Disclaimer: Do I really have to keep doing these? I don't own anyone but Tatianna.

Author's note: Sorry that this wasn't up on Christmas, but come on it was Christmas. Boxing day was no better either. So thanks for waiting, here is chapter seven!

Chapter 7: Sorry isn't good enough.

Tatianna's eyes shot open as she felt a sharp pain shoot through her abdomen; she slowly sat up her room completely dark. She had spent her whole Sunday in her room, checking her stomach every so often. It was now a dark shade of purple and there were some black spots. It was now 3:36 am Monday morning, and it was official that she was not going to be getting any sleep.

Tatianna got out of her bed and made her way to her bathroom, looking in the mirror she grimaced it was clear that she hadn't gotten a lot of sleep. She already had bags under her eyes; her skin held no color in it and her whole body sagged. Sighing and opening up the cupboard doors underneath her sink she grabbed the bong that was in it and put some water in it. Walking back into her room she went to her one dresser and opened up the jewelry box on top of it and took out a piece and grabbed a bag of weed out of it.

'How did this happen, how did I get caught.' She thought to herself as she packed the bowl in her bong. 'I shouldn't of kept going to the same spot, I let myself get caught by putting my guard now' she then growled and lit her lighter before taking toke.

These thoughts were constantly in her head for the passed day and a half, she kept remembering the anger in Reid's eyes and everything that happened in their confrontation. It wasn't like it was a dragged out process, it actually had happened very quickly but in her mind it seemed to be hours long. Sitting on her floor she continued to smoke and mull in her thoughts. The pain in her stomach soon became placed in the back of her mind.

Reid's POV

"That fucking bitch!" I yelled into my steering wheel, I'm still so angry since Saturday afternoon. Driving away from the coffee shop I made my way back to school, it was Monday and I am still trying to figure out how I'll act when I see her. 'Just ignore her' I thought to myself.

Walking through the halls I walked up to the boys and smirked while drinking my coffee. We stood outside of the pool before morning practice started; it was one good reason to be on the swim team. First class was swim practice, which I truly don't mind I do actually like swimming it's why I'm on the team.

"Tatianna!" I heard Tyler yell, looking at him I glared before following to where his eyes rested.

There she stood by her locker, which wasn't too far from the pool doors. She looked at him briefly before she turned away, and I noticed that she looked tired but who am I to care she fucking through me into a wall. I should kill her; send her where we sent Chase after all she's probably looking for the same thing as he was.

I watched her some more as she grabbed her books out of her locker and slowly shut it, I knew she was going to have walked passed us to get to her first class. She began walking in our direction and I looked at the guys. They still didn't know what she was, I don't know either but I want to find out before they do, so I'm keeping it a secret.

"Hey Tatianna" Pogue said as she walked closer to us. She looked at him and then at the others. Her gray eyes slowly rested on mine and they fixed into a glare, before she turned and looked at Pogue.

"Sorry, I can't speak right now have to get to class" she said lightly and kept walking.

"But class doesn't start for another fifteen minutes" said Tyler, as he looked towards her back after she passed by the group.

"Like I said I have to get to class," she repeated, still walking and not looking back.

"I'll be right back" I said to the guys and walked in the direction that Tatianna went. I followed her till we were away from the guys, she still had a long way to walk and most of the hallway was secluded since kids normally didn't show up till the last minutes before class, at least the ones that lived in the dorms which was 98% of them.

I continued to follow her a bit more and then finally quickened my pace so I was beside her. I saw her shift a bit but continue walking, her face never turning to look at me. She didn't even acknowledge me but I know she knows I'm beside her.

Normal POV

After a few more steps Reid finally took a few quicker steps and stopped in front of Tatianna, she partially collided into him shoving him away from her she glared.

"What the fuck do you want?" she asked like she was asking a regular question.

"You still need to tell me Tatianna, I deserve to know. I befriended you, and let you into my life while this whole time you've been hiding your little secret. Why?" he said while walking towards her, she slowly stepped back with each step he took. Finally she had somehow turned her body and was now against the wall in the corridor. "Was it so you could share your little secret once we got close enough, or did you just plan on taking my powers and killing me" he asked in a deadly low voice.

"Oh please, if I wanted to take your powers and kill you I would have done it yesterday or a long time ago you fucking idiot. You were never ever supposed to find out, but you couldn't just leave something alone. You think I want people knowing what I am? Think I like it? No I don't so shove off" she exclaimed and shoved Reid again before she started walking again.

Reid grabbed her arm and pulled her back to him, "That's a lie if I ever heard one" he stated and kept his hold on her.

"Yeah, you think it's a lie? Well good for you Garwin, now remove your hand from my arm or I will not be as nice as I was yesterday" she was seething in anger, and trying her hardest to not let her powers show.

"You are going to tell me" Reid simply stated before letting go of her arm and walking away. Tatianna looked at him until she couldn't see his figure anymore in the hallway before she turned and continued on her way to class.

'Stupid jackass' she thought, before taking her seat in music. She saw Kate and Sarah come in after a bit and inwardly groaned she wasn't in the mood for anyone.

"Hey Tat, how was your weekend? I didn't hear from you or see you at all" Kate excitedly asked while sitting down beside Tatianna.

"It was fine, sorry I didn't see you guys. Had some family stuff to take care of, you know how it is" she replied, looking towards the clock she noticed the bell was about to ring.

"Oh yeah I understand that, well is everything alright with your family?" Kate inquired, opening up her books before turning and looking towards Tatianna.

"Uh yeah, it's okay nothing to big just you know had a little spat with the parents." She answered and then looked towards Sarah who smiled at her.

The teacher quickly came in and started to go over the lesson plan for the day. Tatianna sat there tapping her foot impatiently waiting for the day to already be over. She didn't know what to do about Reid, the only thing she could think of was to run. It was her way of dealing with things; after all it was what brought her to Ipswich. Suddenly a white piece of paper appeared in front of her, slowly unfolding it she read it and then read it again.

Are you sure everything's okay, you look pretty shaken up Tat-Sarah

Looking over at Sarah who was on her other side she smiled lightly and then wrote back to her.

Yeah I'm sure, just didn't get a lot of sleep this weekend and I'm not feeling very good.

Passing the note back she kept her focus on the teacher, and took notes when needed. She looked around at all the students, and then felt another jab of pain in her stomach. Grimacing, she ground her teeth and waited for the pain to be gone. She knew she shouldn't have gone to school that day but she figured that it wouldn't be so bad. The note reappeared in front of her and she opened it up again discreetly.

Well no offence but you look like hell right now, maybe you should go to the nurse and go home.

Tatianna looked at the note again and then decided it was a good idea, she didn't want another run in with Reid today and she definitely was not even sure how she was walking with the damage done to her body from Saturday. She quickly wrote Sarah back and then raised her hand.

"Yes Miss Anderson" her teacher spoke.

"Is it alright if I go to the nurse's office, I'm not feeling very well. I think I'm catching the flu" she replied and received a nod and an explanation of what they would be doing for the rest of the class.

Exiting the room Tatianna sighed before going back to her locker and dumping off all of her books, and grabbing her jacket and keys. She slowly made her way to the nurse's office and walked in.

"Yes, how may I help you miss?" the little bubbly lady behind a desk asked.

"Well, I'm not feeling very well and was wondering if I could get a day pass or something so I can go home. My mother is sick at home with the flu and I think I may be catching it from her" she answered back, none of that was true but what the nurse didn't know couldn't hurt her.

"Oh well what is your name my dear?" the nurse questioned, Tatianna told her, her name and then waited while the nurse looked up her file.

"Well it seems as though you can go, you have a perfect attendance record for the most part and good grades. So I am sure one sick day or a few will be okay. Here is your slip, you may go now" answered the lady and handed Tatianna a green slip.

'Since when did my grades and attendance effect whether or not I can enter or leave this place. If I am sick, I'm sick they can't hold me here' she thought to herself before making her way out to her vehicle.

Tatianna's POV

I walked through my front door and saw my mom cleaning; slowly I walked over to her and tapped her on the shoulder. She whipped around and looked at me, no doubt she was surprised I should be in school right now.

"Honey, what are you doing home?" she asked me, looking me over and then suddenly she dropped her cleaning supplies and kept her eyes on my abdomen.

"Not feeling good mom" I answered her, her gray eyes looked at me and I knew she knew I was lying, that's what I get for having a mother with powers. Not just any powers but psychic ones, it was unnerving sometimes.

"Okay, now would you like to tell me the real reason" she replied, then took the bottom of my school shirt and lifted it up slowly. Gasping she dragged me over to the couch and sat me on it. "Who did this to you." she asked in a sharp tone.

"Okay okay mom, well you know how I have been having those visions. Well I went down to the water almost everyday, and it turns out that there is a person with powers here and they tracked me down after a month or so. To say the least we got into an argument and I threw him against a wall because he had a hold of me and I did it purely in self-defence. When I told them to leave they hit me with their power and this is the result. But they left afterwards" I quickly explained, knowing that I wouldn't be able to even lie to her.

"Oh dear, well lets see what we can do about this" I heard my mom say and quickly looked at her, she smiled at me and then walked away into the kitchen. I sighed and stayed put.

"Here we go a bit of this and that should be all healed up" my mom stated as she came back out of the kitchen with some sort of drink. Not only was she psychic but she knew all the magical properties of plants it was a bit weird but it was a part of the heritage and I know it too. Some thing that dated back to old Russia I guess, I truly have no idea.

"No mom, I was the one that let my guard down and now I have to live with it. No quick fixes" I told her, and she shook her head at me.

"Always so stubborn Tatianna, it's a good and bad habit you know" I laughed at what she said, stubborn yes I am but I also run quick too.

"Look I was thinking, can I go live somewhere else or can we move" came my question quickly, once I was done laughing at her statement. After thinking a bit, it seems like a good idea.

"Your father and I are not moving again, but I do suppose we could send you to a different school. It's just not right to run though my dear, think it over please and tell us in a week your answer. If it is still no we will send you to some boarding school I guess, but you know I don't approve." She answered me and I smirked at her, she doesn't agree with me running but she knows my fear of being caught. It can cause a lot of problems, as I have witnessed a few times.

"It will still be no mom, now I'm going to go take some Advil and go to bed. Don't bother waking me for supper please." I told her as I stood up and began walking to the stairs to my room. I knew she was rolling her eyes at me, but it's my life. I entered my room and changed into a tank top and pajama shorts before crawling into my bed and falling asleep.

Normal POV

It was the next day and an hour before school started and Tatianna was currently sitting in front of her mirror straightening her hair. She felt better today than she had the passed few days; she knew the bruises wouldn't last long. When you're magical wounds or bruises tend to heal quicker than a normal person would. The color was still there but the pain wasn't as sharp so she decided to take another chance at school.

Once she was finally ready, and prepared for school she had forty five minutes so she decided that she would go to the school and just eat breakfast there, and do some researching. Going out to the car she drove slowly towards Spenser Academy, taking her time.

Kate and Sarah walked into the cafeteria with the guys behind them; Sarah looked around and saw Tatianna sitting down at one of the tables playing on her laptop. Which was something new, she never had her laptop with her. Sarah walked over to Tatianna, and sat beside her.

"Hey what are you doing?" she asked Tat, looking at the girl beside her.

"Hey, uh I'm just" Tatianna started before looking over at Sarah and noticing that everyone was now sitting at the table with her, she looked at them all slowly looking at Reid before quickly moving her eyes from his face to the rest. "I'm just looking up boarding schools." She finished before looking at the screen again.

"Why would you be looking up other boarding schools?" Kate asked her, the look of confusion evident on her face.

"Because I'm switching schools." Tatianna replied nonchalantly, looking up from the screen she saw confusion on everyone's face, Reid included.

"What? Why?" Sarah practically yelled, causing Tat to grimace.

"When?" Tyler piped up suddenly, Tatianna eyes shot towards him and studied him slightly wondering why it truly mattered.

Turning towards Sarah she began speaking "I am going to a different school, I just haven't decided what one yet. I'm leaving because I need to leave, this town just isn't right for me. I've come across an indifference with someone, who I would rather not talk about or to, and I am leaving. It's really that simple, and next week is when I tell my parents what school. Then I should leave the next day." She finished and went back to looking at her laptop, clicking on the mouse and typing.

Reid suddenly got up and walked out of the cafeteria, huffing loudly as he went. The others looked at him in confusion except for Tatianna she remained focused on her screen. Although it wasn't as if she hadn't noticed Reid's reaction, she rolled her eyes and kept searching.

Reids POV

'What the fuck, she's moving. What the hell is that' I fumed as I walked out of the cafeteria, and outside to have a cigarette. Slowly lighting one I leaned against the wall and tried to figure out what she was doing.

'I'm going to have to ask her, yet again. Maybe she was right about not wanting to harm me, not wanting to be found out. It's the only viable answer.' I told myself before sighing. 'If that is true, then I will have a lot of apologizing to do, I have a feeling I'll be apologizing'. I closed my eyes and inhaled, relaxing slowly in my own zone.

That is until the door opened, looking over I saw Tatianna, she was looking through her purse for her cigarettes. Slowly finding one she then looked up and around, once her eyes landed on me I saw her eyes harden a bit but they also showed some fear. She turned back forward and walked down the steps and sat at the bottom one, her back turned to me.

"Tatianna, why are you leaving?" I asked her from my spot.

She stopped her movements for a moment, her arm still as the cigarette was placed just in front of her face. I kept watching her, she slowly moved and kept smoking, not bothering to answer me. "Will you please tell me" I pleaded lightly, I don't know why I care whether or not she's leaving but for some reason I do.

"You should be able to figure that out yourself, and don't beg it's disgusting." She replied to me coldly, never turning or looking back at me.

I slowly walked towards her, down the steps and stopped a few ahead of her before sitting down. "Is it because I questioned you, because I found out your secret and questioned you? If it is that's not a good reason to leave, no offence. But running won't solve your problems, you should have just told me. You should have told me when I asked you about it. Would have just been easier" I told her, I know I'm being a jackass but she doesn't need to be acting like a bitch when I am just asking a question.

She stood up and spun around looking at me, her cigarette in her hand at her side. Her body was tense, like she was on the attack. Her gray eyes were in a heated glare she raised her other arm at me and pointed "You never told me either you jackass, so don't you dare act like you are so much better than me. Why didn't you tell me huh? Because it's a secret, right? Well that's my reason for not telling you, it was a secret!" she was screaming at me now, her body rigid and her eyes were white now. "Another reason I am leaving is because in my bedroom I pushed you away with my powers because you were hurting me, and I repeatedly asked you to let me go. I hit you in self defence, and what do you do to me? You do this!" she pulled up her uniform shirt and I saw the dark black and purple bruise covering her stomach down to her hip bones and up her ribs to below her breasts, I grimaced as I saw it. "You hurt me, because I was simply defending myself from you! So yes Reid I am leaving because of you, and no I didn't have to tell you. Now let me have my last week here in peace" her voice dropped into a soft and hurt one as she spoke the last part, I can't believe I hurt her so much. How could I inflict that much hurt on her, she was only defending herself what was I thinking.

"Tatianna wait" I started to say to her as she walked passed me, I heard her stop on the steps. "I'm sorry for what I did" I finished, and looked up at her.

"Sorry isn't going to cut it Garwin" she said angrily, and continued on her way back into the school.

'What am I going to do' I quickly thought before going inside to my swim practice, hopefully that will help me think.

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