Chapter One: Garwin. Reid Garwin.

Harvard University
Freshman Year

It was the first weekend of the Fall Semester. Reid maneuvered his way through the crowded dorm hallway. All the dorm room doors were wide open. It felt strange walking around solo. He wished that his wing man was still around, but Tyler Simms was in New York, a freshman at Columbia University.

He peered in one of the rooms and saw Kate Tunney. He smiled and gave her a quick nod of recognition which she ignored. He expected that. After the whole Chase incident she and Pogue had made up briefly only to break up and not very amicably at that. There was such bitterness between them that Pogue decided to defer his admission to Harvard. Right now he was on the highway headed west on a cross country adventure.

So that left Reid all by himself. Well not exactly. He still had Saint Caleb up his ass.

He glanced behind him. Caleb and Sarah were busy talking to some of the people they'd met at their pre-law orientation. Reid took the opportunity to slip into a dorm room.

"Mind if I…?" Reid asked loudly as he pointed to the cooler of beer next to the desk.

There were about a dozen students in the room, but none of them acknowledged him.

"Ok then," Reid helped himself. He surveyed the room in hopes of finding someone to talk to. After a few failed attempts at starting conversation, he decided to move on. "Thanks for the beer," he said with a small wave as he backed out the room.

He was at the end of the hallway at the last room watching a group of guys playing Wii Bowling when the drunken blonde wandered past him. She was a little thick around the middle, but her DD cup size more than made up for it.

"Hey guys!" she stood in front of the TV and waved her arms. "It's time."

As the group headed for the stairwell, Reid took another quick glance down the hall. Caleb and Sarah were no where to be seen so he joined the pack heading up to the next floor.

The door was locked and the blonde had to use her ID to open it. She held the door open letting all the guys pass through. When it was Reid's turn the girl stopped him.

"Who are you?" she asked stepping in front of the doorway.

"I'm Reid," he smiled and offered his hand.

His introduction was met with a confused intoxicated stare.

"Garwin," he said hoping perhaps the use of his surname might impress her.

"Freshman?" she asked as she pulled out her phone and chuckled at an incoming text message.

"Yeah," Reid grinned leaning closer to her.

"Maybe I'll see you around campus," she winked as she closed the door tightly. Reid was left all alone on the stairwell landing.

He peered through the glass into the mostly empty hallway. The blonde walked down the hall and into one of the dorm rooms.

Reid ran his ID through the scanner then pulled at the door, but it was locked tight.

His eyes flashed as he Used to open the door. Closing it behind him he followed the blonde's path and went into the room.

Inside were at least twenty people including half a dozen of the hottest girls he'd ever seen.

"Are you lost?" a petite Asian girl asked.

"No, I'm Reid," he flashed his best smile.

His smile quickly faded as he saw the girls' expressions.

"Oh God, who let this one in?" one of the guys shook his head tiredly.

Everyone turned to look at the drunken blonde.

"I thought I locked the door," she laughed as she drank something from a red plastic cup.

There were a few snide comments about dumb blondes shot her way. Reid cringed a little and pulled his black knit hat down, hoping to hide his own light colored locks. The empty beer in Reid's hand was replaced with a red cup filled to the brim as he took a seat on the floor next to a red haired girl.

For awhile Reid listened to the conversations around him. The redhead next to him was talking about her summer in France. As much as he wanted to join the conversation with a story about his visit to a topless beach on the French Rivera last summer; he stayed quiet. These girls, er, women did not seem like they would find that sort of tale amusing and he didn't want to make an ass out of himself (again). Instead he focused on his drink, which sadly was of the alcohol-free variety.

He couldn't help notice the death stare coming from the raven-haired girl across the room. She was very easy on the eyes, like all the other females around him. He held his hand up and gave her a small wave. Her glare intensified. The dark haired guy next to her took notice and whispered something in her ear.

"Are we ready?" he said looking around the room for approval.

"Let's do it," someone replied.

"What about HIM."

All the eyes in the room turned to Reid.

The raven-haired girl looked directly at Reid. From her lips came three simple words.

"Truth or dare?"

"Dare," Reid responded with a sly smile on his lips.

"Are you sure?" her eyes twinkled with mischief.

"Oh yeah," he replied confidently.

A collective "ooooohhhhh," came from the others in the room.

"Big mistake, man," the guy in the Harvard Rugby hoodie placed a hand on Reid's shoulder. "BIG mistake."