Disclaimer: This story is just that… a story. It's called fanFICTION for a reason. As much as I hate to say it, I don't own anything related to The Covenant. This is just something that happens in my head…
**A/N: Pictures are officially up. Go to my homepage and look for the album 'Secret Friendship, Secret Love'**
The next day, Reid insisted on having her sit with him in every class they had together. Sabrina tried to refuse but he was adamant and even pulled her up the stairs and pushed her into the seat next to his when he got tired of arguing with her. This made Sabrina laugh and all through the class Reid was pouting, his arms crossed as he leaned back in his seat and stared at the board. She couldn't help the giggles whenever she glanced over at him and finally she got Tyler to join her when they were in Math.
When they walked into their History classroom, Reid grabbed her arm again and she rolled her eyes at Tyler as he pulled her after him. She heard a few laughs and glanced up to see they were heading towards Caleb and Pogue. Caleb had a small smirk tugging at his lips as he watched them and she sent him a quieting look. Reaching the end of the row, Reid stopped and motioned for her to go in.
"Go sit down," he said, giving her a small push.
"Don't tell me what to do," she told him, turning to look at him as she crossed her arms.
"Sabrina, sit."
"What am I, a dog?" He opened his mouth to say something back but she raised an eyebrow at him, daring him to say it. Tyler snickered behind Reid and his blonde friend turned to glare at him. Smiling in satisfaction, Sabrina turned and walked down to the empty seat next to Caleb.
"Hey, sunshine. I see you're getting along with Reid, just fine," he said, looking up at her with a smile when she sat down.
"Morning, Cay," she replied, reaching over to run her fingers through his hair, rearranging it slightly. "We're getting along just fine as long as he stops treating me like a dog."
"What? I see a connection!"
"Oh, really? Care to share?"
"You're… actually, forget I said anything." Caleb laughed at Reid as Pogue leaned around the eldest Son to look at Sabrina.
"Hey, we've never officially been introduced. I'm Pogue," he said, offering his hand.
"Sabrina," she said with a laugh, but sent him a warm smile. "Nice to finally meet you." She sent a quick look at Caleb who just shrugged his shoulders at her in response.
"Sorry about Reid. He's just… a playboy."
"Hey!"
"You are, dude!"
"It's okay. He'll learn eventually."
"Learn what?" Reid asked, his voice low as he leaned over towards her.
"Only you could make that sound dirty," she told him, moving back into her seat and pushing him away. "And you'll figure out what I mean."
"What do you mean?" he pressed as Sabrina turned to look at Caleb who rolled his eyes.
"I'm not like the other girls here. You can't charm your way into my pants. Or skirt. You're just not getting in my bed, got that?"
"Why not?"
"Don't get me wrong, you're good-looking. Just not my type."
"What is your type?"
"Um… not you? Not Abbott?"
"Who in this class would you do?" Reid asked, rolling his eyes at her.
"Well, since you put it so bluntly… I'd do Tyler," she said, laughing at the look on the brunette boy's face when he leaned forward to look at her. Caleb and Pogue joined her and they laughed even harder when they saw Reid's face.
"You'd do Tyler and not me?"
"Reid!" his friend said, his face a light shade of pink at his friend's words.
"Aw, Tyler, you're so cute," Sabrina said, giggling when Tyler turned away, embarrassed.
"Class has started!" Sabrina sobered up slightly at the teacher's words but there was still a laughing smile on her face and next to her she saw Pogue and Caleb's shoulders shaking with silent laughter. Much to her amusement, Reid crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair and pouted. She found it hilarious and cute at the same time and she wrote him a note saying so, pushing it over to him for him to read. Glancing at the paper and then over at her, he scowled at the smile on her face and ignored the note.
Sabrina sighed heavily and looked over at Caleb, seeing that he was watching her curiously. She shrugged her shoulders and leaned towards Reid, sliding down in her seat so she was resting against him. He looked at her, wondering what she was doing, and smiled as he wrapped an arm around her. Caleb narrowed his eyes at him but Reid's mouth twitched into a smirk as he turned away from his friend.
Feeling something nudging her arm, Sabrina glanced to her right and saw Caleb watching her, a thousand questions written on his face. He motioned to her and Reid with an eyebrow raised and she looked at him, her mouth open in shock as she shook her head. Then her eyes narrowed at him before she pulled away from the blonde and reached for the paper she had written the note to Reid on and scribbled something on it and pushed it over to Caleb.
Don't you dare even start THAT again.
What? You guys look awfully comfy there.
Course I'm comfy. His shoulder is a lot more comfortable than these fricken seats. And I swear to god, Caleb, you start that again I will not go to that dance.
Okay, sorry. What time am I picking you up? Caleb looked up when the bell rang and Sabrina stood without answering his question.
"Well?"
"You are not picking me up. It'll ruin the surprise, silly."
"Ooh, what's the surprise?" Reid asked, sliding his arm around Sabrina once they were in the aisle.
"You'll just have to wait and see," she said, tapping his nose with a smile before she reached out to grab Tyler's hand. "Come on, possible lover, walk me to class." The remaining boys laughed at the blush that colored Tyler's face and laughed even harder when he flipped them off over his shoulder. "Quit making fun of Tyler, guys. That's so not cool. He's sweeter than the lot of you put together."
"Really?" Reid said, dragging out the word as he moved to walk next to them. "Obviously you haven't heard some of his deep, dark secrets."
"Reid!" Tyler said, glaring at his brother and trying to get him to shut up.
"Oh, I'm sure all of you have a few deep, dark secrets," she said, missing the look they all shared. "And trust me, I really don't want to know about it. Whatever kind of kinky things you do behind closed doors, keep it to yourself."
"You sure, baby? Because Tyler could show you what kind of fun things we like to do on the weekends…"
"Reid!" Sabrina looked between Caleb and Tyler when they scolded Reid and only shook her head.
"Pogue, are they like this all the time?" she asked, looking at him over her shoulder.
"Pretty much," he laughed, thinking that Caleb had good taste when picking friends.
"Now I understand why Caleb didn't want me hanging out with you guys," Sabrina laughed, making Tyler, Reid and Pogue look at Caleb with raised eyebrows.
"Trying to keep her all to yourself, huh? C'mon, Caleb, sharing is caring."
"You know, I don't even want to know what your insinuating."
"Baby, you have no idea…"
"Okay, Reid. We get the idea," Caleb said, wrapping an arm around Sabrina and pulling her comfortably against him as they walked into their next class. Neither noticed that Caleb's brothers stayed behind them in the hallway, each sharing a knowing look.
"He's gone."
"Dude, he's been gone."
"You think she knows?"
"Probably not. You think he knows?"
"Probably not."
"Guys! You're gonna be late!" Sabrina said, coming to the door and motioning for the boys to come inside the room. Reid nodded and the three boys followed her into the classroom, taking their seats around their eldest brother and their new friend.
* * * * *
True to his word, Reid pulled Sabrina from the classroom and had a firm grip on her wrist as he led her to the cafeteria for lunch. She tried protesting but he just ignored her and she looked at Caleb pleadingly over her shoulder, begging him to do something. He just laughed at her as he followed his trouble-making brother down to lunch with Tyler and Pogue. Reid made her follow him into the lunch line, insisting he pay for her food before leading her to their table.
"Can you see why I kept you away from these guys?" Caleb teased as he sat down across from Sabrina, who was wedged between Tyler and Reid.
"Yes. But it's your fault they found out about me in the first place. You and your damn sense of honor."
"Sorry I was concerned about your safety. Did you want to be corrupted by Aaron?"
"And you don't think Reid will corrupt me?" she asked, motioning to the blonde next to her who looked at her and muttered an indignant 'Hey!' when he heard her.
"Oh, shit," he muttered, realizing he hadn't even thought of what Reid could do to her. The two boys on either side of her looked at Caleb with their mouths open, shock evident on their faces.
"Did you just swear? The golden boy just swore?"
"Golden boy?" Sabrina laughed, almost choking on her drink. Caleb sent her an irritated glare and proceeded to ignore his brothers as they teased him.
The rest of the school day passed similarly to the first half of the day; she had at least one of the Sons in the rest of her classes and they insisted on having her sit with them. Sabrina didn't mind, the other three boys had quickly grown on her and she couldn't figure out why Caleb hadn't wanted to introduce her to his 'brothers'… okay, she could figure out why he didn't want her to meet Reid but Tyler and Pogue? They were both sweet to her, and after they had gotten past a nasty encounter with Kate, Pogue's girlfriend, it felt like she had known the boys for years.
* * * * *
Her last class of the day was gym, which she had with all four boys. Much to her amusement, the coach was set on them having a swimming session. Reid was ecstatic to say the least, he was just excited to see her in a swimsuit, to which she simply laughed at and pushed him into the pool. Turning around, she saw Tyler, Pogue and Caleb standing behind her with huge smiles on their faces and she was immediately wary.
"Come in the pool, Sabrina, the water's great!" Reid shouted, smirking as he saw what his brothers were about to do.
"You three, stay away," she warned, trying to move along the edge of the pool and get out of their way but they moved with her.
"You know, you can't pick on one of us without getting the rest," Caleb told her, a crooked smile on his face as he watched her reactions.
"Caleb, I swear… ah!" Pogue moved forward and grabbed her waist as he fell into the water, Sabrina reaching out and instinctively grabbing onto the nearest person, who happened to be Caleb. Sabrina struggled to free herself from Pogue as they made their way to the surface.
"You guys are ridiculous," Tyler laughed, holding his stomach as he watched his brothers and new friend in the water.
"Thanks for coming to my rescue, o knight in shining armor," Sabrina said sarcastically, breaking free from the second eldest Son and quickly swimming to the edge of the pool. The youngest looked a bit sheepish and held out his hand to her, offering to help her out of the pool. She thought about pulling him in but decided not to, since he hadn't done anything to her yet and took his hand. Right when he lifted her out, someone's arms wrapped around her waist and pulled both of them into the pool.
"Caleb!" Tyler whined, splashing water at the dark-haired boy.
"Come on, baby boy, we're supposed to be swimming," Caleb laughed, his arms still around Sabrina. She elbowed him playfully but didn't pull away as the coach walked out of the locker room and shook his head at the group. He let them stay together as a team for water polo, which they played for the rest of the hour. When they finally got out of the pool, Sabrina went right for her towel and wrapped it around her waist as she watched the four boys pull themselves out of the pool.
"You like what you see, Howe?" Reid asked when he noticed her watching them.
"I'd have to question my sexuality if I didn't," she responded as they walked up to her.
"You know… "
"Don't start, Reid. Hey Pogue, why are yours so small compared to everyone else?" she asked innocently, and was confused by the looks the boys were sending her.
"What?" The long-haired Son asked when Sabrina finally registered the looks they were giving her and she realized what she had said.
"Oh! Guys, really!" Reid laughed and shook his head at her as the other boys relaxed slightly. "I meant his swimsuit, Reid!"
"Sure babe. We all know what you were looking at."
"Trust me, babe, you wouldn't want me to give my opinion in that area. You wouldn't like the rankings." She smiled brightly at the looks she received from the four boys and couldn't stop the giggles that escaped her before she broke down into hysterical laughter.
"Please tell me you're joking… Um, are you okay?" Caleb said, wondering if she needed help.
"Oh, god… You should see the looks on your faces… Pogue, don't!" Sabrina dodged Pogue when he reached for her, threatening to throw her in the pool again. He chased around until he had cornered her near the boys' locker room. He had a big smile on his face as he slowly moved towards her and he watched her look for an escape before she let out a resigned sigh and crossed her arms.
"Giving up so easily?"
"If I try to run I'll slip and fall on my ass," she retorted, keeping a careful eye on him the entire time.
"And we can't have that cute little ass of yours bruised now can we?" Reid called out, to which there was a chorus of 'Reid!'s and the blonde's cry of outrage as he was smacked soundly on the head by the other boys.
"Heaven forbid," Sabrina said sarcastically, shaking her head as Pogue reached out and wrapped his arms around her, throwing her over his shoulder. "Put me down!"
"Aw, come on, Sabrina. The view can't be that bad!"
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that so Kate can't use it against me later." She tried kicking her legs to get him to set her down but he only held on to her tighter and she finally sighed. "Caleb, I hate you."
"What did I do?"
"Way to come rescue your best lady friend from the dangers of the school biker boy. Where's that damn sense of honor now?"
"Dangers of the biker boy, huh?"
"Oh, shut up, Pogue." Sabrina couldn't see him but she knew by the sound of his voice that he was smirking and she didn't even look up when she heard the remaining three boys walking towards them.
"So, Miss Howe, how is the view?"
"What are you…" she stopped when she glanced up and quickly averted her eyes. "Reid Garwin, I swear if you don't move back you'll be a soprano in about two seconds." Pogue turned around to see what she was talking about and found his blonde brother standing right behind him. When Sabrina had looked up she had gotten a view of the three Sons most girls at Spenser would quite literally kill for.
"Reid, give the girl a break," Pogue said, trying to keep his voice even and fighting not to laugh.
"Oh, I hate you all."
"Hey!"
"Okay, I hate everyone but Tyler. But really Ty, you didn't have to stand that close." She didn't need to look up to know that there was a blush covering the youngest boy's face.
"You got a good look, did you?"
"Why don't you answer that for me and Pogue, put me down dammit! I'd rather not have to go through that again and yes, I have a good view!" All four boys laughed at her outburst and Pogue gently started to lower her to the ground before he thought better of it and started carrying her into the locker room. "Pogue Parry!"
"Yes, dear?"
"You let me down this instant!"
"Why?"
"This is the boys locker room and if you hadn't noticed…"
"Oh, I noticed."
"I'm not a guy! Caleb!"
"Pogue, really dude? You had to bring her in here?" Pogue simply laughed as he carefully reached up and lowered the pouting brunette to the ground, watching as she ran as fast as she could to Caleb and threw her arms around him, hiding her face against his shoulder with her eyes shut tight.
"Something I never really wanted to see… or smell," she added as an afterthought, wrinkling her nose. "Seriously guys, two words for you: AIR FRESHENER."
"Aren't you just a little curious…"
"I don't need another show, Reid. I already got the kind of close-up girls here only dream about."
"Nah, they usually dream of us without the swim shorts."
"Oh… bad mental pictures."
"Mental pictures, huh?"
"Caleb, I swear if you don't get me out of here right now…" He chuckled at her some more and led her out of the locker room. "So, where was your sense of honor this time?"
"Um, it took a rain check. Ow!" he said, rubbing his chest where she had hit him lightly. "You're still coming tonight, right?"
"Yes. I said I wasn't letting you or Reid anywhere near me with your costume ideas."
"Can you at least give me a hint so I don't end up dancing with some random girl I thought was you?" Caleb asked, leaning against the wall outside the girl's locker room door. Sabrina turned and contemplated him for a moment, chewing on her lip thoughtfully.
"Walk me out to my car?"
"I parked next to you, babe."
"Well, then, I'll see you outside the locker rooms." She blew him a kiss and slipped inside the locker room before he could say anything else. Sighing, he turned to find his brothers watching him from the doorway on the opposite side of the pool.
"What new tortures have you three thought up now?"
"Nothing," Reid said innocently, though the look on his face gave him away.
"Well, I can't speak for Reid, but Pogue and I are good just watching you two make lovey-dovey faces at each other," Tyler said with a smirk, gaining an amused look from the eldest boy.
"You've been hanging out with Reid too much," Pogue noticed, the look on his face matching Caleb's.
"Atta boy, Ty," Reid said proudly, grabbing the brunette and ruffling his hair affectionately.
"Seriously, what are you three going on about?"
"Dude, you're way past head-over-heels."
"What?"
"You. Sabrina. Can you do math?" Caleb scowled at the younger blonde as he approached them. "Okay, point taken. You like her."
"Of cou…" Caleb stopped when the three sent him a look with raised eyebrows. "Fine. Let's say I do like her. What am I supposed to do about it? Sabrina has as many commitment issues as Reid."
"She sleeps around? Why haven't I heard about this before?" Reid asked, following Caleb into the locker room when there was a knock on the door leading out into the hallway.
"I swear to god men take longer than girls!" They smiled as they recognized the voice outside the door. "Caleb, hurry up!"
"Coming! She doesn't sleep around, Reid," he added, heading for his locker.
"Damn."
"Has she ever..?" Pogue tried, leaving the question open as he looked to Caleb.
"Nope. Never had a boyfriend, never slept with anyone."
"And how do you know these intimate details?" the blonde asked, pulling his pants over his boxers and grabbing his shirt as he shut his locker and the three turned to their leader.
"Okay, so we've been friends longer than just this year."
"Oh, Caleb! I'm leaving without you!"
"I said I'm coming! Chill, woman!"
"Caleb!"
"I'm coming." He sent a helpless look at his brothers and picked up his bag. "I'll figure out something."
"You better or Reid will drive her to insanity and sleep with him just to shut him up," Tyler laughed, earning a scowl from his best friend.
"I resent that. Although… it's not a bad idea."
"She'd shoot you before you get anywhere near her room," Caleb laughed, following Pogue out of the locker room.
"Talking about me, were you?" The guilty looks on their faces told her all she needed to know and Sabrina shook her head with a sigh. "Really, I don't know who gossips more."
"We weren't gossiping," Caleb said, sliding his arm around her shoulders and leading her towards the front doors.
"No?"
"Nope." She glanced up to see him smiling down at her and she shook her head as they walked out to their cars. She spotted Caleb's Mustang right away since he had parked in front of her precious car and surrounding the two cars were two familiar vehicles.
"Hey, Caleb…"
"Ask Pogue," he replied with a sigh, seeing where his friend was looking.
"Fine. Hey Pogue, you know you're my favorite person in the whole world…"
"Since when?" he asked with a laugh, pulling out the keys to his bike.
"Since forever."
"I'll take you out on it this weekend, how's that?"
"You're amazing," she sighed, reaching for her own keys as they stopped by Caleb's car.
"So, Sabrina, where's your…" Reid stopped when the lights on the black car next to him flashed twice. "…car."
"That would be my baby," Sabrina said, the pride apparent in her voice. "Anywho… I better get going. Especially if you're expecting me at that silly dance tonight."
"You better be there," he threatened, nodding slightly in Reid's direction.
"I swear to god, if you bring him to my house…"
"Ooh, are we thinking threesome?"
"Reid!" The blonde looked back and forth between his oldest brother and the brunette girl before he shook his head, holding up his hands in defeat.
"Hint?" Caleb asked as she unlocked her car and opened the door. Sabrina hesitated as she studied him for a moment, leaning against the car door.
"It has something to do with my name," she said at last, not wanting to give too much information to the other boys. "Probably white, blue or purple."
"Thanks, babe. I'll see you tonight," he told her, walking over to place a kiss on her forehead as she rolled her eyes at him.
"Yeah, yeah. You so owe me for this."
"Hey, I'm just making up for thinking…" He motioned from her to Reid as the blonde looked on, clueless.
"Yeah, and this is going a little overboard."
"I'll make it up to you, Sabrina," Reid offered, finally figuring out what Caleb meant.
"No thank you. I'll see you boys tonight." With a small wave, she started her car and pulled out of her spot, the boys watching as she turned on the radio and rolled down the windows before taking off out of the parking lot.
"So, what was up with the whole 'it has something to do with my name'?" Tyler asked, pulling out the keys to his Hummer.
"Her costume is going to be related to what her name means."
"And her name means…" Pogue trailed off, waiting for Caleb to fill them in.
"Princess," he said simply, getting in his car and starting it without another word.
"20 says he's got her by the end of next week."
"End of the week? Three days, tops."
"He'll have her by tomorrow." Pogue and Reid looked at Tyler in surprise as he smirked triumphantly.
"He really has been hanging out with you too much."
"Alright, baby boy. You're on."
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