Benjamin's expression when Reid told him of what he overheard was mixed. Shock, disgust, horror, worry, and fear, all compacted in a knit of the brow and a mouth that opened slightly, but didn't speak for a while. Then he came back to reality. Reid was informed that, not tomorrow, but tonight and after hours, a meeting would be held for the staff. Reid could understand his worry, his fear, that these implications could mean he would be fired, and Terry would be under more pressure from other students that actually believed such ridiculous rumors. He was let go with a time in mind---Eleven in the evening, after curfew---while Benjamin sent out a mass email for the rest of the teachers.

Reid held his folders close to him, bouncing down the stairs. So that would be finished. The teachers would be briefed, the students would be told off---in an offhanded manner, of course---and future mutterings about it would carry heavy punishments. He was smiling quietly to himself, starting off down the hall to his office and dorm. The history teacher, Adam, was approaching from the other end of the hall. "Hey Reid." Adam stopped, pausing Reid as well. "Can I talk with you for a sec?"

"Sure, Adam, what d---" Reid was cut off mid-sentence when Adam kissed him deeply, then pulled him out of the hall and into his dorm room. Suddenly Reid's heart was beating so fast he couldn't even feel it.