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Chapter Twelve

Reid stretched as they walked out of the hotel restaurant, bags on shoulders, stomachs full of a delicious brunch. "So what's the plan, babe? Wanna go car shopping with me?" He chuckled, "Maybe a pick-up this time?"

Tyler looked over at Reid, "What the hell do you need a pick-up truck for?"

Reid shrugged, "You don't know what I do in my spare time. I can haul things if I want." He said casually.

Sarah rolled her eyes behind them, walking beside Caleb, "You just wanna look macho."

"Hey, I don't need to compensate for anything." Reid snickered putting a hand in the back pocket of Victoria's jeans, "I have witnesses to vouch."

"Oh god, Reid I am gonna pummel you." Caleb moaned.

Victoria decided now was as good a time as any to defuse the situation. "Actually, I was thinking of going back to Spencer." Reid looked down at her, "I need to study for my political science exam. The thought of it is kicking my ass right now." She smiled up at Reid, trying to look innocent and hating herself the whole time.

"Oh," He sounded disappointed, "Ok well, I can come..."

"No," Victoria said casually, "Why don't you go with Tyler and Amanda? That way you can narrow down what you want and you can show me online tonight." She smiled up at him, Reid didn't look convinced.

"Yeah, I wanna roll by a few dealerships to look at new rims anyway," Tyler said smiling at Amanda.

"Sounds fun," She chirped. Victoria's eyes glazed over the girl. She was one of many girls Tyler had been dating. Who knew he would turn out to be such a casanova? Victoria wasn't sure what had earned this one Prom and after events but she was not convinced Amanda would be around for long.

Reid glanced from Tyler to Victoria, "If you're sure..."

Victoria smiled up at him, "Yeah, besides if you're there, we are never gonna actually study." She said coyly, even though today she knew for a fact she wouldn't be getting distracted by that. Her mind was still in a total scramble.

Caleb groaned somewhere behind her and she could see Pogue stiffen on his bike at her innuendo. She took a deep breath, trying to ignore him. Reid however smiled down at her, placated, "Alright," He kissed her on the temple. "I'll see you tonight."

He let his arm drop from around her and Victoria suddenly felt very alone. She almost wanted to change her mind and go car shopping with Reid, and frankly, had she actually been planning on studying she would have but...this was different...

"You wanna ride with me and Sarah?" Caleb asked hesitating before getting into his mustang.

Victoria casually shook her head, "No, I know you have plans." She raised an eyebrow teasing her brother.

Sarah stopped getting in as well, to look from Victoria to Caleb, "What plans? Caleb?"

Caleb smiled coyly and Victoria smiled back at her brother, "I can ride with Pogue." She said simply. Pogue looked at her and she met his eyes and felt her breath catch. But she swallowed back against her reaction.

"Whatever, call me tonight." Caleb got in the mustang like it wasn't a big deal. Victoria turned to see Reid wave at her from the shot gun seat in Tyler's SUV. It seemed so odd to her that everyone else was behaving so normally. Like the world hadn't just tilted a little. But then, to everyone else, everything was normal. She looked at Pogue who was staring down at the helmet in his hands.

Victoria walked back over to Pogue's bike and he handed her his helmet. "So school?" He asked looking up at her.

She shook her head, "No. The old colony house. We are figuring this out if it takes us all day."