A/N: Sorry for the age confusion, those conversations were a bit convoluted. So to clarify: Victoria is almost exactly nine months younger than Caleb. Ergo, he ascended before her but only nine months earlier. Hope that clears everything up. This will also be discussed further in future chapters. Thank you for the feedback, it is always appreciated! Hope you enjoy the update! -Cat

Chapter Seventeen

Victoria and Reid walked into Reid's dorm and as soon as he had the door closed Victoria turned on her heel to glare at him with eyes as black as night.

"Whoa," He said staring at her. She must be furious.

"What the hell was that?" She practically growled at him.

Reid shook his head, brow furrowing at her, "I could ask you the same thing?"

She crossed her arms, "Excuse me?!"

"You show up late with Pogue and dump this with me? What the hell am I supposed say?!" He yelled back at her.

" 'I show up late'? What the hell Reid!? Pogue and I spent all day trying to figure out what the hell is going on with us. Once we did, I wanted to come and find you so I could tell you first."

Reid swallowed, but shook his head, so what if he got to be the first to know, the news was still the same! "So what? You gonna leave me for Pogue now? Is that the point?"

Victoria stepped back with shock on her face, "Of course I'm not gonna leave you for Pogue! What the hell has gotten into you?"

Reid advanced towards her and Victoria stood her ground glaring up at him, "What's gotten into me? We went from having sex in the penthouse to Pogue telling me, like a smug son of a bitch, that he is your soulmate."

Victoria looked Reid in the eye, "Pogue is having a hard time and I can't blame him. He has been going through this on his own till now so you can't blame him for being on edge. You wouldn't, at least if you actually listened to-"

Reid shook his head, turning away from her, "No, I don't want to listen to you defend him. Let me save you some trouble. Don't worry about me, go, take off with him. Ride into the sunset if that's what you want." Reid opened the door but Victoria charged across the room, slamming the door shut before Reid even really got it open.

"Really Reid?" She glared up at him. "This is what you want to do? This is how you want this to go?" Reid glared down at her. Victoria shook her head, "I can't believe you. My life is literally ripped to shreds in a matter of twenty-four hours. I ascend, find out the shit with my dad, that literally I am a bastard, but not only that I am a doubleganger to top it off. And you're jealous?" Reid blinked looking at her. Victoria scoffed. "Fine. I don't know what it is than, insecurity, possessiveness. Fuck it. Whatever." She stormed over to his bed and grabbed her purse that she had thrown down. She snatched it up and turned, tears in her eyes and Reid felt his stomach drop out of his shoes. "I don't need this. Least of all from the one person I thought... never mind." She shook her head.

"No, Vic, - Victoria, no." Reid jumped in front of her. She tried to get around him but he blocked her again, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it."

She looked at him, "Then why the hell would you talk to me like that?"

Reid shook his head, "I was an idiot. I just got all caught up in my own head and started to panic and was an idiot. I'm sorry. You know me, Vic."

Victoria stopped trying to get around him but she crossed her arms and continued to glare up at him, "Yeah, well I thought we were past that Reid. I thought this, us, was supposed to be real now."

"It is," Reid took the risk and stepped up taking her arms and she didn't shrug him off. "I'm sorry, I just… Pogue has been on me lately and I didn't know why and then when he said that-"

"He shouldn't have said it like that," Victoria interrupted.

Reid shrugged, "Even so, I shouldn't have freaked out. I should have listened to you. And I shouldn't have jumped down your throat."

Victoria looked at the floor before looking back up at him, "Cause ya know, I got a lot going on and could really use you right now."

"I know," Reid said looking her in the eye, "I am here, minor freak out over. Gone. Outta my system." Victoria nodded and let him pull her into his arms. "I still kinda wanna beat the shit outta Pogue though." He mumbled into her hair.

"Aw Reid!"

"Kidding! Kidding!"

A/N: Sorry, it's short. More to come asap!