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Chapter Thirty-Seven

How was it only Wednesday? This was without question the longest week of Victoria's life. All she wanted was for Friday to arrive, so they could get through the commencement ceremony as quickly as possible and move on with their lives.

Everything was weird and different. Now everything felt so fractured. Caleb was keeping his distance which is what Victoria wanted but now he was also looking at her like she was a bomb that may go off at any moment. Tyler avoided both her and Pogue like the plague, probably trying to avoid actually having to take sides, knowing Tyler. And Reid... well half the time Reid was MIA. Victoria tried not to think about it. Not wondering why he wasn't in class, or if he was ok. She was trying to remember that he was his own keeper but it was still hard. He may have hurt her but she still couldn't turn off her feelings like a faucet.

She swallowed as she stared into her gym locker. After all, she had been on her way to hurt him... No! She would not allow herself to make excuses for Reid's behaviour. He made his bed, he could lay in the mess. She slammed her locker door rather violently, and jumped to find Sarah on the other side of the door.

"Jesus!" Victoria said jumping, hand flying to her chest.

"Sorry!" Sarah instantly put both hands up, "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you!"

Victoria took a deep breath and looked at her brother's girl friend, "It's fine. What's up?" Victoria asked briskly.

Sarah raised an eyebrow at Victoria's cold tone but answered, crossing her arms over her chest, "Well, hello to you too."

Victoria glared back at Sarah, "Sorry, if I am not looking forward to Caleb's passive aggressive check in on me via messenger exercise."

Sarah honestly looked offended, "Oh? How bout just a friend checking in? In the mood for that?" She snapped back, meeting Victoria's eyes with her own contemptuous gaze.

Victoria raised an eyebrow, "We are friends now?"

Sarah looked at her, lifting her chin defiantly, "Yes. Besides, it isn't like you are beating them off with a stick."

Victoria actually laughed, "True enough."

Sarah nodded, feeling comfortable that they were officially friends. "So... how are you doing? I tried to talk to you in class but you were running way to fast."

They had just been running track, for the last class of PE and Victoria had taken the opportunity to put some distance between her and the rest of the class. Victoria shrugged, "Oh you know, peachy."

Sarah looked sympathetic and opened her mouth to say something but hesitated when the rest of the class started to filter into the locker room. Sarah glanced around the room but simply stepped closer to Victoria to continue talking, "You know Caleb is just worried about you... and Reid..." Victoria looked up at Sarah's words before she added quickly, "And Pogue. He's worried about all you guys."

"Well, he has a funny way of showing it." Victoria grudgingly opened her locker again, realizing she had slammed it in frustration before grabbing her towel for her shower first.

"He's just trying-"

Victoria turned on Sarah before hissing, "He's just trying to control everything and dictate how everything is going to go. Caleb likes to be in control, and he thinks if he tries hard enough he can. He used to do it all the time with me and my - Eleanor." Victoria felt pissed at the near slip. She took a deep breath and shook her head trying to clear her mind, "He couldn't do it then and he can't do it now. Maybe instead of trying to fix and control, he could just listen."

Sarah put both her hands up, "Oh, I have tried to tell him that's what he needs to do... he just... worries."

Victoria rolled her eyes, "I wonder what that must be like? Cause I am just rolling down the highway of easy choices and no problems..."

Sarah sighed, "I know. I know how stupid this must sound to you, when you are the one going through all of this."

Victoria took a deep breath and actually looked back at Sarah, "Yeah, well, it would be nice if Caleb could say that."

"I'll talk to him," Sarah offered.

Victoria shook her head, "No, don't bother." Sarah opened her mouth to argue but Victoria put her hand up, "No, don't. He needs you to just be in his corner. Just... I dunno. Just look after him." Victoria shrugged.

Sarah nodded but her eyes looked sad, like she wanted to do more or saying something that would make it all better. Victoria nodded, and smiled at her, Sarah really was a good match for Caleb. She hoped nothing would get in their way to mess everything up for them. If there was one thing Victoria knew by now it was not to depend on anything.

A loud cackle drew their attention entering the girl's locker room and Victoria turned to see Keira walk in with her cronies. "Oh god," Victoria turned to face her locker. She had been avoiding Keira like the plague, uninterested in what she was sure Keira would love to tell her about the new social structure of the Son's of Ipswich.

If she darted into the showers right now she could probably get in and out before Keira had even gotten in the showers. But it was to late.

"Victoria!" Keira shrill voice filled the locker room and Victoria felt her heart drop as all the girls in the locker room went quiet. "Finally a chance to catch up!"

Victoria took a deep breath, steadying herself but Sarah responded before Victoria had the chance, "Oh Keira just leave her alone. You have nothing to say to her."

"Oh don't I? I don't remember talking to you. But Victoria I must say, we were only joking before State. Didn't think you would actually go and shack up with Parry! What, is today your third day in a row showing up to school on his bike? From his house? How scandalous, you daring thing you!"

Victoria didn't bother to turn around, "Yeah, Keira I live on the edge." She closed her locker and turned, facing the smug looking red head, "Don't know how you know so much about my personal comings and goings though, pretty unsettling. Are you a little too interested in my love life maybe? Cause I am gonna be honest, girls... not my thing, especially not red heads."

Keira's eyes flashed. "Surely you kid? As if Danvers! I am just appalled that you could be so cold blooded to your fellow woman. I mean to take another girls man? The lowest of lows, let alone for your own boyfriends best friend? I think that takes a certain kind of crazy. Maybe you don't fall to far from your mothers tree."

Victoria went very still. She became very aware of the fact that standing behind Keira was Kate who through this whole week had been pretty much invisible. At least Victoria hadn't seen her at all, not that she had been particularly looking. But now Kate stood behind Keira, her eyes big and looking like she didn't want too much attention paid to her. Victoria wondered if Kate knew that Victoria knew what had happened or whether Reid had kept that discovery to himself.

"Oh Keira just shut up, no one is interested in anything you have to say!" Sarah snapped back at Keira, who opened her mouth to say something snide back but it was Victoria who jumped in first.

"Oh no, don't worry about it Sarah. Keira is right. Takes a certain kinda woman to sleep with someone else's boyfriend. A real heartless conniving bitch from my estimation." Sarah was staring at Victoria with her mouth open, confusion all over her face. In fact the whole locker room was looking at Victoria like she was completely off her rocker. But Victoria was focused on Kate who had been looking at the floor but as Victoria had spoken she had looked up, with big, scared eyes. "Someone who would hope no one would ever find out about their sins, lest they become a slutty social pariah. Cursed to never be trusted with their friend spouses ever again. Sure would hate to be that person huh?" Keira was looking at Victoria like she had totally lost her mind. "But lucky for all of you, I will be gone by the end of the week, and we can all get on with our lives, right? Cause there isn't any one else who matches that description right?!" Victoria was staring daggers at Kate and she didn't even care who noticed. "Just crazy Victoria Danvers! Lock up your boyfriends girls!" Victoria shook her head, throwing her towel over her shoulder. "I can't wait to be out of this hell hole." With that Victoria walked across the locker room, not bothering to avoid bumping into Keira with her shoulder, sending the other girl off balance.

And as she walked by Kate, Victoria kept her head up high, and to her deep satisfaction, Kate looked away as she walked by.

Reid closed his eyes after staring into his locker mindlessly. He felt like he was in a bad dream that wouldn't end. How had everything spiralled so out of control? Now, Victoria could barely even look at him...

"Reid!" He took a deep breath at the sound of his name, he wasn't in the mood for this. "We need to talk." His locker suddenly swung shut and he had to dart back to miss getting hit by the door.

He was left unable to do anything other than look at Kate where she stood beside his locker. He felt guilt wash over him but it felt so far back in his mind it barely registered. He hadn't actually talked to Kate since Boston. When he had run out of the room to look for Victoria, Kate had still been asleep and when he got back, she was gone. He hadn't called or even really seen her until now.

Reid swallowed, "Hey Kate."

"That's it?! 'Hey Kate?'" Kate shook her head, her voice exasperated, "You are such a dick."

Reid looked at her through dead eyes, letting his head lean back, looking up at the ceiling, "You know we don't have to do this."

"Do what?" She snapped, and Reid looked back at her, and she looked caught off guard.

"The whole discussing what happened in Boston thing. What did it mean? Yada yada." Kate started shaking her head, a disbelieving smile crossing her face, Reid took a deep breath, straightening up, "We can skip this part," He finished, even though his statement finished on a lame note as he watched her reaction.

"Such a dick," She shook her head but stood her ground, "No, that isn't what I meant," She looked over her shoulder before stepping closer to Reid conspiratorially, before whispering to him, "Victoria knows."

Reid blinked slowly, taking another deep breath as he felt another weight come down on his shoulders, "Yeah, I know." Reid shook his head as Kate stared at him with her mouth open. Reid shrugged before turning and walking down the hallway.

Kate scrambled to catch up with him, "What do you mean 'Yeah, I know'? How do you know? How does she know?!" She somehow managed to make a whisper sound like a screech.

Reid kept walking. He didn't want to do this. Didn't want to talk about this, with anyone. And definitely not with Kate. He could barely look at her without feeling like his chest was gonna cave in from guilt. "She's known since State okay?" Kate grabbed his arm forcing him to turn around, saying "What?!" at the same time Reid was exhaling the words, "She's known since it happened."

Kate went pale, "Does Pogue know?" she asked looking afraid of the response.

Reid shook his head, "No, maybe, I dunno." Kate looked freaked, Reid found himself shaking his head, "I don't know if Pogue knows or not." Reid felt the pressure building on his lungs and he suddenly wanted to go home. He didn't want to be here any more. He thought of seeing Victoria outside of school on Monday morning. The way she looked at him, the way she walked up to Pogue and the way they seemed to fold into each other... "I'm sure she's told him."

"You have to talk to him Reid!" Kate's words brought Reid back to earth and he looked at her.

"Are you kidding me? I'm not a totally fucking idiot." Reid snapped.

"Safe to say right now, we are both idiots. But you have to go talk to Pogue." She glared at him, crossing her arms over her chest. Reid was shaking his head but Kate started talking first. "He is one of your best friends. Since you were what, born? And we fucked up. In a big way. And he is probably never going..." She blinked and looked away from Reid's eyes, to somewhere around his lapel, her eyes looking far away and sad, suddenly she blinked, taking a deep breath, "He is probably never going to forgive me. But if he doesn't know. He should hear it from you." Reid turned, "He deserves that Reid. You need to tell him and apologize. All this is not worth ruining your friendship over."

Reid turned on Kate suddenly, anger pulsing in his veins. "You have no idea what you are talking about," He snarled, pointing a finger in her face.

Kate looked from Reid's finger into his eyes, shaking her head and scoffing, "You were with Victoria for what, four months? That isn't worth endangering your and Pogue's friendship." Reid felt the rage pulsing in his veins, and he shook his head but found he didn't have a good answer to what Kate was saying. His mind reeled. It wasn't fair, yes he messed up. But everything was already so fucked up beyond recognition to begin with. Reid had felt it, losing Victoria to Pogue, it was already happening before his eyes. Again Kate's words brought Reid back to the moment at hand though, "Reid, I was with Pogue for years," He looked in her eyes at the sound of her voice, the pain in her voice, "I thought he was the love of my life. And yeah, we were broken up, but what we did was wrong. And I know what your friendship means to him, so I am gonna give you the opportunity to talk to him first, but if you don't tell him, I will."

Reid felt panic rising in his chest, he wanted to fix things with Victoria but he really hadn't considered the Pogue angle of it. 'That's because you only ever think about yourself. Why would you think you could make it work with Victoria? Now you also managed to stab your best friend in the back too?' The voice in his head was almost deafening. Reid shook his head, "You had said yourself, something was going on between them. " Reid started frantically, not needing to qualify he was talking about Pogue and Victoria, "Now they are driving up to school together?! That's-"

"That's irrelevant." Kate snapped interrupting Reid, "Whatever we thought, we didn't have proof. And I was bitter and angry, and felt left out in the cold, so yeah, I was stupid and petty, and short sighted and got drunk and slept with you. I am an imperfect person. But we are 100% sure we fucked up, so we are only accountable for our behaviour." She held Reid's contemptuous gaze. "So, we have to figure our side of it out."

Reid shook his head, watching Kate with a grudging admiration in his eyes. "You really were perfect for Pogue you know."

Kate looked like she had been slapped when he said it and blinked, looking uncomfortable, "Yeah, well evidently he didn't feel that way anymore."

"Trust me, Kate. We lost before our first dates with them." Reid took a deep breath, shook his head and started towards the school.

"Pogue!" Pogue stopped in the hallway at the sound of his voice and turned to see Reid walking towards him. He took a deep breath. He hadn't spoken to Reid since they got back from Boston and honestly he didn't know what to say, still in the dark about what exactly was going on between Victoria and Reid.

Which was frustrating him to no end. He wanted Victoria to tell him what was going on but they seemed to have fallen into a limbo, after that kiss in his bedroom, they were intimate, they slept together every night, not that they had had sex yet. They held hands, reached out for each other when they needed support but other than that... It was almost like waiting for another shoe to drop, or the end of school. But Pogue felt like they had reached a threshold and wanted to step through it but didn't want to drag Victoria with him if she wasn't ready. And he couldn't help but feel like it had something to do with what was going on with Reid.

"Reid." Pogue nodded at his friend trying to remember what happened between Reid and Victoria was their business and not his, "What's up?"

"Don't fuck with me," Reid snapped looking into a classroom beside them, "We need to talk." He marched in and didn't look back to see if Pogue was following him. Pogue took a deep breath and seriously considered just walking down the hall but that would only piss Reid off more, so he took a deep breath and walked into the classroom.

"What is it Reid?" Pogue asked letting his bag drop on the empty professors desk.

"Look, man, I am sure you wanna beat the shit out of me or whatever but-"

Pogue took a deep breath trying to find patience as his own frustration started to build at Reid's words, "Look man, Victoria hasn't told me what happened with you in Boston."

Reid stopped pacing and looked at Pogue, his hand at his mouth, already biting his nails. "What?"

Pogue crossed his arms over his chest leaning on the teachers desk. He shrugged, "She hasn't said anything."

Reid stepped closer to Pogue, a confused look on his face, "Why hasn't she told you yet? You guys are all... whatever..."

Pogue scoffed, "Look Reid." He shook his head standing up again, "I don't know why Victoria hasn't told me. Maybe she doesn't want me in the middle. So-" But Reid interrupted Pogue before he could finish his sentence and it was like a shotgun going off.

"I slept with Kate."