A/N: Thanks to my reviewers, and this chapters goes to you guys.
Disclaimer: Don't own any The Covenant characters, I own Savannah and Roxanne.
I had guessed right when I pointed out that Roxanne was going to town. There was a place downtown for a bunch of trust fund kids to make themselves feel bad. All of this had to be filmed but I was cautious in pulling out the camera. Some people were doing things that they probably wouldn't be proud of later. Especially, Roxanne who had been with Reid in the backseat sucking face the entire time to Nicky's.
Nicky's was practically the equivalent to a underage club in the city. A place to congregate with other students while being supervised. When I entered behind Roxanne and Reid I halted for a second to get a better look. This place was grimy to the very last misplaced cigarette. A complete three sixty from what the academy was and stood for. I strolled behind Tyler trying to survey the surroundings. There wasn't very good lightening but with the right angle I could work magic.
"Hey" Tyler waved his hand in my face, however I was staring around.
"Have you ever been out of the box you live in?" Roxanne snapped, standing beside Reid. She was smiling viciously at me while Reid just smirked. I glanced at the walls then turned back to Roxanne's gleaming fake blue eyes.
"Nope" I replied, curtly. "So as a new trust fund baby to an older one, do your parents pay for this?"
"Nah, Nicky's just knows where the money is" Reid said, silkily. I shrugged running my hand along the counter then turned almost bumping into Tyler. He had this anxious feeling to him which I probably wasn't easing.
"Come on Reid" Roxanne purred, pulling him toward the back of the Nicky's. I sat down in front of the bar while Tyler leaned on it glancing at me. "Where you from?" He asked.
"By way of Rhode Island" I replied, tapping the bar in an offbeat. I was starting to get the feeling that this double date entailed more. Even though Tyler was cute, he was someone new. If anything I was hesitant and a stranger to his whole date thing.
"You want to play some pool?" Tyler asked, turning and pointing. "I'm horrible at pool" I confessed, getting up. He reassured by leading me to the pool table with his hand softly on my back.
"Just give it a shot" He said, smiling softly. I pushed my bag to rest on my rear while Tyler brought the balls together. Then he put the white ball before me. Fixing my hands on the stick I leaned over the table and jabbed at the ball. The problem was I totally missed the ball stabbing the air. The whole thing probably was the funniest thing since Tyler looked like he was holding a laugh.
"The ball moved" I lied, and put the stick down. Tyler glanced at me with those heavy blue eyes and laughed, "Your holding the stick wrong".
He placed the stick back in my hands showing me how to hold the back. Then he showed me how to hold the other hand that aimed the stick. The rest was up to me to score. So I focused jerking the pole forward which, snapped the ball into the others. I pulled back from the table hopping slightly, "I got it!"
"Now all you need is to get a ball in" Tyler pointed out. The balls all were laying sprawled in different areas but, none of them had went in. A minor problem in my grand accomplishment.
"Well, show me". I walked around the other side of the table across from where Tyler lined up. He kept is eye on a striped purple ball which he sunk first try. A pure shot of luck. "That was an easy one" I pointed out, glancing around the pool table.
"I bet you can do one better" Tyler joked, or so I thought he was. But the look on his face was serious and kind. So I backed down behind a green ball that was a long way from a hole in the middle. I tried to focus like Tyler then I snapped it. The ball rolled sloppily making my hopes sink. However, feeling my discouragement the ball straightened up going into the middle hole. In excitement I hopped a bit more brandishing my stick around wildly. My concern for other people's safety was minimal. Until I brandished my stick into someone's drink.
"What the hell?" A voice yelled across from me. I held the stick to my side turning around to see the boy from before. He had been with his girlfriend but now he was alone and soaked down his front. Karma really is a bitch. His eyes tore from his stain to me. "Sorry" I voiced, putting the stick down. It must really be hard for the dry cleaners to get that stain out.
"You stupid bitch!" He snarled. "Alright, I admit it was stupid to be swinging the stick around but bitch I am not" I stated, but pretty much being ignored.
"Lay off her Aaron, she said she was sorry" Tyler voiced. I glanced at Tyler who was making his way around the table. Was he crazy? "Just leave it alone Tyler" I told him. However, he seemed not to hear me as he stepped up to Aaron. It looked as if he had more of something to prove than I did.
"Well then tell your bitch to buy me another drink" Aaron growled. I really didn't want Tyler to fight for so I sidestepped in front of him. "Alright, Aaron. For being able to call me a bitch so loosely you acting like one yourself" I pointed out, "Listen-"
SMACK!
My head spun for a second as I thought for a moment. 'Who the hell just smacked me?' I glanced up at Aaron but he was now being protected by who I took to be his girlfriend. Shifting my bag over to my side I straightened up feeling my cheek start to sting. The whole room was silent and now glancing at us. A circle had formed and to my right was a guy with a glass of soda. I grabbed it and splashed it in her face. She gasped then tackled me straight on to the floor.
My first day of school and I get into a cat fight seriously, it wasn't a good day. This girl grabbed my hair trying to smash my brains all over the floor. So I took my palm and rammed it into her nose. Then I rammed her across the temple with my bag. When I tried to retaliate by pinning her I was pulled up. Everyone was cheering or jeering as I was ripped from the circle. I held my bag tightly while flipping her off with the other hand. There was no rush like fighting. Plus, the back of my head was really pounding.
"Savannah?"
Incoherent I turned around unable to see anyone. "Savannah!" I was shaken heavily which really didn't help my headache. But I focused noticing Tyler had been standing in front of me the whole time. His arms were on my shoulders shaking me slightly.
"Yeah?" I said, getting really dizzy. Suddenly, the world tipped but Tyler's arm held me tightly. Sweat rolled down the back of my neck. So I tried to wipe it but it was so warm and sticky. Tyler took my hands and I saw the blood. "That chick, spilt my skull!" I yelled, holding the back of my head.
"Well I think you broke her nose and may have gave her a concussion" Tyler pointed out, "But come on, we have to get Reid and Roxanne". He pulled me into alley that led to the back of Nicky's but I was moving to sluggishly.
The door to Nicky's swung open allowing Aaron and bleeding girlfriend to exit. Along with a bunch of other people who simply wanted a show. "I'm not done with you yet Simms" Aaron growled, and came over to Tyler. I tried to intercept him however he shoved me to the side. Dizzy and slightly nausea I fell over easily. All I was able to see was stumbling feet.
My mind felt like it was working in slow motion. Everything in my bag had spilled but it took me seconds to realize. I slowly grabbed everything stuffing it in my bag. My video camera was unharmed but on. Probably when I had fallen on it, it had flipped on. I took it in my hands pointing it up. Tyler was scuffling with Aaron who was cheating by holding him down. I sloppily used someone's car to get up and try to go over but karma was a bitch. Two hands grabbed me by hair slamming me into the car fully. The camera slid from my hands onto the hood while I was dropped to the ground. I saw the bleeding girlfriend only for a second because, she punched me right in my eye. She obviously had an advantage as I bled into my brain. A few more hits were laid on me since I couldn't block them. In all, I was getting my ass beat.
"Kira, get off of her!". The yelling was Roxanne but that was pretty much it. "Kira!"
"She broke my nose" Kira spat, getting a bit of spittle on my face or was it blood? Luckily, Kira hit like the girly she was so, I was in bad shape. When someone finally pulled her off I was able to get up with some assistance. My left eye was shut but I could make out everything with the right. As we made our way around the car Kira had pushed me against I grabbed the camera. The green light was still on but I wasn't able to turn it off.
Reid was shoving Tyler over to the car. The heavily blue eyed boy seemed alright except for the dirt on him. I was alright too except the blood trickling out of me head. Roxanne got into the back seat with me this time as Reid drove. Tyler turned around to me, "Your eye".
"The only good hit she laid" I mumbled, wiping my cheek. It still stung since it was probably cut.
"I'll go with her to the infirmary" Roxanne said, "You guys should just go back to your dorm".
"Yeah, I'll drop you guys off". I couldn't hear anymore since I was getting real tired of all of sudden. My eyes closed for a moment. When they opened again a bright light was being shined in them.
"Savannah". The light was shut off exposing a man in a white jacket. The doctor if I was lucky and hadn't died. "Doctor?" I said, raspily.
"Good afternoon, Miss Lexington. Could you see the lights?" The doctor asked, marking a chart. "Yeah, but can I have some pills for my head".
"Maybe you should eat something first" The doctor instructed, pointing to the food beside the bed. "After you have something to eat, and take your medication. A nurse will be in shortly to release you".
"Thank you". I began eating seeing my bag was resting in a chair across the room. Sliding out of bed, I went over to it checking the contents. My papers, gum, cell, a paperback of 'Wicked', and my baby (my handheld). I took it out getting back into bed. The handheld had a few bruises too thought, still intact. The screen extended when I pressed the button on the side. Flawless. Hopefully, tape would be in the same condition.
I rewound the tape for a minute then pressed the play button. The screen was black until it tumbled onto the gravel. After a few seconds it focused on people cheering then I saw Kira. That was probably the point she tried to get her revenge. The screen then focused on Tyler and Aaron who were really going at it.
"Knock knock".
I closed the camera instantly glancing at who was in the doorway. Tyler stood there looking brand spanking new as if he hadn't fought at all. I, on the other hand had a patch on my cheek and my eye was probably purple. "What are you doing?" I said, startled by him being here.
"I have lunch" Tyler said, still standing in the doorway.
"Thanks for dropping me off". I hadn't remembered anything past passing out in the back of Tyler's car.
"No problem, so is your head okay? Since you got blood on my seats". The conversation was entirely awkward so I tried to think of him as someone else. A girl.
"Send me a bill" I joked, and he laughed. "It's okay, I'll take care of it".
"So truthfully, how do I look?" I asked, pulling my hair back. "Like hell" Tyler said bluntly, but then tensed up. "I mean-"
I laughed pushing my hand through my knotty hair feeling the stitches on my head. "So did you get in trouble?" I asked.
"Not so much". A worried feeling was starting grow in my chest that Grandpa might find out. Even though I hadn't want to go here there was something by being surrounded by other kids. The feeling that adults couldn't give me. "Good, because it was all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself for that idiot and his girlfriend" Tyler said, "But maybe for next time you should learn how to fight".
I glared at him but he was smiling so, I had a hint he was joking. "Shut up, I saw you get a fair share of you ass kicked" I laughed.
"And somehow I didn't end up in the infirmary" He said, cheekily.
"Your not allowed to be smart. I've only known you for a day". I had forgotten it had only been twenty four hours.
A nurse entered the room at that moment so I took my pills and she signed my chart. She also gave me a bottle of pills for my headache. After she left Tyler resumed our conversation, "You know when your dismissed from the infirmary you don't have to attend class".
"I'm not skipping" I said, straight up.
"No really, you have the day off". Tyler seemed serious but I really didn't want to trust him straight off the back.
"Well, I should apologize to Roxanne for messing up her chances with Reid" I lied, since it was technically her fault. She had pressured me to go and, now I was in the infirmary. Tyler didn't say anything after that so I looked at him. He had this really transparent look on his face that things weren't well.
"They didn't hook up, did they" I said, pulling on my socks.
"But it's not your fault" Tyler said, and I shifted. I was starting get the feeling this double date was only a date to one person. Not me, not Tyler, not Reid, but Roxanne.
"I have to get changed". Tyler nodded leaving the room as I pulled on my clothes. When I fully dressed I turned off my handheld sliding it into my bag. As I left the room I slipped the bag around my head thinking about Roxanne. She had been pretty excited and now it all was thrown in her face. I exited the room noticing Tyler wasn't anywhere to be found.