Her hazel eyes brimmed with tears and her hand had a vice-like grip on his wrist not letting him escape in any form. Lies. Every word that came out of his mouth was a lie. He was trying to deceive her; she knew it even if it did contradict the words that spilled out at the moment.

His blue eyes glanced up to her face for the first time since the conversation had started. Her normally sparkling eyes were now filled with pain and sadness. The only thing he wanted to do was embrace her and wipe the tears away and whisper in her ear that everything would be alright but he knew it wasn't how it worked.

It was true, the rumours of Reid Garwin being an asshole and a manipulator. He was unable to love; no sign of affection in any of his actions. That was until he met Arabella; she lighted up his life despite how cheesy and cliché that sounded but it was the truth. Reid had never felt love until Bella.

Honestly when he saw her he thought of her as another girl to bed until he actually got to know her. She was beautiful – shiny chestnut hair and glittery hazel eyes with the most dazzling smile. She wasn't perfect, she had flaws like everyone but in his eyes she was perfect even with those flaws. He thought it was cute the way she would stumble when walking and how she would stutter when she was nervous. The one thing that he really loved about her was that she gave everyone a chance; she liked to find the good in everyone and she always had a little optimism in her. Apart from now.

He peeled her hand off his wrist and dropped it harshly; when he did this he felt the immediate need to apologise but refrained. His eyes flickered up to her eyes but failed to meet them.

"I told you Arabella, I don't love you. Everything I said was a lie. All of it from the moment I met you everything that came out of my mouth was a lie. It was just a bet between the guys. They thought I never could get you to sleep with me so I tried to prove them right. Obviously I lost so now I have to pay the stupid dicks and now I know that you're not as easy as I thought you were or anyone thought you were," he spat. Arabella, for Reid's sake, didn't see the tears that fell from his eyes as he said these things to her.

Tears fell harder down her face even though she tried to stop them by biting on her lip until she drew blood. She choked back a sob before she began to say what was on her mind.

"I don't believe you Reid. Not once have you ever told a girl you loved them; if you were truly messing around with me you would have stayed with me for a maximum of a week to wait for the sex and then dumped me. No, you didn't do that at all. We've been together for three months now and you want me to believe this shit you're telling me. Well I won't," she tried to yell with confidence but ended up stuttering and pausing a few times to clear her tears.

After she yelled at him she couldn't stop the tears and for the first time tonight she looked at him hard studying his every move. He looked so distracted and uninterested that she was beginning to believe his words.

"If you really don't love me then tell me something please. Look into my eyes and tell me you don't love me and that it was all a game. Do it now," her voice quivered afraid of the consequences.

Reid looked at her and took a deep breath in. His icy blue eyes met her pain filled hazel ones; he couldn't do it. He loved her so damn much that he was willing to sacrifice his love. Silently he cursed and closed his eyes for a split second imagining it was some dirty whore.

"I don't love you. I never did. You were nothing to me," he told her before dropping his head in shame to hide his pain and sorrows.

Arabella's tears flowed quickly down her face and sobs came out of her mouth. She didn't even bother to stop the tears. How could he break her heart? He knew she loved him so much so why did he? She knew the answer to those questions, but she also knew they were false.

The last three months Reid Garwin had been affectionate and sweet. He had been caring and kind. He had let his walls fall down and let her in. He had shown her his soft side despite the fact that he thought he would have been teased because of it.

"Fine. Then I guess this is it Reid. Even though the feelings won't be returned, I love you," her voice wavered a lot and it was definitely evident in her voice that she was finding it difficult to say it.

"Just go Arabella. There's no need for you here," he said in a firm voice. He heard her sniff and then she ran off quickly wanting to avoid everyone.

"Fuck! Why did she make it hard?" he shouted to no one.

"Why did you do it? I know you loved her. No. I know you love her," a voice said behind him. He whipped his head around to see his roommate.

"I didn't want to lose her. She would have been in danger and I just couldn't risk it. I'd rather lose her and know she's safe than be with her and risk her life. Plus she'll get over me. She'll remember me as the asshole," Reid added the last bit with a slight bitter tone.

"You know that's not true. She won't get over you. And even if she did, it wouldn't be the same for you; you wouldn't get over her," Tyler told him.

"I know. But that doesn't matter at the moment. Let's just get the bastard," he said and got into the black hummer followed by Tyler. His head turned to the window and thought, Arabella, I'm risking my life for you.

The ending was kind of lame. Sorry if it was just lame overall... It was indeed my first Covenant fic. I do tend to write one shots more than full stories. I normally end up losing inspiration, get bored or just get plain lazy or maybe a mixture of all three. So please do leave a comment/review, they make me happy ^-^