CH.1

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Kate's Big Surprise

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Reid Garwin scowled unpleasantly at his plate of French fries, as if they were to blame for the lameness of his Friday evening. The blond sighed, chucking his fork down with defiance on the table.

"This sucks." He grumbled, his deep blue eyes staring vaguely across the busy bar.

From across the table, Caleb Danvers frowned and shook his head, his chocolate brown eyes furrowed in his usual leader like manor.

"Come on Reid," piped up the boy to Reid's left. Tyler Simms, the quiet shy boy who still had a streak of pure trouble in him patted his best friend heartily on the back. "It could be worse man. We could be stuck in the dorm doing homework."

"Kate should be here any minute," mumbled the fourth boy who was sitting to Reid's right. He glanced down at his Rolex wristwatch and ran a sturdy hand absentmindedly through his long brown hair.

"You're so whipped Pogue," Reid sighed sarcastically. He rolled his blue eyes dramatically and tossed a French fry at Pogue's head.

"Come on," Caleb pitched in, trying to lighten his friend's mood. Reid had never been one for patience. "It's Friday night at Nicky's, I'm sure you can find something to interest you."

"That's true," Reid remarked as he scanned his eyes swiftly around the crowded bar. Most of the family Spencer Academy crowd was absent from the bar that evening, due to the fact that Aaron Abbot's annual beach party was taking place. It seemed that the older generation of Ipswich had gathered at the bar that night. This statement was strongly backed up by the sickening amount of country tunes that floated over the chatter of the crowd.

Reid's gaze found it's way to the pool tables and he let out a small gasp of delight, leaning precariously off of his chair to get a better look.

"What? What is it?" Tyler questioned, poking his slightly spiked brown head around Reid, trying to get a glimpse of whatever it was his friend had spotted.

"Boys, will you just look at that ass?" Reid whispered with glee.

Pogue and Caleb also craned their necks to get a look at Reid's sighting. Bending over by one of the pool tables was a teenage girl with striking features, prepping up to take her shot.

"Damn," Tyler whistled, nodding approvingly.

"What I wouldn't give to get a free sample of those curves," Reid noted, licking his lips.

"To bad she's not wearing a skirt, huh Reid?" Caleb said mockingly, slightly disapproving of their commentary on the innocent girl, yet knowing better then to reason with them. When it came to girl watching, nothing could stop Reid and Tyler.

"Wow, tight ass!" Pogue added enthusiastically after checking his watch once more. Caleb groaned and gave in.

"She's uh, got pretty hair?"

The other three turned to star at him with raised eyebrows.

"Pretty hair?" Reid asked incredulously. "What grade are you in, like 4?"

"Well she does!" Caleb retorted, gesturing his hands towards the girl in his defense. "You guys already pointed out everything else!"

"Wow, wow, look!" Tyler nudged Reid eagerly and all four of them returned their gazes to the pool table to see that another girl was now joining their subject. They watched eagerly as the new girl sashayed towards her friend with a handful of drinks. To all the boys' intense pleasure, including Caleb's, the girl was wearing a very short jean mini skirt.

"God, those legs go on for miles!" Tyler moaned as he closed his eyes in delight before quickly reopening them to stare at the girl some more.

"I'm more interested in what's between those legs," Reid giggled, lifting a fingerless gloved hand to his mouth.

"Place your bet's now ladies," Pogue grinned, pulling out his wallet.

Reid was the first to comply.

"Red! G-string!" He jostled enthusiastically, slapping down a 5-dollar bill.

"Mm, a black lacey thong!" Tyler added his bill to the pile.

"Uh, green polka-dotted boy shorts." Caleb sighed and put down his cash.

"Is that what Sarah used to wear?" Reid asked sounding perplexed. Caleb ignored him.

"She's definitely a silk kind of girl." Pogue nodded thoughtfully before placing his bet. "Silk, pale pink."

"Who'll care to do the honors?" Reid smirked.

"Me! I'll to it!" Tyler perked up, grinning impishly and his eyes briefly flashed towards the girl.

They watched as the girl gave little yelp, her jean skirt lifting above her firm ass to reveal…

"How can you always tell?" Reid asked in amazement.

Pogue shrugged. "Natural eye for those things I guess."

"Those kind of what honey?"

The boys all jumped and spun around to see Kate who had snuck up behind them unexpectedly. Pogue blushed furiously but Kate didn't seem to notice. Reid chuckled quietly and high fived Tyler beneath the table.

Kate bustled her way into the group and sat down next to Pogue, her face flushed and gleaming with excitement.

"I can't wait to show you all my surprise!" She squealed, clapping her hands together and stomping her feet, causing Caleb to shuffle back slightly in alarm.

"Well hurry it up already," Reid whined. "We've got a beach bash to go to!"

Kate gave him the briefest of looks before turning back to Pogue.

"I was going to wait and let you find out for yourselves once school started." She whispered excitedly, leaning in and beckoning the boys to do the same.

"But I just couldn't help myself," she paused and went into a furious fit of giggles. Reid shot a look at Pogue and mouthed 'she's crazy!'

Pogue cleared his throat in a very manly way.

"Uh, sweetheart? Would you mind just telling us what it is?"

She glared at him.

"Because, uh! We're just so excited! We've been waiting all night!" He added in a hasty attempt to cover his ass.

"Okay fine!" Kate cut him off. "Now, you all stay here and shut your eyes. Absolutely no peaking! I'll be right back! Reid I said no peaking!"

They boys all obliged, knowing better than to argue with Kate Tunney, a girl who constantly got her way. They heard the scraping of her chair against the hardwood and then her clicking feet scurrying across the floor.

"She's finally cracked," Reid hissed under his breath.

"Don't test her Reid," Caleb said warningly. "You know what Kate's like when things don't go her way."

"I sure do," Pogue mumbled.

"Okay! Now on the count of three, you can all open your eyes!" Kate's peppy voice piped up. "One, two, three! Okay! Open them!"

Carefully, the boys all opened their eyes, wincing at the sudden burst of light from the overhead lamp. It didn't take long for their eyes to recover however, for what they saw in front of them was crystal clear.

Pogue and Tyler's jaws dropped respectively. Caleb's eyes grew wide and he blinked several times before rubbing them just to double check what he was seeing. Reid on the other hand, had his mouth completely wide open with his tongue on the verge of hanging out.

For what the boys saw in front of them was clearly the bodies of the two girls they had just been playing an innocent game of checking out and guess the panties with, but the faces of the girls where both very familiar to all of them.

Pogue spoke first. "No effing way!" He exclaimed and then laughed. "No way, you're kidding me!"

The girl who was wearing jeans grinned and waved at him.

"Hey Pogue!" She was wearing a deep sea green shirt that showed off her ample assets and smooth, tan skin. She was holding Kate's right hand and beaming graciously. Tyler's jaw dropped several inches lower at the sound of her voice.

"As if!" Caleb laughed, who was next to recover. "It's the Tunney twins! Wow, it's been years! What are you girls doing back in Ipswich?"

The girl to Kate's left, who had been the victim of the skirt lifting incident smiled widely at him, her blue eyes sparkling vibrantly underneath the dim bar lights.

"Did you miss us boys?" She giggled, leaning in to whisper something inaudible in Kate's ear. This set them into a fit of giggles.

"Wow," Tyler breathed. "You guys sure did grow up!"

Immediately after the words had slipped from his mouth he threw his hands to his mouth, his ears turning bright pink at his own daring.

"Well gosh, so did you!" Laughed the first girl, who released herself from Kate's hand and walked towards Tyler. He looked like he was going to topple out of his chair.

"How've you been Ty?" She ruffled a hand through his spiky brown locks.

Reid still remained silent, staring at the other girl in numb disbelief.

"So fill us in!" Caleb said with a grin after catching sight of Reid's dumbfounded expression. "What's the deal with you two?"

"Ashley and Audrey decided to come back for our senior year!" Kate squeezed, barley able to contain herself. "Isn't that crazy? I just had to surprise you! God, you should have seen the looks on your face! Wait, where's my camera! This is total photo-op!"

Kate began to rustle in her purse and whipped out her digital camera.

"Okay, okay!" She said bossily. "Audrey, you go sit next to Pogue! Ashley, sit on Tyler's lap or something so I can fit you all in the picture. Reid, stop staring like that, you look creepy!"

The girl in the skirt, who was named Audrey, hurried over to squeeze in between Pogue and Caleb. She grinned flirtatiously at Caleb and tucked a stray piece of her honey blonde hair behind her ears.

"Don't mind if I crush you for a sec, do you Ty?" The other twin, Ashley asked as she sat herself down on Tyler's lap. Tyler looked as though he had died and gone to heaven, completely unable to answer her question.

"Okay everyone! One, two, say cheese!" Kate directed and then began to click away like mad. Once she was finished Ashley hopped off of Tyler's lap and skipped back over towards Kate.

"I'm going to document every single event of your time at Spencer!" Kate shrieked, giving Ashley an exuberant hug.

"So, are you guys back for good?" Piped up Reid hopefully, who had finally spoken. Everyone turned on him but he recovered quickly.

"Because that will totally kick ass." He winked at Audrey who was still seated in-between Caleb and Pogue.

"Yeah, we're definitely spending our last year here in Ipswich." Ashley said with a smile. Her matching honey blonde hair was a bit darker then her sisters, and twisted past her shoulders. "Me and Aud needed a change, and we figured what better a way then to reconnect with our cousin Katey and our old friends!"

"It's going to be wicked," Audrey added, her eyes flashing with devious delight.

"Well then what are we waiting for?" Reid posed, jumping to his feat, clearly delighted by the surprise of the twins. "We have a beach party to head to!"

"Do you guys remember Aaron Abbot?" Kate chattered as everyone stood up.

"Of course! The one who's underwear I lit on fire after exams?" Ashley asked nonchalantly.

Reid gave out a laugh and wrapped one of his muscular arms around her.

"That was a classic Ash! I couldn't have done better myself!"

Tyler glared sulkily at Reid's arm that was draped around Ashley's shoulder but then snapped out of it to hurry along next to them.

"Come on Caleb!" Audrey ushered excitedly. "Let's see if you can still out drink me!"

Caleb frowned for a brief moment, then shrugged with a grin and got up to follow her out the door. Pogue was left behind the chattering crowd to pick up Kate's purse and pay the bill. He sighed, placing his winnings next to the bill, leaving Nicky a nice fat tip.

"So much for a lame Friday," he grinned and then hurried out after the others.

Please review! Let me know what you think so far. This is my third Covenant story that i'm working on currenty, but I should have it updated soon!