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The first day back from Christmas break seemed surreal to Tyler. Everything was so exceedingly normal that he felt he had to be in the wrong place. Being with Hannah awoke something in him, a certain awareness of everything around him. Everything just seemed betterthan they had before and he couldn't stop smiling. His roommate had been the first to point out his elated mood.

"Ty, it's way too early for you to be so disgustingly happy," Reid said grumpily as he slowly moved out of bed.

Despite going to bed at a reasonable time and sleeping the whole night through, the blonde still felt exhausted. As he got older, the more and more Using sapped his energy. His birthday was in a couple of months and soon he'd be Ascended. Some days he felt so tired that the only way to give him a boost was magic, which in turn exacerbated the problem later on.

Tyler just smiled some more and waited for his roommate to finish getting ready to head to breakfast.

After they got their food and some coffee, Reid was able to think clearly and ask Tyler how the weekend went.

"A gentleman never kisses and tells Reid."

"Are you fucking kidding me? We talk about sleeping with her for three weeks straight, you obviously banged her from the stupid smile you keep wearing since you got back, and nowyou choose to be coy?"

Tyler knew he shouldn't tease and goad his friend but he couldn't help it.

"Come on Ty, I haven't been properly laid since she got here and I'm tired all the time. Please just tell me how the hell the weekend went."

Tyler's ears perked up at the news and a small ball of happiness appeared in his chest at the news. The notorious flirt hadn't been with anyone else since they got together and he became hopeful that it meant something. He looked around the cafeteria to see if anyone would be nosy and try to listen in but fortunately for them, breakfast was the least busy eating period the school had. Since most students lived on campus, they opted to sleep in as late as they could and hurriedly walk to class. Pogue was among these students, so it was just Reid and Tyler at a secluded table.

"OK, what do you want to know?"

"I don't know…whatever. What did you guys do?...before the obvious."

"Took her to O Ya, had a nice dinner. She knows about our contributions to her inheritance."

"Damn, really? How'd she find out?"

"She looked into it after she found out she was a witch. Apparently she thought it was suspicious the entire time."

"Dude, how does she find out about all of this stuff anyway?"

"She has a friend that can hack."

"That can't be legal. I'm really getting freaked out she can do all of that stuff."

"She promised not to do it anymore. We have a 'let's be honest with each' thing going on now. I told her I was seeing someone else."

Reid's eyebrows rose up in surprised, not expecting that Tyler would let anyone know about them.

"I didn't say who exactly and she didn't want to know. Just that they know about the situation and that we're being safe…speaking of I kind of lied to her and said we were."

"What are you talking about?"

"Reid we've been messing around and you have yet to be tested," Tyler said in a quieter voice. Even thought there weren't a lot of people around didn't mean he was going to broadcast his business to the entire mess hall.

"Fine whatever, I'll get tested and then you'd be telling the truth. Was she mad about the money thing?"

"Not really, she understands why we did it. So we're cool about that. Then I took her to the planetarium. It was cool and then we went to the hotel…"

"And?"

Tyler couldn't answer as the memory of the weekend bought a huge smile to his face and he couldn't articulate exactly how great it went.

"That good huh?" Reid asked when he saw that Tyler was not going to give him down and dirty details.

"Reid…it was incredible. It was magical."

The blonde made a gagging noise and looked disgusted at the corny description.

"No it was literally magical. We created this energy together. I've never felt anything like it. I feel renewed and…healthy. Like I've been sick for the longest time and had gotten so used to it that I didn't realize it wasn't how I was supposed to be. Being with her, it was the most amazing experience…at least one of them," he said as he rubbed his foot up and down Reid's leg; letting the blonde know without being obvious that being with him was great too.

Reid would never admit it out loud, but knowing that Tyler considered their time together as great as sex with a witch made him feel things he'd never felt before. He squashed them down and preferred not to think about them. He was glad that Tyler was nearly glowing and appeared to be healthy, a lot healthier than he was looking at the moment.

"So have you heard from Caleb?" Tyler asked as he took a bite of his waffle.

"Yeah, he was on bed rest for most of break. I think Hannah going home helped him getting over their encounter. He's doing home study until further notice."

"Home study? What's that about? Is he actually that sick?"

"Not sick just really tired like we all are…or were in your case. He doesn't want to risk another encounter so he's keeping his distance."

"For how long? Is he going to skip out on the rest of school?"

"No idea. His mom has been giving him grief about the whole thing. She's really worried about him and he's being really stubborn. I think Pogue's mom is giving him a hard time too because of Caleb. He's about to Ascend and she's worried he's going to end up like Cay. It's all starting to get a lot more dramatic that I ever want to be involved with."

"Neither of them want anything to do with Hannah then that's fine with me," Tyler said succinctly.

Since getting to know and being with her, he found that he was less for sharing her with the group. He loved the others like brothers but he wasn't going to fight for them to be with her. They were old enough to make their own decisions and the less competition the happier he'd be.

Reid was surprised at Tyler's new attitude but didn't argue with it. Now that the brunette had gotten what he wanted, he felt it would be alright to throw a full fledged seductive assault on the witch. He had kept in check because of Tyler but now all bets were off. His own attraction and need had returned tenfold since Hannah stepped back on campus. It took all of his control to not seek her out immediately.
He knew that Tyler expected him to play nice and go by her rules but he had enough experience with women that he felt confident he could win her over without having to get tested. He also didn't want to think of whatever Type A OCD binder filled with crazy demands she might make for him. He'd lay on the famous Garwin charm and she'd be putty in his hands.

The two warlocks had finished breakfast and started their day; Reid walked to class with a swagger to his step, cocky that his skills would entice the witch to his bed.

Reid could not pay attention to his classes and finally gave up during his third period. He hadn't had sex in weeks and while the hand and blowjobs from Tyler were awesome at the time, they didn't satisfy the hunger that gnawed inside of him. He needed more than just sex and his body was telling him to go to the witch. He was certain he'd be able to find her using his senses but he wanted to go in with a battle plan. He needed his go-to guy for information and he knew exactly where he was.

Frederick Hagerstown worked vigilantly on his physics project, furiously writing notes while downing Redbull.

"I'll show them that loop quantum gravity is the future of physics; I'll unite quantum mechanics with general relativity and all shall bow down before me. Especially those apes on the polo team.," he thought to himself almost manically.

Out of the corner of his ever watchful eye, he caught a tuft of short blonde hair and deduced Reid wanted his services again.

"Hello Reid, who am I researching this time?" Frederick asked dismissively, wanting to get the other student out of his hair as soon as possible.

Reid thought the TaG student was an arrogant prick but he was a handy with computers arrogant prick that helped him seduce many a co-ed. He then placed a crisp hundred dollar bill on the table and slid it towards the physics genius.

"The new girl, Hannah Takalua."

Frederick tensed when he heard the name and he was distracted from his work. Normally he didn't care who the blonde lured into his bed because as far as he was concerned, any girl simple enough to fall for his tricks deserved what they got. Given Reid's success rate, he felt it was his duty not to throw a fellow TaG student under the bus; as well as jeopardize his own chances with the cute new girl.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to offer my services today," he explained as he slid the money back.

Reid frowned in confusion and wondered what was going on.

"Why?"

"Reid, normally I don't care when you whore yourself out and sell yourself cheaply to whatever vapid bimbo you happen to be chasing but Hannah Takalua is way out of your league. It wouldn't be right to take your money when I know you're going to fail."

"Why don't you let me be the judge of that? Or Hannah for that matter."

Frederick's jaw tightened when Reid didn't give up his pursuit and sized up his competition, the so called "Sons of Ipswich" where born into vast wealth and had good looks to boot. The Hagerstown family was well off enough to get into Spencer but they had nowhere near the money the Garwins did. Not only did Reid have him beat with money, there seemed to be a deliberate malicious make-up to the universe where arbitrary features considered attractive where more prized than intelligence. While Hannah was in TaG, he was certain she'd be like most females and go for a "pretty boy" if approached.

"Listen Reid, let's be blunt; shall we? You basically have your pick of females and Hannah's not in your bracket."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Means that on an attractive scale, you usually only go for tens. Hannah is a solid seven, an eight if she chooses to groom herself with society's standards for feminine beauty. But to us in TaG? She's a freaking goddess. Do you have any idea how rare it is to find a cute girl with her intelligence that can quote Star Trek? And TOS, not the new movie where some girls only know about it because Chris Pine is 'so hot.'"

Reid had no idea where Frederick had gone with his rant but he took a moment to appreciate the fine piece of man that was Christopher Pine.

"So what's your point?"

"My point is that she's not meant for you. Hannah is one of the few fellow students who actually comes close to my own intelligence and she's attractive as well. I think we know who she should be with and I don't need you ruining her."

"Ruining…what?" Reid asked, having no clue what Frederick was raving about.

"You know, you leave a trail of broken hearts a mile long. When I do get around to pursuing her, I don't need her sullied by your inferior seed. I'm done wasting time. I need to get back to the lab," and with that Frederick left a puzzled Reid.

"The fuck?" Reid said out loud and wondered if anyone else had witnessed the craziness.

"If you need a translation, I can speak egotistical douche bag pretty well," an unfamiliar voice said from a nearby book stack.

The unknown girl made herself known and he recognized her.

"You're that trumpet player right?"

She looked slightly affronted but didn't take too much offense.

"French horn actually. You're aware of me?" she asked, surprised that he would recognize her at all.

"Yeah. I…dated," he said tactfully not wanting to offend the girl. "One of the school's flute players. She talked about you like you were the second coming to the band program. Dragged me to a concert you had in Boston."

His memory was becoming clearer. He had to sit through three hours of classical music to get into the girl's pants and hear about each first chair, the girl in front of him the most.

"Sura Hopkins," she introduced herself. "So what's this I hear you wanting deets on Hannah?"

"What's it to you?"

"I know her…and I'm not opposed to taking cash bribes for information."

Reid's eyebrow quirked in surprised but shrugged, he guessed it didn't matter which TaG geek gave him the information as long as it was helpful. He handed over the hundred to Sura who shook her head.

"I'm going to be needing at least one-fifty."

"What?" Reid asked in disbelief. It wasn't like her couldn't afford her asking price but it was the principle of the matter, he had never paid that much for any kind of information.

"Hey, this is rare information that can't be gotten anywhere else. She doesn't have a Facebook and Hagerstown isn't the only fanboy gunning for her. So expect any other TaG student to give you the same answer, although probably not as arrogant and presumptive."

"What's his deal anyway?"

"He seems to have it in his head that his genetic material is his gift to humanity and Hannah is one of the few females that he would deign share it with. He's just a step below a Nazi eugenics program but you have nothing to worry about."

"Never thought I did…OK, all I have are hundreds. Do you have change..."

"Nope," she quipped as she grabbed the two hundreds and pocketed the money. Normally Reid would have been pissed but he was impressed by her gumption.

"OK, so what do you have for me?"

"Her favorite color is green, her favorite TV show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and her area of expertise is botany and cytopathology with astrophysics being more of a hobby of hers. She loves: dogs, cons, cosplay, sewing, cherry jelly bellies, and organizing. She hates: puppy mills, people who argue that Han didn't shoot first, any suggestion that Buffy could ever truly be with anyone other than Angel, messes, and platypuses.

"Platypuses?"

"She thinks they're an unholy el chupacabra of nature…it's best not to bring them up," she said with a shake of her head, remembering the huge fight that occurred within TaG that fateful night.

This was definitely one of the oddest conversations that Reid had ever had and both were from TaG students. He wondered if he'd be as weirded out talking with Hannah one on one.

"That's not a lot to go on and not sure if it's worth $200," he asserted.

"Probably not but it's all about supply and demand. What I know is rare and hard to come by. What else do you specifically want to know?"

"Like what kind of guys does she usually go for?"

"Honest ones," she said smartly.

He didn't take the dig to heart because he would never apologize for his lifestyle.

"And?"

"Well she has a thing for shoulders."

"Shoulders?"

"Yes, she likes broad strong shoulders. Other than that from talking to her, she doesn't seem to have a preference. But right now she seems to be into brunettes with blue eyes," she said to test the waters. She remembered that Hannah had told her that Tyler had brought up Reid liking her but she wasn't sure if Reid was aware of that.

The blonde tensed because it seemed that Sura knew more than she probably should have and he didn't need some mouthy band geek spreading rumors.

"Don't worry blondie. I know all about you and Simms…peculiarities. Good thing for you that Hannah is very progressive and isn't opposed to…trying other things on if you will."

Sura was very aware of the rumors of Reid and Tyler's affinity of sharing women. There were quiet whispers of other activities as well but no firm proof of anything although the idea of them together intrigued her. She knew that investigating could possibly create a scandal that could potentially ruin their lives so she let is slide and left the thought to her late night debauched solo acts.

"If you are adamant about gaining the interest of Hannah then I highly suggest you go about it directly. She's too smart for your games and it'll only serve to irritate her if you insist on playing them. Wearing something that shows off your arms and shoulders wouldn't hurt either. I need to go about my day. Good day Reid," she said before she left without another thought towards him.

Reid contemplated what she said and dismissed it quickly. His methods had never failed him before and he didn't think it was time to change tactics. The music prodigy didn't give him a lot to work with but it was better than nothing. Combined with what Tyler had told him, he felt that he had enough to get things started.

On the opposite side of campus, Hannah worked diligently on her latest crop of corn specimens. She neatly and methodically categorized each sample and wrote down the results. She was happy with the results and excited that things were progressing as they were. Normally such a task would take hours but with her new found clarity made menial grunt work a lot easier. The words didn't run together nor did the plants take on a life of their own. Without having to trudge through the distraction of hallucinations, work and life felt seamless.

"Hey there girl, you're looking dapper," a voice from behind said.

Hannah turned around and saw that it was Sura, who let herself into the greenhouse; dressed appropriately in a white lab and science specs. The Hopkins scion was not there to do any work but she respected the rules of the science division enough to follow protocol.

"Thank you Sura. I feel dapper. Did you know that dapper comes from the early to mid 1400's? It's Middle English from the word 'daper' or the Middle Dutch 'dapper' meaning nimble or stalwart. It's also cognate with the German word 'tapfer', meaning brave."

"That's awesome. OK enough about the etymology of words, I want to know how itwent."

Hannah smiled and went immediately into detail, not having the slightly inhibition of revealing such an intimate moment with a very good friend.

"It hurt like hell at first. At first I wondered why anyone would do this again but once things started going, it was wonderful."

"So did he get the job done or do I need to go and find someone to kick his ass?"

Hannah cocked her head to the side and looked confused. She didn't understand Sura's metaphor and needed the French Horn player to explain herself.

"Did he make sure you came too?"

"Oh! Yes, yes he did. The friction between us was enough to reach orgasm in a marvelous way. Much better than when I manually stimulate myself."

"Wait, you came during intercourse alone? Jealous."

"Yes I believe I'm part of the minority of females that can achieve orgasm through vaginal penetration. I believe it has something to do with the proximity of my clitoris to my vaginal opening…among other things," she explained with a grin. She had a theory that their entwined magic had something to do with reaching climax but she didn't know Sura well enough to tell her that.

"Hey, good for you."

"How do you achieve orgasm?"

"I'm more of a direct clitoral stimulation girl myself."

"Oh so does every encounter not include climax?"

"Ummm hell yes it does. I just tell whomever I'm with that we're not done until I'm done. If they get all insecure because I can't come from just penetration then I tell them to get the fuck over it and finish the job."

"

I admire your directness and assertiveness. Not many females, particularly our age, has the confidence to demand equal treatment."

"Well I figure I'm doing all this work, I will sure as hell get all the pleasure I can. Most of the guys I get with are generally secure enough not to feel threatened because their penis isn't the magic stick they imagine it to be."

They both giggled at the improper language but agreed with her statement.

"By the way, Garwin was hitting up that cockmaster Hagerstown for info on you."

"Why?"

"Well from Garwin's rep and knowing Hagerstown like I do, I'm pretty sure he was trying to find info on you in order to get you into bed."

"He doesn't need to do all that. He just needs to come and ask," Hannah stated, not understanding why there seemed to be come sort of conspiracy around sleeping with her. Especially knowing that Reid was a warlock and their union would be beneficial for them both.

"Yeah, which is why I didn't feel bad taking his money when Hagerstown refused."

"Why did Frederick refuse?"

"Seems he also has designs to get in between your thighs. What do you have down there? A magical golden vagina?"

Sura meant that as a joke but Hannah slightly faltered because the other girl wasn't too far from the truth.

"Well Hagerstown isn't to my taste and he has the misguided notion that loop quantum gravity is the superior theory to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. Like hello? 'Let's just ignore that it doesn't even bother to try to unify all physical forces because it doesn't fit into my irrational love for spin networks.' I mean honestly…" she said as she shook her head in disbelief.

Sura was a music genius, not a math and physicist genius so she didn't quite understand why Frederick's preferred theory made him a less desirable suitor but she had been around enough smart people to know that what theory they adhered to could be a deal breaker.

"Well I'd thought I'd give you the heads up though I'm pretty sure you'd see through Garwin's BS."

"I appreciate that. So are you going to tell me the gentleman you've been pining over?" she said referring to a previous conversation.

They had discussed their tastes at length and she knew that the curvaceous girl had a crush on one of the Joe's in the general populace but wasn't comfortable enough to tell her who.

Sura contemplated revealing her secret crush and felt that Hannah was good people. The worse the scientist could do was tell her that she was dumb for liking someone like him because he'd never go for a girl like her which she's heard already.

"The guy I like, Aaron Abbot. He's on the swim team."

"Yes I know him. I find your choice rather foolish…"

And Sura braced herself for the myriad of reasons that the popular and good looking Aaron Abbott was forever out of her reach.

"I think you could do much better than him. He's very…average," Hannah said the word as if it were a horrible slur but she was trying to be tactful.

"What?" Sura asked confusedly, hearing for the first time that Aaron was the one not good enough.

"I tutor him every so often. He gets the help he wants and then slacks off until he is threatened to be kicked off the team instead of being diligent consistently. Plus I find him very rude and unwarrantedly arrogant. Upon meeting me he told me he 'wasn't into Asians.' At first I wasn't sure why he was telling me this so I told him my own racial preference because I thought maybe it was a conversation I had unwittingly engaged in; but then he went on about how just because he has to spend time with me that doesn't mean he wants me. It took me a moment to realize he was trying to tell me he wasn't sexually interested in me and that I shouldn't even try."

"That's pretty presumptive."

"Very and I'm not even Asian. Racist asshat. Anyway, not only is his intelligence vastly below a standard I would recommend for someone like you, his attractiveness to douchbaggery ratio is way off."

Sura snorted at Hannah's statement but felt she needed to defend her crush.

"Yeah he's kind of got this really cocky attitude but I kind of like that. And it's not like I only like him for his looks, I mean I love his curly hair and beautiful cheekbones but…"

"But?"

"One time at school there was this student mixer. It was really stupid and I kind of bailed on it and went outside. He was outside too, not into the scene but we got to talking. And he was really nice and cool to talk to. Did you know he's really into mountain biking? He really loves to be outdoors and there's a lot more to him than people give him credit for."

"Probably because of the aforementioned douchery. So you've talked to him since?"

"No, I told some of the other girl's in band and they said it was stupid of me to even like him at all."

"Why?"

"Because he's Aaron Abbot. Not only is he a jerk but they said that he'd never go for someone like me."

"Someone like you? Pretty? Confident? Talented beyond compare?"

"Nerdy and fat."

"You're not fat and it's more accepted to be 'nerdy' these days."

"Come on Han, don't tell me I'm not fat when I'm twice as big as you are."

"Fine, you're bigger than me. That's not something you should be ashamed of. You also have a chest bigger than my head which is what a lot of guys like. I'm pretty sure Tyler didn't choose me because of my chest size and you shouldn't let a guy or some bitchy girls tell you you're not desirable because of one trait. Especially given that attraction is so varied from person to person. Hell, Aaron even made it a point to mention to me that I wasn't sexually his type. You seemed to have met an Aaron that you don't want to eviscerate with a dull rusty spoon which to me is quite the aberration and might mean something. I think that if you like him then it's something worth pursuing."

"I don't know, what if he shoots me down?"

"Then we'll rent Twilight and eat a lot of ice cream while bitching about how stupid boys are for not wanting to be with us for eternity. You'll get over it and move on to the next one. Although I still insist that he's not someone you should go after on the basis his genetic material that he'd contribute to any future offspring would be lacking compared to yours."

"I don't know, he's pretty attractive and if they inherit my talents and his looks then they'd have a much better advantage over their sexual competition."

"Hmmm that is true…but I feel that his features are fairly common among German and English stock; you could find a suitable genetic match with those phenotypes that perhaps has the added bonus of intelligence."

"That's true…I've had my eye on Benedict Cumberbatch."

"Yes, much superior choice. Let's work on that instead, eh?"

Both girls smiled and continued to talk about more suitable mates through the afternoon.

A/N: Hey everyone! I'm trying to please everyone and here's a weekly update. I would have gotten it out Friday but I got blown away by the Hunger Games! Go see it, totally awesome and it has such an amazing cast.

I want to give out a heads up that I am now starting a HG crossover fic and that I am more than likely going to be working on that mainly. I'm sorry for being such a flaky author but I'm my muse's bitch and I am at the mercy of her whim. She cracks the whip and demands HG then I must write HG. I'm in no way giving up on this fic and I hope you guys can understand. I've been totally engrossed in this fic for three months, which is very rare for me, and I also desperately need to pay attention to my other fics. Please don't be mad.

Thank you all who have reviewed, favored, and followed. You guys are the best and make writing as fun as it is.

Someone wrote it that they feel lost when reading this fic and I totally understand. I can't really write Hannah any differently without compromising her character so if you have any questions then feel free to ask. I love talking about all my fandoms that I mention here and will be happy to explain things. Also, if you guys want like a reference section to the end of chapters, let me know and I'll be happy to include them.

Again, thank you so much for everything and hopefully I won't be able to stay away from the boys too long!