Well after much deliberation, I have decided who will end up with Whitley! I am very excited, and I hope the people who wanted it to go differently aren't too disappointed and keep reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Covenant or the song A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton.
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Whitley's POV
I had already informed Willow of the events of my exciting night, and she was very impressed. After I told her she couldn't help but be proud of herself for making me go to the party. I had to admit that I had a good time and I really did love the attention I got tonight from Caleb, surprisingly from Reid and Chase also.
When I said goodbye to the girls and Chase tonight after we got back to the dorms, we made plans to go into town tomorrow. I was really nervous, Chase seemed to be at least mildly interested in me, but I doubt he would be anymore when he saw me out of the make up and girly clothes. Without that, I am simply not worth the time.
I went to my dresser and pulled out a big t-shirt and some little shorts for bed. Before I changed, I grabbed my cell phone off my bed. For a minute I just stared at it. Who do I call? Caleb was the one who told me to call one of them, but he hadn't said which one. I won't call Pouge because he probably isn't home, he had to ride his bike home from Caleb's. I don't know what Reid's plans are for tonight, and I don't want to interrupt anything 'important' (*cough*him banging some slut*cough*). Man I was really mean in my head. But anyway, I would normally call Tyler, but the want to hear Caleb's voice is very strong. Am I a stalker or what? I dialed the number in my phone and waited till he answered.
"Hello?" He sounded kind of annoyed.
"Hey, Caleb, it's Whitley. You said to call when I got to the dorms and I wanted to let you know I was here and everything. Are you ok? You sound upset. I'm not calling at a bad time am I?" Cause babbling is so attractive Whitley, great job.
"No sorry, it's just my mom, she is stressed cause my 18th birthday is coming up, you know? She doesn't want me to end up like Dad." He sounded really upset; whatever she said must have gotten to him.
"Well, I think you will be fine. Out of all the guys, you are the most responsible. I think she should trust you." She really should, Caleb is a great guy and she should believe in him more.
"Thanks Whitley. I appreciate. I am usually responsible, tonight though…" He didn't finish and I was freaking out, what happened tonight, nothing I noticed.
"What happened?"
"Well, after you guys took off, we got followed by a cop car and we didn't want to pull over, so we drove off the cliff close to the Dells and used to bring the car back up behind the cops." He said this a bit sheepishly and I was fuming.
"You did what?! Caleb you KNOW what can happen if you guys abuse this, are you crazy? I always trust you to be responsible. And then you go and do something like this? Reid uses enough as it is, he doesn't need you encouraging him. God, what were you thinking?" I was on a roll tonight with this whole bravery thing. I felt horrible about talking to Caleb like this but this was unacceptable.
"Look, Whitley, I know it was wrong but come on do I always have to be the good one, am I not allowed to have fun? The cops didn't get a good look at us, we aren't in trouble and it was just a little thing. What is the big deal?" He was getting frustrated with me. Caleb and I never argue, it was always Reid that made me this mad.
"'Big deal'? What's the 'big deal'? The 'big deal' Caleb is that you guys could die, you usually understand this. But maybe I was wrong before, maybe your mom does need to be worried about you." My eyes were filling up with tears, why would he do this, he was smarter than that.
"Whitley, please don't…"
"No, Caleb. I'm tired, I'm going to bed. I'll talk to you later or something."
"Whit…" But I had already hung up the phone. He was supposed to be the role model. He knew that, it's why he and Reid were always arguing. I trusted him to make Tyler understand. I just don't get it. I wiped my face furiously, I will not cry, no, I won't. I pulled my self up and put my bed clothes on. I was just getting under the covers when Willow came in from her shower.
"Hey girl, what are you still doing up?" She said to me affectionately. Willow always looked out for me, everybody did, I was everybody's little sister. Protected, watched out for. The innocent one.
"Willow, do I need to grow up?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, it seems that everyone is always watching out for me, treating me like some kid. Up until tonight, I never really ever stood out in any way. Do I need to change?" Maybe that was why Caleb never noticed me that way; do I need to be more like Willow and Kate?
"Whit, did somebody say something to you? Cause, if they did, I'll kick their ass."
"See, that's just it, everybody is always worried about somebody picking on poor little Whitley for being too quiet or for not standing up for herself, or reading her book, or actually paying attention in class."
"Whit, you are just different, there is nothing wrong with that. So, you could talk a bit more, or take less notes, maybe you could dress a little bit girlier, or maybe learn to wear some makeup every now an again, and can be a bit of a party pooper."
"Okay I get it." I huffed at her. Real helpful Willow.
"What I mean to say is, you could lighten up a bit, but you don't have to change who you are."
"Maybe I should, okay, from here on out, quiet Whitley is gone. The new Whitley will speak her mind, and sleep in class, and flirt with cute boys without stuttering. From now on, I will not only wear t-shirts and sweatshirts. I will command attention. I will curse without blushing. Dammit, I will be noticed!" I ended in a flourish. Willow smiled a bit at me and then laughed.
"Okay, whatever you say Whit."
"No, I mean it."
"You are being serious. Aren't you?"
"Yes I am."
"Okay then, we have some work to do. Starting with what you are wearing tomorrow when you hang out with the girls and Chase. It has to be cute, but casual, something that doesn't seem like you tried, but that you still look damn good in." I was so excited that she was going to help me. I squealed and pulled her into a hug.
"Let's get to work."
Whitley's POV continued...
I was fighting the urge to run back into my dorm and never come out. No matter how much I tried, I was insanely nervous. I was standing outside Kate's and Sarah's dorm trying to find the courage to knock. I finally took two deep breathes and rapped on the door twice before I could change my mind. Kate answered the door and I swear her jaw hit the floor. I was dressed in a skirt, yes I know, me in a skirt. It was white and flowed to just below my knee. I had on a dark blue form fitting short sleeved shirt and some white wedge shoes. After a lot of complaining on my part, Willow got me to wear my hair down silky straight with my bangs pinned back and poofed like usual.
"Is it that bad?" I asked, I thought I looked ridiculous, but Willow assured me that I looked 'totally hot'.
"Are you kidding, you look great, it was just a bit of a shock. Come on in." I walked in and sat on one of the beds. Sarah came out of the bathroom, with a reaction a lot like Kate's, but again assured me that I looked great.
"Hey guys, I was wondering if we could take my car." I asked, I really didn't feel like riding in the back of a car today, I felt like driving. It helped make me brave.
"Yeah, no problem. We are meeting Chase at the school entrance so we should start heading that way." Kate said putting in her earring.
We walked out the front of the school and Chase was, of course, there to meet us. He greeted Sarah and Kate with a good morning and then turned to me.
"You look wonderful this morning." I fought the blush that was creeping up my cheeks.
"Thank you. Come on guys my car is just right there." When we reached my car they all were very impressed.
"This is a very nice car." Kate said almost petting it.
"Yeah, I know, Marge bought Tyler and I cars for kind of a 'senior year' gift. Tyler went for big and I went for fast." I said proudly.
"Marge?" Sarah said confusedly. We all got in the car and I started it up.
"She is Tyler's mom. Tyler and I aren't biologically brother and sister. Marge took me in when I was 14 after my parents died in a car crash." I said as I pulled out, trying to make it seem like less of a big deal. They all had looks of sympathy.
"That must have been hard." Chase said from the passenger seat.
"At first, but Marge and Tyler are the best. They take such good care of me. Marge has always made me feel like her daughter. And of course Tyler is great, he is an awesome brother." I was doing really well being more talkative, I couldn't help but mentally pat myself on the back.
"So where are we headed first?" Chase asked, changing the subject. I sent a look of thanks his way and he smiled at me in return. Oh my goodness, he was so cute!
We went a lot of places and bought little things for our dorms and such. Our last stop was at the drug-store. I didn't really need anything from here so I just walked up and down aisles until everyone was finished. I was rounding a corner when I bumped into someone. I fell to the floor and heard an 'oof' from the person I bumped into.
"Oh, I am so sorry, are you okay?" I asked from the floor. I heard a chuckle and looked up to see Caleb standing there with a cute grin on his face. He held out his hand to help me up and I begrudgingly took it, remembering that I was mad at him.
"You end up on the floor and ask me if I'm okay?" he asked with the grin still in place. I allowed myself to smile a bit, it was a little funny.
"Ha ha." I said glaring at him a bit.
"Whitley, about last night could we maybe talk?" He asked me. I looked him and opened my mouth to say something when Kate come out from the aisle and saw us.
"Oh hey Caleb, what are you doing here?" She said as Sarah and Chase came up beside her.
"Oh just doing some stuff for my mom." He stated as he held up the bag. He looked briefly over at Chase and then Sarah. They held eyes a little bit longer than necessary and it upset me more than I would like to admit.
"Well Pouge wants to see a movie. Do any of you want to go?" Kate asked all of us. Caleb sent a look to me that I guess meant that he wanted me to say no so we could talk.
"Sure. I'm in." Chase answered.
"Errands." Caleb repeated.
"You know what, I don't really feel like a movie I said, still not taking my eyes off of Caleb's.
"Why don't you come run some errands with me?" Caleb asked.
"Okay, Kate can you drive my car and take it back to the school when your done." I looked to Kate, who nodded excitedly, and handed her the keys. Caleb better have something important to say if I'm letting this girl drive my car. I nodded goodbye to Chase and Sarah, who both looked a bit put out.
I knew the errands that Caleb was doing were for his father and I also knew that when we started driving we were heading out to the old house that Mr. Danvers and Gorman stay at. Caleb looked like he wanted to say something, he kept opening he mouth and shutting it. He looked so adorable. I couldn't help the chuckle that left my lips.
"Well, talk already." I said looking at him with a smile. He smiled back and I swear my heart stopped for a second.
"I am so sorry for last night. I was an idiot. It was a big deal. And I was wrong." He said it with such sincerity; I couldn't help but to forgive him.
"Caleb, it's okay, I get it, trust me, I do. It sucks being the good one all the time, the one who always does the right thing, and who always has people ragging on you for it. I shouldn't have gotten so mad. You were right, you deserve fun, to get away from being the goodie goodie. I know that I, for one, am definitely over it." I said looking at him.
"So we are cool?"
"Always." I said grabbing his hand and squeezing it. He looked a bit shocked by my bold move, and so was I, but then he squeezed my hand back and smiled at me.
"What do you mean that you are 'over it'? Over what?" he asked me, still not letting go of my hand.
"Over being quiet and overlooked, over being stepped on, taken for granted. It's a new year, and a new Whitley. Not too different, of course just improved. Fun."
"Fun?" He looked at me quizzically.
"Yeah, fun, you heard of it you old grump?" I asked laughing.
"Yeah I have." He said laughing with me. We pulled up to the house and he turned off the car and grabbed the bag, letting go of my hand. The minute he did I missed the warmth.
"Hey, you want me to go with?" I asked.
"Nah, I'll just be a minute." He grinned at me and headed to the house. Out of nowhere gun shots rang out. I knew it was Norman, but still I screamed and ducked my head.
"Jesus, Norman, it's just me!" Caleb shouted at him, heading up to the house.
"Who's with you?" Norman asked from the window.
"Whitley. It's okay." Caleb called back and then entered the house.
Oh My Goodness, Norman has lost his ever-loving mind.
Caleb's POV
"Sorry, Caleb. I thought she was a stranger. That doesn't look like little Whitley." Gorman apologized when I got upstairs.
"Your telling me." I couldn't get over the changes Whitley had gone through and right in front of me too, how could I have not seen her. It's weird thinking about her this way, and scary. She has always been like my little sister, could she ever be more? It probably doesn't matter anyway, I'm too late, she already has Reid and that new guy Chase after her. Or at least I think Reid likes her, he was definitely doing some flirting last night.
"She does look quite stunning doesn't she?" Gorman asked me, taking the medicine bag from my hands.
"Yeah, she really does. Well, I came here to give you that so, I'll be leaving ok?" I ran down the stairs. Seeing my dad this way always did a number on me. I really didn't want to end up like him. I can beat this, I have to.
When I walked out the door, I heard faint music coming from the car, Whitley had turned on the radio while I was in the house. She had her head back against the head rest and her eyes closed. She was humming along to the song and kind of moving along to the beat in her seat, she had a slight smile on her face and she looked completely adorable. I just stood there and watched her for a minute. I guess she sensed my eyes on her cause she opened her eyes and looked my way, a blush instantly formed on her slightly tan cheeks. She reached forward and turned the radio off.
"Well this is a bit embarrassing." She said looking like she wanted to disappear, I couldn't help but laugh a little.
"You really shouldn't be embarrassed, it was one of the most adorable things I have ever seen." She looked at me for a minute, but then broke out into a grin.
"How about you get in the car and be adorable with me." She said reaching across the console to open my door. I got into the car and started it.
"What on earth are you talking about you crazy person?" She turned the radio back on and put the hood down.
"We are going to have some of that fun we were talking about." She said and started singing along with the song that was on the radio, that I recognized but couldn't remember the name of. I started down the road and she just began singing louder, laughing and dancing around in her seat, I could honestly say that I had never seen Whitley act like this before, but I didn't hate it.
"Don't pretend like you don't know the words Danvers." She yelled at me over the music, she honestly didn't think I was going to sing did she? "Come on you know you want to." She put on a very convincing puppy dog look and I caved. I turned the radio up even more and belted out the lyrics with her.
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me
'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories
'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
And I, I
Don't want to let you know
I, I
Drown in your memory
I, I
Don't want to let this go
I, I
Don't....
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight
By the time the song was over we were almost doubled over in laughter. She turned down the radio and sighed. I realized that this was the most fun I had had in a while. I looked over at Whitley and saw that she was already looking at me. The look in her eyes was something I couldn't quite recognize, but it was something that made my stomach flutter a little like one of those girls in a cheesy romance novel.
But again, I didn't hate it.
So, did you like it? I surely hope you did. Now, I try to be really cool when it comes to grammar and what not, but keep in mind that I do not have a beta reader, so be easy on me!
Thanx loves.
P.S. There was some heavy Whitley/Caleb in this chapter but I would like to point out that that doesn't mean he will get her in the end. I am one devious little girl aren't I? Mwahahaha!
And also any suggestions are still VERY welcome!3