I don't own The Covenant or any of its characters. If I owned Chace Crawford...well you can all use your imaginations.

Chapter 2

Reid threw the hummer into park and tossed the keys to Tyler. "Hell of a night," Reid stated lazily.

"You better believe it," Tess said as she climbed out. She yawned tiredly and glanced at Pogue. "We going home now?"

"I have to go to Caleb's and get my bike," Pogue explained as he gestured toward Caleb's mustang.

"We can drop you on the way there," Caleb said easily.

"Caleb it's not on the way," Tess pointed out. She sighed dejectedly and kicked at the ground.

"I'll take you home," Tyler offered. "That way you don't have to ride back on Pogue's bike, I know how much you hate that thing."

Pogue raised his eyebrows suspiciously. Tyler and Tess had gotten really close lately. He had a feeling Tyler was going to make a move soon.

"Yeah that would be awesome," Tess said before yawning. She and Tyler climbed back into the Hummer. Reid smirked at Pogue and Caleb before motioning for Tyler to roll the window down.

"Here," Reid said before tossing a condom through the window. "Make sure you use protection kids."

Tyler and Tess blushed bright pink and avoided one another's gaze. Reid and Caleb burst out into laughter. Pogue shook his head and put Reid in a headlock.

"That's my baby sister you idiot," Pogue said threateningly. "Seriously though, don't touch her baby boy."

"Pogue," Tess snapped. "Shut the hell up! You're being stupid."

Tyler threw the Hummer in drive and drove away before they could say anything else. They drove in silence for several minutes neither sure what to say. Tess snuck a glance at Tyler before leaning back against the seat.

"I'm sorry," she whispered.

Tyler shot her a surprised look. "Why are you sorry? You didn't do anything," Tyler replied. "It's not your fault that they are all asses."

"I know, it's just you were doing something nice and Reid had to go and make it into something its not," Tess explained.

Tyler glanced at Tess briefly before returning his attention to the road. "Don't worry about it," Tyler said. "It's not a big deal I swear."

Tyler parked the car near the entrance of the apartment building. Tess turned to him and sighed. "Will you look at me please," Tess asked. Tyler slowly turned his head to meet her gaze. "What's up with you lately," Tess asked. "We spent all summer hanging out, but now you act like you want nothing to do with me. What happened Ty?"

"Nothing," Tyler muttered.

"Oh yeah it sounds like nothing," Tess pointed out. "Come on you can talk to me, you know that."

"Except I can't Tess," Tyler said in irritation. "You're Pogue's sister!"

Tess stared at him in confusion. "I've always been his sister. What does have to do with this," Tess demanded.

"Listen we just can't hang out anymore, not like we were," Tyler explained. "It's not right, I can't do that to Pogue."

"Tyler we are friends, we can hang out. It has nothing to do with Pogue," Tess cried angrily. "What is going on? Did he say something to you?"

Tyler shook his head and glanced out the windshield. "We just can't hang out anymore Tess," Tyler finally said.

Tess unbuckled her seatbelt and threw open the door. She tried not to cry but no one had ever treated her like this. Especially not someone this close to her. "Fine," Tess mumbled as she swiped angrily at her tears. She slid out of the Hummer, slammed the door, and ran inside the building.

Tyler sighed loudly and slammed his hands against the steering wheel. He didn't want to hurt Tess. He wanted to be more than her friend, but he knew that Pogue would never let that happen. It was one of their rules, Tess was off limits and Tyler had fallen for her.

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Tess sat on the sofa staring blankly at the wall. She couldn't believe what had just happened. She didn't understand why she couldn't be friends with him. What was the big deal? Tess heard a key in the front door and quickly wiped away the rest of her tears. The door flung open and Pogue stepped inside.

"I figured you would be in bed," Pogue said. He took in Tess' angry expression and raised his eyebrows. "What's wrong?"

"I am going to ask you this one time and I need you to tell me the truth," Tess said angrily.

"I never lie to you Tess," Pogue reminded her.

"Did you say something to Tyler about us hanging out," Tess demanded.

Pogue's eyebrows pushed further up his forehead as he stared at her. "No, I haven't but I was going to," Pogue explained.

"Did you say something to Caleb or Reid about me and Tyler," Tess asked.

"I said something to Caleb about it," Pogue replied. "Why? What did he do? Do I have to kick his ass?"

"Apparently Tyler and I can't be friends anymore! He said he couldn't do that to you," Tess exclaimed before storming to her bedroom and slamming the door.

Pogue shook his head in confusion and headed to his room. He would deal with this nonsense tomorrow. Apparently, Tyler wasn't going to be making a move anytime soon.