Date: July 22, 2009
Title: Only Time Will Tell
Author: Soccer-Bitch
Chapter: 4 of?
Rating: T
Pairings: Tyler/OC, Pogue/Kate, Caleb/OC
Warnings: Some Strong Language
Feedback: All opinions are welcome!
Disclaimer: I own Danielle and the characters you don't recognize, but everything from the Covenant I do not own.
Summary: After leaving Ipswich with her father eight years ago, Danielle Kennedy is back for her senior year at Spencer. Will old friends still be there or will she be seeing the side of them she had never seen before?
A/N: Thanks to those who have encouraged me to do this story!
A/N2: This will be the only update for the next week or so. I will be at a convention and I have family coming in on Saturday and I get to see my baby nephew for the first time, so I am very excited for that. So I hope this holds you over until then!
Thanks: Thanks for the reviews! I appreciate them! And a very special to Carrot Top! I appreciate all the help and everything.
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Gathering her stuff out of her locker and placing it inside her messenger bag, Danielle failed to notice the body that opened the locker door next to her. Grabbing her English book so she could start her homework before going over to Nicky's and feel as if she wasn't neglecting all her studies, especially when she just started, she quickly packed her bag.
As her phone started to ring, she grabbed it she looked at it and saw it was Caleb. "Hey, I know I'm running late, I'm at my locker getting books, but I'll be there in a few minutes. I need to have something to do before going to whatever Nicky's will have in store for tonight, so give me about five minutes and I'll meet you at the car, bye Caleb," she said in one breath before hanging up the phone and putting it into her bag.
"Over worried boyfriend?"
Looking over to her right, she looked at the guy who spoke. He had longish, thick shaggy brown hair and piercing green eyes, and stood at about six feet tall. With a shy smile she went back to gathering what she needed. "No, just a friend wondering if I managed to get myself lost,"
"I don't think we've met before," he said. "I'm Jason Summers,"
Closing her locker, she looked into his eyes. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Danielle Kennedy. I just transferred in,"
"Well I hope you like it here," he smiled at her. "Maybe I'll see you at Nicky's tonight,"
"Yeah, maybe," she smiled. "See you later Jason,"
"Bye, Danielle," he said as he watched her leave.
When she finally got to Caleb's car, she opened the door and slid inside. Dropping her bag on the floor, she waited for the question she thought would be coming. But it didn't. He started the engine and they were off. "What time should I come and get you for tonight?"
"Well what time are we meeting everyone?" she asked.
"We usually just go and show up whenever," Caleb said as they stopped at the light. "I should have taken the back roads,"
"It's not a big deal Caleb," Danielle told him. "How about you come and get me about seven?"
"That sounds good," he said.
After a moment of silence, Caleb's phone went off. Danielle grabbed it from the cup holder and looked at it for a moment. The picture that came up took her by surprise. The girl was beautiful and she gave Caleb a slightly impressed look.
"Who is it?" he asked her, taking her away from her thoughts.
"It's Sarah Wenham," she said, offering him the phone.
Taking the phone from her, Caleb looked at the picture and rejected the call and placed the phone back into the cup holder. "So that's who Sarah is. She's beautiful," Danielle said.
"Yeah, but things didn't work out for a reason," Caleb told her as he drove by the burned down ruins of Putnam Barn.
"Maybe there is someone else that can handle you," Danielle smiled at him.
"Yeah, maybe," Caleb smiled as he pulled up to her house.
"So this, Nicky's," Danielle said as she took off her seatbelt. "Is it casual or dressy?"
"Casual," Caleb told her.
"Okay, then I'll pick you up at your place at seven," she said with a smile as she got out of his car.
"Wait, what?" he asked, looking confused.
"Well since you've been driving me everywhere, I think it would only be fair if I drive tonight. Don't worry Caleb, everything will be fine," she laughed before walking away from his car.
"Come on Dani," Caleb called out before she opened the front door.
"If I'm going, I'm driving," she called to him before disappearing into the house with a victorious smile on her face.
After doing homework for what felt like was ages, Danielle went and took a shower before getting ready. She wasn't sure if she would like Nicky's but at least she could leave since she was driving, she hoped that Caleb wouldn't mind if it came down to that, but she was pretty sure that he would be okay with it especially if his friends were around.
A quarter to seven, Danielle made her way down the stairs in a pair of jeans and a green tank top with a jean jacket over it. With her bag flung over her shoulder she grabbed her keys and made her way to the door, but was stopped when she heard her mother's voice.
"Where are you off to?"
Turning around to look at her mother, Danielle bit the inside of her cheek before she said something she would regret. "Caleb and the guys are going to Nicky's. I'm picking Caleb up. I'll see you later." She said, turning around and opening the door and leaving.
As she got into her car, she watched as the door opened and her mother watched as she backed out of the drive way and made her way towards the Danvers' place. The drive wasn't as long as it usually would have been, if she had been going the speed limit, but she wasn't. Slowing down when she got to the gate, she punched in the code that Caleb had given her to use. Pulling up to the front of the house, Danielle parked the car and cut the engine before grabbing her cell out of her bag and called his cell.
"It's seven and I'm sitting in my car waiting for you,"
"You were speeding again, weren't you?" came the reply.
Danielle smiled "Only to get away from the house,"
"I'll be down in a minute," he told her before hanging up the phone.
Shutting her phone, Danielle went to place it in the cup holder, but the vibrating from the phone made her look at the screen. Without realizing it a smile crept onto her face. "Hey," she answered.
"How's my girl doing?"
"I'm fine Dad, how are things out there?" she asked.
"Things are good. I just wanted to call and see how your first day at Spencer went," he told her
"It was okay. It was weird not having Jordan to pick up and it seems I'm not that far behind. So all in all so far so good. As of right now I am just waiting on Caleb to finish getting ready. We are meeting people at a place called Nicky's and I'm just waiting on him. He's driving me to school all week so I am driving to Nicky's."
"That sounds like you," he laughed. "Can't let anyone drive you around without returning the favor. So tell me something, sweetheart. Has your mother been pushing you and that boy together? Cause fromt the moment she knew you were a girl and Evelyn Danvers knew she was having a boy, they were hearing wedding bells,"
"They tried," Danielle laughed, "But I don't think there is anything there. I have only been here less than two weeks. I'm kind of just concentrating on school. Mom wants me to try out for the soccer team. She basically said I would in front of everyone at the brunch she set up without me knowing about it. I thought it was my choice if I wanted to play again or not,"
"It is, sweetheart. Don't let her push you into anything." He told her. "I know how your mother likes to nag about things and how pushy she can get. Just stand your ground,"
"I know," Danielle sighed. "Daddy?"
"Yeah?"
"She still acts like I'm a little kid. Like I'm that kid that left with you all those years ago."
"It'll pass," he told her. "She hasn't seen you since we left. It's all about adjustments,"
"I hope your right," Danielle said as she watched Caleb leave the house and get into the car. "Well I've got to go. I'll talk to you later?"
"Yeah, have fun and don't forget, you are still a kid. You have plenty of time to grow up, so have fun while you can,"
"Thanks Dad. I love you."
"I love you too,"
Shutting her phone, Danielle placed it back into the cup holder before looking at Caleb. "Did you know, from the moment, our mother's knew our sexes they heard wedding bells?"
With a laugh in his voice, Caleb asked, "Who did you hear that from?"
"My dad,"
"Knowing my mother and yours, I wouldn't doubt it," Caleb told her as she started the engine. "Are you sure you don't want me to drive?"
"Yes, now tell me how to get there," Danielle told him with a smile on her face.
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As Danielle and parked next to Tyler's hummer across the street, she looked at the parked cars there before taking her seat belt off and glancing at Caleb. "So this is the hot spot around here, huh?"
"I'm sure a good portion of the people here are kids from Spencer," Caleb said as she cut the engine and they got out of the car. "Don't you have places like this in California?"
"Sure we do, but I never went," Danielle told him as they walked across the street. "I was Capitan of the soccer team. When I wasn't playing or practicing I was studying and if I wasn't doing that I would be watching my brother,"
"Sounds like you had a good thing going," Caleb commented as they walked through the entrance of Nicky's.
"Yeah, I did, but I knew about the whole senior year at Spencer thing, so it wasn't too big of a surprise, ya know?" Danielle told him. "Is it always this crowded?"
Looking around, Danielle saw familiar faces that she had met throughout the day at Spencer. The one that stuck out the most was the red head by the pool tables. She was in the class Danielle shared solely with Pogue. The girl sat next to Danielle and on Danielle's other side was Pogue, which wasn't a big surprise whatsoever to her. In her opinion, that was Caleb's influence.
"I see Pogue and Kate," Caleb said as he grabbed her hand and made the way through the crowds. Making sure he had a good grip, Caleb cut through people until they reached the table where his best friend was sitting with his girlfriend.
As soon as they got to the table, Danielle had to laugh when she noticed that neither of the two had noticed that they were no longer alone. Dropping hands, Danielle made her way over and sat down next to Pogue since Caleb had taken the seat next to Kate. "Been here long?" Caleb asked after clearing his throat to make their presence known.
"Hey Caleb." Kate said looking at him before her eyes met Danielle's. "Hey, you made it,"
"Tyler and Reid here?" Pogue asked.
"I haven't seen them, yet," Caleb said.
"They are by the pool tables." Danielle spoke up. "Reid was hitting on that girl we were talking to in class, Pogue. Kara Bradley, the cute red headed girl. Well anyways, now it looks like they are playing with some boys."
"They never learn," Caleb muttered.
"Can't protect them forever, Caleb," Pogue said before turning to the girls. "You two hungry?"
"What's there to eat?" Danielle asked.
"We stay with the safe food," Kate told her. "Two trays of fries. And drinks please,"
"Diet?" Pogue asked looking at Danielle.
"No, regular," Danielle said. "Diet tastes nasty,"
Pogue laughed before he and Caleb left the table to go and get the food.
"So is this an everyday kind of thing?"
"Not so much, but it's nice. Especially when Aaron and his friends aren't here to start a fight with Reid and Tyler, well more Reid then Tyler. Ty, he just sticks up for Reid," Kate told her.
"Hi, Danielle, right?" asked the voice of the redhead that she had recognized earlier when she walked in with Caleb.
"Yeah, Kara, right? You are in my British Lit class, right?" Danielle asked.
She nodded her head. "I thought I'd come over to say hello and see if you wanna play a game of darts?" she asked.
"Sure, but I warn you, I'm not very good," Danielle told her as she left her bag and jacket in her seat as she and Kara made their way over to the dart board.
"No one is very good at darts," Kara laughed as Danielle stopped and she went to get the darts out of the board. "So to be fair, we won't use points until you get at least a little bit of practice in, alright?"
Danielle couldn't help but laugh. Kara was such a nice girl with a great sense of humor.
Kara went first, she got pretty close to the bullseye, but when Danielle took her turn she barely made it onto the board. They kept going for a while, just talking about classes and anything else.
"So did you leave a boyfriend back home?" Kara asked, as they sat at an unoccupied table, tired of the darts for the time being. "Or girlfriend?"
"No, no boyfriend and no girlfriend. But some of the guys here are pretty nice to look at, huh?" she asked with a grin.
"That they are. You should go to the swim meets, that's where the good stuff is,"
"Yeah, Caleb is trying to talk me into going to one, but I might just have to check out how good it is,"
"It will definitely be worth your time,"
"Then I will make a point of going," Danielle laughed.
"I think Danvers is trying to get your attention," Kara laughed, pointing to where Caleb was waving his hand, trying to get Danielle's attention.
Once she looked to where he was, he waved her over to the table. Rolling her eyes at him, she turned back to Kara, "Want some free fries?"
"Uh, sure," she said.
With a smile the two girls headed back towards the table where Pogue and Caleb had returned from getting food. As soon as they made their way through the crowd, Danielle motioned for Kara to take a seat. "Kara this is Caleb, Pogue and Kate, guys this is Kara from my class."
As everyone was sitting and eating from the fries, Danielle looked towards to pool tables where she saw Reid and Tyler playing with the curly haired boy Caleb didn't want her to be around and the guy she met at her locker after classes had ended. Looking at him, she had to admit that he was pretty cute, but so was Tyler.
"Danielle?"
"Huh?" she asked looking back to the group as a blush crept onto her face.
"I was just wondering if you were gonna partner up with me and Caleb in that history project that's due in a few weeks?" Pogue asked.
"Yeah sounds good." She said before looking at Caleb. "Do they always get into arguments after playing pool?"
That caught both Caleb and Pogue's attention. "We'll be right back," he said before motioning to Pogue that they had damage control that seemed to be happening more and more lately.
"So Reid and Tyler fight them a lot?" Danielle asked Kate before taking another fry.
"With Aaron and his friends, more then it should. They tend to beat them out of their money more than what is normal is what Aaron says, but you can't really trust that guy, he's a creep," Kate warned her.
"Yeah, but his friend might not be," Danielle said looking in the direction of where the guys had gone to break up the fight.
"Who are you talking about?" Kate asked with a smile on her face.
"Jason," she said, trying not to smile. "I met him after Caleb called when I didn't show up at his car,"
"Jason Summers?" Kara asked.
"Yeah," Danielle said as she bit her lip.
"Ooooh," Kate and Kara did in sync without trying to.
"Oh stop it," Danielle told them both as she grabbed two fries and threw them at them.
"Have you thought about joining the soccer team anymore?" Kate asked, storing it into her brain that she would have to bring up the topic of Jason on a later date.
"I'm still thinking about it and my mom is still pressuring me to take it up, so I think it would just be easier to just do it and get her off my back," Danielle confessed.
"Well I'm sure the guys would come out and support you if you did," Kate told her.
"You can count me in," Kara told her.
"Thanks," Danielle smiled as Caleb walked back up to the table with a sour look on his face. "Everything okay?"
"We have to go before Nicky throws us out," he told her.
Nodding her head in understanding, she looked at the other two girls, "Do you guys need a ride?"
"No, I came with Pogue," Kate said as she and Danielle turned to look at Kara.
"I drove," Kara told them.
"I guess, I'll see you guys tomorrow then," she said as Caleb walked to the exit. "Bye," she said as she followed his lead after grabbing her stuff.
