I know that my first chapter was a little short but I promise to give you guys longer chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Covenant, its storyline or the characters.
Elena's POV
The drive to Ipswich was a quiet one at first. I was curious about Tyler and I had many questions I wanted to ask him but I held my tongue and we sat in silence for a while. He put on some music and I recognised the song, Closer to the edge by 30 Seconds to Mars. I softly started singing. It was absolutely one of my favourite songs.
"You have a nice voice." He said.
I looked up at him and smiled, "Thanks."
He grinned, "So where am I taking you?" His grin made me feel butterflies in my stomach.
"Uhh…well I kind of need a ride to two places, if that's ok?" I asked with hope in my voice.
"Sure, where are we going first?" he asked interestedly.
"To my mom's house." I gave him the address and he proceeded to my mom's house.
"So what brought you to Ipswich?" he surveyed me.
"Well my mom wanted to start over after her divorce so she wanted to move somewhere away from Boston but I refused to go. I stayed with my dad for a while but I saw that I didn't fit in with his lifestyle. I also missed my baby brother. So I decided what the hell, let me try it out." I remember how lonely it felt, but at least I get to see Connor and my mom soon.
"Sorry about your parent's divorce. Why didn't you want to come here?" he asked, frowning.
I hesitated and decided to answer truthfully, "I grew up there. Boston was and always will be my home but I had a secret hope that keeping my parents in Boston might get them to reconsider their separation." I admitted sadly. I hardly ever told people the truth about why I didn't want to move.
He was quiet for a minute or two, trying to gather his thoughts I suppose. "You'll find happiness here Elena, Ipswich will grow on you." I smiled; he seemed to know just what to say. "We're here."
I looked outside and saw a beautiful house to my right and he turned into the driveway. Wow this place looks beautiful. I was in awe. One thing I've got to say about my mom is that she sure has taste when it comes to houses.
I got out of the car and as I placed my right foot on the floor it buckled. I tumbled down. Terrific. My jeans were coated in dirt. I didn't notice Tyler was by my side until I felt a pair of hands helping me up. I looked up into his eyes and I saw concern on his face. "I suppose I'm more hurt than I thought." I said.
"Let me help you inside", he said.
"Thanks." I smiled. I suppose chivalry isn't dead after all.
He held my waist while I put an arm over his shoulders and he helped me to the front door. I knocked, we waited for a minute or so and my brother answered the door. When Connor saw me he smiled and pulled me into a bear hug.
"Connor…can't breathe," I laughed, as he loosened his grip. Wow he looks all grown up; even though he is 16 I will always consider him my baby brother.
"It's good to see you El," He noticed Tyler next to me and frowned, "Who's this?"
"This is Tyler Simms, he's been helping me out." I said. I noticed how my brother surveyed him. Tyler stuck out his hand and Connor took it, and they shook hands.
"I'm Connor, Elena's brother." I detected a note of annoyance in his voice and I narrowed my eyes. Connor just rolled his eyes at me.
"Nice to meet you Connor." Tyler was polite as ever. It became awkward on the porch and I noticed that my brother was watching Tyler, especially since Tyler was holding on to my waist. It kind of made me smile to see my brother become so protective.
"So where's mom?" I asked.
"Oh, she's inside. I'll go call her." I was thankful that my brother gave me a moment alone with Tyler.
"Sorry my brother can be a bit intense." I laughed.
"haha it's cool, how's your leg?" he let me go so I could put pressure on it. It was still sore but it just felt like a bad sprain.
"It's better, I think I sprained it but I'll just put some ice on it and it should be good as new by Monday." I hope.
"You should get it checked out, just in case." He smiled. He's really nice. It's a nice change from other people I have met.
My mom appeared with my brother at her side and she gave me a kiss on the cheek and a hug. "Hey mom, it's good to see you."
"It's good to see you too, you must be Tyler" she replied. My brother obviously gave her the inside scoop.
"It's nice to meet you Ms Roberts." He gave her the most charming smile and I think I saw her blush. I rolled my eyes at her.
"Why don't you both come in?" she asked, obviously interested in knowing more about Tyler.
"Sorry Ms Roberts but I need to make a phone call, I'll be outside when Elena needs to go." I smiled and watched as he walked back to the car while I walked inside the house.
Tyler's POV
I am such an idiot, Caleb is going to kill me if he finds out that I used tonight. Especially in front of someone I don't know. I better call Reid and tell him. He's been my best friend since we were little, so at least I can count on him to not shout at me. I took my phone out of my pocket and scrolled down to his name. It rang twice and then a cocky voice answered the phone.
"What's up, baby boy?" I will never be able to live down this nickname that he gave me. I decided not to react to it.
"Reid, I've got a problem. Tonight I used to save a girl and she saw my eyes but I don't know if she believed what she saw." I hope not.
"Is she hot?" he asked. Typical Reid. He probably thinks he can add her to his to do list.
"Yeah she is Reid but that's not the point." I replied. He is always looking for a piece of tail.
"Do you think she will be a problem, we don't want The Covenant to be exposed?" he asked.
"That's the thing I don't know and you know how Caleb gets when we use." Caleb always freaked out but I've got to say using the power was fun but addictive.
"See how much she knows, I won't say anything to him or to Pogue. Are you still with her?" he asked. I heard interest creep into his voice.
"Yeah she asked me to take her somewhere but I should be back at the dorms in 30 minutes."
"Ok, cool." I closed my phone and turned my attention back to the house, there was a screaming match going on inside but I walked back to the house just in case Elena needed my help with something.
Elena's POV
"Well I'm sorry, what should I have done? Gone over the cliff with my car!" I screamed back. I was so not in the mood for this. I had other things I needed to do.
"Don't expect another car from me, missy!" my mom exploded back.
"It's fine, I'll find a way to get around without one. Look I'm going to go. I need to get settled into my new school and I will come see you guys in a few days." I gave my brother a one armed hug, waved to my mother and grabbed my two bags before my mother went off at me again. I closed the door and walked down the stairs.
A voice came from behind me, "Let me take your bags for you." I half screamed but then held my tongue. It was Tyler.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you," He laughed. "sounded like World War 3 was breaking out in your house." He grinned. I gave him my bags.
"Thanks, yeah my mom was angry about the car." That was kind of obvious.
"No kidding hey," He started laughing so much that I hit him over his head "ouch that hurt!" I smiled.
"Well don't be such a smart ass and then maybe I won't hit you" I giggled.
"You want to try that again, this time I'm sure I can dodge you." He challenged.
"Oh I don't think so, I'm quite fast." I lunged for him but somehow he got both my hands behind my back. I struggled to get free but his grasp tightened. We just stared at each other for a minute. I could feel my blush creeping up on to my face. His face broke into a grin and he tapped my head.
"Gotcha!" he laughed.
I started pouting "That's not fair, you're stronger than me."
"I never said that I was going to fight fair, did I?" he laughed and I joined him. He slowly released my arms and he put his hands up. "Truce?" he asked grinning.
"Truce." I smiled.
He put my bags on one of the back seats of his Hummer. I climbed in and he climbed in shortly after me. He turned to me.
"So where to next?" he asked interestedly.
"Spenser Academy. I'm staying at the dorms." I'm so happy that I don't have to stay with my mom.
"I also go to Spenser. It's good then that we're heading the same way" He looked worried which puzzled me.
"Are you ok?" I asked. I wonder what's wrong.
"Yeah I'm good." He turned to smile at me and it seemed that his worried look just disappeared.
So I kept my promise and made this chapter longer. Please review, favourite and follow my story. I have this week off so I am continually typing more chapters for this story. Hope you enjoyed it.