Title: Finding Somewhere to Belong

Author: Calie

Rating: PG

Summary: A new girl arrives at Spencer only days after Chase’s disappearance. She comes with a secret but starts to find it very hard to keep with a very annoying boy following her around. Reid/OC

Notes: Never fear. I was determined to finish this. I wrote the end of this chapter like three times and I am still not happy with it but this is the best version I’ve come up with. I guess my main problem was making Reid get over his issues with Breanna and making him content in the end. As we all know he isn’t like that. So I hope everyone likes how the end turned out. There are a few sentences that leave this story open for a sequel but we’ll see. I’ve got a couple of other fanfic interests at the moment. My fandoms change like every couple of months. I am going to try to work up a one parter though. Review please. I’d like to hear how everyone liked the series. So here it is. The End.

After showering Breanna had walked slowly back to Reid’s room. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to see him. It was more the case of her being afraid of what he’d have to say. When she knocked on the door she had waited anxiously for him to answer. When he answered his clothes had been changed and his wet hair led her to assume he had showered also. Instead of letting her though he stepped out of his room and closed the door.

“Tyler’s on his way back.” Reid said to answer her confused look and grabbed her hand and started to pull her down the hallway. She yanked her hand away though and he sighed angrily. After all, what right did she have to be angry with im. When he turned around to face her he glared down at her. “What now?”

“Stop dragging me around and telling me what I can and can’t do. I don’t know what’s wrong but you can’t talk to me like this.” She didn’t care how much he still might be upset with her; she wasn’t going to stand for how he was treating her. In the very beginning Breanna had been made aware of Reid’s controlling attitude and she had known right away that she wasn’t going to stand for it.

“Did you want to stay in my room with Tyler there?” She seemed to back down at his question then her eyes narrowed and he knew she wasn’t done.

“No, but you could ask instead of puling me like a dog. If you’re going to act like this then why even bother being around me. You don’t seem very happy to be near me.” He didn’t deny it and she couldn’t ignore the hurt she felt by his silence.

Being angry and not talking to her made it easier to ignore that he was worried about her. She’d kept things from him, things that should have driven him from her. Instead he couldn’t leave her side.

All she wanted was an explanation but instead he held out his hand. She interpreted it as a request to follow him and placed her hand in his. At least he didn’t grab her and pull her. “Reid,” she finally said after a few moments of silence and being led through the halls, “what’s wrong?”

There were so many answers to that question but he wasn’t prepared to answer her. “Not right now.”

The even tone of his voice stung and it brought unwelcome tears to her eyes. She didn’t want to be upset by his attitude but it hurt. She didn’t ask again and just let him lead her to her room. When they got there she stopped in front of her door and turned to him. “Just go back to your room Reid. You have no obligation to stay with me.” She didn’t want to be around him when he was being cold and indifferent. She missed his laid back attitude. Reid wasn’t the brooding type. A lot had happened she knew but she couldn’t be around him like this.

“Why would I be obligated?” The last thing he expected was her to send him away. It should have been the other way around considering what happened.

“I don’t know. But you don’t seem happy being here with me.” Her voice was strained as she admitted what she thought of him. It was hard not to cry when he still remained indifferent to her.

“Don’t be ridiculous.” Reid said as used to unlock her door then pushed it open. Disregarding her request not to be pushed around, he put a hand on her back and pushed her in. He wasn’t doing it to be mean but he had the feeling she wouldn’t have let him in other wise.

“Stop it!” Breanna yelled and looked at him angrily. After shutting the door he turned and stared down at her with a neutral look on his face. “And stop looking like you don’t care. Because if you don’t care then why are you here? Either you like me or you don’t but at least look like it.”

“So what do you want?” Reid said evenly and tried to hide how he was really feeling. He wasn’t good at it but the last thing he wanted to show was how much she really affected him.

“I want you to say something. You were more than willing to do so at the Danver’s and you were more than willing to yell at me and leave me before Chase grabbed me.” Her last comment had the desired affect. In just over a month’s time Breanna knew exactly what buttons to push to get Reid riled up.

“So it’s my fault?!” Reid exclaimed and stepped forward. “That’s all you can think about is what I didn’t do for you. I almost killed him because if I didn’t you were going to die. Plus you lie to me. Somehow you still turn this all around to be my fault.”

His angry revelation was a little hard for her to fully absorb at first. She didn’t know how Chase had died but just the fact that Reid had almost killed him for her was a little surprising. That still didn’t help her understand how he felt though. “So do you hate me or not, stop avoiding it.”

“You are either blind or crazy.” He expected her to be angry at his statement but instead she looked up at him calmly and expectantly. For some reason her anger would have been more comforting but her patient stare wasn’t. Reid sighed and tried to calm himself down. It wasn’t something that he could do often but he did his best to try. “If I hated you don’t you think I’d be gone right now? Whether you like it or not I have more than enough reason to walk out this door right now but I haven’t left you once.”

His statement was very sobering. She knew by what he said that she was on shaky ground with him and probably would be for a while. None of that mattered right now though as long as she could be with him.

“I’ll get over it.” Reid said eventually and noted that she was just surprised by his comment as he was. Unsure of what he was doing and whether or not it was a good idea, Reid stepped forward, cupped her face with his hands, and lowered his head to kiss her. He hadn’t been sure if she was going to let him but he was relieved when she did.

There had been no chance of Breanna refusing his kiss. In fact she was pretty relieved when his lips touched hers. His stand off attitude had made it painful to be around him but when he kissed her she was able to forget all of that. Unfortunately, their kiss didn’t last very long and he dropped his hands from her face and straitened up. “Are you sure you can?”

“I’m sure.” Reid walked over to her bed and sat down on the edge. Instead of sitting next to him like he thought she would she just stood there. “I’m not going to bite.”

Breanna gave a soft snort. “Where have I heard that before?” Regardless, she walked across the room and sat down next to him. “Do you really think he’s gone?”

Reid looked over at her but she was staring down at her feet which were lightly tapping on the floor. It was hard not to hear the apprehensiveness in her voice. He knew she had been scared and considering who they were dealing with it wasn’t uncommon for Chase to just disappear. Reid could tell her he thought Chase was gone but it wouldn’t make a difference to her he knew. He had a feeling she would be looking over her shoulder for a while. “I do, but I know you don’t.” She finally looked at him and tried to smile.

“Your right, I don’t.” She waited for him to say something but he didn’t. With a frown she looked back down at her feet. Out of the corner of her eye she could tell he was still looking at her but she found against turning her head. They couldn’t exactly carry on a light conversation considering what had happened within the past twenty-four hours and the last thing she wanted to talk about was Chase, her secrets, or what had happened between them. Unfortunately, those were the three most popular topics between them at the moment.

“That’s it right?” Reid asked. “There’s nothing else I should know. Because this was a lot.” She didn’t say anything at first and for a moment he was concerned that perhaps there was more she hadn’t told him.

There were things, things that she had read about but weren’t sure if they were truth or fiction. She’d read stories of monsters, fairies, and ancients histories but none of them had been proven truth or false. So instead of revealing any of those stories to him she kept her silence. “No, that’s it.” After all, they were just stories. He just nodded at her response and kept his silence. “So is it really okay?”

Reid rested his elbows on his knees and rubbed his face with his hands. The past couple of days had taken their toll and he didn’t know how much of himself he had left to continue to discuss with her. With a tired sigh he rested his head on one hand and turned his head to face her. “Are you okay with what I am? Are you okay with me being different?”

The look on his face was so worn out and tired that she couldn’t find any need to prolong their conversation any longer. “I don’t want normal.”

“Really?” Reid cocked an eyebrow. He had to admit, being with someone that was aware of his abilities was a relief. Reid stood up, leaned over her, and placed both hand beside her on the bed. “You’re sure?”

Breanna nodded nervously. Just a moment ago he had seemed so tired but in a second she was reminded of the boy that had first approached her. That Reid had joked, teased, and been rather suggestive. That was the same person leaning over her with a smirk and suggestive gleam in his eye. “I was.”

“To late to change your mind.” Reid smirked at the uncomfortable look on her face. After all, it’d been that look he’d worked so hard to achieve in the beginning. Nothing had rivaled that uncomfortable, fearful look on her face every time he had snuck up behind her.

Breanna gasped when his eyes flashed for just a moment and lights went out and the door locked. “Reid.” Her warning tone did nothing to deter him though. Instead he pushed her back onto the bed and pressed his lips against hers. There was going to be no deterring him and she was happy with that.