Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership of Covenant; I only claim ownership of Layla.

LAYLA:

Mother always said that the early bird catches the worm. Sure other people have said it before but she took it quite literally.

Every day, no matter if it was a school morning or not, she made me wake up at 5:45. This being put in my brain for the past 16 years, I can now wake up at that time without an alarm clock.

Not too much of an accomplishment but to my mother it was.

So I wasn't surprised by Sarah's reaction of, at 6:30 in the morning, I was ready for school, except I had to fix my hair.

"How long have you been up?" she asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

"Not long…" I muttered, not telling the truth so as to not be judged.

"Well you're quick." She said while letting out a soft chuckle. I shrugged and started putting my hair into a braid.

"Are you excited about your first day?" Sarah asked. "I'm only nervous." I said quietly, after giving it a minute of thought.

In any other scenario I would be excited. It was a great thing to be going to Spencer but not like this. Not now anyway…

"Well it's normal to feel that way. Don't worry though. You'll have me and the boys." She said.

What?

"Boys?" I asked in alarm, turning to her. I could barely handle being around Caleb yesterday and now I find out that there are more!

"Yeah! Caleb and his friends, those four have been friends since diapers." Sarah said with a smile.

I had to deal with four boys everyday!

"Oh…" I said looking back to the mirror to finish my braid.

"Something wrong?" Sarah asked in worry. "I'm not comfortable being around boys." I said softly. Sarah smiled in understanding.

"They're really great once you get used to them." She reassured. I nodded and tied my braid to make it stay.

"I'll be in here." Sarah said going into the bathroom.

Right at that moment my phone rang. Who could be calling so early?

I picked up the phone and looked at the Caller ID.

Lawrence Fisher

I set my phone down and ignored it as it rang. It rang 7 more times before it went to voicemail.

I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding.

I got up and walked over to my bag to make sure everything was there. By the time Sarah was ready, I was sitting on the bed waiting for her.

"Ready?" she asked. I just blinked and nodded. She smiled. "Well lets go then!" she said and she led me out of our dorm towards the buildings with all the classrooms.

"Now English is really easy since Mr. York is pretty easy going. Not like Mr. Blake from last year, he was a nightmare. Ms. Pierce you have to watch out for. She is our History teacher but she is so strict and boring…" Sarah rambled. I was only giving her half of my attention.

The other half was me telling myself to not flee back to the dorms with all the people staring at me in the hallway.

"Caleb!" Sarah yelled suddenly. I looked to see her run over to Caleb and three other guys.

The first looked the youngest of them. I could tell because he had a baby face like me. His uniform was almost perfect except for his shirt being untucked. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes.

The second had a smirk on his face that gave me the creeps. He had blonde hair and green eyes. His uniform was completely a mess. He was wearing a beanie on his head and fingerless gloves. I saw lipstick on his neck. He rolled his eyes at Caleb and Sarah's display of affection.

The third was…quiet. He had longish brown hair and hazel eyes. He had muscles which made me blush at the thought but I focused my mind to make me stop. His uniform was like Tyler's, nearly perfect but his tie was loose, top button undone, and shirt untucked.

Another thing my mother installed into me was neatness of how you looked.

As Sarah and Caleb continued kissing, when did that happen by the way, I just stood there, not really knowing what to do. Finally the two pulled away and Sarah turned to me.

"Layla, come here!" she said with a wave of her hand. Timidly I did and stopped as far away from the boys but close as possible to Sarah.

"Guys this is my new roommate Layla Meyers. Layla the boys you don't know are Tyler Simms, Reid Garwin, and Pogue Parry." Sarah introduced. Reid walked closer to me, making me frown.

"Well hello there…" he said, his smirking getting wider by the second. I got closer to Sarah.

"Leave her alone Reid." Caleb ordered. Reid only rolled his eyes again and walked into the classroom.

"Reid's like that with all the girls. Don't worry." Tyler said to me. I smiled softly and nodded.

"Come on Layla." Sarah said. We all walked in and it took all of my will power not to freeze.

There were so many people here!

I walked over to the teacher and he looked up.

"Well hello there. Are you Miss Meyers?" Mr. York asked. I nodded and he gave a kind smile.

"Why don't you sit down by your roommate. Here is your book." He said handing me a textbook. I nodded and walked over to sit beside Sarah. She was sitting next to Caleb as well.

In the end Sarah was right. Mr. York was a really good teacher. Soon my other two classes with Sarah passed by. Tyler was also in these classes and we really seemed to click. He at least got me to talk more than anybody else or at least got me to talk more than I had in a while. He didn't push me though and I think that helped.

Soon I got to my locker and got my dance equipment.

"Hey Layla!" Tyler said walking over to me.

I really did like Tyler. Not in the boyfriend and girlfriend sort of way but the brother and sister sort of way. He was nice to me.

Right as he was nearing me a red haired girl bumped me, pushing me rather hard into my locker, making me drop my stuff.

"Oops!" she said sarcastically before walking away, laughing. Tyler walked over and helped me with my stuff.

"Don't worry about her. Kierra's a bitch to everybody." He explained. "O-Okay." I said standing up and putting my bag on my shoulder.

"Where are you going?" Tyler asked. "Dance." I said softly. He gave me a raised eyebrow and I blushed lightly.

"I didn't know you were a dancer." He said. "This is my first day." I explained making him laugh.

"I forgot." He said with a shrug of his shoulders. I giggled lightly.

POGUE:

Where was Tyler? We were gonna be late if I couldn't find him.

"I didn't know you were a dancer." I heard him say as I turned a corner. He was talking to Sarah's new roommate, Layla.

She was a whole lot different than Kate used to be. Man do I miss her.

Layla barely seemed to be 5'2. She had a nice figure or at least a lot nicer than most of the girls at this school. She had red hair, almost as red as blood. She had strange eyes though, but in a good way. They were purple, almost glazed over.

I stopped zoning out when I heard a giggle. It had come from Layla.

I felt really strange…kind of angry she was laughing with Tyler. I pushed the thought to the very back of my mind.

"Tyler." I called. They both turned to me but Layla's eyes flickered to the floor. I nearly forgot she was so shy.

"I gotta go. Bye Layla!" Tyler said, running over to me. She waved to us and began to walk away. I noticed the dance logo on her bag and thought back to what Tyler had said.

"So she's a dancer…" I unknowingly muttered out loud.

Yeah I know that there was this little moment with Tyler he will not be romantically involved with her. Like Layla said he is like a brother to her. This is still a Pogue love story.

But like I asked when this was My Last Chance…

Why do you think she is at Spencers? What is wrong with her family?