p.s. I don't own any of the characters from the Covenant. Just my own character, Kaitlynn Carter.

Intro

Stories are made of what-if's. And in my case, I'm saying what if Sarah had died, murdered by the dear psychotic Chase? Hell-bent with revenge on Sarah's death, Caleb Danvers goes on to finally rid the quiet town of the evil Chase Collins. But since her death, Caleb has never really gotten over mourning for her quite yet.

Chapter 1

Caleb stared at the ceiling of his room blankly. Sunlight was already beginning to creep in from the slight gap of his drawn curtains. Today, it would be a month. Today, it would be a month since Sarah died. If only he had been a second faster then he might have stopped the burning flames from consuming her. If only that power-hungry, insane Chase Collins had not walked into their lives in the first place. A familiar anger began to resurface again as the painful memories of the past flitted past his mind.

He glanced at the clock on his bedside. He should be preparing for school now. He should be. But he didn't want to. He needed to be alone today.

And so, Caleb closed his eyes and drifted off to a dreamless sleep.

"Where the hell is he?" Pogue muttered as the three sons of Ipswich made their way to class.

"His phone is off."

Pogue sighed at Tyler's reply. "Let's just leave him alone today."

"Why?" Reid demanded. "Why should we? Caleb has been like that since Sarah was gone. He's been like a damn zombie. I even miss his harpings on the stupid addiction. I want the Caleb I know back." Giving Pogue a sideways glance as they entered the class, Reid said, "One more day, Pogue. Just for today and then I'll punch the shit out of him."

"Class, today we have a new student joining us. Her name is Kaitlynn Carter. She just moved here form New York."

Lynn glanced around the class, giving a small smile. She hated first days. The stares and glances that the other students give her always make her feel awkward and out of place. As soon as the teacher had finished the introduction, she hurried to an empty seat beside a dark-skinned girl with long, straight black hair.

"Hi," the girl whispered to her, flashing her a smile. "I'm Kate too."

Lynn smiled back at Kate. "I prefer the name Lynn."

"Introductions for later, please."

Lynn blushed when she heard the warning. She looked down and stared at her book as the class snickered. When she did finally looked back up, she caught a blonde-haired guy looking at her. The appreciative look on his face made her blush even more.

'Idiot,' she thought to herself.

"That's Reid Garwin." Kate whispered to her, heedless to the warning given by the teacher.

A sense of dread filled her when she heard that familiar name.

"Crap," she muttered to herself.

"Hey Kate. Who's the new girl?" Pogue asked, wrapping an arm around his girlfriend.

"I'm Lynn."

All three sons of Ipswich gave the new girl a once-over, taking in her wavy red hair, green eyes and long legs that most girls would die for.

"I'm Pogue, the blonde guy is Reid and the other is Tyler."

"Hey, where's Caleb?"

The three guys exchanged glances when Kate asked the question.

"It's been a month, Kate," Pogue replied, giving Kate a look that Lynn could not decipher.

"A month since what?"

This time, all of them exchanged glances as if wondering if they should tell the new girl.

"Well, my old roommate, Sarah, she, erm, she died a month ago. Today, exactly, making it a month. And she was Caleb's girlfriend. So he hasn't really gotten over her yet."

"More like never," Reid muttered.

Lynn hoped with all her heart that her new friends didn't realise that her palms were suddenly sweaty. "Oh. I'm sorry. And who's Caleb?"

"Caleb is one of the sons of Ipswich. One of their 'brothers'. You'll probably see him around some time."

Lynn nodded in reply. She didn't know what to say. The more she knew, the worse things seem to be turning out.

"So, where's your room?"

She smiled at Reid, glad for the change of topic. "Room 250."

All three of them stopped and stared while Kate gaped, at her.

"That's like the biggest room around." Kate practically shrieked.

"Well, let's just say that my parents were loaded."

Tyler looked up immediately when she said that. "Were?" He asked softly, loud enough only for Lynn who now was standing beside him, to hear.

Lynn ignored the brunnette. "But I haven't exactly moved in yet."

All of them looked at her expectantly, waiting for her to continue.

"Well, I arrived late as you guys know. And I haven't exactly the time to take my stuff up to my room yet."

"We'll help you unload. Besides, you'll need a man for this kind of job."

Lynn couldn't help smiling as Pogue and Kate rolled their eyes.

"Great. Let's get to my car then."

All the three guys whistled when they finally got to Lynn's car. A shiny black Mercedes CLS was parked in the most ideallic spot, under the shade of a tree and right in front of the school's main door where every student blessed with a pair of eyes can oggle over. Hiding a smile, Lynn popped open the trunk of the car.

"Damn. I was right about this being a man's job," Reid said when he saw the amount of bags sitting in the trunk.

Laughing, Lynn heaved a bag out and headed towards her room with the rest of her new-found friends at her heels.

"This room is so huge. It makes my room seem so small and I'm already staying by myself."

"Of course it is, Kate. Her parents are loaded, remember?"

"Thanks guys," Lynn said, rolling her eyes at the couple. "But I really have to start unpacking now."

"Hey, how come there's no shower here? I mean, since this is like the expensive room, I thought there'll at least be a private shower here."

"No such luck, Tyler. The provost wants all the girls to bond in the showers, remember? And we'll help you unpack, Lynn."

"Haha. Funny. No."

"Why not?" Reid pouted. "It'll be fun."

"Yeah. Sure. Especially when you reach the underwear section right?"

"Hey. Can't a guy get credit for trying to be helpful?"

Kate gave a snort in reply. "Oh yeah. Helpful. With some benefits, of course. Anyway, Lynn, I'll be glad to help you."

"Thanks, Kate. But I don't mind unpacking myself. I like doing that anyway." Lynn was already pulling things out of one of her bags and placing them on the desk that was in her room. She picked out a framed picture of her and another woman and placed it on the table.

"Your mom?"

Turning to Tyler, she replied, "Yeah."

"Hey, tell you what Lynn, how bout you joining us later at Nicky's?"

"What's Nicky's?"

"It's a local bar that me and the guys usually go to. Maybe you can meet Caleb there."

"Oh. Sure."

"So, meet us at Pogue's room?"

"Which is?"

"Room 218. It's way down the hall from here. My room is Room 245. It's close."

"Hey, maybe we can have a ride in your car," piped Reid.

"So my car's not good enough now?" Tyler asked with one eyebrow raised.

"Aww, did I hurt baby boy's feelings?"

"Baby boy?"

Tyler rolled his eyes. "Just because I'm the youngest."

"Come on guys. Let's just leave pretty Lynn to her unpacking."

Lynn stared at Reid as if he had just grown another head when he said that.

The moment the door of Lynn's room closed, Reid pulled Tyler to the side and whispered,"Ty, see what I've found."

"Reid..you took her diary?"

"Yea." He chuckled. "And she still has no idea. I wanna who the redhead actually is."

"Reid," Tyler hissed.

As soon as they were about ten feet away from Lynn's room, Reid started to open the well-worn leather bound book. But opening was as much as he could get to. Because Lynn's door had flung open and the redhead was already striding down the hall towards them.

"Hey, missed us already?" Reid asked, quickly Using to hide the book from her.

"I want it back, Reid. My diary. Now."

"What diary?"

"I know you took it. Hand it over."

Defeated, Reid Garwin handed the book over to her. "Damn. How did you know?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out."

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