[Original 2006] A/N: Hey, I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, thanks it makes updating way more of a priority. Anywho about Victoria and her Mary-Sue-ism's I know she is dancing on a fine line of being a Mary Sue but please give her a chance, it is hard to make a character realistic in a few chapters, let her grow, anyway thanks and I hope you all keep reading!
PS. I am mainly going to be doing this story from Reid's point of view but some times I will switch to Victoria to get a point across. Hope you like it.

Chapter Three:

Victoria went through the door and was bombarded with noises. Since the boys were around fifteen all she had ever heard of was what happened at Nicky's and found it hard to believe she was actually there.

The place was absolutely packed; anymore people and Victoria doubted there would be breathing room. There were pool tables, and foosball tables, and small circular tables that people huddled around to eat. A few people were dancing in front of a jukebox and a lot of people lined the bar on the far wall.

Reid stepped in behind her. "Come on," He said in her ear putting his hand on the low of her back to guide her into the packed haunt. It felt kind of strange to be touched by him or spoken to by him like that, it made her go all weak in the knees and shivers shoot up her spine. Which was even more surprising than the fact he was doing it in the first place.

It was especially weird considering Reid was the one who would usually chase her, then hold her down while Pogue and Caleb tied her up while they thought of something evil to do to her when they were younger.

She glanced at Reid smiling slightly as he walked behind her. She soon realised where they were headed. Reid stopped them in front of a pool table. Victoria couldn't help but smiled to herself, she had spent enough time playing snooker in jolly old England to be quite the pool shark now.

Reid noticed her smile when he was getting the pool ques. "Something funny?" He asked standing beside her.

Victoria leaned over the table and set up the balls, "Yeah, I was just remembering, uh ..." She shook her head, "You have probably forgotten." She shrugged but he continued to watch her with an amused look on his face.

"Try me," He leaned over and took the first shot.

"Okay," She said watching him move around the table. 'God, he's changed,' Was all she could think. He looked at her expecting her to talk, waking her from her trance, "Oh…uh… remember the time, we were like, I dunno, you guys were probably eight making me seven, anyway you guys decided to wrap me in bubble wrap and lie me on the end of that plank and –" She stopped when he burst out laughing throwing his head backwards. She watched him, "It wasn't that funny." She said but Victoria couldn't help the smile that crossed her lips.

"Yes, it was. You went like... No, flew like fifty feet when all four of us jumped on the other end." He burst out laughing again.

"Yeah and I got a broken jaw, it was hilarious," She said leaning over the table to take her shot.

She sunk the ball she was aiming for. She smiled at Reid gloatingly; he raised his eyebrows, impressed. She knew it was a fine line between rubbing his nose in it and making him competitive and she wasn't sure which road she wanted to take. There was a time when she would have done anything to show one of her big brother's friends that she was better at something then they were, but she wasn't sure she wanted to piss off Reid and be left at Nicky's alone without a ride. 'Mind you, it isn't just that,' She thought, she actually liked his company.

Which was odd.

This was Reid after all..

"You're good," Reid commented watching her move around the table.

"You have no idea," She said smiling mischievously at him. He smiled back. She wasn't sure what in him made her act like this but she liked it, she liked not having to monitor everything she did, it was… comfortable.

She leaned over the table again only to feel a hand not so delicately grab her ass. She straightened up immediately and turned to see the smug face of some guy smiling at her. Reid was instantly beside her. Before she knew what had happened Reid had the guy by the collar and was about to cold cock him.

Seeing Nicky move behind the bar made Victoria move. She wanted to see Reid pound the guys face in more then anything but even magic wouldn't help in a fight against Nicky. She gently placed a hand on Reid drawn back arm. He looked at her incredulously. She looked back at the guy.

He looked ready to retaliate if Reid hit him and his friends looked like they were awaiting instruction. "Hey," She started in a rather loud voice, "Aren't we lucky to be graced with god's gift to women?"

The guy looked rather impressed, idiot. Victoria rolled her eyes, "Sorry, sarcasm has a habit of falling out of my mouth like stupidity falls out of yours."

The guy looked shocked, and Reid looked thrilled still not letting go of the guy's collar. The guys face contorted in anger. "Look, bitch-" He started; Victoria thought it was a little stupid of him to start insulting her when he was still in Reid's grip.

Reid tightened his grasp with both hands now and looked the guy in the face, "Watch it Aaron, those are big words." He snarled. Victoria looked from Reid to Aaron, so this was the famous Aaron that Caleb had mentioned in his e-mails.

"What cha gonna do Garwin? All your little buddies aren't here to back you up." Victoria looked from Aaron back to Reid, she could see a vein in Reid's jaw flex, and it was exceedingly hot.

"Why don't we step outside and you can find out just what I can do." Reid snarled and with that Reid started to drag Aaron outside. Victoria and Aaron's other friends were left standing beside the discarded pool table.

Victoria's legs snapped into action, she pushed past Aaron's friends outside. The chilly air bit into her skin. Aaron was standing with his back to the door and Reid was standing across the alley from him looking…excited.

Victoria walked out into the alley and stood beside Reid, "Reid, let's go, he isn't worth the effort."

"Yeah Garwin, listen to your girlfriend." Victoria turned and faced Aaron.

"Oh shut up, you lower the IQ of the whole block when you speak. Did ya know that?" Reid barked a laugh at the look on Aaron's face.

"Shut up princess." Aaron snarled, Reid went to lunge at him but Victoria grabbed his arm making him swing around and face her. He looked at her.

"Don't," She ground out looking him in the eye.

He soon shook her off and turned back to Aaron who was now standing beside all of his friends. Reid was now one against six and still looked raring to go.

Victoria looked at him feeling helpless. If Caleb couldn't stop him she didn't see how she could. Then she saw it. The flash in his eyes. He was using.

She looked around and saw the slight tremble in mountain of kegs the behind Aaron and his friends. "Reid," She snarled stepping in front of him yarding on his arm. He looked down at her breaking his concentration making the kegs quiver but right themselves.

Aaron and his friends turned at the sound and didn't here Victoria whisper, "Don't, not here."

Reid smiled at her casually, "What's the worst that could happen?" He looked back at Aaron and took a step forward. "You were saying, I can't quite remember something along the lines of apologizing to my friend, explaining about you being a dick?"

Aaron snarled. Victoria had to stop this. She walked over to Aaron and swiftly, before any of his friends could stop her, kneed him in the groin. He doubled up and moaned falling to the ground. His friends looked like they didn't know whether to comfort him or attack her.

"Keep your grubby little hands to yourself." She walked over and grabbed the laughing Reid and dragged him back into Nicky's.