Fire and Ice
Chapter 1
Summary: Charlie is the new girl in town and has secrets of her own. Will Reid, who has a particular interest in her, find out what those secrets are? Reid/Oc
AN: I don't own anything but Charlie. Read and Review. =) Enjoy.
Charlie didn't see this coming. She was blind sighted completely when her dad came home with the news of a new position in his company half way across the country. Charlie felt like she'd been punched in the gut. But after awhile she became numb to the situation. She had good friends but she never let herself get too attached because something always happens to pull people apart. And this was it.
Charlie finished packing up her room with a sigh and one last at what was her room for years and left. The flight from St. Louis to Boston took only two and half hours. Charlie slept most of the time and spent the other listening to her mother talking about all that had to be done when they got there like send change of address letters to family and friends and get Charlie and her sister Anne enrolled in school blah blah blah. The drive from Boston to Ipswich was a short one. When they pulled up to a pretty good sized house right outside the town Charlie couldn't lie she was impressed. It was a two story Victorian style home. After a couple days of getting settled in, Charlie found herself enrolled at Spenser Academy. Her father worked in Boston and commuted back and forth because he said Spenser was the best. Charlie would have rather found a decent school in the city instead of this small town. Small towns are not Charlie's cup of tea. The city was way more exciting and nobody was in your business. In a small town you might as well print everything about you in the newspaper because somehow someway secrets got out whether you liked it or not. That's one thing Charlie didn't want, is people knowing things that didn't need to be shared.
Here Charlie stood in front of her full length mirror checking the damage of the dreaded school uniform. The skirt, vest and tie were not what Charlie was used to. Jeans and a t-shirt is what she found herself wearing most of the time. She tried once to go girly back home at public school but that was a disaster. From then on Charlie was more about feel than looks, despite efforts from her mother. Looking at the clock and deciding she didn't want to be late her first day of school, she headed towards the door.
"Bye Mom." She called as she grabbed her keys off the counter.
"Bye Honey! Have a great day." Was the response. Charlie rolled her eyes at her mom's ongoing and very annoying optimism.
After a few minutes of mental debate about where to park, Charlie found the main office to pick up her schedule and a welcome to Spenser meeting with the Headmaster. Charlie was in the middle of the first semester at her senior year. She was always put in advanced classes on request of her parents but never considered herself smart. B or C average were her usual grades. During her meeting with the Headmaster Charlie found out that she had the choice of having a dorm on campus and she wouldn't have to share with anyone. She would definitely look into that, she thought. Finding her way through the school, she made it to her first class, AP Literature.
Oh Goody. A mind draining class is always good in the morning, she thought sarcastically. She took a deep breath and put her game face on and walked in to the classroom the room was a lecture hall like in college. Charlie handed her teacher the note that explained who she was and why she was there. Luckily this teacher wasn't into the whole embarrass the new kid routine so he pointed to one of the only open sets near the back and Charlie happily took her seat with a meek, "thanks". Her day was fine being invisible until History. was his name.
"Charlie Jean Coleman is it?"
Charlie nodded her head knowing this was going to happened sooner or later.
Reid practically slept walked to history. He'd had a late night the night before with Candy. One of his "friends with benefits". Her real name was Barbra or something like that not that he cared enough to ask or anything. When Reid got to History he immediately put his head down trying to get a couple more minutes of rest. Then he heard Mr. Taylor talking to a girl he didn't recognize. Must be new, he thought.
"Charlie Jean Coleman is it?"
"Yes sir.", a small voice answered.
Reid lifted his head to get a better look at the girl. She was short about 5'3" or 5'4", if he had to guess. She had gorgeous long wavy dark brown hair. When she smiled to Mr. Taylor to thank him after showing her, her seat, Reid had a weird feeling in his stomach. She made her way to her seat, when she stopped to help Sarah, who dropped her papers. That's when she looked at him, he was trapped in her deep hazel eyes. Chocolate brown surrounded by beautiful green. She sat down next to Freddy Jones, the most annoying guy ever, well next to Aaron Abbott of course. Nobody could be worse than that scum bag. Something drew Reid into her, like a moth to a flame. He didn't know what the feeling was but he was sure he would find out….soon.
"Yes sir" She answered. Hopefully he wasn't going to pry any further than that.
"Well….welcome to history. I'm Mr. Taylor. You can sit hmm..next to Mr. Jones. And Ms. Coleman I hope you like it here at Spenser."
"Thank you." Charlie smiled. She liked this teacher he acted like he cared, even if he didn't he should be the drama teacher.
Charlie made her way up to the seat Mr. Taylor had assigned her when a blond dropped some of her things. Charlie bent down to help her.
"Oh my gosh I'm such a klutz. Thank you so much." She said.
"No problem. I'm the same way."
"Hi, I'm Sarah."
"Charlie."
"Nice to meet you."
"You too."
"Okay class, lets get started." Mr. Taylor called from the front of the room.
Charlie found her seat unfortunately next to Freddy. He was in her Chemistry class and she was already annoyed beyond belief. But before she sat down she caught a look at a blond staring in her general direction. She felt the heat rise to her cheeks. It's just because I'm new, but damn he's gorgeous, she thought. His blond hair looked like he just rolled out of bed. His eyes were like ice, a beautiful blue. Charlie realized she had stopped breathing. She shook her head and got out her notebook and glasses. She never liked herself in her glasses but her friends back home always told her she looked like a sexy librarian. Freddy was talking to her about how to take notes or something but she was politely ignoring him. Just nodding a couple times. She then turned all her focus on the lesson.
Reid couldn't stop looking. He watched her sit down and put on her glasses. Usually Reid was a person to look at people with stereotypes. But this girl looked hot, like sexy librarian. He watched as she nodded to Freddy who was bugging her about something but she didn't tell him off like anyone else. She was polite. Whether she was listening or not. Reid finally directed his attention to Mr. Taylor's lesson.