This is a follow-up to the last chapter.

-/-

"Tyler! I got us every damn horror movie known to man," Reid announced when he came into the dorm. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Richie and Tyler comfortable on Tyler's bed and ground his teeth together to stop himself from saying anything.

"Reid, hey," Richie greeted with a bright smile, which Reid could only respond to with a forced half smile.

"Richie was supposed to do something with his sister tonight, but she had to bail... so I told him it'd be okay if he joined us. Is that okay with you?"

"Sure," Reid muttered out and tossed the bag of movies towards Tyler, "But I needa make a call first."

"I'll put a movie in then," Tyler smiled and got off the bed while Reid went out into the hall.

He listened to the phone ring twice before the voice on the other line picked up.

"Fuck it all Pogue, if you don't come to my dorm right now, there will be blood shed." He hung up right after, trusting Pogue to see the urgency of the situation.

An hour later, Caleb was laying on the floor between the beds, Pogue and Reid were sitting on Reid's bed, and Richie and Tyler were on Tyler's bed.

Caleb was the only one watching the movie.

Tyler and Richie were absorbed in each other, while Reid was bitching to Pogue about how he couldn't take this Richie nonsense anymore, and Pogue was trying to control his laughter at Reid's jealousy.

"Can you guys shut up already?" Caleb finally said after he had watched an hour of a movie and didn't even know one thing about what was going on. "Tyler and Richie, come up for air already, and Reid, shut up about whatever you're whining about, and Pogue, stop laughing."

"Shut the fuck up and watch the movie, Caleb," Reid snapped, and Caleb just rolled his eyes at him.

"It's so funny, Caleb," Pogue said with laughter in his voice, "This kid..." and he died laughing.

"Umm... Richie forgot something in his dorm, we're gunna go get it," Tyler excused the two of them and followed Richie out, both of them looking too suspicious for Reid's liking.

"And now they're gunna go do the deed, and we all know. Thank you, Tyler!" Reid groaned in frustration and let himself deflate onto his bed.

Pogue and Caleb looked at each other, then at Reid, and started to laugh.

"Does Tyler even know why you're such a jerk now?" Pogue asked when he got his laughter under control. "I mean, you like radiate jealousy."

"How in all hell would I tell him, Pogue?"

"You can't," Caleb chimed in, chuckles still leaving him as he spoke, "If you do, you could ruin what they have."

"You guys are no help."

-/-

During the next couple of weeks, Reid managed to spend minimal time with Tyler and Richie together and as much time as possible with Tyler by himself. The only place he couldn't really avoid the couple or have Tyler alone was Nicky's. Reid was starting to hate going to Nicky's... especially if Pogue and Caleb were near him.

Currently, the three of them were sitting at the bar, drinking soda, and watching as Tyler helped Richie throw darts.

"Who do you think tops?"

Reid spit out the soda in his mouth and choked on what he swallowed at Pogue's question.

"Richie," Caleb answered, acting as if they were having a normal conversation and ignoring Reid's loud scene.

"Yeah? I don't know... it seems like they switch."

"Shut up," Reid growled and spilled the rest of Sprite on Pogue.

Caleb's jaw went slack and opened at the action, while Pogue laughed in disbelief and grabbed Reid by the front of his shirt. "You... you are a dead man," he promised and dragged Reid to the bathroom.

When they got in there, Pogue grabbed as many paper towels as he could and start wiping and blotting his shirt and pants before turning to Reid to speak.

"Get over him, do something about it, or learn to deal already, Reid. This dramatic teenage girl BS is getting old."

"Tyler's happy, and it's killing me that I'm not the cause of that happiness, and I don't wanna do anything to ruin it for him. What in all hell do you want me to do, Pogue?"

"Be his friend, his best friend."

-/-

A week later, Reid and Tyler found themselves alone in the dorm room on a Friday night.

"No date with Richie tonight?" Reid asked when 8:30 came around and Tyler was still in the dorm with him.

"He's on a trip with the Diversity Club," Tyler explained and rolled over onto his side to look at Reid. "No parties?"

Reid shrugged and turned to face Tyler as well. "Didn't feel like it."

"Amazing," Tyler teased and pulled a laugh out of Reid. "Is Reid Garwin finally get tired of partying?"

"Fuck no... I'll leave right now if you want."

"No.. stay," Tyler smiled, "I've missed you."

They spent the night catching up, and things felt like they had been before Tyler was taken and Reid was jealous.