Author's Note: Oh wow I am so horrible for doing this, I get on a roll and then I get stuck and end up not publishing anything for a long time. But I am getting stuff sorted out for moving, and have been pretty busy so that is another reason why. Plus I just hadn't found a way to get this chapter to seem right. So here it finally is chapter 16, I am going to start chapter 17 after I post this. Enjoy, it's not much but hey it is something! xoxox

Chapter 16: Sneaky Friends

Two weeks is equivalent to fourteen days, which is three hundred thirty six hours, which broken down is actual twenty thousand one hundred sixty minutes or for the extremely narrowed answer two weeks equals one million two hundred nine thousand six hundred seconds. In those two weeks things changed quickly between Tatianna and Reid, they no longer hung out like the once had, they didn't joke around with each other or have sleepovers in fact the two of them had nothing to do with each other. Tatianna spent her days hanging out with Sarah and or Kate, she had also taken up hanging out with a few people she had met at one of the parties, and on two occasions she had hung out with Tyler. While Reid spent his time hanging out with the sons, a few others guys from the swim team and from his classes, but if Reid wasn't hanging out with people, he was either at swim meets or with a pretty face for the night. When the whole group was together which was usually at lunch and at their meetings, everything felt off balance towards the others. They knew something was wrong, it was quite obvious but trying to get an answer out of Reid or Tatianna was like the old saying 'you can lead a horse to water; but you can't make it drink' and those two were not drinking. It was now again a Monday, and Tatianna was making her way to her locker she saw the guys at their regular spot in front of the pool causing her to adjust her temperament as she stopped at her locker.

"Hey Tat" came Pogue's voice as he wandered over to her locker, she glanced at him smiling before looking for some of her books.

"Hey Pogue, how goes it?" she greeted him her voice soft and cheery, as she grabbed her stuff and then shut her locker turning towards him.

"Pretty good and you?" he asked her, and she knew what he was asking about which made her roll her eyes slightly 'Not one day without it being mentioned somehow, seriously not cool' she thought.

"Great, well I have to go to class early I have something I need to talk to the teacher about before everyone else is there. See you" she answered and then began walking away to her class only to have Pogue call after her.

"Have fun, I'll see you at lunch" came his voice slightly loud. Tatianna turned around while still walking and smiled at him but shook her head.

"Not today Pogo" she called back to him, and then turned around walking to her classroom and sitting down. Truly she didn't have anything to talk to her teacher about but she just didn't want to bother to go through the whole pretend Reid isn't there routine while she was hanging out with everyone. She was tired of it, and if he wasn't going to say something than neither was she. It wasn't her place anyways, he was the one that left and she saw no reason for her to seek out answers.

"Hey girl, how's it going?" came the voice of Tatianna's friend Clarke, who she had met in her first month at the school they hung out a few times at parties but lately they had been hanging out usually daily unless Tatianna had plans. Clarke was a girl who had been going to Spenser since her freshmen year. She wasn't the queen of popularity, but she had a good amount of friends and she never tried to make drama or gossip about anyone. Clarke had told Tatianna that she had done that her first three years, but now that it was her senior year she had decided she needed to grow up and get her life on track so she could hopefully be accepted into Brown or Yale. She had black hair that went to her shoulders, her bangs were cut straight across and hung just above her eyes, while the rest of her hair was seemingly one layer and also cut in a straight line. Her hair always reminded Tatianna of Cleopatra or someone of the sorts, and she adored Clarke's large and bright green eyes.

"Oh it's going, getting a bit tired of the questions from the sons and everyone. It's annoying but I'll live. How's it for you?" Tatianna asked her, as they opened up their books and waited for the bell to ring.

"It's good, nothing to complain about. You know you would think that they would back off, it's pretty obvious after two weeks that you aren't going to run and tell them anything. Plus Reid is being such a pussy about the whole situation." Clarke replied, while doodling in her book she looked over at Tatianna and grinned as she spoke the last part. Clarke was the only one that Tatianna had told about the night Reid had left, because she knew she could trust the girl and that she wouldn't go running off telling the sons like she knew Kate and Sarah would.

"True that, he is, but there isn't much I can do about it now is there" Tatianna glumly spoke; she was truly upset by what had happened. It wasn't that Reid didn't like her back that had hurt her, but the fact that he couldn't voice it nor could he even speak to her; she had lost her best friend in the entire school and Ipswich over her feelings.

"Well, there is a way." Clarke then told her, smirking. Which gave away that she had a plan forming in her head.

"And that way is?" Tatianna inquired, looking questioningly at Clarke.

"Easiest way to get something you want Tatianna, become unattainable. Duh" she answered while giving Tat a look. The bell rang and in came the rest of the class, Sarah and Kate walked in noticing Tatianna talking to Clarke they chose two other seats than the regulars by Tat. To say that the two disliked Clarke was an understatement, whenever Tatianna was with Clarke they didn't come around and after asking the two girls why all she got in response was that they didn't like her because she was a dramatic bitch. But when Tatianna asked her why Kate and Sarah seemed to not like her she was informed that it was because back in the beginning of Pogue and Kate's relationship, Clarke and Pogue had also had a fling. But she had never gone after him once they had begun dating which Kate never had believed, she always thought that Clarke was after Pogue no matter what even when Clarke had began dating James who she now had an on and off relationship with.

"We'll discuss this more after school" Clarke whispered to her, smiling.

"I'm ditching at lunch" Tat replied, while taking notes and partially listening to their music teacher talk about the newest topic in their course.

"Oh sounds like fun, need a partner in crime?" Clarke asked Tatianna, who nodded in reply smiling before beginning to do the work the teacher had assigned. "Excellent" Clarke replied quietly before doing her own work.

When the bell rang the two separated for their other classes, Tatianna slowly walked towards her locker to get her other books for her AP Physics class. As she came closer she noticed that Tyler was leaning up against the locker beside hers, obviously waiting for her since they had the class together. She smiled at him when he saw her coming over, opening up her locker she traded books and then shut it.

"Hey Ty, what's up?" she asked him, while the began walking towards their classroom. He shrugged his shoulders and mumbled something but she wasn't quite sure what he had said. "Uh, speak up there lil buddy" Tatianna stated with a grin.

"Just girl problems I guess" Tyler replied, looking rather embarrassed to be saying it.

"Oh well if that's the case, we're hanging out tonight. So I can hear all the nitty gritty details, you know I'm always here to listen and help" she informed him, as they walked into the classroom making their way up to the back of the room.

"Alright sounds good, I know I can at least get real advice from you. Caleb and Pogue are just to uptight to talk to, while Kate and Sarah just talk to much without really listening and Reid, well he can't even fix his own girl problems when he has them so I don't feel like going to him" Tyler responded, while opening up his books and binder to a clean sheet of lined paper.

"That is why I am perfect for the job, so I say I'll meet you at my car at oh say eight o clock and we'll do something and talk or vent whichever it is that you need at the moment" Tatianna offered, while mimicking Tyler's actions and began patiently waiting for the teacher to begin the lesson.

"Just come over to my house tonight, I'm going to be there since my parents went out of town for their cruise" he explained, and smiled at her. 'Always so nice, it's cute' Tatianna thought to herself before agreeing with Tyler that she would come over at around eight.

The two made small talk throughout class, while keeping track of what their teacher was saying. Mr. Stewart was a middle-aged man with a rather full head of hair, glasses, and a belly sometimes Tatianna thought that he could possibly pass for an impregnated male. But she had deducted that he was probably the best teacher she had in the subject, plus he was always doing crazy things in class and interesting experiments, which actually made her enjoy the class. As the bell rang Tatianna waved goodbye to Tyler before heading back to her locker to get her books for her last class of the day, which she was not excited for since she had it with Reid. Not only that but she had to sit right beside him, because the seat you take when you first get into the classroom is your seat for the whole year. There was no doubt in her mind that it was an awkward situation for the two of them, as she sat down she knew she had a few moments of silence and no anxiety until the bell rang which was when Reid would grace them with his presence.

"Mrs. Anderson, can I please speak to you for a moment before class starts" asked Tatianna.

As Tatianna made her way to the teacher she wasn't quite sure of what they needed to speak about. She knew her grades were perfectly fine, she hadn't skipped as many classes as before nor did she really cause any disruptions in the classroom so she couldn't figure out what this was about. "Yes Mrs. Whittaker?" Tatianna questioned as she stood in front of the large desk her slightly older teacher was sitting at.

"I wanted to speak with you about your last project, and your marks. They are well above average in this class, and I have spoken with the Provost and-" she began but was cute off by the bell, before she began speaking again " I have spoken to the Provost and the AP Physics teacher Mr. Klein and they both agree with me that you should be in the AP class. So if it's alright with you, you'll be transferred to it next semester" Mrs. Whittaker finished explaining, smiling brightly at the young girl before her.

'AP Physics, couldn't hurt for college and university admissions and I wouldn't need to take this class anymore then' Tatianna thought to herself, deliberating in her head if she really wanted to go into the class. "It's alright with me" Tatianna finally answered, softly smiling towards her teacher.

"Well then, you won't be needing this class anymore so you will now have it as a spare starting today. I enjoyed having you in my class while it lasted" the older woman spoke, nodding towards Tatianna before standing up and telling the class to settle down.

Tatianna slowly turned around and then quickly made her way up the steps, she saw Reid lounging in his chair not looking at her once. She shook her head, her blonde hair moving with her while she did it, and then gathered her books up and her bag before walking out of the classroom and placing her stuff in her locker. "What am I going to do now for the rest of this class, I can't leave cause I have to wait for Clarke" she mumbled to herself, deciding to head to the library and check out some of the books on paganism and the sons. After all there still was the Chase situation looming in the back of her mind.

Reid's POV

'I can't believe she hasn't spoken to me since that night, granted she did try to the day after but I blew her off. But what am I supposed to say. Like honestly.' I thought as I made my way to physics where I knew she would be already, sitting in her chair silently, with her head either towards the front of the classroom or facing towards her books. Her blonde hair always straight, perfectly done with not one strand out of place and her gray eyes always look somewhere other than my direction. As I entered the room I saw the teacher speaking to her, 'What is she trying to get a seat change, it's not going to work' I pondered. I would know it doesn't work because I tried that already two days into our silence. I sat down, watching her speak with the teacher and then think something over before she began making her way upstairs, quickly I adverted my gaze and sat there as if she wasn't a part of my life anymore. I noticed her gather her stuff and then make her way out of the classroom, I watched as she walked down the steps and the door closing behind her. Confused at the actions, but shrugging it off to being nothing important.

"Alright everyone, settle down. Ms. Anderson will not be in our class anymore she's been upgraded to AP Physics. Now that you all know that, let's begin, everyone turn to page two hundred forty three" I heard Mrs. Whittaker drone on, 'So AP Physics, that makes this class easier to get through'.

As I made my way to Tyler's hummer I noticed Tatianna and Clarke leaving the school grounds in her car, I got into the passenger seat since Tyler had already made it to the vehicle and was claiming his spot as the driver. "Hey man, what's the plan for tonight" I asked as I turned on the music and lit a smoke.

"I'm going to my parents house tonight, since they are gone. Figured there could be some stuff there to look at, I think Caleb and Pogue are coming to look too. You going to come" he asked me nonchalantly while turning into our regular place to eat lunch at, the diner.

"Yeah I'll just come over when you leave school, this shit is annoying that fuck Chase should just hurry up and make his appearance" I growled out, it was true it was extremely annoying always wondering when he was going to pop up and wondering what his plan was now.

"But we don't have many answers Reid, it's not like it would solve anything anyways" Tyler replied, some days he acts to much like Caleb.

End POV

It was seven thirty at night and the other guys had arrived at Tyler's house, everyone was just hanging out in the living room just watching TV. Tyler, Caleb and Pogue seemed slightly nervous but Reid wasn't to sure why but he knew something was up which wasn't sitting well with him. As Tyler's phone vibrated, he read the text from Tatianna saying she was coming a little bit early and he told her to meet him in the library in his house.

"Hey let's go start looking for some information in the library" Tyler stated standing up, and making his way to the room as the others followed. They all sat at one of the tables in the vast room of books that lined up the walls, along with a second floor in it. It was like a library, just inside the Simms house. They all heard the door open and shut, three out of the four guys acting as if it was nothing but Reid became suspicious at the noise but then decided that it was probably Sarah and Kate.

"Tyler, you didn't tell me Pogue and Caleb were going to be here" Tatianna spoke as she walked into the library, her speech slowing down as she entered the room and saw Reid sitting there with the guys. Tyler, Caleb and Pogue quickly stood up, and Tatianna immediately knew what was going on. "Oh no, no way. Not happening" she spoke as she started to back out of the room but was grabbed by Pogue who picked her up off the ground and placed her back inside the room.

Reid had gotten up shortly after the guys had and looked at them "What are you doing?" he asked quite calmly showing that he wasn't impressed.

"We're tired of the you two not speaking, so we're making you" Pogue answered him, in a matter of fact tone while him, Caleb and Tyler walked towards the only doors to the library.

"Fuck you guys, seriously this isn't any of your business. Now I am leaving" Tatianna angrily spoke to them trying to get through the boys to the door.

"No, you two are going to talk whether you like it or not. Either you get your shit resolved and are friends again or you get it resolved and never speak to each other again. So get over it, we are tired of having to act like adoptive parents with the two of you. It's fucking bullshit and irritating we've given you two, two fucking weeks to sort this out and you haven't so we are going to make you. Simple enough, you don't leave this room until you have sorted whatever it is you two need to sort." Tyler suddenly yelled, making Tatianna stare at him in shock.

"It's none of your guy's concern, so stay the fuck out of this" Reid yelled back his eyes bleeding black in anger. He should have known something was up, well he had but he hadn't known it would be this.

"Oh it is our concern when it's taking an effect on our lives. Now figure it out" Caleb ordered as he and the others shut the doors to the room.

"Don't try to get out, we've sealed this room with magic and you can't get out in any way shape or form. We thought this through, and it needs to happen" Pogue's voice filtered through the door. Tatianna growled and looked at the door, she flicked her wrist and sent a large blast of magic at it but it merely absorbed into the wall.

"You guys are not fucking really doing this, come on Tyler please just let me out" she pleaded slightly standing in front of the closed door. But no reply came back and she sighed, turning around slowly she looked at Reid who was sitting back in the chair he had originally been in when she had entered the room. His feet were propped up onto the table, arms crossed, and a look on his face that she couldn't quite place 'If he thinks I'm speaking to him first, he is sadly mistaken. What the fuck are these guys thinking, we can deal with this on our own' she told herself before sitting down at one of the cushy chairs in front of the fireplace her back turned to Reid and her eyes fixed on the blazing fire.

End

Yeah I am ending it here, but I hope to have chapter 17 out soon. Which I will promise to make long!