Chapter One:

Just then she saw two guys walking toward her. One had blonde hair the other had brown hair. The blonde said "You look like you could use some help with that… I'm Reid Garwin."

" I'm Carly Crawford." She said, smiled and shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you." Reid said with his signature smirk.

"Likewise."

Reid was in a 'Carly' trance, he thought she was so beautiful. She had a nice hour glass shaped body with nice curves, straight light brown hair with blonde streaks, she was beautifully tanned, beautiful different colored eyes- one ocean blue and the other honey brown. As he was checking her out, he noticed she was wearing fingerless gloves. Just like he wears. The brown haired boy smacked Reid on the back of his head, shook her hand, and said "Sorry 'bout Reid… he acts like he's never seen a girl before… I'm Tyler Simms."

She smiled and said "Hello."

"So where are you from?" Tyler said.

"San Diego… near the beach." She said with a sigh, thinking about the beach that she missed so much.

"Cool… So what's your room number so we know where to take this stuff?" Tyler said as he was getting ready to take a suitcase.

She went into her purse looking for the paper with the information on it. She found it a few seconds later then said "Room: 250."

Finally Reid spoke up and said " Your room is right under mine and Tyler's room… we're 350."

"Cool… Shall we?" She said as she grabbed one of her duffel bags.

The boys helped Carly with her luggage all the way to her dorm room. She unlocked it and they walked in amazed with everything that was in there. She had a big queen size bed, new dressers, a desk with a new laptop, a '50 inch plasma flat screen-widescreen HD TV mounted on the wall, A PS3, DVD player, a stereo dock for her Ipod, a disco ball, a laz-e-boy recliner, and some other stuff.

"Wow." she said in awe.

"How come our room didn't come with all of this stuff?" Tyler said as he put down her suitcase.

"Because… my dad did it." She sighed and looked down at the ground.

Reid noticed the sad look on her face. She put her purse on the desk and said "I guess all this stuff is to make up for making me move here and dropping me off on the sidewalk today."

"Your dad just dropped you there without helping you… leaving you in a place you have never been before?" asked Reid with concern in his voice.

She nodded and said "Yeah… he had business in London to attend to. His business is more important… like it always been. It's okay. I am used to it."

Reid studied her face a little more, he could tell there was hurt in her eyes, he said " So… If you are not busy tonight… do you wanna go to a party later?"

"Yeah, sure." She smiled.

She started looking for something to write her cell phone number on. All she found was a old receipt and pink lip liner in her purse. She wrote it down, gave it to Reid, and said "Gimmie a call later."

"Okay… I will." . Reid smiled and Tyler smirked.

"Thanks for helping me you guys." Carly said as they were getting ready to leave the room.

"No problem." Tyler said

"Your welcome… Carly." Reid said and smiled at her.

Then the guys left. She fell backwards on the bed with a huge smile from ear to ear thinking about how cute Reid was. A few minutes later she decided to start unpacking her stuff putting things away.

Reid and Tyler went up to their room.

"You keep smiling like that… your cheeks are gonna fall off." Tyler laughed.

"Shut up." As Reid threw a pillow at him.

"Wow… and you didn't even have to use your 'Reid Charm' to get her number." Tyler said all amazed.

"She's cute." Reid said

"You like her." Tyler said with a grin.

"I don't even know her… all I know is the stuff Jack told us about her." Reid said.

Tyler sat down on his bed and said "Yeah… but you want to… and I have a feeling. This girl is not like any other girl you have been with. She's different… and I think this one will change you for the better."

"You think so?" Reid questioned.

"Yep… If she can keep you from using and killing yourself… more power to her." Tyler said.

Reid sat down on his bed and said " I'm not going to kill myself Ty… how many times do I have to tell you guys that?"

Tyler shrugged his shoulder and said "Well… lets hope not. I am gonna go take a shower. And Reid… if you are gonna go after her, please do not hurt her. I saw the sadness in her eyes when she was talking about Jack."

"Okay." Reid said

Then Tyler left the room, Reid was laying on his bed thinking about Carly.