A/N: Sorry it's been so long guys. College has basically swallowed my life whole. I have this whole thing written out as a rough draft, it's just editing it so it doesn't sound too immaculately cheesy that keeps me from updating haha. Hope it's paying off. Please drop me a review and let me know ;)

-Rachel

Setting: Two weeks later. Thursday afternoon, about 4pm. Blaise has free time for the first time since clubbing with the boys. Finals are around the corner and she's really stressed out. Born with too much extra energy to begin with, she decides to let off some steam by going to the school's old dance studio. Reid walks in, un-noticed at first, as she rocks out to "Throw It On Me" by Timbaland and the Hives. Finally, out of the corner of her eye she sees Reid leaning against the back wall, smirking. Surprised, she loses her balance and falls.

Six: Dance Like No One's Watching

"Ow!"

"Hahaha, real graceful sweetheart. Here, let me help you up."

"Get away from me Garwin before you do any more damage."

"I didn't mean to scare you, I'm sorry."

"You were just lurking in the back like a stalker. Yah, that's not gunna scare me at all. Not in a room where the walls are paneled in glass."

"I was enjoying the show, so sue me."

"Up to par for Spenser's finest?"

"You were doing alright from a distance."

"What do you want, a fucking lap dance?"

"If you're offering…"

"Actually, I think I'm done dancing for the day. God I'm tired…and hungry."

"You wanna get some food?"

"With you?"

"Ouch."

"Your ego for my ass."

"Guess we're even."

"Only if you pay for dinner."

"Only if it's greasy and cheap."

"Taco Bell?"

"Perfect!"

"God bless you, yes! Deep-fried Chaluppa with extra sour cream here I come!"

Setting: Reid and Blaise are parked in Reid's yellow, Chevy Corvette Z06 on the Marblehead cliffs overlooking the ocean at sunset. The sky is covered in bright oranges, yellows and pinks. The smell of tacos wafts through the car.

"Remind me never to eat something that big in less than five minutes ever again. I feel like I'm going to be sick."

"K, well in the event that you do puke, please get out of the car first. I just had the leather reupholstered in here."

"Are you kidding me? You threw up all over the backseat of my Jag at the end of last year, so don't even start with me."

"Hahaha, yeah I remember that. Good times…"

"Yah, cause I enjoyed my car smelling like sour beer for two weeks. Totally."

"Oh come on, I paid for the damage…besides, you weren't even all that pissed."

"I don't really get pissed at you. Which is pretty remarkable, given all the times I've had to bail you out of your own messes."

"Yah, but you have to know how much it has meant to me to have someone in my life who stands by me no matter what. Who never stops fighting for me."

"I can't imagine not standing by you. You mean too much to me."

"Same here. You know I'll always fight for you, just like you've done for me, right?"

"I know you will…Sometimes I feel like you're all I've really got in this world, Reid. You, Tyler, Sarah, Pogue, Caleb and Kate. Sometimes I feel like you guys are my real family."

"Family? What's that?"

"Hahaha, exactly. How are things at home, anyway? Any better?"

"Meh, parents fighting, having affairs, never paying attention to their kids. Things are coming up roses all around. Just like always."

"Reid…"

"You know, I thought things would get better? I actually thought it would all get easier after I ascended."

"It's not like it's your responsibility to fix your family."

"No one else is going to. And I just thought…I dunno, I could put us back the way we belong. But you can't go back to a place you've never been."

"Look, just get through the spring semester and then we'll be outta here. On warm, sunny beaches everyday, away from Spenser and your family and mine. We'll never have to look at Ipswich ever again. I promise."

"You paint a pretty picture, sweetheart. But I'll only believe it when I see it."

"That's fair. I know it feels like forever away."-

"It could be tomorrow and it still wouldn't be enough because it isn't right now."

"Well, then I guess we'll have to make it right now."

"What do you have in mind Ms. Eagan?"

"Driving around with the stereo blasting?"

"Scary movies at my house after?"

"Anything you want…anything but that."

"Haha, you're a tease Blaise."

"I gotta keep you comin' back somehow. Now where are your cds? Let's get this party started!"