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Reid was definitely out of his element that day at school; all three of the Sons of Ipswich pointed it out. He was even off his game when it came to insulting his nemesis, Aaron Abbott. After his last class he felt an arm swing over his shoulder and his best friend gave him a short smirk.

"What's going on with you man?" Tyler asked.

"What are you talking about?" Reid asked shrugging off Tyler's arm.

"You're sulking around like someone stole your dog," Tyler pointed out leaning against a locker as Reid dialed in his combination. "And I think I actually caught you taking notes in History…" He shook his head, those blue eyes piercing in to him, wanting to know the answer to his question.

"Ever," Reid sighed helplessly.

"What about her?" Tyler asked.

"She told me that she has a boyfriend," Reid grimaced at the thought.

"Since when?" Tyler pursed his lips together in confusion.

"I don't know, she said he's in college…" Reid pulled his books in to his book bag, glancing down to check on the doll that was resting at his feet.

"Did you get a name?" Tyler asked curiously.

"No, why?" Reid asked.

"Well she could be lying…" Tyler offered.

Reid's eyes grew large, he hadn't even thought of that, why hadn't he thought of that? But why would she lie to him about having a boyfriend? He thought that she had felt what happened between them too, or was he just going crazy.

"Reid?" Tyler waved a hand in front of the blonde boys face. "Reid!" He shouted, those blue eyes snapped up and looked Tyler dead in the face.

"Meet me in front of the administrative office, before the swim meet…" Reid stated grabbing his books, the baby and closing his locker as he walked quickly.

"Reid…." Tyler called after him. "Reid!" But to no avail the blonde boy had disappeared without a second glance at his best friend. "Great," He muttered under his breath shaking his head reluctantly following after the blonde boy.

Ever noticed the rain had stopped and was thankful she really didn't want to stop and chat with any of the Sons or her new friends. She wanted to get home, get changed, go to the swim meet like she had promised and get the hell out of dodge before anyone decided to press her for more information.

She arrived home thankful that the drive way was empty. She rushed upstairs, she hurriedly changed from her school uniform to a more casual pair of light blue jeans, and an off the shoulder sweater. She slid on the jelly bracelets and ran a brush through her hair.

Glancing in the mirror she noticed that her concealer was beginning to wear off. She went back in to the bathroom and tried fixing it to the best of her ability.

"What are we doing here?" Tyler asked looking up at the massive building beside them.

"I was going to look in to something, but there are too many people here," He mused tapping his fingers to his chin thoughtfully. "We'll have to come back tomorrow, when no one is here…" He added.

"For what?" Tyler asked.

"You'll see, c'mon let's go to the gym…" Reid added nodding his head in the direction of the gym.

"Fine," Tyler sighed giving in to his best friend's demands.

Before walking in to the locker room, Reid dropped Ruby and her things off with Kate and Sarah who were already sitting in the bleachers waiting patiently for the meet to begin. He glanced around not seeing ever and was a bit disappointed until Tyler calling his name broke him of his thoughts. Tyler and Reid entered the locker room later than most of the swim team, Caleb and Pogue glanced at them wondering what took them so long to get changed.

"What's going on?" Caleb asked knowing that Reid was up to something.

"Nothing just had to get a smoke in before the big race…" Reid commented casually as Tyler rolled his eyes.

"That's real healthy…" Pogue added shaking his head.

"What can I say, I'm a rebel." Reid shrugged sliding his pants down his lean frame.

"Alright, well we'll see you out there," Caleb nodded his head towards the pool area.

Pogue smirked following his best friend out to the pool; Reid chuckled and looked over at Tyler. Tyler unbuttoned his white oxford shirt and shook his head; he was pushed in to the lockers roughly by Aaron Abbott.

"Dude, what the fuck?" Tyler rubbed the side of his face that had been smashed in to the blue metal lockers.

"Watch where you're going fag," Aaron rolled his eyes trying to strut his stuff in the small blue bathing suit.

"What the hell is your problem, Aaron?" Reid asked glaring at the boy that was messing with his best friend.

"Sticking up for your gay lover, are we Garwin?" Aaron asked his blue eyes snapping to meet Reid's fierce gaze.

"I'm really getting sick and tired of your shit…" Reid stated balling his shirt up and tossing it to the side, getting nose to nose with Aaron.

"You pussin' out on me Garwin?" Aaron asked his teeth clenched. "Does the psycho bitch have you whipped?" He smirked glancing back at Tyler.

Reid felt his anger levels rise with Aaron's reference to Ever. He pushed the boy back in to the lockers making sure that his head hit just as hard as he had done Tyler. He held the boys chin in his hand and stared him down eye to eye.

"What the fuck do you know, you prick?" Reid asked pushing him harder against the lockers. Aaron squirmed under Reid's grasp but Reid didn't lighten up on him. Instead he pushed harder causing Aaron's eyes to go wide with shock. "Look here," Reid growled. "You're going to do exactly what I say, do you understand me?"

Aaron simply nodded his eyes showing that he was shocked and scared of this side of Reid Garwin.

"First of all you're going to leave Tyler alone, you hear me?" He asked. "I've had it up to my neck with your fucking gay jokes when you're the one who prances around with Kyle and Brody like the fuckin' little fairy you are…" He growled.

Tyler covered his mouth hiding his laughter; he continued changing in to his swim suit not tearing his gaze away from the scene unfolding before him. He slipped out of his pants and underwear pulling on the small blue swim suit that they had to wear.

"Second of all, I don't want to hear any of your snide remarks about Ever… you got that?" Reid asked shoving the boys head in to the lockers once again.

The curly haired brunette nodded his head and Reid pushed him back one last time for good measure, Aaron leaned against the lockers and cough slightly feeling uncomfortable at the fact he just let the blonde Son of Ipswich humiliate him.

Reid turned back around and quickly changed in to his Speedo; he grabbed a white towel and tossed it carelessly over his shoulder. He and Tyler walked out to the side of the pool where Pogue and Caleb were waiting warming up and ready to get in to the pool. The four Sons always swarmed up together for meets it was their tradition.

"What the hell took you so long?" Pogue asked in a very annoyed tone.

"I had some business to take care of…" Reid shrugged carelessly, tossing the hazel eyed boy a smirk. He scanned the bleachers looking for Ever, but didn't see her.

He sighed hoping that she would still come; she did in fact promise him. The four boys got in to the water, Caleb was giving him a weary look.

"What went on in the locker room?" Caleb asked.

"Nothing, why?" Reid asked.

"I know it did not take you that long to change," Caleb inquired.

"I set Aaron straight." Reid pulled his goggles over his eyes.

"How did you do that?" Pogue questioned fixing the cap on his head.

"He was messing with baby boy, and he made a snide remark about Ever, so I set his ass straight…" Reid quipped with a grin.

"It was quite humorous you missed a hell of a show…" Tyler suggested. "I think Aaron almost cried…"

"See if he messes with my best friend or my girl again…" Reid stated without thinking, once he realized what he said he pushed himself under the water and started swimming to the other side.

"Did he just say….?" Caleb trailed off in a questioning tone.

Tyler's eyes were as wide as saucers glancing at the two older boys, "He did…" He nodded as Pogue shook his head.

"Well I'll be damned…" Pogue whispered before ducking in to the water and swimming to the other side where Reid was now leaning against the wall casually.

"This is going to be interesting…" Caleb stated glancing over at Tyler. "Race you to the other side…" He grinned.

Tyler shook his head and ducked under the water using all the power in his legs to push off of the ledge and swim to the other side. To say Caleb was fast would be an under statement, he was faster than fast, but Tyler's time wasn't too shy of Caleb's fastest, though the boys swam a much different stroke Caleb's stroke was freestyle, and Tyler's was the breast stroke.

The arrived at the other side of the pool and Reid was about to duck back under but Pogue grabbed him by the forearm and pulled him back up.

"Not so fast blondie…" Pogue stated pulling the boy back up.

"What?" Reid asked in a very annoyed tone; his gaze was fixated on the hazel eyed boy so much so that he missed the figure walking through the doors.

Ever walked towards the bleachers where she had spotted Kate and Sarah talking frantically, she was almost there when a hard body crashed in to hers. Her green eyes surveyed over the brunette boy that just plowed her over and he glanced at her his eyes widening in shock.

"I'm sorry Ever,"

Ever's eyes grew wide at the words coming out of Aaron Abbott's mouth. Had he just apologized for running in to her, was he actually helping her back up? What the hell was going on?

"It's ok…" She whispered before Aaron hung his head and walked in a completely different direction than where he was originally headed.

She watched the retreating figure and shook her thoughts; this had been the weirdest week ever. She continued on her quest to sit with Sarah and Kate but again was interrupted this time by a conversation that was being had in the pool.

"Dude you called her 'my girl'… what is with you?" That was definitely Pogue's voice she noted it from earlier this morning.

Who was he talking to? She wondered. Her question was answered when she heard the next voice.

"I did not…" Reid objected.

"Reid, ya did…" Caleb stated his voice was deep and warm at the same time. "You really like her don't you?"

"You should have seen the look on his face when Aaron said something rude about Ever, he was about to blow the prick's head off…" Tyler laughed splashing the water playfully.

Ever's mouth fell at hearing this, that's what had gotten in to Aaron. Reid had told him off, about her though? He really liked her, and he wasn't just saying it; the guys saw it too. She sighed continuing her journey to Kate and Sarah.

She wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing by lying about having a boyfriend, but she couldn't exactly let herself be with someone. Not without giving away everything she had worked so hard to keep a secret.

"Ever!" Sarah yelled grabbing the attention of not only the girl in question, but the four boys that were in the pool.

"Shit, do you think she heard?" Reid looked from Pogue to Caleb to Tyler.

The three boys shook their heads and began their swimming warm-ups.

Ever hurried over to Sarah and Kate; she took a seat next to Sarah and saw Ruby sitting in front of Kate.

"Thanks for watching the baby, Kate…" Ever stated motioning to the doll.

"Hey she hasn't cried so that's a good thing…" Kate smiled handing the car seat over to the brunette girl.

"Well I appreciate you doing it nonetheless…" She smiled warmly.

"So, what do you say about Nicky's tonight?" Sarah asked out of the blue she was rocking the car seat back and forth with her boot clad foot.

"Nicky's?" Ever asked confused.

"You live in Ipswich and don't know about Nicky's?" Kate asked in complete shock. "You've got to be kidding…"

"Wait is that the bar that I hear about all the time?" Ever asked racking her brain for what Nicky's could be exactly.

"That's the place…" Sarah nodded.

"I don't think I can…" Ever stated looking down at her lap.

"Oh c'mon it'll be fun!" Kate pushed.

Ever looked at them and shrugged putting her head down shyly. She wasn't so sure if going to the 'it' hang out spot would be a great idea. But, she didn't want to push her friends away, so she would go for a bit and then leave.

"Reid can't take his eyes off of you…" Sarah whispered to her.

Ever's green eyes darted up to the water, she found the blonde Ipswich boy sitting on the edge of the pool blatantly staring back at her. Her cheeks began to redden and she looked away from the blonde boy and to the blonde girl sitting next to her.

"What did you two talk about this morning?" Kate asked raising a questioning eyebrow.

"Not much really, I let him know that I was seeing someone and that I was sorry for giving him the wrong impression…" Ever shrugged her shoulders.

"When are we going to get to meet this mystery boyfriend?" Sarah asked casually.

"H-He actually goes to school in Boston, so he doesn't get too many chances to visit during the semester…" Ever mumbled something she thought as an excuse.

"What about on the weekends?" Kate questioned.

"He's got a lot of extracurricular stuff he does there…" Ever shrugged diverting her eyes back to the restless water.

"Wow, that doesn't leave much time for you," Sarah whispered looking from Kate to the girl next to them.

"I know, we get in to quite a few fights about that…" Ever laughed uneasily.

The girls dropped the subject as the coaches blew their whistles indicating it was time for the meet to start. A few unknowns started off the meet the girls cheered on their Spencer team and were excited to see Tyler up next.

"How long are these things usually?" Ever asked clapping along with the two girls.

"Depends, they're fairly long, but the guys usually swim in the middle, so we sneak out after wards and meet them at Nicky's…" Kate explained.

"Oh," Ever sighed and watched as Tyler looked in their direction and gave them a curt wave.

The three girls waved back and the whistle blew, Tyler pushed off of the wall and started a fierce breast stroke. The girls hoped and hollered cheering the youngest member of the group on as he swam to a 1st place victory. The three girls jumped up and cheered for him as did the entire side of the Spencer bleachers.

They laughed seeing Tyler's cheeks turn a deep red color as he pulled himself out of the pool. The three girls watched with impressive smiles.

"When did Tyler get hot?" Kate asked eyeing up the youngest Son of Ipswich.

He was laughing as the guys threw a towel at his face and clapping their hands on his bag in a congratulating way.

"I have no idea…" Ever and Sarah stated in unison as they all let out a huge yell for Tyler.

The younger boy wrapped a towel around his waist and turned to them, he smirked and blew the three girls a kiss, and in return he got hit upside the head by the two oldest members of the Covenant.

"Caleb's next!" Sarah stated looking over the sheet in her hand.

"Doesn't Reid's stroke always go after Tyler's?" Kate asked confused.

"Usually, sometimes they switch them out…" Sarah shrugged her shoulders.

"Whatever, well Pogue's is after Caleb's and then Reid's…" Kate surveyed the paper in Sarah's grasp.

Just as Caleb's swim started Ruby began to cry. Ever jumped at the sudden crying of the doll, she picked it up and rocked it searching the diaper bag for her bottle. She found the bottle and got up from her spot on the bleachers to take care of the doll.

She walked out of the gym and finally got the doll to be quiet, after a few minutes of shushing the doll she stepped back in to the gym. She looked around and saw Reid standing at the edge of the pool. He was warming up before they blew the whistle. She noticed those blue eyes scouting the poolside for her; they stopped at Sarah and Kate and the smile on his face slowly melted off.

Ever saw him give Sarah a questionable look and Sarah made a cradling motion with her arms. Reid looked a bit disappointed, and Ever found this to be the right time to come back, she walked to the bleachers and found her spot back next to Sarah.

Sarah smiled brightly and tapped her shoulder to glance in the direction where Reid was; her green eyes looked up and met those intriguing blue ones. She watched as a genuine smile spread across Reid's face and he gave her a wink as the timer told them to take their marks.

Ever sat back she could feel her heartbeat quicken, he had said the best swimmer at Salem Prep was the person he was competing against and she hoped that he would beat him.

"This is the guy that broke Reid's record from last year," She could hear one of the girls above her whisper to her friend.

Ever felt her entire body tense up at the sound of this, she really hoped that Reid would beat this guy, and recover his record time. She sat grasping on to Sarah's hand without thinking as Reid and the other boy began swimming just as the whistle blew.

Sarah let a small smile form on her face knowing that by her friend's actions she did like Reid, like he liked her. She squeezed her hand in return, Ever never took her eyes off the water. She watched all the way up until Reid touched the other side of the pool claiming the win.

"And a new state record…" The announcer stated and then droned on.

Ever's eyes brightened up as Reid pulled himself out of the pool helping his competition out and giving him a slight slap on the back. The look on his face saying nothing more than 'Thanks for losing' and he celebrated with the three other Sons who from what Ever gathered had won their selected races.

"Let's go congratulate them then get the hell out of here…" Kate stated picking up her purse.

"I'm with you!" Sarah grinned picking up her baby and his things.

Ever reluctantly placed the baby in the car seat and grabbed her things following the two girls towards the four Sons of Ipswich. Kate ran up to Pogue and gave him a congratulatory hug and kiss as Sarah did the same with Caleb. Ever smiled and Reid toyed with the towel over his shoulder as Chase got a hug from Sarah and Kate and then Reid.

"You guys were great…" Ever stated grinning. "Congratulations Reid…" She stated her eyes didn't leave his.

"Thank you," Reid smirked rubbing his wet head and tried to divert his gaze somewhere else. He was having a feeling in the pit of his stomach that he wasn't use to.

"We're gonna head to Nicky's and get us a table… you guys shouldn't be too much longer, right?" Kate asked.

"No too much later…" Pogue announced nodding his head in the direction of the few races that were going on as they spoke.

"Good, so we'll see you there…" Sarah grinned giving Caleb another kiss.

"Yeah, don't have too much fun without us…" Caleb griped.

Sarah and Kate laughed pulling Ever towards the exit of the gym. Ever got in to her car and followed the two girls to Nicky's, she had to admit the atmosphere at Nicky's was fun. There was almost a homey feel to it; couples on the dance floor, teens by the pool tables and the foosball tables and hanging out.

"So, what do you think?" Kate asked grabbing their usual table.

"I'm surprised I've never been here before…" Ever grinned taking a seat putting the baby on the seat next to her.

"This reminds me of Sweet Home Alabama…" Sarah stated motioning to the dolls.

"Oh I love that movie…" Kate grinned.

"Look at you, you have a baby… in a bar…" Ever recited in her best southern accent.

The girls laughed and Kate got up to order them a basket of fries and three cokes. Ever was laughing with Sarah when an arm rested around her shoulders, she glanced over at the person who had just touched her, expecting to see Reid or one of the guys she instead was met with a hasty gaze of a brown eyes man in his twenty's.

"Can I help you?" Ever asked shrugging the man's arm off of her shoulders.

"I'm a friend of David's…" The guy stated with a smirk.

Ever's body tensed at the mention of his name, "Excuse me?" She asked confused.

"He let me in on a little secret…" The man whispered in her ear so Sarah couldn't hear.

"Get away from me," Ever growled gritting her teeth.

"Awe, c'mon I'm just looking for a little fun…" The man stated pushing her light brown hair out of her face, revealing the purple bruise on her cheek.

"Ever?" Sarah's voice was questioning.

"Look blondie stay out of this…" The man snapped at Sarah. Sarah's eyes went wide at the man's harshness and zipped her mouth shut. "C'mon you can come back to my place…" He stated in a suggestive tone.

"I said get away from me…" Ever stated looking at the man defiantly.

"You should really listen to the lady before you have worse problems…" She heard Reid's voice, almost relieved to see him.

The brown eyed man stood up and leered down at Reid who was being backed up by his three best friends. Reid glanced around at Ever and saw the purple bruise on her face and his anger began to rise, Caleb could feel the surge of energy rising in Reid and put a hand on the younger boys shoulder.

"Who the hell are you?" The brown eyed man asked.

"What does it matter to you, get the fuck out of here…" Reid growled taking a step forward.

"Reid…" Ever said his name in a steady tone, it was almost calming to the livid boy.

"Don't worry; I'll be back love…" The man tossed to Ever before disappearing in to the crowd.

"Ever, are you ok?" Reid asked taking the seat the man had once occupied, his hand rose to her cheek and she flinched slightly and scooted back.

"I'm fine, thank you though…" She whispered pulling her hair back so it was covering her face.

"Who was that?" Tyler asked taking a seat on the other side of her, scooting Ruby out of the way.

"Someone that knows David…" She mused with a sigh as Kate and Pogue came back with the fries and seven cokes.

"Who's David?" Pogue asked sitting the cokes down in front of each of his friends.

"My stepbrother…" Ever rolled her eyes annoyed.

Kate and Sarah sensed that this was a sensitive subject, Sarah nudged Caleb and he snapped out of his short daze, "Hey Pogue you want to go play a game of foosball?" He offered.

"Sure man," Pogue stated dropping the previous conversation.

"I'm sensing girl time or something, so Reid tables?" Tyler asked getting up from the table.

"I guess," Reid shrugged his shoulders carelessly, giving Ever once last glance before walking to the tables with his best friend.

"Sorry, sometimes they get a bit overprotective…" Sarah shrugged.

"It's ok…" Ever stated with a small smile. "Guess it's nice to know you have people looking out for you,"

"Come on I know how to get your mind off of that jerk…" Sarah stated with a grin pulling a quarter out of her pocket.

"Oh lord," Kate laughed as Sarah disappeared in to the crowd and came back as music started playing over the jukebox.

"What is she up to?" Ever asked as Sarah swayed her hips and motioned for the two girls to join her.

"This is Sarah's excitement…" Kate laughed as she got up grabbing Ever who was shaking her head.

"Oh no, no way…" Ever stated trying to sit back down.

"C'mon live a little…" Sarah grinned pulling Ever between herself and Kate.

Ever finally gave in and began rocking her hips back and forth to the beat of the music, Sarah rested an arm on her shoulder, Kate her hand on her hip as the three girls danced in unison. Caleb heard the song playing and his ears perked up, his brown eyes turned to the dance floor.

The brown eyes took in the sight before him, his girlfriend and her two friends were tearing up the dance floor, many pairs of eyes watched as the three girls danced relentlessly on the floor. He smacked Pogue in the shoulder, the boy's hazel eyes shot up meeting his.

"What?" Pogue asked.

"That," Caleb pointed to the dance floor.

"Holy…" Pogue was cut off when his mouth fell to the floor. His girlfriend was dipping down to the ground with Ever in front of her rolling her body seductively against Sarah's.

Tyler heard the commotion that was going on around the dance floor and figured that some of the local girls were getting down to "Roll" by J-Status, Shontelle and Rihanna, he didn't pay much attention to it until he saw the three girls that everyone was awing over.

"Reid…" Tyler grabbed his friend by the arm.

"Baby boy I was just about to take the winning sh-…" Reid was cut off short when his mouth fell gaping at the three girls dancing on the floor. "Well I'll be damned…" He mused watching Ever roll her curvaceous hips.

Ever threw her head back laughing as Sarah lip synced to the song, Kate smirked as the two taken girls danced their way over to their boyfriends pulling them out to the dance floor, Ever shrugged her shoulders and started dancing by herself.

"Go dance with her," Tyler stated nudging Reid forward.

"No," Reid shook his head watching her carefully.

"C'mon you like her, go dance with her… you never protested from dancing with any other girl…" Tyler stated glancing over at his best friend.

"This is different Ty; I can't just dance with her…" Reid stated.

"Well if you're not… I am." Tyler smirked heading over to the dance floor.

Reid watched with a grin as Tyler walked over to Ever who was rolling her hips and moving her way to the ground between Caleb, Sarah, Pogue and Kate. Tyler with a blush rising on his cheeks asked Ever if she'd like to dance.

"Of course," She smiled placing her hands on Tyler's shoulders.

Tyler nervously placed his hands on her hips and began dancing with the girl. She got him to loosen up as another bar goer changed the song to 'Beautiful Liar' by Shakira and Beyonce played.

Ever rolled her hips against Tyler who gladly began rocking his hips back and forth along with her. He could feel Reid's eyes on them and smirked turning her around so that he could look at his best friend. He saw Reid leaning against the pool table, a smug look on his face.

He pointed down to Ever dancing and mouthed the word, "Hot." to his best friend with a wink.

"What are you doing Ty?" Ever asked looking up at him just as he finished mouthing something to Reid she assumed.

"Oh nothing, Ev, just admiring the jealous glares we're receiving from one, Reid Garwin." Tyler replied with a grin.

Ever shook her head and passed on the subject of the blonde boy, she was now walking side by side with him to the table they had abandoned as well as the dolls. "So Tyler, why don't you have a girlfriend?" She asked him.

Tyler looked down at her a bit stumped by the question, he had always been very shy and felt awkward around girls, girls that weren't dating any of his friends that is. He shrugged his shoulders, "I'm very self-conscious around girls…" He admitted.

"I don't believe that for a second," Ever smirked. They took a seat at the table and he glanced over at her. "You're way too good looking to be self conscious." She told him.

Tyler blushed incredulously, "Stop, I'm not nearly as good looking as Pogue, not even half as smart as Caleb, or even close to charming like Reid…" He stated shaking his head.

"Please," Ever rolled her eyes dramatically. "In my humble opinion you're better looking than Pogue, you're very intelligent and you have more than just charm…" She stated pointing out his good qualities. "You're humble, you've got a great sense of humor, and you're athletic and you have the most gorgeous blue eyes ever…" She named a few things off. "You have girls lining up to go out with you…" She mused.

"I do not," Tyler shook his head in denial.

"Wake up there blue eyes…" She stated shoving him. "I can name at LEAST ten girls that have the hots for you, just in two of our classes…" She insisted. "However half of those girls I wouldn't trust, but still…"

"So you really think girls like me?" Tyler asked.

"Don't be stupid Tyler, of course…" Ever smiled at him putting her arm around his shoulders. "If I weren't taken myself I would be all over you like white on rice…" She winked at him.

"Don't tell Reid, he'll get jealous…" Tyler laughed smiling over at her.

"Even Kate and Sarah commented on how hot you were at the meet today," Ever stated boosting the boy's confidence and again ignoring Tyler's comment about Reid.

"So what about this boyfriend? I think you should so dump him for me…" Tyler suggested in a joking tone.

Ever laughed and turned to look at Tyler, "I think you're right… I should just dump him and fall madly in love with you Ty,"

Tyler started laughing at the dramatizing tone she put behind what she had just said, and Ever began laughing as well. She avoided the question of her boyfriend and the two started joking around about the two couples on the dance floor.

"You kids look like you're having fun," Reid's voice broke their current round of hysterics.

"I never knew Tyler was so hilarious!" Ever exclaimed holding her midsection, she hadn't laughed this much in ages.

"Me either, what's so funny?" Reid asked in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Oh he was just mocking Pogue and Caleb, and how 'authoritative' they are…" She smiled over at him, her laughter subsiding.

"Shhh, don't tell them that, I might get grounded…" Tyler laughed and looked over at Reid who was shooting him a look that read, Get lost. "Wow, I'm getting really thirsty, you want a refill?" He asked clearing his throat.

He got up and Ever looked up at him, almost telling him not to go, but she simply nodded, "Sure."

Ever smiled as he grabbed her cup and walked towards the bar, Reid leaned forward and they were silent for a moment. His eyes casted down on the doll next to her that she was 'feeding' with the bottle in her hand.

"I almost thought you were going to miss my meet…" He stated softly.

"Ruby started crying, thankfully I got back just in time…" She smiled. "It was a great match though; I heard that he was the guy that broke your record last year…" She added trying to converse with the blonde boy.

"Indeed he was," Reid nodded his head.

A shrilling sound coming from Ever's purse tore them both from their gaze at each other and their conversation. She picked up the phone hurriedly and held a finger up to signal that she would only be a minute.

She got up from the table and answered the phone.

"Hello?" She answered. "Oh, that's no problem Yasmin, I will be home in 10 minutes, thank you… uh huh… ok… thanks bye…" She mumbled.

She returned back to the table and grabbed the car seat and the baby's things, "Where are you going?" Reid asked.

"Our nanny just had a family emergency I've got to get home and take care of Declan." She stated walking towards the dance floor. She told the two girls that she had to leave.

"Wait, Ever…" Reid got up from his seat and walked towards the front door.

"Yeah?" She asked turning around.

"I was going to head out to the park tomorrow, to just kind of relax and hang out… would you like to uh… come with me?"

"Reid, I can't…" She started to say.

"No, I won't take no as an answer… just as friends… you know…" He stated with a shrug.

"I can't really…I'll probably have Declan all day, and…" She began to trail off with other excuses and Reid put a hand over her mouth.

"Stop, stop with the excuses, bring Declan… just meet me there at 12 o'clock…" He stated a bit forcefully. "Ok?" He asked taking his hand from her mouth.

"Fine," She sighed before ducking out of the bar.

Reid smiled triumphantly and headed back to the table where Tyler was just getting back with the drinks, he placed his drink down and looked for Ever. He gave Reid a confused look and glared at him.

"What'd you do try and kiss her again?" Tyler asked.

"No, she had an emergency and had to go home…" Reid stated with that same grin on his face.

"What happened?" Tyler asked.

"I got her to come to the park with me tomorrow around lunch time," Reid explained.

"Like a date?" Tyler asked.

"Something like that, I told her just as friends, but close enough…." Reid stated with a grin.

"So are we still going to the administrative office tomorrow?" He asked hoping they would no longer have to do whatever it is that Reid had schemed up.

"Oh no, we're still going…" Reid stated with a mischievous grin.


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