Chapter 10: Shit, meet Fan
December:
"Reid." Aubrey giggled as he nipped at her neck. Reid's hands slipped down and under her school skirt grabbing her ass cheeks in either hand firmly and lifted her up. Aubrey wrapped her legs around his waist. "Val will be back any minute." She said breathlessly.
Reid released her waist, having her pinned to the wall legs around his waist he lifted his hands up to the top buttons of her white dress shirt. Her school sweater vest already laying forgotten on the floor with her school tie. Buttons started getting undone and Aubrey gasped.
"Reid!" She half whispered half shrieked.
A low chuckle escaped his lips. Reid's tongue flicked over the spot where her neck met her collarbone and Aubrey moaned softly. "You just taste so damn good today." He grinned kissing up her neck again and nibbled her ear. "Li...ke sugar cookie dough." He said drawing out the beginning of his sentence.
Another giggle escaped her lips. "Val will be back from the showers any second."
"Could you two not hump each other in my room." Aubrey gasped and looked over at the door and saw Val walk in, she wore short girls briefs, and a black rolling stones t-shirt.
"Sorry." Aubrey hit Reid in the shoulder and he lifted his head kissing her lips softly and then let her slid down his body till her feet hit the floor. Aubrey began rebuttoning her shirt when their came a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Val called as she stuffed her dirty shower towel in the dirty hamper.
"Provost Higgins!" Aubrey's eyes' went wide and she looked up at Val who looked at Reid and then pointed to the bathroom. Aubrey shoved Reid in to the bathroom and shut the door and Val walked over and opened her dorm room door for Aubrey's father.
"Well Provost Higgins what a nice surprise, what brings you to my humble dorm room?" She asked sweetly.
Higgins looked at her accusatory for a moment while she slipped some long track pants on. "I'm looking for my daughter, is she here?"
"Right here." Aubrey pushed Val out of the way and looked at her father slightly annoyed. "Can I help you?"
"I wanted to let you know that we are going to a dinner event at the Danvers home. Mrs. Danvers has personally invited us and you will attend. It's cocktail attire, so you will dress accordingly and I expect you to be on your best behavior." Robert informed her of the facts.
Aubrey looked a bit confused. "When is this party exactly?"
"On the 20th."
"And you felt it necessary to bother me with this information now?" She asked slightly rude in her delivery of the words.
Robert huffed. "I thought you'd need time to shop, so yes I am notifying you now."
Aubrey rolled her eyes but nodded all the same. "Fine. I'll go. But father just to let you know Mrs. Danvers is very good friends with the Garwin's, I suspect Reid will be at the event."
"And you are to keep your distance, I don't need that boy thinking it ok to bring up the past with you." Robert said in a rather arrogant tone that pissed Aubrey off.
"Is that all?" Aubrey asked trying desperately to just get rid of him.
Robert nodded. "Yes. Will you be home for dinner?"
"No I'm going out with Val tonight and then crashing here. And before you object it's not a school night and all my class work is completed." Aubrey said. "Goodnight father." Without letting him answer in return Aubrey shut the door. She looked over at Val and saw her mouth hanging wide open in shock. Aubrey leaned her ear to the door and listened and she could hear the click of her father's expensive shoes on the hallway floor.
"That was...holy shit the most hostile thing I've ever seen." Val said laughing unbelievably.
Aubrey walked over and opened the bathroom door for Reid. He walked out smirking at her. "What?" She asked.
"Now I definitely have a reason to go to that party." He said.
Aubrey shook her head at him but smiled. "I'm sure my father will be watching me like a hawk."
"That makes two of us then." Reid grinned devilishly at her.
"Ok you need to go." Aubrey said grabbing his wrist and pulling him, however reluctant he was, towards the dorm door. "We are going to get ready for Nicky's now."
"So I'll see you there tonight?" Reid questioned.
Aubrey smiled at him stopping at the door. "Yes, now go." She said kissing his cheek and opening the door at the same time before shoving him out in to the hallway and shutting the door. She turned to Val. "You're going to that party with me."
"I wasn't invited." Val said with a shrug.
Aubrey looked at her and smirked. "I'm sure Reid can talk Tyler in to being your escort."
"Aubs." Val whined.
"Nope, you're going." Aubrey said glaring at her playfully.
December 20th:
"Aubrey this is the only thing I have to wear tonight." Val said holding up the a draped neck tattoo printed sexy white mini halter dress and a pair of four and half inch high cork wedge pumps with tattoo paintings on the cork.
Aubrey shrugged. "It's sexy."
"But Aubrey this is an elegant cocktail dinner." Val said.
"You're going. That dress is fine. Pair it with that black cardigan I leant you last week."
Val smiled at her. "Thank you, I didn't want to wear my leather jacket in case it was to hot, that's perfect." She went to walk away and stopped turning back to Aubrey. "My hair is okay for this right?"
Her hair was styled in jagged layers around her face, almost emo-like. "Yes it's fine. I have to go. I need to get ready. Remember Ty will be here to get you in an hour and a half."
"I know. Don't worry I won't ditch you. But you'll probably end up ditching me." Val said smirking at her playfully.
"What does that mean?" Aubrey asked looked at her confused.
Val wiggled her eyebrows. "You and Reid will undoubtedly sneak off."
Aubrey licked her lips a slow grin making it's way on to her face. "Ok I have to go." She said unable to despute the accusation.
"I knew it." Val said laughing as she walked in to her bathroom shutting the door and Aubrey walked out of her dorm room.
Higgins Residence:
"Aubrey are you ready to go yet?" Her father yelled up the stairs. Aubrey walked over to the top of the stairs and grabbed the railing walking down slightly at a turn, so that her heels wouldn't catch on the carpet and make her fall. She wore a stunning black tight fit V-neck halter with lace fabric on the sides. Adorning her elegantly sized feet were simple white peep toe pumps and she held a white Betsey Johnson clutch at her side. She made it to the bottom of the stairs and looked at her father.
"I'm ready." She stated.
He looked at the dress almost wishing it to burn. Aubrey had specifically chosen that dress to piss him off. "What are you wearing?"
"A cocktail dress." Aubrey said matter-oh-factly.
"It's far to short, and that fabric on the sides, anyone can see underneath." Robert said shaking his head.
Aubrey grinned. "What's to see? Maybe I'm not wearing anything underneath." She said and made her way to the hall closet grabbing out her white trench coat.
"Aubrey you will go upstairs..."
"I'm going now, with or without you. Your choice father." She said as she tied the strap around her waist and grabbed the door handle.
Robert sighed and followed her out to the limo he'd hired for the night. They road in relative silence to the Danvers home. Once there Robert looked up at her. "You will be on your best behavior young lady. I mean it. No running off with the Garwin boy, no stealing drinks, no making a complete fool of yourself in front of the most important families in this town. Do I make myself clear?" He asked her seriously.
Aubrey smiled. "Crystal." She said back bitterness hidden behind the sweet smile. She climbed out of the back of the limo stepping to the side and adjusting her dress through her coat, so that it wasn't riding to far up. They made their way to the door and rang the bell.
Caleb answered a moment later. "Provost Higgins nice of you to come. Aubrey, looking gorgeous." He said taking her hand and raising it to his lips, he slipped something in to her palm as he did so and Aubrey smiled at him.
"Caleb." She said kindly. She clutched to the paper in her hand and he helped her remove her jacket while the butler helped her father with his.
"Sarah and Kate are in the library if you'd like to join them. Down that hall and third door to the left." Caleb told her and Aubrey smiled and nodded.
"I think I will. Is that alright with you father?" She asked a bit sarcastically.
Robert made a face at her. "That's fine." He said and walked off talking with Caleb as Aubrey made her way down the hallway to the third door to the left. She opened the piece of paper clutched in her hand and a grin spread across her face.
Caleb owed me one.
-R
She read as she walked in to the library, but Kate and Sarah weren't in there. The only other person in the room besides her was a tall blond standing looking at the bookcase. "I suppose this is Caleb's way of paying off his debt?" She asked. The door closed behind her and Reid turned, she could see his eyes melting back to their magnificent blue.
"It was either that or strip down and streak around the house." Reid said with a grin.
Aubrey laughed softly walking towards him, both hands on her clutch held in front of her. "Well that would've been a sight wouldn't it." She said playfully.
"The only sight I see is you." He grinned as he stepped in leaning down and kissing her softly.
She smiled as he broke away standing up tall. "Well thank you. Father didn't so much care for my choice of dress, but I like it."
"Well it doesn't leave much to the imagination that's for sure. The only thing that's got me curious is what kind of panties your wearing, that lace is a bit see threw." He said looking down over her body.
Aubrey smirked. "Who says I'm wearing panties?" She asked playfully looking up into his eyes.
Reid groaned his eyes shutting as he bit the inside of his cheek trying to think pain over pleasure. "Not fair. I haven't been able to touch you in months."
"Not since that first time." Aubrey said smirking as Reid's hands grabbed her waist pulling her in closer to his body. She tossed her clutch on the sofa to her left and put her arms around his neck.
"And if Ty hadn't have ruined it there, would've been a second time." Reid smirked down at her.
Flash back:
Reid awoke rolling slightly only to find Aubrey at his side, still asleep. It was still fairly early and thoughts of earlier that morning were floating around in Reid's head making him hard all over again.
Feeling needy he grinned moving his free had up the long shirt of his Aubrey wore to her chest to find it still bra-less. A soft sigh escaped her lips as his hand formed around the plump mound. "Sweets?" He whispered flicking his thumb over her tender nipple.
"What?" She whined snuggling closer to him, burying her face in the side of his neck.
Reid smirked. "Wake up, I want to see you?"
"You see me." She murmured against his skin.
"No, I want to see you and feel you." He said a devious grin on his lips as he whispered gruffly in to her ear. He could feel the heat on her chest, a clear sign he'd made her blush.
Reid pulled his hand from her shirt and wiggled his other hand down to her waist, both hands lifted her up and pulled her over so she was straddling him to his bed. Aubrey willingly going along but still squeaked in surprise.
"Reid." She said looking down at him. "It's early."
"No better time like the present." He grinned having already grabbed the hem of her shirt and lifting it off. Aubrey lifted her arms up as he pulled the shirt off and then set her hands back down his chest as Reid threw the shirt to the floor.
Reid's eyes bled black and his bedside table lamp came on and he smirked up at Aubrey as his eyes faded back to blue. "Must you leer at me?" She asked teasingly.
"It's my right as your boyfriend to leer at you, so yes I must." He grinned taking in everything about her. Her soft pale skin, that seemed a shade or two darker then his own. Her perfect breasts, dusty rose nipples, long neck, petite face... Reid sat up shifting Aubrey so she was straddling his lap not his waist and he brought his hands up to cup her face and pulled her in to his for a deep fired filled kiss.
"Reid man you got any..." Aubrey and Reid broke away and Reid looked over at his bedroom door. Tyler had a hand over his eyes and was stumbling back out of the room. "Shit sorry."
Aubrey frantically grabbed for the bed sheet to cover herself and Reid looked about ready to mutilate Tyler. "Baby boy what the hell have I told you about locked doors." he growled getting out of his bed and walking towards Tyler. He grabbed his arm and shoved him out of his bedroom.
Left alone Aubrey slapped herself in the forehead for being caught and reached down grabbing the t-shirt from the floor. She slipped it on and climbed out of the bed and walked over to Reid's dresser, she grabbed a pair of his pajama pants and slipped them on, pulling the drawstring tight and then made her way over to the other side of the bed picking her things up off the floor.
"Ok where were we...what are you doing?" Reid asked coming back in the room.
Aubrey looked up at him. "I'm getting ready to wake Val, so we can get back to the dorms."
"But we were just..." Reid said slightly speechless.
Aubrey bit her lip. "Reid I...I can't...not right now I'm far to embarrassed to even think about that right now." She said softly.
"I'm gonna kill baby boy." Reid muttered as Aubrey walked up to him.
"I'm sorry." She said softly.
Reid sighed and shook his head. "It's not your fault Sweets." He said kissing her forehead.
Aubrey gave him a soft sweet smile. "Another time?" She stated sweetly tiptoeing up and kissing his lips lightly.
Reid nodded and kissed her again. "Yeah. I'll walk you out." He said and he did.
End Flash Back
"How much do you love me?" Reid asked with a grin.
"Enough to let you do with me as you will, but unfortunately if I don't make an appearance back out there soon, he's going to become incredibly suspicious and come looking for me. And the last thing either of us needs is my father finding you with your hand up my skirt." She said grinning right back at him.
Reid pouted jokingly. "Fine."
The door to the library opened and Kate and Sarah walked in shortly followed by Val and Tyler. "You two might want to cut it out." Aubrey felt Sarah grab her arm and pull her down on to the couch with her and Kate. Val walked over perching on the back of the couch.
Kate started laughing just as Caleb walked in. "Sir really there's nothing..." He looked up and saw Reid was looking at his fathers old collection of the books and the girls were all laughing on the couch. Tyler was just standing there looking casual. "...going on."
"Aubrey, come there's some people I'd like to introduce you to." Aubrey tilted her head back to look at Val and mouth 'save me.' Before getting up and walking with her father out of the room.
The night seemed to drag on. Her father had seemed suspicious the entire night practically never letting her out of his sight. Aubrey didn't speak to anyone her own age, her father was too worried she'd sneak off and meet up with Reid in one of the many guest rooms of the house."Aubrey this is Betsey Newman. She's a professor at Brown University." Robert introduced Aubrey with a smile.
"It's nice to meet you Aubrey, your father says you might be joining us next fall." Betsey stated with a smile.
Aubrey smiled back. "I haven't even been accepted yet, but one can hope. I'd like to attend the same college as my mother did."
"Oh yes, your mother was one of the best students I've ever had. I was very sad to hear from your father that she'd passed."
"Yes well, death is a part of life I always say." Robert said trying to divert the subject.
Aubrey scowled slightly but it went unnoticed and then Betsey reached forward her hand gently taking hold of the dragonfly pendent around Aubrey's neck. "How unique, where on earth did you find such an exquisite piece of jewelry?" Betsey questioned.
"It was a gift." Aubrey said a small smile playing at her lips.
Flash Back:
"Reid it's beautiful, you really shouldn't have." Aubrey said as her left hand held her hair off the back of her neck and the other touched lightly at the pendent resting on the soft skin of her collarbone.
Reid's fingers grazed her neck as he moved her hand away from her hair and pulled it back so it rested down her back in long gorgeous waves. She turned to face him and he smiled. "It saw it and instantly thought of you. Happy sixteenth Sweets." He said kissing her softly.
"You've made this the best sweet sixteen Reid." Aubrey said looking down at the stunning necklace again. "You're wonderful."
"Just wear it and think of me." Reid said sweetly.
"You don't have to worry about that." Aubrey said standing up tall enough to reach his lips and put her arms around his neck.
End Flash Back
"Aubrey is that you?" Aubrey turned at the voice and a small nervous smile played on her lips. There stood a beautiful slender blond woman, her hair cut short to her shoulders her blue eyes dazzlingly familiar. And just behind her she could see why they were, cause their stood Reid a grin plastered to his lips.
"Mrs. Garwin, it's good to see you again." Aubrey smiled turning and nodding her head in departure to Betsey and then turning back to Reid's mother. She wore a long black short sleeves scoop neck cocktail dress.
"Aubrey darling I haven't seen you in ages, Reid informed me you'd come home from Brinley, why haven't you been to visit?" She asked kissing Aubrey's cheeks. Robert seemed highly interested in the conversation.
"Reid no longer needs tutoring Mrs. Garwin." Aubrey said and then saw the look her father was giving Reid. "Mrs. Garwin this is my father surely you've met."
"That we have. Good to see you Provost Higgins." Mrs. Garwin, or Melinda, said smiling.
Robert smiled back. "Provost is for school hours, you can call me Robert."
Melinda nodded. "Well you may still call me Mrs. Garwin." Aubrey turned away biting her lip to keep from laughing. It was no secret that her father didn't get along with the Garwin's very well. Her father was always making Reid out to be some sort of demon spawn to them and even they didn't by it. Reid's parents weren't always the most diligent and mindful of their son, but they still knew him and knew that Robert Higgins always just seemed to dislike Reid for some reason. And they'd taken offense to that. "Aubrey why don't you join us for dinner on Christmas Eve? Randall's having a few of his business partners and their wives or girlfriends over to the house, I'm sure Reid will feel alone he could use someone there to talk to."
"Oh I don't know Mrs. Garwin I'd hate to intrude on Christmas Eve." Aubrey said almost regretfully.
Mrs. Garwin shook head. "Oh no, you would not be intruding, consider it a favor to me and Randall to keep Reid out of kitchen driving the maids insane. And how many times have I asked you to call me Melinda?"
Aubrey giggled when her father looked a bit peeved at that, but easily covered it from the joke Mrs. Garwin had made. "A few. Well I don't see as how it'd be a problem, Father and I don't have any plans."
"We do." Robert said.
Aubrey looked over at him questioningly. "Sitting on opposite sides of the house?" She asked sarcastically. "No I think I'll join the Garwin's at least they have a holiday tree up in their home." Robert's face went sour for a split second. "It would be extremely rude of me to decline such an offer, wouldn't you say father?" She felt incredible on the inside. This was quite possibly the best way she could get back at him.
Robert gave an incredibly fake smile. "Correct. It seems my daughter will be joining you for Christmas eve than." He said to Melinda.
Melinda smiled. "Good. I'll have Reid call you with details tomorrow. For now I must go and find my husband I think it's about time we be getting home."
Aubrey smiled at her genuinely. "Father I'm going to help Melinda find Mr. Garwin I'll be back shortly."
Robert scowled as Aubrey, Melinda and Reid walked off. "You poor thing, he's got you on a tight leash doesn't he?" Melinda said bitterly. Something her father didn't know was that Randall and Melinda both knew about Aubrey and Reid long before Robert himself had known, and Reid's parents couldn't have been happier. His grades were up, he'd toned down his rebellious ways and Melinda had taken a clear liking to Aubrey. She told her she had charisma inside her eyes and just drew her in.
"You have no idea. So Reid filled you in?" Aubrey asked looking over at the boy in question.
Melinda nodded as they made their way around the crowds. "You two are not together until further notice. All though I don't know what's wrong with Reid." She said with a scowl.
Aubrey reached for his hand, her father long since out of sight, and their fingers linked. "Absolutely nothing." She said her eyes locking on his briefly.
"I wonder if this has anything to do with with me not accepting his invitation to senior prom?" Melinda said absently.
Aubrey giggled. "My father asked you to prom?"
"I've been trying to come up with a reason he could dislike my son so much and that's the only thing that comes to mind. I was a freshmen and he was a senior." Melinda explained. "He was far to...well serious for me. Randall and I had just met and he was so much more free and out going a lot like Reid is now."
"Who darling?" Aubrey and Reid glanced up to see they'd met up with Randall himself. He was tall like Reid with darker blond hair then his son and wife. He was pale though like Reid and his eyes were a deeper hue of blue.
Melinda kissed his cheek. "You. And on that note, we must go."
"I agree. It's getting late and we have to be up early for that meeting with the Christmas Eve caterers tomorrow." Randall said looking at his watch.
"I've invited Aubrey to dinner for Christmas Eve." Melinda informed her husband.
Randall smiled at Aubrey. "Good, someone to keep Reid away from the kitchen."
"I'm not that bad."
"When you're hungry you are." The other three informed him and began laughing.
"Ha ha yuck it up." He said sarcastically.
Aubrey released his hand seeing her father coming through the crowd. "Aubrey it's time to go. Say goodnight to the Garwin's and get your coat."
She frowned. "I'll meet you at the car."
"Don't be long." Robert stated and walked off.
"Well I guess I must go as well. It was lovely seeing you again Melinda and you to Mr. Garwin. I'll see you both on Christmas Eve." Then she turned to Reid. "I'd say kiss me quick while no one's looking but everyone's looking." She whispered.
Reid chuckled bending down and kissing her cheek. "I'll see you."
"Call me tomorrow?" Aubrey said smiling.
Reid nodded. "Will do. Goodnight Sweets." He said whispering so no one could hear before standing up straight.
"Night." She waved to the Garwin's and Reid as she made her way back through the crowd. The butler handed her, her coat and smiled at her opening the door. Aubrey exited and made her way to her father's limo. Once inside she knew he was angry.
"You've completely embarrassed me." He said angrily.
Aubrey scoffed. "How?"
"You'd rather spend Christmas Eve with the Garwin's." Her father said bitterly.
"Like you had these great plans for us Father. Mrs. Garwin invited me and I couldn't say no it would've been incredibly rude." Aubrey claimed. "And maybe if you weren't always so awful to their son they'd have invited you."
"We are not talking about this anymore, am I understood. You will go you've already agreed. But don't think I don't know what you're doing."
"I'm not doing anything. I met Melinda and Randall while I was tutoring Reid, they liked me, big friggin' deal get over it." Aubrey said and she crossed her arms over her chest and looked out the window effectively ending the conversation.
Christmas Eve:
Reid ran down to answer the door, he already knew who it was he'd told her to arrive early so they could watch a movie while the dinner was being set up. He pulled the door open and found Aubrey with tears stains on her cheeks. "What's wrong?" Reid asked her worriedly.
Aubrey allowed him to pull her in to the house by the hand and she looked up at him still silent for a long moment before speaking. "My father's not my real father."
AN: HA CLIFFHANGER BOO YA!! Ok this was pretty much a filler chapter, sorry but ya. So I wanted to get this up cause I wanted a bit of cliffy here. Let me know what you think. Also pics for this chapter up now.