Road Trip
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the covenant, only my OC Lisa.
Hello!^^ I'm back! Lol, anywho, this is a continuation of my one-shot "I'll Be Your Guide". Maybe this has been long awaited, maybe not. It's a short story about the weekend that Lisa and Reid go camping. No electricity, just her car, tents, and the State Park. Maybe some valuable lessons will be learned.
It was a beautiful and humid August day as Lisa looked out of her car window, watching the green trees rush by as she headed down the highway. She loved road trips, they were the only thing she really looked forward to in the summer. Just her, her junky car, and a tent. Life on the road was good.
"Pull over Leese, I gotta take a piss." Except when certain blondes decide to interrupt that beauty.
"You're worse than a race horse." Lisa grumbled as she sighed, slowing the car down.
"Excuse me?" Reid asked with a frown as he looked over to her then. Lisa rose an eyebrow.
"Haven't you ever heard of the term, 'I need to pee like a race horse?'" She asked as she laughed slightly, shaking her head when she saw his blank look. "Go on and go pee, so we can stop in another quarter mile for you to empty your ever shrinking bladder again."
"I don't appreciate that sarcasm." Reid grumbled irritably as Lisa pulled the car safely over to the shoulder of the road. There were some bushes near by that he could hide behind to relieve himself, and fully expecting him to do so, Lisa began to shift through the center consul of her car, looking for the road map. As she looked up though, she was caught by a mix of surprise, horror, embarrassment....and a little curiosity. Reid was standing with his back to her car....relieving his bladder.
I wonder.... Lisa began to think, before gasping and turning bright red as she whipped her head around to look straight out of the window shield. This was getting to be ridiculous. First he takes the habit of hanging around her without a shirt on, and now this?! A girl could only take so much. Looking up in the rearview mirror then, she could only find a moment to recap on everything that had happened following that fateful movie night with Reid.
The school had been a buzz for weeks about them, trying to decide if her and Reid were really a couple or not. It confused them because Lisa didn't allow for public displays of affection from the blonde, and therefore there was no canoodling going on in the halls that one would assume Reid and his latest girl would participate in. Not only that, but it came as a direct shock to the female population that Reid was possibly dating Lumpy Lisa.
Looking down at her stomach then, she couldn't help feeling a little smug. She hadn't been called Lumpy Lisa for nearly three months now. Having lost weight, the nickname had lost it's meaning entirely. She hadn't resulted to any dieting programs or exercising programs. In fact, she hadn't done anything at all to loose the weight that she had. She just suddenly started to loose it, and Reid hadn't complained before, let alone now. The doctors were slightly wary of her sudden 'miracle' cure, so only a few weeks ago, had her in for blood test, just to make sure something wasn't entirely wrong with her. Both her parents and the Doctors all gave her the conclusion that she was just a 'late bloomer', in the sense that puberty really began to kick in for her just now, hence the sudden loss in her body fat. Everyone assured her it was nothing to be scared about, that it was probably normal. Her Mother and Father were both tall and skinny, so it would only make sense that she turned out to be like them in physic as well.
Other than her weight loss and her relationship with Reid, everything had remained normal. She still wore simple, baggy clothes and was still harbored to her simple ways. She was plain Lisa, and she was loved, and therefore was happy. The happiest she had ever been in her life.
Lisa jumped slightly as she was startled from her thoughts, feeling the car move and hearing the door slam shut, signaling that Reid was ready to go. She pulled the car out of park, looking behind her to make sure no other cars were coming before pulling back out onto the road.
"You okay?" Reid asked suddenly as Lisa frowned, looking over. Green eyes met concerned blue ones as she soon looked back to the road.
"I'm fine, I was just thinking." She stated easily, missing the sly smirk that was now taking place of the concern on Reid's face.
"You were trying to check me out, weren't you?" He laughed then as Lisa's face turned bright red, contrasting sharply with her pale skin and freckles. "I've still got it, even after all this time." He stated smugly as Lisa glared out the window shield.
"Shut up, or I'll run your side of the car into the next telephone pole." Lisa threatened as she gripped the wheel tighter in her hands.
Silence.
Lisa rolled down the window as they made their way through the State Park, taking in a deep breath of the fresh air.
"God, I love it out here." She sighed softly as she smiled brightly, watching the trees sway in the slight wind. Nature seemed to always call to her, no matter where she was. "The fresh air might do you're dirty mind some good." She added playfully as Reid smirked then.
"A weekend with you, one tent, and only our body heat used to warm each other? Nah, I think if anything this camping trip you forced me to come on will only liter it further." Reid smirked widely as the blush began to creep up her neck some.
"Two." Lisa tried to keep the smirk from her face, as Reid looked at her in confusion.
"Two, what?" He asked, before his eyes widened slightly. "Oh no, no, no, no. We agreed on one weekend, not two without electricity!"
"No, not that Reid. Besides, we have the generator and batteries. What I meant was we have two tents." Lisa couldn't help the smirk then as she envisioned the blonde glaring at her, his mouth open and ready to protest. "I can't deceive my folks now. I told them I wouldn't 'do anything stupid.'" Lisa sighed softly as she remembered how awkward that conversation had been. Reid suddenly bursted out laughing.
"And they're actually going to trust you?!" He asked as he smirked widely, still laughing slightly. Lisa felt a prang of anger, as she frowned then, keeping her eyes permanently on the window shield.
"No, they're going to trust you." She stated evenly, and she could feel him tense then as he sighed softly.
"Your parents really don't know me all that well then." Reid stated coldly, sounding pissed off and disappointed all at once. This made Lisa wince slightly with guilt, before her common sense took over. She shouldn't be the one feeling guilty, he was the one that should be a gentleman and accept it. Not acting like a child who never gets told no. Then again, maybe he was a child that was never rejected.
"Who's fault it that?" Lisa asked stiffly as she frowned. "You never make any efforts to come over for dinner with my family, or to get to know them at all."
"Oh, and like you do? For my family?" Reid frowned then, getting on the defensive.
"Reid, I've been to at least half a dozen of your family dinners, and your family reunion. You wouldn't even stick around to say 'hi' when we saw my parents in the mall during one of our dates." Lisa sighed softly as she pulled into the 100-150 campsite area.
"That's not true!" Reid protested again as he frowned more, and she couldn't help scoffing slightly.
"You dived into the nearest store to avoid them, which was coincidently Victoria Secrets." Lisa frowned as she shook her head. "Which my parents weren't impressed with either."
"Why is this about your parents, Leese?" Reid sighed as he ran a gloved hand through his hair in frustration. "This is supposed to be about us! About you and I spending time together before we both have to go to University next fall." She could instantly feel her mood dampen even more at the thought. She still held insecurities about this up coming school year. Would Reid dump her before University started? Or would he wait until he got there and found someone prettier and better than she was? Worse still, would he cheat on her with another girl?
"You're right, I'm sorry." Lisa conceded as she sighed, finding the site and pulling in. As she pulled the car into park and turned it off, she felt Reid's hand reach over to the back of her head.
"Come here." He stated softly as he pulled her to him then, resting his lips lightly on hers. It was a chaste and quick kiss, but enough to bring a smile to Lisa's face as she backed away. She nodded slightly, knowing the kiss was his way to communicate that he was sorry. He smiled, leaning forward and kissing her forehead quickly, before turning around and jumping out of the car. Lisa reached down beside the seat, pulling on the lever that popped the trunk, which held all of their weekend supplies. Getting out of the car, she couldn't help laughing as she heard Reid.
"So you weren't joking about two tents, huh?" He asked dryly, clearly unimpressed with the sleeping arrangements. Lisa smiled softly as she walked around to the back of the car, pulling her tent out.
"Nope." She smirked as she walked away with her tent, setting it down on a clean, level piece of ground. She unzipped the bag, rolling the tent out of it before she pulled out the stakes and poles that she needed. She heard Reid drop his tent a few feet to the left of her, sighing as he unzipped it and began to work at it as well.
"When was the last time you went camping, Reid?" Lisa asked as she looked over at him curiously, watching as he pieced the poles together. He looked down at his work thoughtfully.
"Um, when I was ten I think." He stated as he sighed softly, laying down the finished pole and then going to work on the second one. Lisa smiled softly as she put down her first pole, and instead of getting the other one started, began to push it through the holes and sleeves of the tent.
"That was a while ago." She stated lightly as she finished fishing the pole through, and picked up the other one, piecing it together then.
"Yeah, it was back when Dad actually had time for me." Reid frowned as he began to push his first pole through the sleeves of the tent as well, sighing softly. Lisa frowned as she looked over to him, having finished piecing together her second pole.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up." She mumbled her apology, knowing how upset Reid really was over his relationship with his Dad. She couldn't blame him either; what kind of Father wouldn't take five or ten minutes aside a day for their children. Even if it was to just ask, 'Hey, how was school?' or 'How was your day, today?'. Reid sighed as he finished pushing the pole through, reaching for the other one and pulling it through as well.
"It's alright, Leese." He nodded as Lisa sighed, pushing her last pole through the sleeves of her tent as well. She walked over to Reid's tent then, helping him slide the bottom of the poles into place on the corners of the tent. As he began to stake it into the ground, Lisa tried to stop him.
"Wait, Reid. You should put a tarp under your tent to keep the water from under it." Lisa stated as she sighed, seeing he already had half the stakes nailed in. Reid frowned as he looked up to her.
"What are you talking about? It's not going to rain. Besides, if it does, then we've got the tarp over top of us to keep the tents dry."
"But we're on a downhill slant. The water will run through our camp, under our tents, and then it'll seep into them." She frowned as she placed her hands on her hips. "Aren't you going to trust me on this one?"
"Aren't you going to trust me?" Reid asked with a frown as he turned around, and began to hammer the rest of the stakes into the ground. "I've been camping before."
"Yeah, like, eight years ago! And were you the one to set up the tents, or was it your Dad?" Lisa rose an eyebrow as Reid remained silent. It had been his Dad that had set up camp, while his Mom and he had gone down to the beach to go swimming. He wasn't going to let her know that though. "I was in Scouting till I was fourteen, Reid, I know what I'm doing."
"How about this?" Reid snapped slightly as he glared up at her. "You do your tent your way, and I'll do mine, my way!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Lisa growled as she turned back to her tent, setting it up on her own before grabbing her tarp and folding it neatly under her tent. As she started to hammer the stakes in she heard thunder rolling in the distance.
Her scowl quickly turned into a secret smirk.
They had managed to get the overhanging tarp up rather quickly, with the impending storm at their backs.
"It'll pass over us, you'll see." Reid stated as he looked to the sky, which was quickly darkening into an ominous grey. Night time was fast approaching, only helping with the rapidly dimming light.
"Whatever you say." Lisa sighed as she shrugged her shoulders. "Personally, I'm going to go and get my shower in before the storm hits." She walked over to the car, opening the trunk and grabbing one of her duffle bags. Pulling out her shampoo, body soap, hair brush and towel, she then quickly shoved them into a shower bag. Digging into her clothes then, she found her pjs, also shoving them in the bag. She felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist then, and had to refrain from rolling her eyes as his predictability.
"Can I go too?" Reid asked as Lisa hid her smirk.
"Sure." She stated easily, and felt Reid stiffen in clear surprise. His arms left her waist then, digging quickly through the trunk of the car to grab his own things.
"You're serious now?" Reid asked with an unconvinced frown as Lisa managed to hide her smirk well still.
"Oh yeah, I'm serious." Lisa stated as she smiled, turning and walking from the site. She heard the car trunk slam shut, and hurried footsteps behind her until she felt an arm wrap around her shoulders. Reid, meanwhile, was wondering what was up with his girlfriend. Never in a million years would he have thought she'd actually say yes to something like this. She wasn't exactly a prude, but she had certain rules and standards she lived by. Hell, he wouldn't be surprised if she was one of the girls that waited till marriage to 'do the dirty'. He, of course, hadn't even asked her that yet. They had never really been in a situation where he had needed to know. Sure, they'd make out once and a while, but it never got to the point where he felt he was losing control. That both confused and irked him at the same time. With other girls he'd only last a few minutes into their make-out sessions before he reigned them in. With Lisa though, he didn't even feel like that. Was it because he just didn't lust after her? Or was it because that somewhere in his self conscious mind, he respected her wishes to move slow? He definitely didn't want to scare her away, and it seemed that the topic usually made her both uncomfortable, and unresponsive. Maybe she was still insecure, though Reid had no idea why she should be. She had lost a ton of weight in the past few months, and he had been extra careful about how he went about saying it. Making sure it didn't sound like he wasn't attracted to her as much then as he was now. He couldn't lie, something in his baser male instinct liked her thinning out, and he was finding her even more attractive now. He was attracted to her emotionally from the get go, that much was certain, but now, he was even more so attracted towards her physically. When Lisa had said that she had brought two tents, not just one, something in him had felt disappointed. Now though, he couldn't hide his disbelief at Lisa actually agreeing to having a shower with him. Maybe she had felt bad about deceiving him?
Something in the back of his mind told him otherwise.
Lisa sighed as they finally got to the area where the showers were mapped out, but Reid frowned as he didn't see any doors around the buildings that held the usual sign for showers.
"Where are they?" Reid frowned as Lisa bit back her smirk, looking innocent.
"Where are what, Reid?" She asked as she started for the women's washrooms.
"The showers." He stated slowly, as if trying to make a child comprehend something. Lisa rose an eyebrow, placing a hand on her hip as she turned to him.
"In the washrooms. Your's are in the men's washroom, mine are here." She stated as she couldn't help the small teasing smile to spread on her lips. Reid looked absolutely livid.
"You told me I could have a shower with you!" He accused angrily as Lisa's smirked widened and she shook her head.
"I told you that you could come to the showers with me, not shower with me." She smirked wider as she saw the look of realization dawn on his face, and he growled slightly. Mumbling darkly under his breath he marched his way around the building to the men's side, leaving Lisa in stitches of laughter as she entered the women's side.
Lisa sighed as she stared up at the ceiling of her tent, laying down on her air mattress. The rain was pelting down on the tarp they had hung over their tents, and the thunder cracked as lightning would spastically illuminate the small area of her sleeping quarters. She rolled over onto her side, pulling her covers up around her shoulders as she stared in the direction of Reid's tent. A sudden, loud crack of thunder caused her to jump and her breathing to speed up as her slight scream of surprise was drowned out by both the rain and the echo of the thunder in the area. She wasn't normally so spooked out by storms, but this one was probably one of the worst she'd ever camped in. Even more so in a tent. Thoughts of fire caused by lightning bolts and flash floods filled her mind, making it hard for her to close her eyes, let alone fall asleep.
"I wonder if Reid is having the same problem?" She couldn't help but wonder as she buried herself further into her blankets, another loud crack of thunder ripping through the camp ground. Suddenly, the front of her tent seemed to move more than natural, as she heard the zipper being pulled back. Sitting bolt up right in her bed, her eyes wide with fear and her heart racing, only to see it was none other than her shirtless boyfriend. Letting out a long breath she placed her hand on her breast over her heart, feeling it still racing as he stepped inside, closing the tent quickly.
"Reid Garwin! You near gave me a heart attack!" She exclaimed angrily as she sighed, flopping back down on her air mattress. She heard Reid chuckle slightly over the rain as he looked down at her, kneeling beside her bed. His eyes trailed over what little he could see due to the blanket and darkness. From what he could tell, she was wearing a tank top, and his stomach lurched as he had the keen eye to notice the soft swells appearing just above the edge, noting she wasn't wearing her bra under the tank.
"I thought you might be scared from the storm, so I'd come over here and see if you were okay." Reid smirked as he moved and sat on the edge of the mattress, causing Lisa to roll on her side slightly with the different distribution of weight. Not that he was complaining, her tank top showed off more that way.
"No, I'm fine." Lisa tried to keep her voice steady through the lie. There was no way she was going to admit defeat on this one. She knew his tent was probably flooded by now, and she wanted to hear him admit that she was right.
"A-are you sure?" Reid hesitated, not knowing that she, as well, was lying. All he knew was his tent was quickly becoming a pond, and there was no way he could sleep in it tonight. He'd would've simply Used to get rid of the water and dry his things off, but then he'd have to continue to do so all night. Plus, he had promised Caleb he wasn't going to Use on this trip unless there was a life/death situation that called for it. Even after his ascending, which Lisa had been unaware of and very curious to know where he had disappeared off to for nearly the whole day, Caleb was still harping on him about addiction.
"Like I said, I'm fine. You can go back to your tent and get some sleep." Lisa smiled, and was personally amazed with her own acting skills at this point, as another crack of thunder rang out loudly and she managed not to flinch.
"Um, alright." Reid frowned as he got up then, reaching down to unzip the tent. Lisa felt her stomach drop. Maybe his tent really hadn't flooded, and he was really here for her well-being? She was actually fairly uncomfortable with this storm, and the thought of having him laying next to her tonight seemed to bring mental comfort. She'd wait though, to see if he was really going to leave.
Reid waited for a second, waited to see if she'd give in and say she was scared so he could stay instead of going back to the swamp that was his tent. The tension in the tent seemed to escalate as he pulled up on the zipper. Ah what the hell!
Lisa bit her lip, seeing him pull up the tent zipper with the full intention to leave as she suddenly lost control.
"Wait, I really am kinda scared-"
"Lisa, I was lying-" Both stared at each other, before identical smiles and snorts of laughter left them, and Reid pushed the zipper back down. "I had lied, my tent is absolutely soaked." Reid sighed as he sat back down on her mattress, and Lisa shuffled over some, making room for him.
"I lied too, I'm kinda scared." Lisa smiled nervously as she pulled back the covers for him, and Reid raised an eyebrow, seeing the long shorts she was wearing, before clicking his tongue as he swung around and onto the mattress.
"And here I was hoping for short shorts." Reid smirked as he took the pillow from under her head, putting it under his own before lying back and pulling her to him. Lisa smiled as she used his chest for her pillow. "You don't drool, do you?" Reid teased as Lisa groaned.
"Shut up, Reid." She sighed as she closed her eyes then.
"By the way, loved your choice of the tank top with a built in bra." Reid smirked as he ran his fingers through her hair, closing his eyes.
"Goodnight, Reid."
So, what do you think?!^^ I was rather happy with it, lol, but I suppose it's not really up to me. I'll hopefully be having some more updates soon, but that also depends on the feedback HINT HINT! Heh, lol, sorry -_-;. PLEASE REVIEW! Reviews=will to go on with short story!