A/N: heyyy I was just going to revise my story from before and delete the first chapter but I ended up deleting the entire story. Meh, I've only uploaded two chapters anyway… And I don't think that story even had views. First timer here, so any criticisms are very welcome. Btw, I plan on making this chapter a short one.
Disclaimer: I do not own the covenant.
April 14, 2007
The time was three o'clock in the morning and a certain brown haired boy found himself buying two large pints of ice cream, some chocolates, and a box of tissues at the convenient store- in just his pajama bottoms and an old t-shirt.
The cashier looked up from the magazine she was reading and raised an eyebrow at him.
"Let me guess," The cashier said as she started scanning the items and putting them in a plastic bag. "Another clichè. Somethings about a girl you like who broke up with some guy and now you're-"
"No. No way." Tyler denied quickly before chuckling "I don't like her that way. She's a friend and her dog just died..."
The cashier just rolled her eyes and muttered a whatever to him before handing him the plastic and reverting her attention back to her magazine. In retaliation, he too rolled his eyes and closed the door with a loud bang.
Tyler Simms can't remember when he started hanging out with the Jade Dunne. But fortunately, she can. She has this diary that she hides under her underwear drawer, and although she denied it the first time- 'I do not have a diary!'
Tyler knows a brilliant way to make her confess: by pressing on the subject - 'alright, I have a book of memories.'
And press it a bit more... 'So that when I'm old and gray haired and wrinkly and my husband died and my kids threw me in a home for the elderly, I can just read the book and remember how I got stuck in my old miserable life and ended up having ungrateful children.'
But then she would ask back with a rather uncomfortable question- 'why did you even poke your head in my drawer, you perverted bastard?'
But he never really told her the story. He just made up some excuse that is apparently good enough to be overlooked. He suppose he shouldn't be surprised; he's good at making up stories.
Oh but don't go pointing fingers just yet. Tyler does not have any perversion issues. It was Reid Garwin who actually discovered the hiding spot; he was nailing her roommate then, and once the roommate fell asleep, Reid may or may not have opened a certain underwear drawer...
Long story short, Reid saw the diary and did not even hesitate to read it; it kept him entertained for some time before he decided to leave the dorm room. He read a page about a really embarrassing moment and decided that he have to tell his best friend. He tore the page and walked away from the room with it.
'Hey baby boy!' Reid called out to him that day. 'Look what I found while in a midnight scavenge hunt.' The blonde waved the page right under Tyler's nose.
That day, He started noticing the girl with metaphorical two left feet that just so happened to cause havoc wherever she goes.
Now walking on a corridor to Jade's shared dorm room, Tyler shifted the plastic bags to his left arm so he can knock on the door. The reason he's here is because he's being a good person and is coming over to comfort a distressed friend. Her roommate's out of town for the holiday, parents are on some vacation to relive their honeymoon, and she just found out earlier from their family caretaker that her dog died. Pity. He's never heard of that dog before but still... It's a pity.
The door opened to reveal a rather delighted looking girl. Now deeply confused, Tyler have to ask, "Is everything alright? How are you... uh...feeling?"
Is it normal to smile even wider when your dog just died and a friend asks how you're coping up with it?
"Just dandy. Come on in, did you bring the chocolate mousse Ice cream?" Tyler didn't answer that, he didn't have to. Jade just took the plastic bag and began to unload its contents in front of a small dvd player in a study table which she moved right next to the bed.
"Oh good you brought two ice creams, guess the cookies and cream's yours…and the chocolates, but you will share some of the chocolates, right? If you do, I'd give you one soda from the mini fridge." She looked up for a moment to think, "the sodas are actually Jenna's but she owes me anyway so go get them and hop on."
Tyler obliged. He grabbed two sodas and sat beside her on her on the bed, frowning at her. She paused her work -which is opening the ice cream tub."Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Jade, your dog just died. What's wrong with you? Shouldn't you at least be moping? Pouge had a pet when he were in grade school and he cried when it got hit by a bus. He's only had that raccoon for two weeks. You had your dog since... I dunno, but why aren't you sad?"
"I don't have a dog." She smiled simply, as if she explained every single question in the universe. Seeing Tyler narrow his eyes, she added "I just got bored."
"It's three o'clock Jade! You woke me up really early and asked me to grab some icecream and why? because you got bored?" He looked pissed (probably because he is).
"Fine. I got a nightmare and it was just…uh creepy- but no, it did not scare me, it just woke me up… In the dark… I couldn't get back to sleep-don't raise an eyebrow at me- I'm still not scared by then, just bored... Taught me a lesson not to eat my roommate's food from the refrigerator just so I can have a snack while watching Friday the 13th... But then I remembered that you stil owe me- since I helped you get together with Natasha. So I called you." She smiled apologetically while rubbing the nape of her neck. "Friday the 13th yesterday... And as you know, balance and I do not get along. Don't want to risk going to the store..."
The boy rolled his eyes, shook his head and ruffled her brown-red hair before pressing the play button. Guess they're having a FRIENDS marathon then, he gives her one episode tops to fall asleep. She already watched the tv series a million times.
Tyler sighed. The girl's a lunatic, and talks a lot, and is a total klutz, and a bit of a goody goody when professors are around, and denies even the most obvious things that will make her seem like a 'sissy'(her own words), and she tricks people.
Which led him to the question: why does he even hang out with this girl? Yes, he forgot why too, but he's not getting a diary just to remember stuff like she did.
The boy can't help but wonder if Jade ever found out that one page of her so called book of memories is missing.
Suppose there's only one way to answer his questions: Read. The. Diary.
No, a small part of him said, It wouldn't be right. A diary is a very private thing... Oh who's he kidding. After one episode, nothing stands between him and that journal. And besides, he's still pissed that she woke him up like that...
