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Chapter 2 - Different
Reid finished his cigarette and made his way to Calculus just as the teacher was beginning his lecture. Reid sauntered in holding the car seat and the teacher's eyebrow rose.
"Sorry teach, had diaper duty…" He smirked casually before taking his normal seat next to Tyler.
The entire faculty of Spencer Academy had been warned about the project in Home Economics and though they weren't pleased with the idea, they definitely saw where it would play in the lives of the Spencer students. He simply waved it off and continued on with his lecture.
Reid sat tapping his pencil impatiently waiting for the bell to ring, lunch was calling his name. Not only lunch but he had the urge to use, just the slightest bit. He was relieved when the bell rang; he grabbed the car seat by his feet and dragged Tyler out of the room.
"Dude, where's the fire?" Tyler asked straightening out his Oxford shirt.
"I have to… you know…" Reid stated as he looked at Tyler with the 'look'. Tyler rolled his eyes.
"You don't have to, you want to…" Tyler stated as he glanced over at Reid with a 'look' right back at him.
"Just watch the baby for a second, will you?" Reid asked as he slipped in to the bathroom.
"Fine, but just hurry up, I'm starving…" Tyler groaned taking the car seat and looking down at the exceptionally cute doll.
Reid went in to the bathroom checking the stalls to make sure no one was in there. He went in to the end stall and let his eyes go completely black. It was a safe assumption to say that it was too late for Reid Garwin when it came to being addicted to the Power. No matter how much Caleb nagged, or his mother fussed he would use, and use when he felt like he needed to.
He levitated feeling that surge of energy throughout his body. He opened the door to the stall and broke the mirrors in the process; a smirk crept on to his face as he loosened his tie. His eyes faded back to the icy blue color, he entered the hallway and the doll was thrusted back in to his hands, crying.
"How long has she been crying?" Reid asked almost panic stricken.
"She just started, thank god…" Tyler stated holding the car seat.
Reid rocked the child trying to calm it down, but to no avail. Tyler was starting to get irritated by the crying the baby was making and looked around for Ever wondering if she was still on campus.
"You need to get her number," Tyler mused as they looked through the court yards Reid still carrying the crying child. He had started whispering and cooing to the child to calm her down.
"Why?" Reid asked his blue eyes surveying the school yard.
"In cases like this, sometimes the baby just needs its mom…" Tyler commented.
"How do you know this?" Reid asked.
"Because, I've got cousins!" Tyler smirked.
Reid sighed and walked back in to the school, just as he was walking past the bathroom, he saw Ever coming out, walking away from him. He cradled the baby and quickened his pace, calling her name. She was either deaf or ignoring him.
"Ever!" Reid grabbed her wrist and she turned around a hiss escaping her lips as she yanked her arm out of his grasp.
"What?" She asked looking up at the person who had just grabbed her, her look softening when she saw Reid cradling the baby. "Oh, Reid… hi…" Her voice was low and a bit remorseful.
"Are you ok?" He asked looking down at her wrists he had just grabbed. The cuff of her white shirt was a deep red color. "Ever?" He asked looking at the blood again, still trying to hush the crying doll.
"I'm fine, what's wrong?" She asked looking at the doll.
"She just started crying and wouldn't stop…" Reid stated.
Ever looked at him and pursed her lips together, "Did you feed her?" She asked casually.
Reid's face fell, "No." He answered.
"Change her?" She asked feeling the diaper.
"No," Reid shook his head again.
Ever let out a small laugh, hoping he would forget about the red he had seen on her cuff. She took the baby from him and looked around not seeing the diaper bag or the car seat. Reid pointed in the direction of the court yard and she followed him out there seeing Tyler, Pogue, Kate, Caleb and Sarah sitting around.
"Hi," She said nervously looking around at the table self consciously.
"Tyler grab me a bottle out of the bag…" Reid demanded grabbing the pink blanket from the car seat.
"Reid you're pretty good at this father stuff…" Pogue announced his arm resting carelessly over Kate's shoulders.
"I try," Reid smirked handing the bottle to Ever who simply popped it in to the crying dolls mouth and waited as she rocked her back and forth.
"I'll take her for the rest of the day," Ever stated grabbing the diaper bag and putting it in to the car seat, while still feeding the child with one arm.
"Why don't you sit down and have lunch with us?" Sarah asked looking up at the girl as she fed her 'son'.
"Ummm… I'd like to but, I've got to get home and get back in time for History…." She stated grabbing the car seat and walking away.
"Do you need some help?" Reid asked her.
"No, thank you though." She whispered before walking towards the parking lot.
Reid stopped walking and looked back at his friends, "I just got rejected…" He stated taking a seat next to Tyler.
"You just asked her if she needed help, Reid Garwin never asks anyone if they need help…" Caleb stated raising an eyebrow at the blonde boy.
"What did I tell you?" Reid asked.
"About what?" Pogue asked.
"About this class…" Reid stated.
"You need it to graduate?" Tyler answered looking at his best friend oddly.
"Exactly, if I don't pass this class then I'm doomed…" Reid stated simply.
"He's got a point; this is half of our grade…" Sarah announced burping the baby and putting it back in the car seat.
"What did you name yours?" Kate asked looking over at Reid. Reid looked at her oddly. "Sarah and Jacob named their baby Rhys… what did you and Ever name your baby?"
"Ruby," Reid answered looking up and over at Tyler who was smiling.
"Why Ruby?" Pogue asked casually.
"That's my grandmother's name…" Reid stated shrugging his shoulders.
Reid grabbed a fry off of Tyler's plate, sticking it in his mouth; he sat looking a bit dumbfounded. His mind had never wondered about a girl like it was now. Her odd behavior, turning down help from Reid Garwin, the blood stains on the cuffs of her shirt. There was something strange about this girl, and Reid was going to find out exactly what it was.
"Reid…REID?!" Caleb's voice interrupted the boys thoughts as he snapped up, meeting the amber eyes of Caleb Danvers.
"What?" He asked annoyed.
"You've been sitting there for fifteen minutes with a blank stare on your face… what the hell is up?" Caleb asked grabbing his bag.
"I was just thinking…" Reid covered smoothly with a smirk.
"Reid Garwin, thinking?" Pogue asked putting his arm around the blonde's shoulders as he stood up.
"Yeah I do that ever once and a blue moon…" Reid quipped back rolling his blue eyes. "Where's Ty?" He asked looking around at the two older boys and their missing girlfriends.
"He got baby duty with Sarah…" Caleb laughed shrugging his shoulders.
"How did you get out of that?" Reid asked.
"I said I had to yell at you for using…" Caleb stated his voice lowering and his look darkening.
"I just used a little…" Reid stated glaring at the older boy as they walked in to the school.
Caleb and Pogue pushed Reid in to the bathroom, checking the stalls to make sure that no one was occupying them. Reid sighed and looked up at the two tired of the older boys harassing him about using.
"Reid it's addictive… you need to stop using so much, or you're going to be as good as dead…" Caleb stated.
"Caleb's right man, you ascend in a month, you really don't want to end up like…" Pogue cut himself off and glanced over at Caleb and then at Reid. Both boys had lost their fathers to their addictions.
"You would think you would know better… both of our father's were addicted Reid… and it killed them…" Caleb stated almost in a pleading voice.
"Look, I'll ease up on it… alright?" Reid asked pushing the two boys off of him. "I'm gonna be late for class…" He stated leaving the bathroom.
As he was exiting he nearly knocked someone over, he grabbed them by the arms and pulled them up to meet his gaze. His icy blue eyes met hurting green ones; he took a step back, his gloved hands still latching on to the fragile arms of the young girl.
"Ever," He whispered a bit startled.
She winced in pain and he automatically let go over her arms, not realizing that he may have been holding her so hard, she forced a smile and pulled the bag on her shoulder up a bit uncomfortable as Caleb and Pogue exited the bathroom right behind him.
"Do you need a hand with that?" Reid asked pointing to the baby's things.
"Umm… sure…" She nodded her head and handed him the diaper bag.
Caleb and Pogue stifled their laughter as Reid helped the young girl to class. They arrived in class and Ever started towards where she usually sat in the middle to the left, but Reid grabbed her by the arm, gently turning her towards him.
"Why don't you sit with us?" He asked her nodding towards Sarah and Tyler who were playing with her baby.
"Um," Before she could answer the professor came in and Reid guided her over to where they usually sat.
Ever sat quite uncomfortably between Reid and Tyler, she could feel the patronizing stares of the teenage girls in the room. Half of them wishing they were her, and the other half wishing to kick her ass for even coming near one of the 'Sons'. She shifted in her seat, sinking down slightly as she pulled out the work from the night before.
The Professor began going over their homework and then moved on to the days assignments. Reid looked down and noticed the gauze on Ever's wrist poking through her white Oxford cuff. He pursed his lips together and leaned over, wanting to know what happened.
"Are you ok?" He asked her, using the eraser of his pencil to point out the gauze on her wrist.
Ever tensed up noticeably, she pulled down the cuff of her shirt and smirked at Reid, "I'm fine, just cut myself when I made lunch today, that's all…" She whispered more of an explanation than necessary.
"That looks like a nasty cut…" He commented.
"I'm fine…" She stated back placing her hand in her lap as she continued to take notes with the other.
Reid dropped the subject and leaned back in his seat, not bothering to take notes on the subject, that's what his best friend was for. Tyler was a good student, he may act bad ass when Reid was around, but he was an All American boy. Reid on the other hand liked to keep his bad boy persona in check, like he would ever be caught dead taking notes, he sat back in his chair and the Professor looked up at him.
"I'm sorry Mr. Garwin am I boring you?" He asked.
"No sir, not in the slightest…" Reid smirked resting his hands behind his head.
"Could you please explain to me what I just said about the Gulf War?" He questioned.
"No," Reid shook his head defiantly.
"Then you won't mind taking a walk to the Provost office now would you Mr. Garwin?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Actually that sounds quite delightful, thank you…." Reid grinned picking up his book bag in one swift movement and heading towards the door of the classroom.
Ever contained her laughter that was threatening to spill out, she glanced over at Tyler and saw him shaking his head in defeat. Glancing up she saw Caleb tapping his pencil annoyed, Sarah laughing openly, Kate giggling with Sarah as Pogue stared off at the door pensively.
The Professor continued his lecture as the students wrote down notes on the Gulf War. The bell rang and it was time for the last period of the day, Ever sighed pulling her things off of the desk and in to her bag, Tyler waited patiently for her and waved to the other two guys as they left the classroom with their girlfriends.
"You don't have to wait for me Tyler…" Ever stated simply while pushing her chair in and heading to the exit, Tyler followed right behind her, not missing a beat.
"Reid wanted me to make sure you got to class ok, and that you didn't need any help carrying the baby's things…" He stated.
"How did he...?" Ever trailed off with a stupid look on her face as Tyler held up his cell phone. "Oh well, thank you but I can manage…"
"Are you sure?" Tyler quickened his pace to catch up with the young girl.
"I'm sure Tyler, thank you." She stated clutching on to her things and the baby's things.
Tyler stopped following her and looked down in defeat. She walked off to class steering clear of any of the Sons of Ipswich. She had never really seen them associate with anyone outside of the four of them and their girlfriend's they were a very tight knit group, she had no idea why they were taking a sudden interest in her.
Reid bowed to the Provost after a stern lecture and left his office with a shit-eating grin on his face. He gave a wink to the secretary before walking out in to the hall. He was stopped by a buxom blonde who was twirling a piece of her bleached blonde hair around her well manicured finger.
"Hi Reid…" She grinned at him. Reid put on his best smirk and looked down at her chest which was begging to be noticed.
"Candy…" He stated remembering the girls face, and assets but definitely not her name.
"Courtney," She corrected him with a small pout.
"Whatever, what's up?" He asked sauntering towards his next class.
"Well I was wondering…" She bit her lip and stepped in front of the blond boy, who was really beginning to lose patience over the girl.
"Yes?" He asked in his most charming voice.
"What you have been doing hanging out with Ever Carmichael…" She stated her brow furrowing as if it were a very difficult questions.
"Who?" Reid played off with a sly grin.
"You know that weird girl that sat with you and Tyler in history," The blonde commented.
"Oh her," Reid shrugged it off. "We're doing a project in Home Ec together…" He stated dully.
"So you're not like… dating?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"Dating?" Reid stifled his laughter and shook his head, Reid Garwin did not date. "Connie, I don't date…" He stated.
"Courtney…" She corrected him again.
"Whatever," He waved it off. "Now if you don't mind I've got a class to get to…" He stated pushing past her slightly and heading in to his class room.
He sat down next to Tyler resting his elbows on the desk while Tyler copied some notes off of the board, "Did you get my text?" Tyler asked him nonchalantly.
"No, I was taking care of some business in the hallway…" Reid stated in a suggestive tone.
"You're unbelievable…" Tyler laughed shaking his head. "I just wrote you back letting you know that she brushed me off…" Tyler shrugged his shoulders.
"What is up with that girl?" Reid asked leaning forward on his desk.
"Why do you care?" Tyler asked him curious; his best friend never cared about anyone, anyone that wasn't part of their 'family'.
Reid looked over at Tyler and understood where he was coming from, but he didn't even know the answer. Since that morning he hadn't been the same person he usually was, he seemed to be lighter hearted than normal. She was different, as cliché as it may sound, but it was true. She was like two completely different people and for some reason that intrigue Reid.
"I don't know…" Reid answered him truthfully. "But I'm going to find out…" He whispered.
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