A/N: I said I was starting on chapter 20! So here it is and I also think it's one of the longest chapters I've wrote... well it's like 5,000 words. I hope that I haven't lost any fans to this fiction and I still want to apologize for not updating in forever!!! I feel horrible about it; I am hoping to write another chapter soon. This fiction is almost done and I really don't want to end it in some crappy way.
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Chapter 20: Returning Home with News
Tatianna and Reid had been in New York for four days now and were deciding to go back in a few more days; they had been having a good time. The first night they stayed in and ordered food, watching movies and then the next day Tatianna dragged Reid plenty of places on of them being her favourite restaurant Per Se which Reid had found was completely exclusive with only fifteen tables in the entire dining room. That night they had taken in a show, and then went out to some bar that Tatianna had easily gotten them into, and after that it was shopping and other various things. Reid felt like he had been put into Gossip Girl with everything they had been doing, and seeing. Reid laid in the king size bed looking Tatianna over as she slept, this whole trip she had been nothing but amazing, she never seemed to get clingy and if Reid wanted to wander around for a while she let him while doing her own thing, he was happy about that and about how things were going with them lately.
Looking around the room partially and then deciding to get up Reid wandered into the spacious bathroom and got ready for the day. When he came back out he saw Tatianna tossing in her sleep, and mumbling something. He quickly made his way to the side of the bed and gently placed his hands on Tatianna's arms, saying her name softly trying to coax her out of her sleep.
"Tatianna, come on wake up" his soothing voice started to break Tatianna out of her dream, moving his hands up and down her arms he then rested them before slightly shaking the young girl. Her gray eyes jolted open, and she peered up into his blue ones.
"We have to go back to Ipswich" was all she said before she crawled out of Reid's hands and the bed, heading to the bathroom she grabbed her toothbrush and started cleaning her teeth. Reid followed behind her and was now leaning against the wall surveying his girlfriend. She was quickly getting ready, her face looked as if she were processing something, and Reid wasn't sure if he should be uneasy or not.
"Why? What's going on?" he asked her, as she spit out the rest of the toothpaste and rinsed her mouth she looked over at him while grabbing her hair brush.
"I was in the middle of one of my premonitions, and it showed me this book with this spell in it. I need to find that book, and then hopefully this means we are close to the end" Tatianna clarified, she finished smoothing out her long hair and then braided it before heading back out and using her powers to pack away all of her belongings and then changed into her clothes. Reid mimicked her, and soon they were both leaving the hotel and on their way back to Ipswich.
"I guess it's about time we end our silence with the others" Tatianna muttered, she had thoroughly been enjoying not worrying about some prophecy and evil warlocks, she was acting like a regular teenager, well regular rich teenager, and she hadn't wanted it to end so soon. 'Probably got that vision because I wasn't freaking out about anything' she thought to herself, slightly bitter about it.
"Yeah, we should probably get them to meet us at the colony house. I'll call Caleb and tell him, although I am sure I'll get my ass chewed out" Reid replied, and looked over at Tatianna with a smug look on his face. He did after all enjoy annoying Caleb and pushing the older boy's buttons.
"Well after I yelled at him the other day on the phone when he called for like the hundredth time I doubt he will really be to bossy" she deducted and gave Reid a smirk, which caused him to grin thinking about when Caleb had called and called and called, then Tatianna finally couldn't take it anymore and had yelled at Caleb over the phone to leave them alone and bud out of something that wasn't his business. Still grinning, Reid picked up his phone and dialed Caleb's number while watching Tatianna drive.
"Hello" Caleb's voice came over the phone.
"Hey man we're on our way back meet us at the colony house around 6. We may have figured something out" Reid bluntly stated and then hung up the phone.
"Well weren't you just a sweetheart" Tatianna stated, her eyes on the road but a smile was etched onto her face.
"Just wanted to get straight to the point and not get an earful, you never know with Caleb" Reid replied, leaning back in his seat he watched the scenery and then Tatianna every so often. They continued to talk about random things, occasionally falling into a comfortable silence and then talking again until they arrived in Ipswich and headed straight towards the colony house they were an hour ahead of everyone which Tatianna liked, this way they would be able to find the book she needed.
Walking down the stairs into the dank room seemed so normal to Tatianna now, she remembered the first time and how she had been slightly bothered by the looks of it and then slowly grown accustomed to it. Looking through the rows of books slowly she saw Reid glance over at her, and told her to just summon the book that she was thinking about. Tatianna nodded her head; the book slid off the shelf and flew towards her landing in her hands, looking at the brown leather covering it and the intricate design that was engraved in it.
"Perfect" she mumbled and sat down on the Garwin spot, Reid came and sat down beside her looking at the book she was currently flipping through. He stayed silent, letting her concentrate on what she had been shown earlier and fixated on the whole ride home.
Tatianna's mind was racing, the words slid easily into her mind but nothing was matching what she had read in her vision. The book wasn't exactly on the small side either, and trying to be thorough meant that this may take a little bit. She let out a grumble, in slight frustration and kept flipping the pages until she noticed Reid run his hand through his hair in anxiousness which only added to her wanting to find this spell quicker. Averting her eyes back to the book she continued to look through it, wondering if she had actually called up the right one when suddenly the page was there in front of her.
"Yes! This is it" she yelled and then began reading it. The title at the top of the page simply said banishing spell, she read over the directions and found that it would be somewhat simple and yet a bit difficult at the same time. So far she would need a black candle, some paper well parchment, ink, soil, water, and wind and what she had to do was put the parchment in four pieces and write the name of whom needed to be banished on one side and on the other to draw a pentagram, she also had to carve the name on one side of the candle and a pentagram on the other side of it. Then she had to light a piece of the parchment on fire, bury one in the dirt, let one be placed in a river, or anything with a current, and then one sent out into the wind. That would all be easy enough the hard part was that the person casting the spell would have to be in the presence of the one being banished.
"Okay now we just have to wait for the right time. Oh my you have no idea how relieved I am to have seen this" Tatianna exclaimed setting the book down and immediately kissing Reid in happiness before placing a large smile on her face, knowing that this could be done.
The door upstairs opened and then closed, footsteps belonging to more than one person met with the two's ears in the basement hearing the door to the downstairs open and then everyone suddenly appeared. Caleb first with Pogue behind him, Sarah and Kate were behind the two of them but both sat down beside their respective boyfriends and Tyler came in last taking his seat. They all looked at both Reid and Tatianna with curiosity and Tatianna could feel their emotions easily mostly there was curiosity and confusion, but there was a hint of annoyance and apprehension.
"So what did you figure out?" Caleb asked them, he didn't mention one thing about them not being around the past few days and not knowing where they were much to Tatianna's amusement and relief.
"This is what we found" Tatianna said, while Reid made the book go into the center of the room and let everyone see it "It's a banishing spell, I had a vision and it showed me this spell. It's the one we need to get rid of Chase" she proudly finished and saw everyone's faces become a mixture of shock and joy.
"This is great news" Sarah exclaimed, looking at everyone else "Tatianna you are amazing" she then added on causing Tatianna to laugh.
"Not me, just these crazy powers I have!" she replied when her laughter calmed down, but the smile was still on her face.
After talking for a bit, about getting the necessary things as soon as possible and who would actually do the spell. Everyone agreed that Tatianna should be the one to do it, so that all four of the guys could keep her protected from Chase while trying to perform the banishing. She told them that she would get the stuff tomorrow, and then they just talked about random things catching up and things were finally feeling less tense between everyone. Kate finally couldn't take it anymore and asked both Reid and Tatianna where they had been, to which Tatianna answered her truthfully.
"New York" she nonchalantly answered.
"WHAT?! No way, oh I am so jealous" Kate replied, crossing her arms and pouting a bit before looking over at Pogue with a smile on her face, Pogue looked over at the two whom had just sparked the idea of a week or something in New York in his girlfriends head.
"Thanks guys" was all he said, causing Reid and Tatianna to laugh a bit.
"But instead of hanging out in this basement why don't we go to Nicky's?" Tatianna proposed to the others, it had been a while since they had last been there. Everyone quickly agreed and decided to get ready first and then meet there at nine.
Getting into her car Tatianna watched Reid start it up and then leave towards her house, she sighed softly and couldn't help the giddy feeling she had in her stomach. Playing with her iPod she changed the song to Middle of Nowhere by Hot Hot Heat; she leaned her head back into the headrest and closed her eyes. 'I wonder when Chase is going to show up next, I am so thankful that we found that spell' she thought to herself, still worried but much more relieved than she was only the day before.
"I think we should celebrate a little bit tonight" she uttered, her eyes still closed as she felt the vehicle go over the road.
"Now that's an idea" Reid agreed, smirking he wanted to hustle some money at the pool tables and drink.
"I figured you'd think so" Tatianna giggled slightly, and then opened her eyes when she felt the car come to a halt. Looking out the window she saw her house, opening the passenger door she shut it behind her and then went to her trunk to get her suitcase while Reid did the same and then they walked into her house.
Tatianna quickly dropped her luggage and then turned towards Reid, she smirked at him grabbing his shirt she dragged him into the bathroom "Come on, we need a shower" she pointed out with a lust filled voice, immediately Reid shut the door and began to kiss Tat softly while she fiddled with the shower to turn it on. Groaning in frustration and out of what Reid was doing to her she used her powers to turn on the shower and then quickly got Reid out of his clothes which he soon did to her in return. Under the water they lost their stress and tension in their muscles, with more help than just the water.
Nicky's
Tatianna and Reid arrived at Nicky's and quickly found their group at the regular table, Tatianna saw Reid and Tyler both look at each other as if having their own conversation that clearly was about pool. She shook her head and placed her hand on Reid's shoulder, causing him to glance over at her slightly surprised by her soft touch.
"Go play" was all she needed to say and after giving Tatianna a quick kiss; the two boys were off playing a game against each other.
Tatianna sat and chatted with Sarah and Kate, they wanted to know what the two did in New York. Kate was clearly planning a stay there with Pogue or someone; it was clear with how she was asking about the best hotels, the best restaurants to go to and other things. The only thing the girl didn't need to know was where to shop; she knew that part off by heart.
"I went there last year, but you know how the in places change so quickly" Kate explained, taking a sip of her diet coke and looking at the two girls. Caleb and Pogue had vacated for the foosball table, knowing that what the girls were going to discuss they wouldn't be able to get a word in.
"Oh I know what you mean, well if you want to sometime you could use my families suite in the plaza it's pretty nice. That's where we stayed, but no breaking valuable things and if you have sex in my bed remove the sheets fully." Tatianna replied her last statement made Sarah and Kate both laugh.
"You have a suite there?" Sarah asked, looking slightly surprised.
"It's my families, had it for as long as I can remember, I adore it. I live there in the summers and over Christmas break" Tatianna explained, looking over her shoulder towards the pool tables to see Reid and Tyler playing two older men.
"Oh yes the new couple, how are things going with Reid?" Kate questioned, grinning towards Tatianna who smiled gently at her.
"Really good actually, I didn't know how it would be but so far no complaints. How are you and your men?" Tatianna told them, taking a big drink of her rum and coke.
"Caleb and I are doing good, even though things have been stressful and he's more on edge and I know it's because he's worried but it has only made us stronger" Sarah replied, the smile on her face was so joyful even with the events that had been happening she was still as positive as always.
"That's good, I'm glad it's not affecting you two" Tatianna stated, and looked towards Kate waiting for her answer.
"We're doing pretty good, sometimes Pogue is a bit over bearing and I am trying not to let it bother me but it's hard and all because of Chase and Pogue being worried he might do something again so I know it's for my safety but sometimes it's been like I can't breathe" Kate answered honestly, and Tatianna could tell that the girl was slowly not liking the restrictions Pogue was obviously placing around her.
"Have you talked to him about it?" Sarah asked Kate, who shook her head and took another drink before looking at the two in front of her.
"No, I don't want to cause any more stress than there already is plus I don't want us to fight, we've been doing so good not fighting lately that I don't want it to go back to that" Kate revealed, and the other two nodded in other standing.
"Well hopefully everything will be over soon, and things can get back to normal. I'd bring it up to him though, just tell him that you need to talk and calmly tell him that you feel like you should be able to have a little bit more freedom even though you know it's all for your safety but that you can't keep doing things the way they are being done. I mean if you want to that is" Tatianna offered, trying to be helpful but also trying to not act as if Kate had to do what she said.
"I'll try, maybe later tonight. Oh Sarah I'm staying at Pogue's tonight, I forgot to tell you earlier" Kate responded, looking at Sarah who nodded her head in understanding.
The girls then fell into random chatter and gossip, Kate filling in Tatianna about what she had missed at school in their classes they had together and Sarah doing the same. They laughed, and joked around with each other and didn't discuss anything else involved with Chase or the prophecy. Tatianna laughed out loud about something Kate had said about Kira when she walked past, when Reid and Tyler came back to the table.
"Hey baby, how was pool?" Tatianna asked Reid as he took a drink of her new glass of rum and coke.
"Great! We got two hundred bucks each, old men underestimate young guys" he told her, grinning and then high fiving Tyler who was also grinning about their victories of the night.
"Yeah, they were complete suckers" Tyler stated, clearly pleased with the pocketed money even though neither of them truly needed it.
"Very nice, I'm almost jealous" Tatianna replied, and then nodded towards Caleb and Pogue who had now returned to the table.
The group went through a few more drinks, and chatted away until it was midnight and then decided to head to their respective houses. Caleb and Sarah left first, going to Caleb's house for the night after a little while Kate and Pogue were next to go leaving Tyler, Tatianna and Reid together. The three still joked around, and talked about the most ridiculous things before they decided to part ways. Reid and Tatianna went back to her house, while Tyler left for the dorms.
Lying comfortably in Tatianna's bed, Reid ran his fingers through Tatianna's hair as they cuddled in the dark. Both of them were quiet, merely listening to each other's breathing, they were tired from their day of driving, explaining their discovery and then hanging out with everyone at the bar. Reid hugged Tatianna closer to his body, and kissed her forehead softly.
"Night babe" he sleepily said.
"Night" Tatianna replied, yawning afterwards and then snuggling closer into Reid's chest before she fell asleep soundly.
Next Day
After waking up and feeling well rested Reid and Tatianna decided to go into town and get the supplies for the spell and then going to their diner to eat some lunch. As they sat and waited for their drinks to come Tatianna rested her feet on the bench Reid was sitting on across from her and slouched into her seat. She stared at Reid, his bright blue eyes were unfocused clearly in thought about something, his hair was slightly messy but not bad enough for it to be publicly hidden, and he had his hands in front of his clasped together.
"Penny for your thoughts" Tatianna stated, watching Reid as he glanced up at her and put on a weak smile.
"Just wondering how much longer until things get really serious" he told her, not bothering to lie even if they were in public.
"I want to know that to, hopefully not too long. I really want this to be done and over with" she replied, with some hope in her voice even though she wasn't looking forward to fighting Chase she just wanted to get it done and over with and enjoy her last year in high school.
"I hope so" Reid said, and then went silent as the waitress came up with their drinks and then took their orders.
The two changed the topic to Reid's next swim meet, which was in another week and he was anticipating it since it was against one of the schools rival teams. Although Tatianna was sure that all schools saw Spenser as a rival, but Spenser only saw a select few teams as real rivals and competition. It amused her because her school was so cocky with its sports; all of the teams had the same attitude about their competition. When their food came, they fell into silence which they seemed to do lots Tatianna noticed but it wasn't a bad thing that they didn't feel as though they had to state every thought racing through their minds. Reid looked at Tatianna as she ate her waffles, there were rare moments where she was child like, then she'd be annoyed to no end, or lose her temper quickly, then she'd switch into this seductive and alluring person which was personally one of Reid's favourites.
"You've been staring for a while dear" Tatianna bluntly pointed out after she knew Reid's eyes were on her for over two minutes, she snapped Reid out of his daze and he glanced away from her and then looked at her again.
"Can't help it" he shrugged as he spoke, and caused Tatianna to huff slightly.
"And why is that?" she questioned, taking a bite of her berry and whipped cream waffles with a challenging look on her face.
Now this was Reid's favourite part about her, he liked it when she challenged other people but when she challenged him he couldn't help but enjoy it, even when it was over nothing at all. The only other girls to do that with Reid is Kate and Sarah, every other girl just listened to his words without conscious thought. He grinned at her "You're intriguing" was all he replied with.
"You're intriguing? Why not just say I captivate you, are you going soft Garwin?" Tatianna slightly taunted him; she couldn't help it sometimes she liked to.
"Never" Reid replied, grinning, he took a bite of his bacon.
"Good, you better not be" she told him and giggled a bit. She finished her last bite of food, savouring it slowly and then took a drink of Reid's chocolate milkshake, her strawberry one already finished.
"You ready to leave?" Reid asked her a few moments later, after finishing his meal and placing some money beside the bill. Nodding her head Tatianna slid out of the booth and headed with Reid towards the exit and out to the car.
"Let's go to the cliffs" Tatianna suggested, and didn't miss the look Reid gave her causing her to sigh "He's not going to show up in the middle of the day" she pointed out as she lit a cigarette.
"Alright" Reid complied and drove out towards the cliffs; it was their spot after all of the months Tatianna had been there. As he parked out where he usually did he glanced over at Tat who immediately got out of the car and walked to the edge before sitting down with her feet dangling over the edge. Reid let out a deep breath and exited the car; sitting beside Tatianna he looked out towards where the dell party was usually at and smirked, thinking of all the times he and the guys had met up here.
"It's relaxing up here" Tatianna said, her eyes still trained on the ocean smashing onto the beach in a rhythmic motion.
"We haven't had many relaxing moments up here" Reid replied, turning his head to look at Tatianna who had slowly turned her head towards him, thinking over what he said.
"I was trying to think of a time we came here and something hasn't happened, and your right we haven't" she finally stated after a few moments, she didn't want to say that it was the place where they had become a couple because they were still very early in their relationship and she didn't think it was the right time to say something like that. 'But then again going to New York together for a week, and telling him how happy I am with him is probably too soon also' she thought and just shook her head with a smile on her face.
"Exactly, but your right it is relaxing" he agreed, and then placed his fingers through Tatianna's and then leaned in to kiss her.
"Well aren't you two just cute" came a cold and taunting voice that Tatianna and Reid knew so well, Tatianna looked over her shoulder and there in front of her decked out in black clothes was Chase, standing with his arms crossed and a devilish smirk on his face. Tatianna and Reid quickly stood up, turning towards Chase making sure to move away from the edge of the cliff, glancing over at Reid Tatianna sighed.
"It's the middle of the fuckin' day" she mumbled under her breath, barely audible.
"What was that dear?" Chase asked her, his eyes were their real gray blue color and the malice in them was unmatchable by anyone the two had ever seen.
"Nothing, what do you want Chase?" Tatianna asked angrily, she was already pissed off about him being here.
Chase grinned "You" was all he said and Tatianna noticed Reid get tense quickly, she glared at Chase and crossed her arms.
"Not going to happen" she replied standing closer to Reid.
"Oh I think it is" Chase told her, his eyes going back and his power wrapped around Tatianna's body pulling her towards him and choking her slightly.
Tatianna looked him in the eyes, her eyes full of hate even if it was getting hard for her to pay attention because she was starting to lack oxygen and couldn't get her mind focused on her powers. She kept her eyes open, and mustered up enough strength to spit in Chase's face, he glared at her and threw her away with his power. She hit the ground, sliding across it feeling it cut up her skin and then she slid into a puddle of mud becoming covered in it, her eyes flashed blue and she let her own power surge toward Chase and knock him back a good distance, hitting a few tree branches as he flew away from them. Standing up Tatianna looked towards Reid who was immediately making up the distance between them, when he was close to reaching her Tatianna felt a hard impact on her body, making her hit one of the trees behind her and then she was thrown into a rocky patch on the ground feeling one slice her arm the pain rushing into her system she laid on the ground already in pain.
Looking around Tatianna saw that Reid had hit Chase while he had been focusing on hurting her, and he was currently standing there his normal icy blue eyes covered in black, his face contorted in rage as he watched Chase slowly get up before hitting him again. Chase deflected it and made his own attack on Reid, who was thrown back and landed with a thud on the ground, but he quickly got up but Tatianna saw a few scratches on his body. She was slowly getting angrier and angrier; she could feel her body shaking in rage as she looked at Chase who was pulling a lot of his power into his hands.
"You can't take her" Reid spoke with authority, and Tatianna saw that he was also pulling in his power which caused Tatianna to worry because it could send him back into addiction.
"Yes I can, I want her. She has what I need and I plan on using it to my full benefit" Chase told him, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. His voice was so cold, spiteful and deadly that it made shivers run down Tatianna's spine as she sat on the ground looking at the two before her.
Glancing down she saw that she had in fact been right about the rock cutting her arm; a large gash was a little bit higher than her elbow and went to her shoulder. Her legs were bloody, but not terribly just some spots and the dirt and mud covering her body made her feel extremely unclean, she snapped her head towards Reid when he began speaking again.
"No! I won't let you take her. You'll have to kill me first" Reid yelled and let his power go, Chase mimicked his action and the two orbs of energy collided with each other knocking both the boys down and causing Tatianna to shield her face from the onslaught of dust and rock chips. When she thought it was safe to look up she saw that both Reid and Chase were back standing ready to kill each other.
"That can be arranged Garwin" came Chase's calm and yet bone chilling reply, Tatianna gasped at the thought and then felt her powers bubbling in anger inside her body. Her hatred was growing with each passing minute, and so was her anxiety with the situation. 'Stupid premonitions, why is this one different. I'm not crying, and I am not going to wonder where the others are. Maybe something's changed' she thought to herself.
Tatianna heard Reid yell in pain, and saw the two men fighting each other again Reid was currently on the ground looking roughed up and slowly getting back up and Chase didn't look much better. They both attacked each other again, and then they sucked in a lot of their power again before sending it towards each other, and it suddenly became very bright causing Tatianna to close her eyes shielding them from the brightness, and then suddenly she felt heat and screamed a bit in pain. Suddenly the light was gone again, and Tatianna opened her gray eyes to find herself standing on her feet with her arms outstretched and Chase lying on his back trying to get up but failing miserably as he suddenly started to cough. Looking over at Reid she saw his eyes back to their bright blue and staring at her in shock when she suddenly felt her eyes starting to droop and then her body giving out beneath her.
"Tatianna!" was the last thing that she heard before slipping unconscious, on the ground with Reid nimbly rushing towards her. He glanced over at Chase who was still coughing, picking up Tatianna he used his powers to get them into her car and then used again to simply transport them to Tatianna's house where he rushed inside.
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