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He stared at us. I didn't know what to say, what to do. He looked so hurt….

Tori gulped. "Simon…." She started. He stared at her, eyes widening.

"Well-"

"Is it true?!" Simon cut Tori off.

She looked down. I opened my mouth, but as I did Simon muttered an "Oh my God."

Tori looked up to him again, the look on her face shameful. "Yeah, It's true." She whispered, looking down, frowning, Simon rubbed his eyes and whispered another "Oh my God." I got up off the bed, and walked over to him.

"Simon. She's….She's having a rough time with this. C-can you please not freak out?" My tone was a little harder than I would've liked. Simon stared at me like I was crazy.

"Wait…You knew?! You knew and you didn't…" He trailed off, running a hand through his hair. Derek appeared behind him, staring at me. Simon slowly turned, and almost bumped into Derek. Simon flinched. Then, he looked up to Derek. "Did you know about this?" He jabbed a finger toward Tori, who was on the verge of tears. Again.

Derek stayed silent. And I guess that was answer enough for Simon. He backed up back into Tori's room, and quickly glanced at each one of us. "You all think I'm stupid, don't you?"

"Simon." Derek rumbled from the door frame. Simon quickly turned to him. "No! You all keep this from me, me, like I'm a freaking four year old!" he yelled. "And I'm not stupid! You think you all can keep things from me. Good luck." he ranted, then whimpered.

"Oh my God." He weakly laughed. He looked over to Tori. "How'd this happen?" He said breathlessly. She just sadly stared at him.

"Well," Derek said from now inside the room, an amused expression on his face. "When a boy and a girl-"

"Derek." Simon said curtly. Derek stopped, shaking his head. Rae now took residence in the door way, a confused expression on her face. "What's with all the yelling?" She glared at all three of us. She looked like she'd just woken up. Good.

"Nothing." Derek answered in a light tone, his face was unreadable. Even I couldn't find fault in it. Rae narrowed her eyes at him, then me, and then walked back down the hall to her room. Simon shook his head, baffled.

"I'm going to take a nap." He muttered, shaking his head, and storming out down the hall to his room. He slammed his door.

Derek sighed. "I'll go talk to him." He looked over to Tori. "He's over reacting. He'll get over it." Derek shrugged, his expression light. I was a little taken back.

Derek, comforting Tori? I mean, I knew she was going through a tough time. But…It didn't add up. He usually wasn't that nice. I actually had felt bad for Tori. She had really come around in the last few years. But Derek still wasn't totally over the whole 'she knocked me out with a brick and tied me up in the basement' thing.

Still…there was a factor missing. Something to cause Derek to be so understanding toward Tori.

The factor he was keeping from me.

I winced when I thought of this. Derek gave me a look, then went after Simon.

When he was gone, Tori finally glanced up, to me. "Chloe." she said softly. I nodded. She took a shuddering breath. "Can you please spend the night? I don't know if I can make it tomorrow…or even tonight alone." The look on her face made my insides twist with guilt.

I nodded again. "Of course."

* * * *

I pulled the blanket over myself, shivering. It was quiet cold in the house. I turned in the spare bed, uncomfortable. Derek's back was now to me.

The door creaked. My heart stammered. It was completely dark, and I could barely see Derek, who was directly in front of me.

"Chloe." A voice whispered from outside the door. I stiffened. I didn't recognize this hoarse whisper. "Chloe." It whispered again. I turned again, quickly this time, alert. I sat up. I could make out a figure in the door crack. My breathing doubled. The door cracked a little further.

I could now make out a face. I squinted.

Mr. Bae. I let out a sigh of relief. "Chloe?" He whispered again. I got up from the bed, carefully, trying hard not to wake Derek. Though, he probably already was awake.

I walked to the door. Mr. Bae studied my face. "Can I talk to you?" He whispered, then looked over my shoulder to Derek. I blinked twice. "Yeah. Sure." I whispered back, looked over my shoulder and slipped out of the room.

Mr. Bae motioned for me to follow him to the kitchen. I did. I glanced at the digital c lock above the oven. 2:23 A.M. I blinked again and shook my head. Mr. Bae turned back to me.

"Now be honest." He gave her an authoritative look, one which he only gave when he was dead serious. I nodded.

He let out a sigh, and looked around. "Do you think I…I should tell Simon? And Tori? I don't know if I can keep it from them anymore." He lowered his voice. "Especially since I'll be a grand parent.' he shuddered. I smiled, then swallowed.

"Tori's pretty…frazzled lately. Maybe just…wait till things settle down?" I suggested, seeking response in his eyes.

He sadly smiled. "They don't suspect anything?" It was more of a statement than a question. I thought.

"I don't know about Simon." I murmured. Mr. Bae's expression became alert. "Simon?" He asked furrowing his eyebrows.

We heard a snore from down the hall, and we both waited before continuing. After a minute of silence, I softly sighed.

"I don't know. Some days he seems like he knows were keeping something from him. Other days, he's oblivious."

Or so he seems. My inner voice comment. I swallowed.

Mr. Bae nodded. He looked down. "Simon's a bright kid." I could see the corners of his mouth turn up in a proud smile. I agreed.

Mr. Bae eyed me. "How are you doing, Chloe? Have you seen you're aunt lately?" He cocked his head like Simon did when he was curious.

"No. Haven't seen Aunt Lauren in about a week." I shrugged. Mr. Bae nodded again.

Aunt Lauren had decided to get her own small place about thirty minutes from our apartment. She wanted to keep to herself. Apparently, she had been a bit changed from her time at the Edison Group. She seemed to keep to herself more lately. But to my happiness she had grown used to the idea of Derek and I being together.

We stood there, silent. "Tori's boyfriend is coming over tomorrow." I blurted out, trying to fill the silence. Mr. Bae looked up at me, wide eyed. "Tomorrow?" He asked, surprised. "Does he know about…?" Mr. Bae motioned to his stomach. I shook my head.

"That's why he's coming over." I whispered. He ran a hand over his face, and sighed. "Great." He faked a cheerful tone. I snickered. He glanced at the clock.

"Well I didn't mean to keep you awake. Just needed to know." He sort if apologized.

I nodded. "It's fine. I can understand." I rubbed my eyes. Mr. Bae sighed and looked around. "See you in the morning." he looked back to me, sadly smiled, and headed off down the hall.

I let our a deep breath. Tomorrow should be interesting, I thought as I snuck back to the bedroom door.

I had no idea.

WARNING: Next chapter will be short, maybe very short, but I will give you a bit about Ryan! So what do you think?

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