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Adult Situations, Language

I locked myself in my room after supper and avoided everyone but Em. She thought it was funny that Reid hit on me in front of Cole. "It's about time he sees he's not the only guy you can have. When are you going to tell them your going to Nicky's?"

"I don't know. I so want a night with out escorts. I want to be a teen and make mistakes."

"I agree but your important and they are men. One track minds and all. Look I'll talk to Paul and get him to go. I have to work or I would go."

"You know Cole's gunna go and ruin my night. I want to relax and he will be all bodyguard mode. Even worse drag me out because I flirt with someone. Does he not get that it's natural when I hang with perverts like him?"

Someone knocked on the door. "Can I come in?" It was Bill. I hung my head as Em got up and opened the door. She sat back on the bed and grabbed my magazine. "How are you feeling?"

"Better." I wasn't looking at him because he hasn't been happy with me. Make one mistake and it's like I'm never going to atone for it.

"No more problems at school?" He was daring me to lie.

I looked at him. "Actually ya there was." He leaned against my dresser. "I was followed from class to class by a ogre. I told him to get lost but he kept showing up. Could you please call off the guard dog during school?"

He stood there for ever without saying anything. "No you know better than to ask." I knew not to push it because he was in a mood. Usually it took longer to make his eyes flash amber. "You will just have to learn it's for the best."

He left and Em just sat there as I started to cry. I never cried when he told me no. Then again I had never had a friend outside the pack. This is why I didn't try to make friends. I went to bed knowing that I had to end anything that might have been. So much for finally being excepted.

I spent the next week avoiding them after I told Sarah I got grounded. Cole had reverted to invisible stalking. After the second day of Sarah and Reid trying to talk to me I started to use my stalking skills to avoid them. I sat in the corner by myself in English and ate in my car during lunch. Okay it was more like crying. I hated the look on Sarah's face. I had hurt her. I forged a note saying I had doctors appointments all week to get out of practice.

Bill was happy to see that I was doing as told. A few of the others noticed the effect it was having on me. I secluded myself in my room and was barely eating. Em made lasagna and I could eat as much as them when it came to that and I just picked at it. Em and Paul tried to cheer me up but nothing seemed to help.

- Pogue -

I haven't seen much of Genevieve most of the week. She wasn't talking to Sarah or Reid. I could tell that something was wrong because from what I could tell she prided herself on looking nice when in public. She was coming to school wearing her hair in a messy ponytail and glasses. She looked sad and the one time I tried to talk to her it was like she just disappeared.

It was Thursday and we had a tradition of going to Nicky's to unwind the night before a meet. We were in the back playing pool. It wasn't too busy mostly food pick ups. "Hey isn't that Genevieve?" Tyler was leaning against the wall further out. "Man I thought she looked sad before but."

He was interrupted by Reid who had joined him. "Na that girl has no potential. She can't even wear cloths that fit." I looked up from my shot to see their jaws drop.

I walked around to see what beauty had walked in only to see that it was her. She was with one of the security guards from school. Sarah said her family owned the company so I didn't find her being with him a shock. "Why you so shocked she lives with him?"

"Ya but his hand is on her ass and unless I'm interested in a girl I wouldn't put my hand under her shirt and rub circles." Tyler sounded unnerved by this. "Plus he's older than her. I don't see her dating that much older."

I looked up and had to stop myself from going over there. His hand went to her cheek and moved her face so he could kiss her. She pulled away and said something to him before walking out. The three of us were visible and she walked past us like she didn't see us. I turned back to where he stood and the look in his eyes was defiantly not a brotherly one. I went out the back door to check on her after he ordered a beer.

I saw her in a SUV and it looked like she was crying. "Pogue." I turned to see Kira next to me. "Pathetic isn't she? She can't even make herself look presentable in public. Maybe it's a good thing you guys kicked her out of your club." Her hand ran up my arm.

"Leave her alone." I turned and went back into Nicky's. I spent more time thinking about her than playing. I didn't like how much I was thinking about her.

It was Friday night and I refused to join in the traditional movie night. I was in my room listening to music when I heard Bill yell my name. I went down stairs and almost fell down them when I saw Sarah standing next to Bill. "You have company." I could see in his eyes he wasn't happy.

I joined them and I felt fur under my hand as she gasped. "That's a big dog." I new they could smell the fear rolling off her.

I looked down at Paul. "Gizmo may be big but he's harmless. More like a teddy bear if you ask me." I rubbed behind his ear.

She walked over and took a better look at him before running her hand over his fur. "Um I was wondering if you could help me with the English assignment?"

"Sure lets go to my room." I knew she didn't need anymore help than I would.

Bill cleared his throat. "Remember you have training in the morning so don't stay up too late."

"Yes sir." We went to my room and she followed me. I motioned to the bed. I had my homework spread all over it. "What did you need help with?" I closed the door before cleaning up my mess.

"Actually it was just an excuse to talk to you." She looked nervous. We heard scratching at the door so I went to see who it was. Tan and cream fur told me it was Em. I opened the door and let her in. "Where did you find dogs that big?"

I shrugged. "Their a mixed breed. Husky and German Shepherd. Bill breeds them. So there's a lot of them running around. This is Athena. She's mine." Em looked at me and I could tell she was laughing at me.

"She's beautiful." Em went to the bed and got comfortable. Bill was spying and I know he forced her to join us because she wouldn't be here otherwise. "Why are you avoiding us?"

"I.." I curled my fingers into Em's fur for grounding. "I don't fit into your group. Pogue hates me. Reid I'm not sure about because he hits on every girl that breaths. The other two just tolerate me being there."

"No they are just as worried as I am. We all thought we were becoming friends." She looked sad. I wasn't sure what to do. "I miss our girl time. If I have to listen to them talking about cars one more time I'll die."

"At least it wasn't Reid talking about sex the whole class."

"No but I liked having someone other than Caleb to talk to. Since my roommate Kate left it's just been them."

"Trust me I feel your pain." I rubbed behind Em's ear. She looked at me and I knew that look. She was telling me to defy the rules. She knew better than the rest that I hated not talking to her and I was crying myself to sleep. "Have you ate?"

"Not unless half a bag of Oreo's counts. I eat them like their the only thing to eat when I'm upset. Caleb took my grocery bag full of them last night so that was all I had hid in my room."

"Let me talk to Em and see if she wouldn't mind going into town to eat. Plus I think you too would get along." I got up and Em followed me to the door. We went to her room and she shifted back to human form. "Am I doing the right thing?"

"Hell ya. Fuck Bill. He hasn't been here to see how much your hurting." She was putting on cloths. "I'll tell him that you guys need more info and are going to go to the library at school and then I'm taking you to eat." I smiled at her because for the first time in a week I was looking forward to something. "I'll even tell him that she may need your help more than tonight so you can invite her over tomorrow too."

Half an hour later we were sitting in a family diner. I hadn't ate much lately so I ordered a lot. Sarah just looked at me like I was insane. "If I don't eat it all then the boys will eat it. They never seem to get enough to eat."

"Your telling me I think Pogue has a bottomless pit. You missed it at practice last week. Tyler was playing prank wars. Caleb put his cap on and when he took it off his hair was blue. That boy and his chemistry."

"Is that what was wrong with his hair? I thought you were trying to bring him into the twentieth century." We both laughed.

"Em. Em." I turned to see the cutest blond girl running towards us. She was maybe four and had her hair in pig tails. I had seen her a few times at the daycare Em worked at during the day.

Em moved her chair back and opened her arms. The girl climbed onto her lap. She waved at someone. "Hi Becks."

"Look I have pretty tails. Mom said I was a big girl."

"I agree." Em loved kids and it showed when she looked at the giggling munchkin.

"Hi Becks. How is Mr. Floppers?" She always had a stuffed frog with her.

She pulled him out so I could see him. "He was bad. No ice cream for him."

"Are you sure your not the one who was bad?" She looked down.

"Daddy is mad because I tried to be like him and made a mess." She leaned closer to me. "It got puffy when I." She was trying to find the word but gave up and started to rub her hands on her cheeks and chin. Then she pretended to shave.

"I like to put it in Cole's shoes when I'm mad at him." Em slapped my arm. "What the Ogre deserves it." Becks mom came over a few minutes later. She made me give Mr. Floppers a kiss before she left.

"Reid is going to be so jealous. He has competition."

"I think the frog is a better choice." All of us laughed and I was right Em and her were getting along.

I had asked her to come over tomorrow and pretend to study. I was happy when she agreed. I told her I had to practice but should be done by noon. I had the best sleep I had had in a week.

I was not feeling so hot after the first hour of practicing. It had been almost two weeks since he had tortured me. There wasn't a clock in here so I had no idea what time it was. Noon needed to get here soon. He said we would stop then and no sooner. I heard the door bell and was so happy my torture was over. We were doing kicks and punches so he had backed off. Maybe he saw how much I was hurting. Casey went to answer the door and when he came back he was followed by Sarah, Caleb and Pogue.

I wasn't paying attention to Bill so he smacked the back of my head. He looked at his watch and smiled. It was his I'm not done yet face. I didn't like that look. "Don't think that your done just because your friends are here." I hung my head in defeat as he walked away. "Practicals." He stopped next to the bench and nodded at them. "Full contact."

"Fuck!" I said that louder than I had planned and he glared at me. I didn't have time to apologize because I felt a fist hit my cheek. I hit the floor. "Pay attention." I got up and almost missed the air move before I was kicked in the ribs.

- Caleb -

"Damn." They hit her like she was a guy. I looked to my right and the guy in charged had moved to get a better view of the fight.

"I knew she said they were strict but I wasn't expecting this." Sarah winced as she got hit in the knee and went down. "Now I see why she didn't look afraid of Aaron manhandling her. That was nothing compared to this."

She hit the floor again and it was loud. They weren't using mats. She was off the floor and there was a look in her eyes that said she was done. After watching her make her assault on the three guys I had a new respect for her. "Enough." Two of the guys walked off to the side. "Rape simulation."

Sarah gasped and I put my arm around her as the only guy close to her grabbed her left arm twisting it behind her back. I knew it hurt because you could see the pain in her face. "Pain is your saving grace. Use it to keep your head clear." The leader was encouraging this. The guy moved his hand up her side and groped her breast roughly. She tried to move away but he was too strong.

"Why are they doing that to her?" Pogue had finally spoke and I wasn't sure he was going to stay seated.

The guy spoke to her and something in her changed. She threw her head into his. He flew back and there was blood running from his nose. She went down and grabbed his legs pulling them out from under him. His head hit the floor hard. She whirled on him and slammed her knee into his groin. "I'm not yours!" When she stood up she kicked him in the face before walking away. She looked at the leader. "I'm done! It's one thing to degrade me for training but not to humiliate me in front of my friends."

"Go calm down." I could tell he was fighting the urge to hit her.

"Lets go." I motioned for my friends to follow me. We didn't say anything until we were in my room. "You guys can wait in there while I change." I motioned to a hallway.

"You okay he hit you pretty hard." Sarah was touching the bruise now forming on my face.

"It's not as bad as the elbow to my back a few weeks ago." I winked at her and she laughed.

"She thinks your more painful than the ass kickin she just took." She was looking at Caleb and he looked confused. "Your elbow left a nasty bruise on her back when you landed on her."

I turned and lifted the right side of my shirt. It was still a deep purple color. "I did that? Sorry."

"I'm not. I'll take that over being dead." I walked to my closet. "There's a TV in there I won't be long.

I took more of a cold shower because Pogue looked hot. Why was he with them? He didn't even like me. I made sure not to make any noise when I entered. The guys were playing one of my punkem kickem games. Sarah was rooting for her man. He was getting his ass kicked. I leaned against the back of the couch. "Ha your loosin your touch."

"I've never played this game. Remember I like to pick my enemy's off from a distance. Now shut your mouth and play." Caleb was determined to win.

He lost the first match. I leaned down and whispered in his ear the combo he would need to win. He used it and won in one hit. Pogue was being cocky. I put my hand out for Caleb's controller. I chose my character and he said easy pickings. I knew that my choice was one of the weaker ones but I was going to show him gloating was bad. I let him think he was going to win and pulled a combo that took him out.

"Your skills are superior but mine are better." He was using a cheesy kung foo voice. I kicked his ass a few more times before he gave up. I sat in my reading chair. "So you ready to go?" He was looking at his hands. He sounded irritated.

"Ya let us know when you want picked up." Caleb stood and kissed Sarah. He was laughing at Pogue as they left.

They left and I just sat there. "So what are we going to do now that the men are gone?"

"Not sure I've never had friends over. Em has always lived with me."

"We could watch movies and pig out. That's always my favorite."

"Okay but no male testosterone I think I've had my fill for the day. Maybe walk down to the lake I need to take some pictures for school."

"I didn't know you had that class. It's hard to get into."

"Sort of a hobby. We've always lived where the scenery was always changing. I'm running out of old stuff to hand in, things required here are way more technical than my last school."

"Can I see?" I grabbed three albums off the shelf and handed them to here.

"I feel like cookie dough you in?" She nodded. "Bring them with."

We were talking about some of the pictures when Cole came in. His nose was already healing. He looked down at the albums. "Your holding out on her." I gave him a dirty look. "Hey if your going to show off your suppose to make them envy you."

"What is she hiding?" She had the devilish grin she got when she was going to torture the guys.

"No way. You put that look away and save it for the guys."

"Nope I know you have a secret and I am BFF honor bound to find out what it is. You'll get used to it." She enjoyed making people squirm. Not that she had anything on the people in this house. "So it's easier to spill now or I'll bug you into submission."

Cole was grinning behind her. He was paying me back for the nose. He knew I was self conscious about my body and was hitting below the belt.

"Self portraits. So nothing juicy."

Cole grabbed a beer and leaned down. "Trust me she is lying."

We went back to my room and watched a chick flick. "If you need any models let me know I like being in front of the camera. You should take your camera to practice since you can't participate. Plus you can get me some good pics of Caleb in his trunks." She wiggled her eyebrows.

"You can be as bad as Reid." She put her hand to her chest pretending to be offended. "You wanna go to the lake?"

"Sure. Who's our escort going to be?"

"I think we'll take one of the wo.. dogs. I don't have to be watched as much at home."

- Pogue -

We went back to Caleb's to wait for Sarah be done with girl time. "Was it me or was there something off about them? Like magic oozing? Especially when she beat the shit out of the ass groping her." It took more than it should have to stay seated.

"That's the feeling we got at the hospital. I still can't figure out what it is." He flopped on the couch. "So what's up with you and Gee?"

"Nothing. I feel bad for how I treated her the first day." That and I couldn't get my mind off her. "I think I scare her."

He laughed. "I doubt that."

"No I saw it in her eyes the day we read her book. I'm not used to girls looking at me like that." I needed to fix things but I wasn't sure how to.