Disclaimer: The Covenant and all characters do not belong to me.
Summary: Sarah and Kate sat between Caleb and Pogue, discussing their Chemistry Project. Unbeknownst to their surrounding friends, said project didn't involve element but their two favorite people.
Author's note: So, I finally decided to throw in the towel and type up some of the Covenant fanfic I've been housing in my mind and journal. I was actually kind of surprised by how much I enjoyed typing this chapter up. Sure there is no appearance of any of the Sons or the OC that will star in this fic, but it isn't that bad of a start. And, really, I will try my best to actually complete this fic (it helps that I have some of the other chapters written out).
Sarah expected the Saturday after Fall-Fest to be different – solemn, somehow. Instead, the blonde beauty was surprised when Kate, who had just been released several hours prior, woke her gleefully, promptly at ten-thirty. Usually not one to sleep in, Sarah groaned in protest, her body aching from all of the stress of the previous night. She finally complied when Kate shook her a little too hard. "I'm up," she declared, rubbing her bleary eyes and not even bothering to right her hair. She gave Kate a questioning look, which the other girl replied with a laugh – the make up that Sarah had applied last night, despite the nervousness that gave her tremulous fingers, had smeared so she now had the imprint of mascara under each of her eyes. She resembled a very sleepy porcelain doll.
Still, grinning, Kate tossed Sarah her showering gear. For a moment, Sarah was a little spiteful of the other girl – yesterday she had been under a fatal spell that had hospitalized her, yet the brunette could still bounce around happily today. While Sarah, who had just been knocked out, could barely move; she hadn't even suffered from smoke inhalation because apparently Chase had placed her in a magical bubble during his and Caleb's battle ('How thoughtful,' Sarah thought sarcastically). "Come on," Kate said, "we've got loads to do today to set up for the party Reid is throwing."
Sarah fought the urge to roll her eyes. She had been here for a week and a half and it seemed like at least every other day a party was being held. With so many distractions (not that she minded ones that were six foot warlocks with a habit of being overprotective) she knew that it was going to be a lot harder to stay in Spencer than get in. Today's soiree was being held at the Garwin mansion, in celebration of some girl coming back from a family vacation that had prevented her from coming back to school on time. Sarah was a little surprised at that – she had always been under the impression that Reid didn't care for the girl, despite he and Tyler starring alongside the missing girl when Caleb and Pogue made a passing comment about the three's escapades. Tyler was close-lipped about her as well, which really wasn't a surprise because he was usually so quiet in Sarah's experience, which she suddenly realized was very little because she mainly interacted with Caleb and sometimes Pogue (him being Kate's boyfriend and all). As she and Kate walked towards the showers, Sarah could feel the very curiosity that had directed her to discovering the Covenant of Silence, focus and point towards meeting the girl that she had heard so much about.
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Sarah didn't know what to expect from the infamous Jane, but instead of the tomboy she had tentatively expected to see, she met a petite girl with a penchant for laughing. Sarah was even more surprised when Reid and the girl turned out not to be enemies, but apparently best friends alongside with Tyler. He had always scowled whenever she had been brought up, even going so far as to down a shot of Jack if it were available. But looking at the pair nonchalantly embracing each other while conversing to an equally happy Tyler, Sarah realized that perhaps that was just how Reid dealt with missing the girl curling an arm around his waist.
Sarah was also a bit taken aback when Tyler tossed his head back and laughed at some comment one of the smirking pair had said. She marveled at the difference the appearance of one girl could do to change the way she had previously thought the Sons of Ipswich acted. Even her boyfriend (because how could he be anything but after their shared near-death experience?) was acting a little more laid back, the man she had caught glimpses of when they were out together right before Reid did something to force Caleb back into leader mode. Pogue, Caleb's known second who had also had been discharged at the same time as Kate, was also similarly relaxed – he and Kate could barely separate their mouths to say a reply to those brave enough to greet the passionate couple.
Later, Sarah asked Kate if anything more than friendship was taking place between the blonde and the girl who remained pasted to his side the entire night.
"That proves it," Kate declared. "If you noticed it, too, and you just met her then its got to be true."
"Well, they were kind of all over each other," Sarah pointed out, changing into her pajamas after brushing her teeth.
"Oh, they're always like that," Kate said dismissively, buffing her nails with a critical eye.
"How long have they been friends?" the other girl questioned. "Reid and Tyler seem pretty close to her."
"Only about six, eight months," Kate revealed.
"You're kidding!" Sarah exclaimed. "And Reid's never made a move?"
Kate gave her a sardonic look. "He makes moves all the time, but neither takes it seriously at all." Kate shook the bottle of nail polish and began the tedious task of painting her nails to French manicure perfection. "Its kind of weird actually." The brush hovered in the air as Kate gazed off into the distance with a pensive look. "I never see her with any other boys than the ones she's friends with. I think she's under the impression that boys find her unattractive."
"What?" Sarah shouted. She tried to wrap her mind around that fact – clearly the smaller girl had not seen how appreciatively some of the male attendees had eyed her at the party tonight.
Kate shushed her, seeing how it was close to three-thirty. "I haven't heard her say that, but its definitely been inferred. I think it's a combination of her going to an all-girl school for a year and being the only girl in her multitude of very hot male cousins."
Sarah rolled her eyes. Kate would always be Kate, it seems – near run in with a deadly spell or not.
Kate continued, ignoring her roommate's antics. "So when guys ask her out, she's basically confused. Thinking they're joking, she turns 'em down. It doesn't help that the boys encourage her behavior." Kate shook her head. "She'll never realize she and Reid are meant to be without some help." Tawny nail polish dripped onto her bedspread as she paused for a single moment.
She and Sarah looked at each other, both wearing the same grins.
TBC.
Note on the OC: Yes, I am actually trying to make the OC sound as nondescript as possible, seeing as how we all know that we are imagining ourselves in the fanfiction when we read pairing between one of the Sons and an OC. So, why bother? I probably would only end up describing her as a clone of myself or a manifestation of what I would want to look like. And, no, sorry, I'm not into writing a Mary-Sue. Maybe when I feel as if I am not at risk of doing so will I finally describe her. And I also definitely named her 'Jane' as a reference to 'Jane Doe.'