Disclaimer: I do not own The Covenant or the characters that come with the movie. I do however own the characters I paired the boys with and the plot.

Reid grinned as they pulled into Nicky's. The guys were harping on him about his sudden interest in Sophie. "Whatever, you're just jealous none of you met her first. So, Ty.." He began, changing the subject, "When are you going to find yourself a girl?"

"When the girls finally stop fawning over the three of you and actually take notice of me." They all laughed then, making their way into the bar.

He easily located Sophie amongst the patrons in the bar, she sat at a table in the middle with her the same friend she'd brought along to his swim practice. He smiled, leading the others over to meet her. Sophie stood when he approached, he wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her forehead in greeting, "Sophie, this is Caleb, Pogue and Tyler. Guys this is Sophie." He quickly introduced.

Sophie smiled and gave a shy wave, "Hello, uh this is my friend Melody." She said, gesturing to the girl who had otherwise remained silent and off to the side up to this point. After all the introductions had been made Caleb and Pogue took their cue to leave, challenging one another to a couple games of
table soccer.

Melody took the opportunity to start up some of her own fun. "How about the four of us play a game of pool? Sophie and Reid vs. Tyler and I? Are you up for the challenge, Tyler?"

He smiled, "Yeah definitely." Reid grinned, "That sounds great. If you girls go save us a table we'll grab some food from the bar."

Sophie smiled, gently removing herself from Reid and taking Mel's hand. "Sounds great, we'll meet you over there." She quickly dragged the other girl away, hiding her laugh until they were out of ear-shot of the guys. "So, I can see you've chosen this year's newest candidate. How do you rank him?"

Melody looked back at Tyler and Reid who now leaned against the bar ordering their food. "I'd give him a solid 9. He's a bit quiet but I think I can bring him out of his shell."

Sophie rolled her eyes, "You're terrible. So tell me, what do you think of Reid? And be honest!"

Melody sighed, "He's freaking adorable okay? I know you're not one to rush into things but he seems pretty taken with you and you've only been on one date." Melody quickly hopped up on a newly vacant pool table to lay claim to it while Sophie began pulling the balls from the pockets. "Okay not to sound like a total flake but I have no idea how to play pool, Mel."

"Come on, Sophie! That's the whole point. You're not supposed to know how to play pool, Reid over there is supposed to show you how to play if you know what I mean." Melody gushed, using her eyebrows to emphasize her intent. This, however, only caused Sophie to blush a deep crimson. "You're terrible, Mel."

The guys joined them soon enough, set up the table and explained the game. It was simple, first team to clear the table, wins. At least that's what Sophie told herself as she was nominated to break. However, when she leaned over the table and took her first shot the force was so unhinged that the cue ball grabbed some major air, took out the napkin box from a couples table and finally settled 30 feet away in the far corner. She covered her mouth in shock while Melody laughed hysterically behind her. "Did you see the air that thing caught? Nice one, Soph!" She turned crimson as Reid retrieved the ball.

"Okay, restart. I've actually done that a couple of times before, nothing to be embarrassed about." He reassured her. He set the cue ball back on the table.

"Here, I'll help break." He got behind Sophie and proceeded to explain the game and how to go about positioning your body. Then came how much force to use for certain shots, "Here we want quite a bit of force, but not enough to chuck the ball. Just enough to sink a few on the break."

She could feel his body heat wrapping around her through both of their clothes. His arms lay on top of hers guiding her where to aim. His hands molded perfectly against her own, sending sparks along her skin, heating her up. She blushed when her mind drifted to what it'd feel like- "Soph.. you okay?" Reid asked, interrupting her brief daydream.

"What? Yeah, I'm good. Sorry." She replied, giving her full attention to the game. When Reid felt like she was ready he took a step back and she gave it another go, this time the cue ball stayed on the table and she sank three balls amongst the rack.

Standing up straight she turned to Reid and smiled, "Better?"

Reid grinned, "Perfect!"

That was it, the game began.

Six games, 4 burgers, and several real money bets between the boys saw Reid counting out cash to Tyler as payment.

"I'm so sorry for missing that shot back there. I cost us the game and you lost $200 bucks." Sophie said about 3 hours later as they walked through the dorms to her room. "Don't worry about it." Reid replied, "I got to spend more time with you, to me it was worth every penny." She blushed. She seemed to do that a lot with him. She tended to do a lot of things with him she normally wouldn't. She went to swim meets. She went out to bars and played pool. Sophie knew for a fact those were simply the start of many things she'd do with Reid.

"At least let me pay you back.." She trailed off when Reid took her arm and gently pulled her to a stop. "I don't want you to pay me back. Tyler and I bet like that all the time, really Sophie, it's nothing." He rubbed her shoulders, "Its fine." He chuckled, "I would like to take you out again, if you'll have me."

Sophie smiled, "Really?"

"Yes!" He laughed, "How about Saturday? Let's do something you like so I can learn more about you."

She nodded eagerly, smiling. She'd been so distracted by him she hadn't even noticed that they were standing in front of her door. "Alright, Saturday sounds perfect."

Instead of praising her acceptance of their date he kissed her instead. His hands slid over her hips and pulled her body firmly against his own. He'd been planning on waiting as long as she wanted. To take things slowly but she just looked so damn beautiful.

The kiss was sweet, slow and it burned him from the inside out but in a good way.

He pulled away before it could go any further, kissed her forehead and smiled. "See you Saturday."

Author Note:

Hey everyone!

I'd like to apologize again about how long it took me to finally get this much awaited chapter posted. I really do love writing and I love my readers =)
You all make it so worth it!

The new chapter will be posted by Monday, August 12th.

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