guess who's back, back again? skyy is back, tell a friend. lmao. so yeah, i'm back - i think. but i've got a new one for you guys. be sure to tell me what you think!

Watch Me Burn

Chapter 001
The sound of birds chirping, feet bustling and people chattering was the current background noise for the kids at Spenser Academy that had decided to take their lunches outside to eat out on the patio. One of those students was Delphine Sommers; a brunette senior who lived for music. But that wasn't the only thing that she practically lived for. There was one other very important person in her life – Reid Garwin.

Reid, to most people came off as womanizing jackass that didn't care about anyone else but himself, and sometimes that was hitting the nail-on-the-head. But other times, he was Delphine's sole purpose for breathing. Sure, that sounded a tad bit extreme for a senior who had really only dated two other guys before winding up with Spenser's resident 'Bad Boy'. Though, she couldn't really argue with that. Reid wasn't exactly the best guy in town – that was for sure – but Delphine wasn't exactly everyone's idea of what Reid looked for in a girl.

She wasn't the usual bubbly, ditzy cheerleader or resident whore that would literally sleep with him at the drop of a dime. Reid had actually worked to get to know Delphine and it had been a couple of months of dating before he finally got in her pants. She felt a blush rise on her cheeks at the thought of it. She had been a virgin when they had first started dating and that was one of the main reasons that she was hesitant to sleep with him. The second reason was because she was afraid that once he got what she thought he wanted that he would ditch her and she had fell for him rather quickly. It really hadn't taken long for her to find herself completely enamored by the blonde Son of Ipswich.

Though their relationship was far from perfect, that was for damn sure. They weren't the perfect couple that everyone thought of when they thought of someone 'taming' the bad boy. No, they tended to fight like cats and dogs. If it wasn't one thing it was another, but for whatever reason something always seemed to pull them back together. Maybe it was the fact that they loved each other, perhaps they were just too comfortable with one another. Either way, nothing seemed to be able to break their bond – no matter how intense their fights may get.

Delphine's hazel eyes snapped up when she heard the sound of tray slapping against the hard stone of the table she was sitting at. A smirk tugged at her lips when she came face to face with her boyfriend. Licking her lips she gave a slight toss of her head to let her bangs escape her eyes. "You didn't call me last night." His words were sharp and accusatory. Delphine pressed her lips together before opening her mouth to answer him, though the blonde teenager didn't give her a chance to do so, "I told you to call me when you got in, and you didn't."

Dark hair fell over her shoulders and she gave her head a slight shake, "I got busy, I didn't have a chance to call you. I'm sorry." She apologized quickly, not really wanting to fight at the moment. Though she knew full-and-well if he started to get snarky with her she wouldn't hesitate to snap back at him. She had gotten busy the previous night, she had band practice with her friends, plus she had to help her mother watch her little brother. "Rehearsals ran late and I had to watch Carter." She explained to him.

Reid's full, pink lips pursed for a second. She could see the defiance that battled in his bright blue eyes. He was mulling over the words she had just spoken and trying to decide whether or not he believed her. Tilting her head to the side a bit, she gave a slight look that told him to just come out and say something already. She didn't need to voice her words, she never really did. Reid knew her well enough that he could pinpoint exactly what she was thinking – it seemed to be a gift of his.

"Alright, fine…" He stated reaching out to grab his water bottle. "I have swim practice after school." He stated, though Delphine already knew this. She was good friends with Reid's best friend, Tyler Simms, another one of the infamous Sons of Ipswich. They shared the last period together and he had told her all about how they had swim practice and Reid wouldn't be available until after that. Delphine nodded her head slightly and picked at her salad in front of her. She hadn't been very hungry lately and she didn't want to hear it from Reid if she wasn't eating something.

Licking her lips slowly she swallowed, "The band wanted to get together tonight and discuss possibly playing a set at Nicky's next weekend. But, just call me when you're done with practice and I'll come over or you can come over… or whatever."

"Alright, but I'll be sure to actually call you." Reid stated a little snap in his tone.

Delphine narrowed her eyes slightly and shook her head a bit, "Seriously, Reid?" Pressing her lips together to continued a small smile broke out on the blonde's face and she shook her head laughing a bit. Sometimes she never knew if he was joking, or if he was being completely serious. It wasn't until the smile broke on his face or a laugh escaped his lips that she knew whether or not she could relax or not.

She could relax, at least for now. Running a hand through her recently dyed hair, she looked down at her food and then back to him. "So, a gig at Nicky's, huh?" He asked taking a bite out of his burger. Delphine watched as he chewed the burger. There were certain things about Reid Garwin that people didn't know. One of them being that he chewed his food exactly twenty-one times before swallowing. The blonde Son of Ipswich was a bit obsessive-compulsive about certain things in his life – the number of times he chewed his food was one of them. It was small quirks like that, which seemed to keep Delphine interested. The small, almost insignificant, things that she had picked up along the way.

"Yeah, I talked to Nicky about it last weekend and he said it was a good idea." Licking her lips, Delphine glanced around the patio and noticed Tyler coming up behind them. Reid followed her gaze and lifted his chin to his brunette best friend. It didn't take long for the brunette to join them at the table, and soon after a few other bodies filtered in next to them. It was times like these that Delphine cherished sometimes, it was some of the quieter times between herself and Reid because neither of them felt comfortable arguing in front of their friends.

However, both Tyler and Delphine's best friend Madison had witnessed all out yelling matches – the two liked to forget that those every happened and sometimes pretended like nothing happened. It seemed better that way. Madison and Tyler both would just shrug it off and go about their business, knowing that the two of them would figure it out between themselves eventually.

"Hey Dells, Madi told me that you guys might do a show over at Nicky's in a couple of weeks, that true?" Delphine looked up to meet the bright blue eyes of Caleb's girlfriend, Sarah. A small smile formed on Delphine's face and she nodded her head a little bit.

"Yeah, we're gonna talk about it tonight actually, Nicky thinks it'll be a great idea… he might start having some of the local bands play on Friday Nights, not that he really needs more people in the bar, but he thought it'd be a good way to show of Ipswich's hidden talent." She shrugged her shoulders a little bit and smile when Reid tossed her a wink. He knew that music was something that she loved, just like she knew that he lived to swim. It was an understanding between the two of them – even if things seemed crazy between them – they always seemed to be able to agree on that one topic. Nothing came between Reid and his swimming and vice versa when it came to Delphine and her music.

Delphine's music was the only thing that ever seemed to be consistent in her life. Her mother was in and out of rehab, her father was god knows where - with god knows who. And her little brother, well Delphine really didn't have much in common with the little guy, as much as she loved him they were just too far apart in age to have any sort of real bond. Music, however, got her through all the rough times. Through the lows with her mom, with her dad and with Reid it always seemed to pull her out of the hole she was in. It was the only thing that could truly make her smile when all else seemed to be failing. It was her love - her life - other than Reid.

Reid was a close second. He was literally nipping at the heals of music. When things with Reid were good, they were really great. They just had this bond that no one could seem to penetrate. It was unbreakable - except from the inside, but even thing they seemed to find their way back together. Though when things were bad, it was like all hell broke loose. Their last fight had resulted in her getting stitches from a cut she got while cleaning up a picture frame that she had thrown at his head. She had thought that it was the end then. It had gotten pretty intense and Reid was literally about to go crazy on her when she threw the picture frame at him - luckily he had ducked - and threw him out of her house. It wasn't a pretty scene that was for sure - but they had somehow managed to get past it all and were now back together.

They had gotten in to a few spats since then, but nothing as bad as that night. They both had said some pretty hurtful things and it only took about two days before they were back on good terms. A lot of the time, Delphine thought that he only wanted to make up for the make up sex - though she knew it was more than that. They loved each other and they were bound to get back together in due time. Pressing her lips together, she pushed the thought out of her head and turned back to the conversation with the group.

She loved his friends, they were all extremely nice and welcoming - no matter what. She knew that when they were fighting Reid had said some pretty cruel things about her - but they turned the other cheek as soon as she was back in to the circle. The guys were great about it and so were the girls. It didn't take long for her to become friends with them when she started dating Reid - they just made it so easy for her. It was hard to not like any of them - even when she wasn't talking to Reid. They were as much her friends as they were his, at this point and Reid knew that. He could try and get them to stop talking to her, but they probably never would - unless something really bad went down between them. Though, Delphine hoped that things would start getting better now. She didn't want to have to go through what they had gone through recently and if things got that bad she didn't know what was going to happen next time things got even worse.

So, taking a tad bit of a different approach. Tell me what you think. (: