Hello! I'm slightly new to Covenant fanfiction, but I have dabbled in Harry Potter over the years and not on this site. I recently refound my Covenant DVD and fell in love with the boys all over again and this popped into my head. It's going to start off a little slow, but I'm hoping it picks up more in the next chapter.
Remember: Anything that was in the Covenant is not mine. Sophia Daniels and any other characters I come up with are mine.
Sophie ran out of the room, leaving her aunt and her cousin behind. She had been sent to the Simms Estate in Ipswich thanks to her father. And her Aunt Allyson, while she meant well, was smothering Sophie and that she couldn't deal with, especially with her cousin Tyler doing everything as his mother told him to do. This of course led to two people whom she knew cared but cared a little too much.
'I don't need them,' Sophie thought to herself as she entered the wood surrounding the property. She sat down on the ground, her back leaning against a fallen tree. 'Mommy had to go, Daddy changed, and now I'm going to get those sad looks from everyone.'
"I just want to be treated the same," she muttered to herself, sniffling a bit. Her green eyes watered as she thought about the past few weeks of her life.
Doctors had diagnosed her mother with a rather rare disease that could only be fixed with a rather extensive brain surgery. Her mother hadn't made it and her once charming father, not knowing what to do without his wife, turned to drinking heavily. In a moment of sober-ness he knew he couldn't care for his only child and sent her to his wife's sister thinking that time away from Boston would do her some good.
"What are you crying over," a voice asked from behind Sophie. She whipped her head around, brown waves flying, to see a boy with light blonde hair and blue eyes, much different than her cousin's. They had more grey in them and were icier.
She wiped the stray tears away, not wanting anyone to see her cry, "Nothing. Why do you care?"
"I don't."
She turned to look at him in shock and all he did was shrug back at her before taking a seat on the tree. Sophie was puzzled that anyone could answer so bluntly after seeming so nice.
"But I don't like when people are upset."
She turned to look at the boy who looked right back at her. He wasn't laughing at her and he wasn't giving her the same look everyone else, everyone ranging from maids to her aunt's family, gave her. He had a small smile on his face that seemed real enough, and she'd see enough fake smiles recently to be able to tell.
"My mom died. My dad's a drunk. And now my aunt is trying to pretend that nothing happened," Sophie licked her lips and her eyes flashed over to the boy. He said nothing and just looked at her. She continued, "I just want to try and get past this. I know it's gonna be hard, but I don't want everyone to sugar-coat for me. I don't want everyone to be different because I lost a mom."
There was a moment of silence before this blonde boy answered her and it definitely wasn't what she was expecting, "Reid Garwin. What's your name?"
She had just spilled her guts and this is what she gets? Sophie of course made this sentiment known. In turn he laughed, "You just said you didn't want people to treat you differently and I'm doing just that."
She considered him for a second because flashing him one of her only smiles in the past few weeks and stuck out her hand, "Sophia Daniels, but I prefer to be called Sophie."
"Sophie," he murmured more to himself than to her before taking her hand in his and kissing the back of it. "Well it's nice to meet you, but I really should be going."
With that he was gone, running out of her sight. She blinked for a moment, not sure what to think of the few minutes she spent with this Garwin boy. She blushed as she thought of that kiss, even if it was on her hand. She was only ten years old and he didn't look much older than her, but it was definitely a gesture people her age wouldn't do. She shook the thought out of her head, but knew the smallest bit of crush was forming.
Sophie noticed how it had gotten darker and knew she had to get back to the Simms home before her aunt really started to worry. She'd only been out for half an hour, but after half an hour a lot could happen so she high-tailed it out of the wood and back into the house. Inside her aunt was placing a plate of cookies in front of a group of boys, including her cousin.
"Sophia! Don't you dare do that again," her Aunt Allyson scolded her before bending down to give her a big hug. Before letting go she whispered, "I'm sorry about how we were acting. I wasn't sure how you'd be about the whole situation, but seeing how you fled from us, I don't think I've been going about it right, at all."
Sophie drew back from her aunt and gave her a small smile, the first she she'd shown in the house. Allyson Simms held back a gasp at how this girl looked like her late-sister Anna, but in a miniature form and with Samuel's eyes. And she had Anna's spirit, tougher when the going gets tough. She smiled back at her niece, knowing she'd be all right.
"I'll get you a glass of milk; Tyler won't you introduce her to your friends," Allyson told more than asked before running into the kitchen leaving the kids.
Sophie cautiously walked up to the group before her cousin pulled her down into the spot between him and one of her friends.
"This is Pogue Perry and Caleb Danvers," he told her, while gesturing to the two boys who sat in front of them. Both were tanned from the summer and had kind smiles. The boy on the left, Pogue, had light brown hair that was starting to grow past his ears and into his hazel eyes while Caleb had dark brown hair, cut short, with dark brown eyes.
She muttered a hello to which they both responded to before her cousin turned her to the boy sitting next to her. When she finally noticed him her eyes grew wide.
"Reid."
The boy smirked before waving to her, mouthing 'hey.' Tyler looked between his best friend and cousin, confused, "Do you two know each other?"
"I, uh, we—," Sophie had tried explaining, but couldn't quite say it. She didn't know what to say.
"I ran into her a little while ago. I didn't know she was the cousin you had gushed about though," Reid answered, giving a shrug. He gave her a small smile before reaching for a cookie. She bit back a smile and instead thought about what he had said and how to use it to her advantage.
Sophie then turned to look at her cousin, a smug look on her face, "You gushed about me?"
While he turned red, the boys laughed and Sophie mused to herself, 'I think Ipswich is growing on me…'
Sophia Daniels, now age 17, sighed as she thought back to the memory of meeting the famous Sons of Ipswich. That had been seven years ago and lot had changed since then.
After her initial meeting, they all hit it off as soon as she started teasing Tyler. She and her cousin continued hanging out with all the boys, but on the days when Pogue and Caleb weren't around Reid was – the three of them spending most of their time either at Simms Manor or at Garwin House.
Sophie had grown the closest with the blonde out of the other three boys, seeing as he knew about her past. She'd only assumed that Caleb and Pogue knew about her past probably by her cousin. She could tell that they boys were close and shared a lot; anytime she had met with her cousin before he'd always mention his three 'brothers.'
Soon enough, Sophie's father sobered up and sent for her to come back to Boston, now that he was able to care for her. This was after a month and it was pretty hard to part with the Sons, but she knew she'd see them again and gave them all hugs and her phone number before leaving.
Over the years she'd spent most of her summers in Ipswich, while still keeping in contact with the boys throughout the school year. But as they all grew up they drifted farther apart since she had a separate life in Boston while they had one in Ipswich. And once she got into high school she spent less time in Ipswich and more time in the city socializing and spending time with her friends there.
But within the last month, her whole world had shifted. Her father had eventually reverted back to drinking when Sophie began middle school, shipping her off to boarding schools in the city. She'd had rather limited communication with him and never had been close to him since her mother's death. So it wasn't much of a shock when she'd learned he'd finally overdosed and taken his own life. She knew he was miserable and she had learned to live around him, though she missed how her family once was.
Now, she was being sent to her aunt's home as she had legal custody over Sophie until she turned 18 which wouldn't be for another eleven months as she'd just had her birthday. She would go to Spenser with her cousin and her old playmates and would graduate at the end of the year with them.
"Miss Daniels, we're here," the driver told her, pulling into the long drive-way of the Simms Estate.
Peering out the window, a soft smile graced her lips. This was going to be the first summer she wasn't able to make it to Ipswich because of summer plans she had made with her friends that had her going all over with very little downtime between trips.
Stepping out of the opened door, she slid out of the town car that brought her from Boston and looked up at the Manor that was a second home to her. Not a second later, the sound of heels made her turn to the doorway where her aunt was waiting for her.
"Aunt Ally!" Sophie squealed before running into her embrace. Coming up behind her aunt was her Uncle Glenn. He worked long hours and wasn't home very much, choosing to work in his study if he ever was. But he was a kind man with a big heart that he'd passed down to his son. He scooped her up next, not letting go until they heard someone clear their throat.
She knew it had to be them. Sophia turned to the sound and was shocked. These were not the same boys she'd left a year ago.
Tyler's hair grew out, Reid's hair was cut, and both Pogue and Caleb filled out their t-shirts they wore more than when she'd last seen them. But from the looks on each of their faces she knew they had made only physical changes. Tyler had his quirked grin, while Pogue gave her a soft smile. Caleb's face was stretched in a wide and toothy smile that had girls swooning. And then there was Reid with his usual smirk.
"They always come back for more," he muttered. This made the other boys laugh while Sophie smacked him on the arm before getting enveloped by his hug.
She moved to greet the other boys thinking, 'This will be a very interesting year.'
Okay, so that was the first chapter. Wow, it really has been a while since I've written, so input would be greatly appreciated! I'm just itching to get this story really going, hope you liked it!
