Disclaimer, I do not owe the Covenant or any of it's characters.
Hello everyone and thank you for reading. This chapter is just to start things off and introduce my character and how she interacts with the others. I'm very influenced by music so every chapter will feature a song. The song for this chapter is,
"How Could I Forget" by The Faint
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Bass Ackwards
Chapter 1
Back to the Dells
"Get in the car!" my best friend yelled to me as I shut the door to the dorm behind me. Mel wasn't exactly the most patient person in the world. She liked to plan things out and always be places at early. We were headed to a party to kick off the start of the school year, not that it called for any sort of celebration. I guess I wanted to have one more good party before I got my ass handed to me by all the AP classes I'd signed up for. I couldn't even remember why I decided to take them; seniors were supposed to take it easy.
"We're going to be late!" she continued. I always made her late on purpose. Her definition of late was my definition of right on time, besides, who wants to be the first one to a party? I slowly made my way down the front stairs, bending over, pretending to fix the strap on one of my leather sandals. I would do anything I could to stall her; nothing bothered me more than being early.
"Thank you for joining me, I'm so glad you could make it," Mel said sarcastically as I delicately lowered myself in the front seat of her Lexus.
"No problem," I replied smartly. I knew she wasn't really mad at me, but I decided that flattery was the best way to go. "You look good," I complimented her. She really did. Mel was one of those people who didn't realize how beautiful she was. I guess that was a good thing because she was very humble. She was wearing a cute blue halter dress that fell just above her knees. It made her blue eyes pop against her dark hair and tanned skin.
I on the other hand was dressed smartly. The cops almost always busted the parties at the Dells, so I was decked out in my sturdy gladiator type sandals, black shorts, and a white flowing halter top that fell long down to my pockets. It had taken me all of five minutes to get ready. The boys of Spencer Academy were not that impressive. I'd known all of them since freshmen year, and believe me it was a small school. I was over the, 'Mommy and Daddy' name dropping that tended to circuit the upper class conversations around here. After the first two years I stopped trying to get any sort of male attention.
The party at the Dells always kicked off the start of the school year. Almost everyone was moved into the dorms by now and everyone wanted to get caught up on all the summer gossip. I wasn't much of a gossiper ever since there was a nasty rumor spread about me and a certain Son of Ipswich. I just stopped talking to the bitchy group of girls after they all started calling me a slut behind my back. It was a little funny to me, considering I'm a virgin. It would've been really funny if it wasn't so hurtful. I only made out with Reid one time, and I was drunk; I didn't even like it. Of course everyone found out about it, and me being the innocent freshman that I was, cried about it. Now it doesn't bother me so much that I'm known as a stuck up bitch. What the people at Spencer think of me doesn't really matter any more. I just want to graduate and move on to bigger and better things.
Mel parked her car in the woods next to all the other cars and we made our way over to the bonfire. The wind blew colorful leaves around and I shivered. Autumn was on its way. Hopefully the fire would be big enough to heat the whole area. In my last attempt to hang onto summer, I 'd neglected to bring a jacket.
As we trudged over to the cluster of teenagers, the blaring music became louder and louder. There were people dancing and boys trying to prove how tough they were by doing keg stands. I grabbed two drinks and handed one to Mel.
"Here's to another wonderful year at Spencer." I knocked my red solo cup into hers and started to drink it. I wanted to get very drunk tonight. I was just in one of those moods where I didn't want to remember anything. Mel said that she wouldn't drink as much to make sure that I didn't do anything stupid, and so there would be someone to tuck me in at the end of the night.
"Easy there killer, you don't want to choke." I turned around and came face to face with Aaron Abbot. Aaron was easily one of the most arrogant, annoying little punks that scurried the halls of Spencer. I gave him a disgusted look and turned and walked in the other direction; I didn't want to waste my breath saying a single word to him.
I walked around the fire and spotted my old roommate Kate, and some new blond girl. They were dancing and I walked over to say hi. I had genuinely missed Kate over the summer and I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to room with her this year. The way we get roommates is a lottery system, and I wasn't lucky enough to get her name again. I had the unfortunate pleasure of rooming with the always charming and classy Keira. She made me want vomit every time she opened her mouth. Kate saw me and waved me over.
"Hi!" she gushed. "It's so good to see you! How was your summer?" Kate was a genuinely nice person. She was one of the few girls that didn't think I was a stuck up bitch.
"I was in Ireland all summer with my family; it was really nice, really peaceful." I told her. My parents both came from Ireland and all of my relatives lived there. I was born there, but my dad got a job offer that he couldn't refuse and moved me and my mom here when I was 10. I'd been back every summer since.
"What did you do this summer?" I asked her.
"I just hung around home mostly. Me and Pogue had a really good summer together," she informed me. Kate lived in Andover which wasn't to far from here. I wasn't surprised to hear that she and Pogue were still together, they had been inseparable the year before, and I had to admit, they were pretty adorable.
"This is my new roommate Sarah." Kate said introducing me to the blond next to her. I shook her hand.
"Where are you from?" I asked curious.
"I just transferred here from the Boston Public, I'm on scholarship," she responded with confidence. I respected that. Lots of people here were stuck up and would judge her for that. I just thought it made her more interesting. People usually shunned the scholarship students, but I respected them. You knew they were smart for getting the scholarship; they didn't have their parents buy their way in. I think she was testing me to see if I would make a snide remark, and I think I passed.
"That's cool," I responded. She smiled at me. Mel came over and greeted Kate. They grew pretty close last year; Mel practically lived in my room because she had a very sexually active roommate.
Kate was distracted by something over my shoulder. I turned around to see what she was looking at and got my answer.
"Who are they?" Sarah asked with interest.
"The Sons of Ipswich," she responded staring lovingly at Pogue as he approached her. I rolled my eyes. I never really liked the Sons. The whole name thing was an instant turn off. I didn't like Reid for obvious reasons, Caleb seemed too serious all the time, and Tyler never did anything spectacular as far as I was concerned. Pogue was a nice guy though.
As soon as they got too close I turned and walked in the other direction. I still had a goal and that was to get so drunk that I didn't even remember my own name. I walked over to one of the tables and grabbed a drink, not knowing exactly what it was; it tasted like some sort of vodka and some type of soda. Not that it really mattered. I downed three of those and started to feel a little buzzed, so I decided to start dancing.
Dancing was something that I only liked when I was drunk and when I was drunk, I it. The drinks were starting to affect me more and more by the minute and I was lost in myself. It seemed like no one else was there. I don't know how long I was dancing for, when someone came up behind me and put their arms around my waist. It took me a few seconds to react. I turned around and opened my eyes. The face I saw wasn't a familiar one.
"Who are you?" I slurred slightly. I had lost count of how many drinks I'd had.
"Chase," he answered. "I just transferred in." He smiled at me. I didn't like his smile.
"That's lovely," I informed him, and then walked off. He followed closely at my heels. I turned around again, nearly falling over.
"What's your name?" he asked politely.
"Murphy," I answered stupidly.
"What are you doing dancing all by yourself?" he pressed. I knew he was trying to flirt, but it seemed like he was interrogating me.
"I was just leaving," I told him trying my best to look sorry. I probably didn't look too sorry the way my mind was working. Just then there was arguing coming from a few yards away. It looked like Aaron was trying to get into it with Caleb. If Caleb ever fought back against Aaron, he would wreck him; Aaron wouldn't stand a chance, he's just lucky that Caleb was kind of a pacifist. Chase finally left me alone to help break up the fight. I was just waiting for the day that Caleb would punch Aaron right in his stupid face. Aaron always tried to pick fights with Caleb because Caleb was the alpha male of the school and Aaron was just jealous. I wasn't into anyone being called an alpha, but I was just glad that it was Caleb and not one of the other meat headed mama's boys.
Just as Chase put Aaron in his place, one of his goon friends threw up all over him. I thought this was so funny that I doubled over with crazy uncontrolled laughter. Mel crossed over to me and talked some sense into me.
"Murph, you look stupid, you better stop before you pee your pants by accident." She always knew how to shut me up.
Just then the DJ cut the music off. We all knew what that meant. Most people started running before he even said anything. Mel pulled me in the direction of the cars and I wasn't being much of a help. She had to practically drag me as I was still giggling about the whole puke thing.
"Can someone help me please?" Mel begged.
"I've got her," someone said. Before I knew what was happening, Tyler Simms picked me up threw me over his shoulder fireman style. This was a bold gesture considering he had a reputation for being shy. He started laughing when I let out a surprised squeal. I tried unsuccessfully to break free, but I just couldn't stop laughing. He brought me over to Mel's car, and placed me in the passenger's seat. He smirked at me then went to join his friends in his Hummer. I yelled something incoherently at him, and then I blacked out. I don't even remember how I got into the dorms.
I woke up the next morning with a horrible hang over.
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