after you because you sure as hell won't." He said with a chuckle

I just rolled my eyes and walked out the door thinking, "He's been hitting the pain meds a little too hard today…"

Lacey's POV

On the bridge

(Happens at the same time as when Reid walked out on the Sons in the last chap.)

I waited on the bridge wondering what was so fricken urgent! There could not have been a more… unexpected time to call—wait how did they know I was with Reid?

Reid…

Damn even his name made tingles rush up and down my spine. I'm surprised I kept my cool all that time up there with him. I smiled out at the water. What the hell, I get to enjoy myself every once and awhile. I don't know why but it felt like he was watching me right now; it made me feel safe.

"LAC—EY!" panted Kya as she and Hayley ran at me

"We—pant—elders—pant—" I stopped her so she could breathe

"The elders are here?"

She gave me a thumbs up

"Are we going to be given more information on why they gave the order to come here?"

Thumbs up

"Also I'm not in trouble because I'm a good little girl that disserves a cookie."

Thumbs down

"Dang I'm in the mood for a cookie…" I mumbled

They both glared and took me by force back to my bike. I had just enough time to look over my shoulder. I saw the tiniest flash of white/blond light on the hill we were sitting at. I knew it was Reid; I could feel him.

"Focus and stop drooling, Lacey." Grinned Kya

"I wasn't drooling…! Yet…" I mumbled

"We heard that." They laughed… at my expense

"You two are going to put me in therapy…"

We rode to a small, slightly hidden Wicca shop. It was called Daughters of Salem; this store was our "home base" it moved where we moved the thing is practically family!

We walked in and Tien greeted us at the door like usual

"Morning girls!" she was a very adorable, energetic nine-year-old, we call her our little Tinkerbelle because her name means fairy. The girl's soft coppery hair was up in pigtails and, like usual, her blackish brown eyes were twinkling with innocents "Nina and her friends are here. They're down looking at the Book of the Unsaved they were very impatient." She bubbled in her high soprano voice

"Thanks Tink." We smiled and walked down the stairs to a big wooden door with no handle and no key whole

All three of us Used to open it; revealing another set of stairs with candles on either side of the rails. The sweet smile of herbs and potions came to me and I thought of the way Reid smelled that night…

I realized I'd fallen behind and quickly tried to catch up with my blonde friends.

"What's wrong, Lace? You've been really distracted…" asked Hayley

"Yeah, I was getting worried too." Stated Kya

"Just thinking."

"That's a first." Both chorused under their breath but in this little space it echoed

"Like you two can talk!" I accused "besides if we think too much we'll end up like those old bats down there."

"Girls, we can hear you!" scolded an elderly voice from behind the up coming door

I opened it and shouted "Hayley! How could you?!"

"Save it, Sweetie. You're the only one with enough balls to say that." Grumbled out Fay, her graying hair in a short grandma-cut

"I knew I would be complimented one way or another." I mused plopping down on an old style Victorian chair while Kya and Hayley just rolled their eyes and took the love seat

"I hope we didn't drag you away from that boy Kya told us about—" screeched Agnes she has white hair falling just below her ears

"Hey! Enough woman tell us what you wanted to tell us so I can get back to that boy whose actually very charming and chivalrous!" I seethed

"Why I never! If you weren't such a damn good witch I'd kick your sarcastic little ass!" she yelled back

"You wish you still had my ass—"

"That's quite enough, both of you…" came the soft voice of my favorite elder, Nina. Her snow white hair has thin bans of dark brown locks tied up in a high bun

"Thank Ardanes." Mumbled Kya

I shot her a glare "Yes, my lady. I'm sorry"

Hayley, Kya, and myself are given an Elder to protect and guide us giving us information on what we must do to keep the Wiccan society alive. Kya has Agnes because they are both strong individuals that are more muscle than leader and speak their minds weather it's good or bad. Hayley was given Fay because they care for everyone they meet and take responsibility for there actions. I have Nina… and I don't know why she is a calm leader not afraid to die for what she believes in. I wish with all that I am that I was like her.

"Well," she hummed in her smooth voice "we have a situation."

TBC RXR I 3 CAPS LOCK!