A/N: Hey guys, sorry this ones short. I've been busy since school was let out, more than I thought I would be which has really put a dent in me trying to finish this fiction. Plus I have an idea for a new one and I really want to write it, well post it but I won't until this one is finished. Anyways, I hope you like it and I'm sorry it's not much =( But I had to get something out for you. I'll start on Chapter 22 soon I promise!

Chapter 21: Option A or Option B

"Tatianna, wake up" Reid softly said trying to coax the unconscious girl in front of him. He had rushed up to her room and laid her on her bed; he looked over her body and saw all the small cuts on her legs along with the deep gash in her arm that was still bleeding in spots. Getting up Reid walked into Tatianna's bathroom and got a couple of her hand cloths wet and a few dry ones before heading back into the room and cleaning up some of the dirt and mud until she woke up.

When he was done cleaning up her upper body that was showing, he went back into the bathroom to rinse out the cloths and get them wet again and then went to work cleaning up her legs. After he was done he moved her over slowly on the bed and lay beside her. He watched as her chest moved up and down with each rhythmic breath, he played with a piece of her hair while inspecting the rest of her noticing that her skin was paler than it normally was. Sighing softly he nudged her gently to see if it would help wake her up, but it wasn't happening she still stayed still and unconscious.

"Tatianna, it would be nice if you woke up" he muttered, and then heard the door to her house shut. Getting out of the bed Reid walked out the door and rushed down the stairs to see Tatianna's parents putting their coats away.

"Reid, how are you?" her mother asked him with a smile on her face, but when she looked at the boy in front her and how his eyes showed anxiety she became worried "What's wrong?" she questioned.

"It's Tatianna, that Chase guy came after us again and bruised her up pretty good, now she's unconscious and won't wake up" he told them while hurrying back up the stairs with her parents in tow.

When they walked into the room Tatianna's mother immediately started looking over her daughter, a frantic look on her face, she then rested her hand on Tatianna's chest and her eyes turned white just like Tatianna's did. She stayed like that for a few moments, not moving a muscle and keeping her hand on her daughter's chest, when her eyes returned back to their normal color and she looked over at Reid.

"How much of her power did she use?" she asked him.

"Well Chase and I were fighting, and then out of nowhere Tatianna was standing up and had a really bright energy coming out of her. She hit Chase and knocked him out, I think, and then she passed out" Reid told her, not bothering to tell the whole story only the vital part of what he had seen.

"Hun?" her father simply said to his wife his tone one of slight worry.

"Yes, it's what you are thinking of" her mom replied to him, leaving Reid completely confused and unsure if he should ask her parents or not what they were talking about, 'Do I ask them?' Reid thought to himself.

"Ask Tatianna when she wakes up Reid, she'll have to be the one to inform you and she should have sooner since you are so close" came his answer from her mom, looking at her in even more confusion he watched as she tapped the side of her head and smiled. "My daughter did get the psychic deal from me" she then stated and caused Reid to realize she had been reading his thoughts.

"When will she wake up? Or do you know?" Reid asked them still worried about Tatianna even though her parents were staying relatively calm, he could see the worry in their eyes about something but it wasn't the fact that she was unconscious it was more like what had happened before she became unconscious that they were worried about.

"Not for too long, she may have used up a lot of energy but we regain ours fast as does her mother's side. So no more than two hours for her usually, this isn't the first time she's overused, and it won't be the last" her dad answered him, which made Reid feel a lot better to know she wouldn't be out for days and days.

"Well, we'll be downstairs if anything changes let us know you can stay here with Tatianna if you want to and I imagine you do" her mother said, and smiled before her and her husband left the room and downstairs.

Running his hands through his hair Reid sighed, unsure of what to think at the moment Tatianna had kept something from him and he wasn't sure what it was but it was something her parents knew about and her father had seemed a bit unnerved by the thought of it. Sitting in one of the bean bag chairs Reid thought to himself. 'I should be used to her having her secrets but I hate it that I don't know something that seems pretty important. I'll just ask and if she chooses to tell me then okay, and if she chooses to not tell me then I guess I'll have to try to stay calm'. Reid was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Tatianna move a bit in her bed and wake up.

She sat up and took in her surroundings, feeling relief that she was in her room she felt even more when she saw Reid sitting in one of her chairs, in deep thought. His elbows were on his legs and his hands was on his face in front of his mouth, he seemed tense and she wasn't sure why.

"Reid?" she questioned him, her voice barely audible but his bright eyes snapped towards her when he saw her awake he immediately rushed over to the bed.

"Tatianna, jesus you scared me to death" he said to her, before kissing her lips quickly.

"What happened?" she asked, she didn't remember them leaving at, all she remembered was a bright light and heat, and then darkness.

"You don't remember what you did?" Reid asked her, and saw the confusion on her face.

"What I did? No I remember you two fighting, and it becoming very bright, and hot and me standing up with my arms out and then it's dark...what did I do?" she asked suddenly scared.

"That bright light came from you Tat, all of a sudden you were up on your feet and there was all this energy coming out of your body, mainly your hands but it was like you were glowing. Then you hit Chase pretty hard and I am not sure what kind of shape he is in. Then you screamed and collapsed unconscious" Reid explained and watched as her face turned from one to confusion to understanding and slight fear.

"Oh" was her only reply; she looked down at her hands and inspected them a bit.

"Oh? That's all you have to say? I don't think I have ever been so worried in my life, and now your mom and dad said that it's something that you should have told me a long time ago." Reid explained, gauging her reaction towards what he said. Tatianna had snapped out of inspecting her hands to staring at Reid with a look he hadn't seen on her face before, she was worried and scared which didn't make him feel good at all.

"I'm sorry for scaring you Reid, I didn't mean to if I had known it was going to happen I would have done something" Tatianna told him, she had adverted her eyes to her bed as if she was ashamed for what happened.

"It's okay Tat, you're not dead so it's all good. Are you going to tell me what your parents had mentioned?" Reid replied, still watching her movements but not in a focused way it was more of a way for him to get reassurance from her but so far he wasn't getting much.

"Well you know how my powers come on my half birthday, that's in February, and for some witches that have mixed magical genes they get surges of power that sometimes can't be controlled unless the person figures out the signs of when it's going to happen. That's the first time it happened and I wasn't paying attention because of what was going on, so now I have to wait until the next one to start to be able to piece them together" she answered, she looked back over at Reid to see his face, there was some confusion in his eyes but his facial expression didn't match it.

"Why do only some get it? And will you always have that exact same kind of reaction, cause if that happens in school I don't know what will happen" he asked, wondering about what she had said and needing to know.

"That's the tricky part, see some only get it because they'll gain a lot more power than most mixed ones do. I don't know why, but that's how it's always been and on the day of that person's ascension it can either go one of two ways. Either theirs option a or option b, no c,d or e. It could happen at school, what happened would have been from my father's side of magic, I can also get one's with my mother's side of magic and that could be numerous things because her side of the family has the psychic ability, the whole reading minds, emotions part and there are ones that can control things with their minds, you know people, objects, they can move things and if they are lucky they can control what element they were born in. But that's not a common thing, it only happens every century" Tat told him and then stood up from her bed and started walking towards her bathroom.

"What is option a and option b" Reid's voice came out in an unsure voice, as if he wasn't certain he even wanted to ask the question and Tatianna could tell by the emotions coming off of his body that he was confused and that fear was fighting against curiosity. She stopped at her bathroom door, turning sideways she looked over at Reid, he was staring at her waiting for her answer.

"Option a, I live go on with my life, and option b, I don't make it through the ascension" Tatianna said, as if it was not a big deal but merely a simple daily problem before turning into the bathroom and shutting the door.

Reid stared at the door for a few moments, hearing the shower turn on, he tried to digest what she had just said 'She could either live or die? Why did she act like it wasn't a big deal when she said it, how the fuck could she not tell me something like this...but then again would I really tell that to anyone either? Probably not, but we're dating so I think I deserved to know before now' his thoughts kept rolling in his head and he wasn't sure if he wanted to stay here or if he wanted to just leave. Suddenly he wanted an answer as to why she hadn't told him sooner, standing up he walked over to the bathroom in large strides and opened the door, as he entered he saw Tat's figure behind the frost glass and he opened up that door too and looked at her and she washed her hair free from the dirt that had been in it.

"Why didn't you tell me" he asked her, remembering the last time he had asked her that question and it had ended very badly.

"Because, I don't like to think about it, let alone discuss it Reid I mean it isn't exactly easy trying to come to terms that you could possibly die before you hit eighteen let alone tell other people about it so that all they will do is worry about it" she replied, still scrubbing her hair with the shampoo. Hearing her say it that way Reid understood why she hadn't mention it, knowing that there was a chance for you to die would make you not want people to know.

"I understand, I just wish I would have known sooner but there isn't much I can do about it. I'm just glad you told me now" Reid told her, and watched as her eyes opened and she looked over at him her grey eyes piercing into his, she had a smile on her face and brought her arm up and then made a come hither motion with her finger.

"Thanks for not freaking out about this Reid, now come in here your dirty too" Tat almost ordered, and watched as Reid undressed and came into the shower with her with a soft smile on his face. 'I can't die, because if I do you'll never recover' she thought to herself as she ran the soapy cloth against Reid's chest, she knew it was true to because of the feelings he was having for her and the bond that they had created was both emotion, physical and magical.

-End-

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