Chapter 9: Dress Code Violation & Aaron's Flirtation
The next day, the beginning of school.
Jaidyn stared at the school uniform Kate held with disgust. "I. Am. Not. Wearing. That." Kate did a dramatic sigh and glanced at the clock. "Jaidyn. For the love of whomever you believe in!! We've been through this 100 times and we have class in 5 minutes. Now. PUT IT ON!!" Sarah stifled a laugh by coughing, extracting violent glares from her two friends. "What?" she asked innocently. Jaidyn shook her head and sat down, arms across her chest. "I refuse." Kate threw up her hands and dropped the outfit. "I give up!! I'm going to class." Kate threw the door open and out she stomped in a huff. Once she was gone, Sarah and Jaidyn bust out laughing, Sarah glancing at her watch and making her way to the door. "Jai, you really should just put it on cause class is about to start." Jaidyn raised an eyebrow at the outfit and smiled. "Go ahead. I'll figure somethin' out."
History Class: 15 minutes later
"…the Rom Gypsies therefore transferred from…" History Class. Second Period. The only class besides Gym the 'Sons of Ipswich' had with each other. Before class had begun, Caleb, Reid, Pogue, and Tyler gathered near the back of the class when Kate huffed in; 2 minutes before the bell rang. "Hey babe," Pogue said carefully. Kate didn't look too happy. Caleb raised an eyebrow. "Where's Sarah and Jai?" Kate sniffed just as the bell rang. "Jai refuses to get dressed, and Sarah was with her. Encouraging her to be late on her first day." Kate stalked off to a seat near the front of the class. Pogue rolled his eyes and went after her, Just as the History teacher, stood to the chalk board, Sarah ran in, with a quick apology and took her seat next to Caleb, who kissed her swiftly on the cheek. Tyler and Reid took seats near the back of the class and Mr. Saunders began his lecture. The subject just happened to be Gypsies: Tribes, Trials and Triumphs. Just as he began the Rom tribe, Jaidyn happened to walk in. You could hear a pin drop, literally as Magistrate Saunders paused in mid-word. Kate glared at Jaidyn with a look of disbelief, and pure annoyance. Caleb immediately took notice as did every other boy in the class. Reid lifted his head from the desk and without knowing, his mouth had dropped open. Jaidyn had refused to wear that uniform the way it was designed to be worn. She'd made a couple of choice changes. For example: no tie, first button unbuttoned, blazer yes full shirt no (she cut the shirt in half, so that her belly ring showed), the short skirt stayed the same however, Jaidyn refused to wear stockings so all you saw was legs. Well, whatever her black knee high boots allowed people to see. Poor Tyler face was flaming red in the face as images flashed in his mind. Reid smirked. Hm, refuses to take my advice… Pogue glanced at Caleb who was practically drooling. "Ms. Hathway is it? Perhaps you didn't receive the dress code notification." Jaidyn smiled as the Magistrate continued. "Ms. Jaidyn Hathway will be joining us. I would expect you to treat her with the respect you treat everyone else." He turned back to Jaidyn. "You may have a seat next to Simms, Simms raise your hand." Tyler reluctantly raised his hand from his lap. Jaidyn smiled. Pogue shook his head. "This is trouble," he muttered to Caleb for Reid sat on one side of Tyler and if Jaidyn and Reid got into an argument, Tyler would be defenseless to restrain either one. Jaidyn kept her eyes down as she walked up the steps towards Tyler's seat. Some boys whistled, others did catcalls however, both actions caused Reid to glower around until they got silent. "Hey Ty," Jaidyn whispered as she sat next to him. Tyler forced himself to keep his eyes on her face, stuttering. "J-Jai." Reid smirked. "Hey Tyler, looks like 'little man' wants to play. You should go fix that." Tyler looked down, as did Jaidyn. Tyler scooted up as far to the desk as he could, his face a full blush and refused to look at Jaidyn as Mr. Saunders continued his lecture. "That was dirty," she whispered to Reid. He smiled wider, "Looks like you're still thickheaded and refuse to follow good advice. You're a regular tease you know that?" Her eyebrow rose slightly, "You really should pay attention, Garwin." Reid matched her eyebrow raise. "And why is that?" Jaidyn smiled, showing her teeth. (From the other side of the class, Caleb and Pogue groaned. Here we go.) Jaidyn leaned closer to Reid's face. "You don't want to start something you can't finish." They held their stare down. A challenge laid out right there. "…the Rom Gypsies therefore transferred from… Mr. Garwin, perhaps you would like to answer for us?" Reid kept his eyes on Jaidyn, "Why from Hell and back Mr. Saunders." The whole class bust out laughing with the exception of the Sons of Ipswich and Sarah. Jaidyn felt her face burn at the insult. Mr. Saunders sighed and shook his head. Reid grinned at Jaidyn who withdrew her gaze silently and stared at the front of the class with a face of stone for the rest of the period. Tyler kicked Reid underneath the desk, earning a glare and a shrug.
The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly. Caleb and the boys had swimming practice before lunch and Jaidyn was the talk of the locker room. "Did you not see the new girl?" "Yea, hot does not rightfully describe her." "Wonder where she's from, you heard her accent?" "What I wouldn't give to have her up under me for a night." The last comment came from Aaron Stanford (I dunno his last name in the movie!!) This made Caleb freeze from his position leaned against the lockers. Pogue and Tyler glanced at Reid, who continued to dry off like nothing happened. Aaron saw Caleb freeze and took advantage. "Yea that's right. Start off with her on her knees, me shovin' my cock down her throat. Then turn her ass around and ram inside her, virgin or not I'll give it to her rough, have her screamin' on that thin line between pleasure and pain-" Caleb heard enough. "Are you done?" Aaron got in Caleb's face, knowin' he pushed some buttons. "What if I was just getting' started? What's it to you anyway?" Caleb felt the heat rise to his eyes. "Long time friend. She wouldn't be interested in you so stay away from her." Aaron smirked. "And whoever said she had to be interested for me to have my fun?" Before Caleb could move, Reid had Aaron slammed against the locker, arm across Aaron's throat. It took all of Reid's sanity to keep him in one place when Aaron was talking about his fantasy with Jaidyn, but now he hinted rape, and Reid wasn't goina stand for it. "If I see you anywhere near her… I'll kill you." He spoke slow, measured. Each word registering an effect. There was silence in the locker room. Caleb was somewhat pissed yet somewhat grateful for Reid's interference. Reid felt all eyes on him as he backed off Aaron, grabbed his bag and left. A steady murmur led to all out talking again, as Aaron smirked at Caleb, not the least bit shamefaced. It was obvious, even with Reid's warning, that Aaron was going to try Jaidyn. Tyler shook his head at Pogue, "I don't understand. Reid treats Jaid wrong then threatens to kill someone who even tries to get near her…he needs help." Pogue laughed and resumed putting on his clothes. "I'd hate to be Aaron if he tried Jai that way…by the way, are you meeting her for lunch?" Tyler nodded, "Yea, why?" Caleb took a breath and started to walk away. "Because me and Sarah had plans for lunch and Pogue has to take Kate somewhere." Tyler shrugged. "Yea, I'll tell her. You guys know what Reid is doing?" Pogue started laughing again. "The little over-protective bastard is probably putting up cameras all around the school so he can watch out for Jaidyn at all times."
Lunch. Jaidyn didn't know where to sit, there were so many people. Usually she didn't eat around other people but, it was a hard long day and she was famished pretty much. "Hey! Jaidyn over here!" she turned her head to see this guy with brown curly hair waving to her. He doesn't look so bad… she thought as she made her way to him. "Hey, thanks." She said breathlessly as she sat next to him. "I'm Aaron." He held out his hand. Jaidyn noticed that she was the only one sitting with him as she shook. "You already know my name so it seems." Aaron smiled. Nice smile… "Yea, we have History and AP Bio together." Jaidyn hid a grin, looking down at her plate. Nothing but fries and ketchup. "This place doesn't have any good choices of meals huh…" Almost immediately, a mischievous smirk appeared on Aaron's face as he whispered, "Well, I know a place, but its not on campus." Jaidyn smirked and leaned in closer. "I'm not exactly an Angel you know. I can walk off campus without getting caught." Aaron leaned in the same length so that their noses where almost touching. "Never said you were. Hell, you certainly don't act like one." Jaidyn's eyes narrowed as his eyes traveled from her eyes down her chest. This dude is not good at hiding his true intentions… "Yeah, I'm sure you noticed that I don't dress like one." Aaron's smirk got wider. "Damn right."
Reid and Tyler hooked up in the Lunch room just as most of the freshmen and sophomores were leaving. "Hey, you seen Jai?" Reid asked nonchalantly. Tyler's eyebrows knitted together as he scanned the lunchroom. "She was supposed to meet me –" all of a sudden he saw her near the back…face close to the one and only Aaron. Tyler quickly withdrew his gaze and bit his lower lip, drawing blood. Reid noticed and grinned. "Can't even think about her straight?" Tyler shrugged and tried to grab Reid's arm to steer him out of the lunchroom, "You know now that I think about it, Jaidyn said something about going to her room for lunch, so we really should go and uh-" Reid shook his head and surveyed the scene, "Nonsense, let Ms. Waif deal-" Tyler failed. And Reid saw 'Ms. Waif' and Aaron sitting together, faces only inches apart. "Stupid son of a bitch." He muttered and moved towards them, eyes getting darker with each passing second. "Oh shit." Tyler whispered and tried to hold on to Reid's arm, and drag him out.
Out of the corner of her eye, Jaidyn saw Reid headed towards them, Tyler trying (with no avail) to hold Reid back. From where she was, she saw that Reid's eyes were shading. "Stupid!" she whispered frantically. If his power goes off, due to his unstable emotions he risks exposing The Covenant!! Aaron noticed her quick concern. "What?" Jaidyn hurriedly got up and grabbed her stuff, while Tyler was keeping Reid at bay with his own power. "Gotta go." Aaron cursed underneath his breath as Jaidyn rushed towards Reid, grabbing him by the throat and arm and with Tyler's help practically dragged him out of the Cafeteria.
Once outside the cafeteria, Reid wrenched himself away from Jaidyn with a look of fury plainly written on his face. "What the fuck?!" he yelled. "Why were you sittin' with him? What tha hell were ya'll talkin' about?!" Jaidyn quickly recovered from her shock of Reid's instability when he started questioning her actions. "Last time I checked, you wanted nothing to deal with a gypsy from 'hell' so I was hangin' with someone new." Tyler cut in just when Reid was about to blow. "Jai, we overheard Aaron talkin' in the locker room about things he wanted to do to you…and we think he was attempting to start on his plans that's all." Jaidyn tilted an eyebrow. "Ty, I can take care of myself. But thanks for telling me." Tyler smiled a little, as if forgetting Reid was there. "I just don't want you to get hurt. I mean I don't know what I-we would do if you did, you know?" Jaidyn smiled as well and rubbed Tyler's cheek. "Don't worry Ty," Reid's anger was at a boiling point, and when Tyler spoke his piece, that boiling point went over the edge. "Don't fuckin' go near Aaron anymore." He said slowly and turned around to walk away. Now it was Jaidyn's turn to get pissed. Tyler felt it and was pushed to the side as Jaidyn came up behind Reid. "What the hell is your problem? I heard it from Tyler; I know how to handle myself around Aaron! But that's not it is it? You're jealous." Those words hit Reid in the heart. In a flash, he had Jaidyn pressed against the wall, face only an inch apart. "Stay away from him." He said again. Jaidyn's eyes grew dark, not with power but with want. Reid had her pressed against a wall. She felt everything, his hard body had to offer (and that was a lot.) "Maybe I want to play Aaron and his little game." She said slowly.
When Reid heard her say that, he backed up off her. Those words hit him even harder. She's trying to get me back…for the Prophecy burn…stupid! Aaron only wants to use her then abuse her name…and she can't see that… Out loud he narrowed his eyes and muttered, so that only she could hear. "Trust me, if you do I will hurt him and you will watch." Jaidyn felt a chill go up her spine. The calmness of his voice reflected the intensity of his eyes to show her how serious he was.
Well, well, well. Chapter 9 and it only took me a month lol SPRING BREAK!! (yea baby yea!!) BTW if you've seen The Craft and liked it, hit me up with a review because that's my next aim.