Dear Readers-I'm sorry I haven't been updating, but like I said, there's been a family emergency and it's taking a toll. That being said, I will try to post more often. Thanks so much! Enjoy!

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Sarah

I was walking, alone, through the halls. My footsteps echoed off of the walls, it was silent other than that. It was lunch, and I was late. The teacher had asked me to stay after, saying that I had seemed to be distracted lately. I chuckled softly to myself, bitterly. Gee, distracted over what, I wonder?

Suddenly, I heard "Wenham." I jumped, letting out a tiny yelp, whipping around and almost falling over. The person grabbed my upper arm steadying me.

I looked up, about to say thank you, but instead gasped. It was Evan. "oh all the dirty, rotten-" I started, and then hissed, recoiling from his touch, yanking my arm from his grasp. "What do you want?" I spat at him.

He stared at me undecidely for a few moments, and then her narrowed his eyes, saying, "Can't I just want to say hi?"

I looked at him with wide eyes. "What, are you kidding me?" I said, almost sure that it was a joke. He said nothing. After a few moments, I folded my arms, uncomfortable, before continuing on to say, "Well, I mean, sure, you can wamt to say hi; but I seriously doubt it's what you really want from me. So why don't you just cut the crap, and get to whatever sick and twisted point you came here to make?"

"Sarah, do you really doubt my integrity that much?" Evan asked, chuckling softly, running a hand through his hair.

"Yes." I snapped without hesitation, and then added as an afterthought, "And don't call me Sarah. Only my friends can call me that. I'm Wenham to you, Marcus." He looked caught off-guard, so I took advantage of that. I moved to push past him, saying, "Look, I don't have time for this."

He was, however, less surprised than he had seemed to be. Before I could successfully manage to push past him, he gripped my forearm, pulling me backward, not releasing me from his grasp either. "Then make time, Sarah." He said defiantly and arrogantly. "Because this is important."

I narrowed my eyes at him, "You arrogant son of a bitch. If you are gonna tell me, than just tell me. Don't sit here and play word games with me. My schedule does not revolve around you. And the world would definitely not just stop spinning and fall off it's axis without you, either."

"Fine then, I'll get straight to the point; you don't know me, Wenham." He said stoicly. "You think you know all about me… my life… my love life, and my intentions. But you don't. you think you know everything, but you don't." He snarled. "And your little speech at the Dells was not only 100 percent innaccurate, but it was also completely unnecessary."

"Oh, now I know you're full of shit." I said, amused. "Because you went to all the trouble of writing out your little speech, going over it a few dozen times in your head, you know, practicing it in the mirror. Then you hunted me down to make me listen to you so you could 'deny' everything?" I snorted a laugh.

"Stop physco-analyzing me, Wenham, because that shit is getting really old, really fast." He narrowed his eyes at me, saying. "Really? Honestly? That's cute and all, but no." He said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "You think you've got me all figured out, all pinned down? You like knowing everything. It gives you stability, power, makes you feel like you are in control of at least something, doesn't it?" I looked at him in shock. "With your lack of ability to control anything in your screwed up home life? That's right.I know all about your sick mother, your over-worked father… and your drug-addicted sister." He said.

"How did you-" I started to say, tears brimming in my eyes.

"I read your personal file." He said off-handedly, the continuing on, "Look, the point is that your attempt to have control over everything in your life is a reflection of the lack of control you have ovver your own family. And I've had it up to here with taking your bull-shit because you just so happen to be from a fucked up, broken home."

I was speechless for a moment, and then finally said, "Now who's physco-analyzing whom?"

"I'm sorry…" He said in a less harsh voice. "I didn't mean to… look, like I said, you don't know me, Sarah." He said, his eyes betrayed him, his tone also apologetic. "And while you though you had me all figured out, guess what."

"What?" I said, hoping that if I asked, he would let me go to lunch. "You have my full attention." I said truthfully. He got my full attention when he mentioned my family.

I was wrong. Using the grip he had on my arm, he suddenly pushed me up against the wall. He then placed the palm of his other hand next to my head, on the wall. The hand that held my arm loosened, and he slid it up to my shoulder, across my collarbone, and up to my chin. I shivered, trying to look away, but his hand on omy chin held me there as he moved his mouth slowly to my ear. His breath tickled my neck, giving me goospebumps. "Maybe I don't like Alice like that. Maybe, just maybe, I have feelings for someone a little more… mature than little Alice." He said, and my breathing hitched in my throat as realization hit me like a big, yellow school bus. Alice wasn't the right girl for most… if they were smart, guys tried not to fall for her. Don't get me wrong, I loved Alice, but the only person who could truly ever handle her was Reid.

I looked down. "You don't mean…" I said, softly, faltering at the end, still unable to look up at him.

"Sarah." He said, and I snapped my head up to look at him. The hand he had on my chin slid to my cheek.

He started moving his face towards my own, and I realized that he was going to… kiss me. I froze in fear and surprise, unable to move. And suddenly to my own horror, I realized, no matter how wrong it was, in this one moment, I actually wanted him to kiss me. I leaned into him, and his lips collided with my own as a wave of emotion crashed over us, all the sexual tension between the two of us that had been building up ever since we met had made itself known. And not only was he kissing me with passion and anger… not only was it full of unexplainable emotion, and sparks flying that I hadn't even felt until now, but I… was kissing him back, fiercely and intensely in my own right.

We broke apart finally, breathing heavily. He was suddenly smirking at me, and I felt dread in my heart. "This changes everything for you, doesn't it?"

"I…I-not necces-I…" I sputtered, unable to form coherent sentences with him this close to me.

His grin grew more wicked by the second, searching my face, my eyes. "Oh my… it does!"

"I-I-I never said that!"I finally managed to snap at him.

"You didn't have to, Sarah, it's in your eyes." He said, moving forward, his mouth right beside my ear, "Besides, you never said it didn't."

I pushed him away from me. "That's enough Evan." I said harshly. "This game is over."

He grabbed me by the upper arms, saying, "The game's not over until I say it is."

"Really? Well then have fun playing with yourself." I said,slipping out of his grasp. "Because I'm done." I turned, walking away as he called after me.

"Sarah, you can't tell me that you didn't feel it!" He shouted. I stopped for a second, indecision taking over me for a moment, but then kept on walking.

As I hauled ass to get to my next class, knowing full well the bell would ring in a few minutes, someone suddenly grabbed my upper arm, yanking me into an empty supply closet. I opened my mouth to scream, but someone clamped a hand over my mouth. Then everything went black.

Reid

I looked after Sarah as she stormed off. I knew I could always catch her later considering I knew her next class, and. well… yea, it was Sarah… and she lived with my girlfriend. So, I went after Evan, shouting, "HEY! MARCUS!" He slowed up, turning to face me me. He looked confused, but stayed where he was.

"Garwing, what do you-" He started, but I cut him off.

"Do you got a problem with all of us?or just people who are involved with the Danvers?"

He narrowed his eyes at me. "I'm sorry, what?"

"you heard me, pretty boy. And don't play dumb with me. You and I both know what you are doing. But what I want to know is why? Why are you trying to break up Alice and I, and Sarah and Caleb, huh?" He started to protest, but I cut him off again. "Scratch that, I don't want to know why. I just want it to stop. Now."

"Look, Garwin, I don't know what you are-"

I had told myself earlier that I wan't gonna hit him, but, well, he deserved it. So I punched him hard in the face, knocking him to the ground. "Like I said, I don't give a flying fuck what your false pretense is. It just better stop." I said, turning to leave.

"And what are you gonna do if it doesn't?" He said, wiping the trickle of blood from his mouth as he began to stand.

I stopped, saying over my shoulder. "You come near my family or mess with any of my girls ever again, I'll knock your fucking head off." With that, I turned, now choosing to go after Sarah.

I went to her Economics classroom, the class she was in right now with Amy and Kate. When I got to the door, the teacher was walking into his office, while all of the students were working on some independent assignment. I looked for Sarah, but her normal seat was empty.

I tapped on the glass, managing to get Amy's attention. She looked up at me, confused. She glanced back towards the teacher's office before mothing to me, "What?"

I motioned, mouthing back, "Sarah?"

She shrugged, shaking her head, mouthing back, "Haven't seen her." This troubled me. But then the teacher came back into the room from his office, so I gave Amy a nod and a little wave before bolting down the hallway.

I ended up back in my dorm room, more confused than usual. I fell down onto my bed, but I heard a crumpling coming from underneath me. I sat up, pulling it from behind me. It was a note.

Reid-

Wondering where Sarah wandered off to? Oh, don't worry about that. She's safe with me- for the time being, anyway, provided you do as I say. Tommorow night. Out back of the Danvers Manor. During the party, midnight. You and I are gonna haave a little fun. I'll even return Sarah to you, safe and sound. But if you tell anyone, I'll kill Sarah immeadiately, and then Alice will have a very… unfortunate accident.

-CC

-P.S. I'm back, in case you haven't noticed.

I crumpled the note in my hand, growling, "Chase."

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-SDSL