Tyler's getting annoyed at himself for being the weakest covenant member, and he saves his sanity by living out his aspirations while he sleeps. but an odd girl keeps surfacing in his dreams, and Tyler falls in love. He gets obsessed to the point where he starts obeying what this girl tells him to do and loses touch with reality.
(Rating will rise.)
Tyler Sims had had one of the worst days of his life.
First, he had arrived to school to discover that his locker had been broken into and all his books stolen. This led to a fine that was a little less than a thousand dollars, to pay for all the textbooks. Which was not so bad, all things considered.
Then, he was greeted by a surprise pop quiz in calculus. A quiz that he had promptly failed.
Aaron Abbott and his gang of brain-washed jocks, who didn't have much brain to wash in the first place, made their usual jokes about the sons. They concentrated particularly on Tyler for some unknown reason, musing aloud that he must be gay for all the time he spends with Reid; that that would explain why he is such a pussy and why no girl wants to sleep with him (or does he not want to sleep with them?). One thing led to another, and Aaron, Tyler, Reid and Matt, another jock, were given three week's worth detention, cleaning the school. Reid got out of it smoothly with a doctor's note stating he was sickly and allergic to dust and dirt and so couldn't clean. Tyler, on the other hand, had no such luck and had to spend his lunch scrubbing the floor of the boy's change room with two snickering morons.
And to make matters worse, he had gotten into a fight with Reid about the latter forging a note to get out of his own trouble (Tyler was only an innocent bystander, really.) Reid got angry, and was now ignoring him.
Sarah, Caleb, Kate and Pogue were doing the lovey-dovey routine every moment they were together; making Reid sick to his stomach and Tyler a bit annoyed that they had to rub their happiness in his face. Resisting the urge to knock their lights out, he had decided to return to class, only to have yet another test that he was sure he had aced marked with an F.
Then he found out his favorite pen had leaked all over the inside of his bag, and subsequently his hands when he reached in to search for a book.
After completing his first day of detention, he was now walking in the rain to his dorm, soaked to the bone (his umbrella had been stolen too) seething under his wet skin and dreading returning to his room. For good reason too, seeing Reid had left it looking like a battlefield after a useless, violent search for a specific pair of jeans.
"Gah." Tyler groaned loudly when he opened the door. He dropped his ink-soaked bag, ran his wet hands along his face, spreading a steady flow of blue, and slouched. He shut the door, locked it, and walked to his bed, on which he promptly let himself fall upon. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.
"It is seven o'clock on a Monday night, there is nothing I want to do. So I'm going to sleep."
And he did.
Nikki's was full tonight. There was even a line outside the door, people patiently waiting for someone to leave so they could squeeze through the tight doorway, make a path through the dancing, talking, sweating bodies and towards an empty table. The music was blasting loudly from the jukebox, and, for the first time ever, Nikki had to hire a few girls on the spot to be waitresses.
Tyler leaned over the pool table, positioned his cue and sunk yet another perfect shot. He smoothly lifted his cue high in the air to put it in a vertical position, the crowd behind him preventing him from doing so either way.
"Your turn, Blondie." He said with a smirk.
Reid grumbled and clumsily positioned himself. He closed one eye, stuck out his tongue and squinted with his other eye. He hit the ball, hard, and it bounced around for a while before stopping, without making a point.
"Nice try." Tyler said, apologetic irony in his voice. He smirked wider at Reid, who turned pink and stepped away from the table. After Tyler had sunk a few more shots and Reid had missed plenty, Aaron Abbott and his usual entourage of brutes came around to their table. With a laugh Aaron began some insult about Tyler and Reid's respective mothers, to which Tyler responded with a left hook in the jaw.
Aaron went flying through the crowd, splitting it like the red sea. His companions cowered in fear, and ran away clumsily.
"Nice job." Caleb had appeared out of nowhere, and had placed his hand approvingly on Tyler's shoulder.
"Yeah. That was awesome." This was Pogue, who had a large grin from ear to ear.
"Thanks." Tyler said with a cocky smile. Caleb, Pogue and Reid disappeared, and he worked on fixing his cue, when he felt a presence in front of him.
"Hi," it said. "That was pretty cool."
"Thank you." Tyler said. The presence had a voice, and it was distinctly feminine. "I'm always in the mood for stopping evil-doers." He said with a grin. "especially when it pleases the ladies… Miss?"
The presence was hesitant for a moment, then it spoke again.
"Thalia."
ok, this is my new story. its an idea thats been living inside my head for a while, and it probably wont get interesting for a few chapters, but i hope that eventually it will. Im not stopping my other story, dont worry.