Damn it's been ages since I updated. I'm such a bitch! I actually took some time to get ahead of the story so the chapters will probably come faster now. This was also a very hard chapter to write for me because the romance part of it and also Tyler, I hope I did well. Thanks once again to my loyal readers for the reviews and the favorites and the alerts. The movie starts in the next chapter YAY! Finally. Anyway, moving on from my rumblings.
Disclaimer: The Covenant sadly isn't mine. Danni, Amy, Riley and Holly are mine so keep your bloody hands off of them!
Enjoy!
Chapter 23: The date
Amy was hyperventilating. She was all over the place. She had her outfit and accessories on her bed and was pacing in front of them. She was very tempted to call Danni but she knew very well that she would either get an earful or Danni would hang up the moment she heard why she called. It was ten hours before her date with Tyler and she had started freaking out yesterday and here she was at 9 in the morning on a Sunday already awake for two hours and freaking out all over again.
It was normal for her to be nervous before a date but this time was different. This was Tyler and that not only made her nervous but brought her on the verge of a breakdown.
She stopped pacing and took a deep breath. She told herself over and over that she had nothing to worry about. She didn't have to worry about what to wear and she didn't have to worry about making a fool of herself because it was Tyler. There was nothing he didn't know about her and nothing she ever did would make him have a different opinion about her.
She needed to find something to distract herself with, but what? She looked around the room her eyes landing on the very few books that were lying on her desk. She wasn't a bookworm no, that was Danni. Danni was the one who would read anything even if she didn't like it just so she could have an opinion. She didn't like videogames much either. Most of them were a little too violent for her. She wasn't used to staying inside with nothing to do. She was a social person and when she had nothing to do she usually called one of her friends and they went out but now not only was she friendless, except for Danni, but it was also 9 in the morning on a Sunday.
She took a big breath to calm herself down and took some cushions from her bed and threw them down on the floor in front of the TV in her room. She picked How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days from her DVD collection and popped it in. She found a small blanket in the closet and made herself comfortable on the floor with the cushions pulling the blanket over her.
She loved romance movies and comedies and she was proud of it. She wasn't against adventures or fairytales but she preferred romance and comedies and she absolutely hated thrillers and horror movies. She laughed as she watched Kate Hudson name Matthew McConaughey's family jewels Princess Sophia and she imagined how Reid Garwin would react if a girl named his pride and glory Princess Sophia. It would be a sight to remember.
2 hours after the movie started she turned the TV off and took the movie out, now a lot more relaxed than she had been two hours ago. It was now 11, an acceptable time to be up on a Sunday morning. She got down the stairs and in the kitchen to find Pogue eating breakfast. They exchanged good mornings and Amy joined him on the table with a bowl of cereal.
Pogue had his head lowered like he was trying to hide something and that worried Amy.
"Pogue? You Ok?" she asked him.
Pogue's head lifted and it was obvious that what he was trying to hide was a very big smirk and a few teasing comments along with it. "Nervous?" he asked her.
Amy's eyes widened. It was silly to think that her brother wouldn't know Tyler had asked her out but she was hoping that it wouldn't reach his ears. Apparently it was hopeless. "No! Why would I be nervous?" she answered trying to hide exactly just how nervous she really was.
"No need to be nervous. It will be fine." He told her with a reassuring smile. She couldn't help but smile back.
"How did you find out?" Amy asked Pogue.
Pogue chuckled at the question."Do you really think Baby Boy would ask you out without asking me first?"
Amy blushed so hard she could rival a fresh tomato. Of course he had asked Pogue, Tyler wasn't Reid, Tyler actually thought about consequences.
"So, I can tell you're nervous, considering you have been up since 7:00!" His smirk returned as he said that.
Amy started gaping like a fish. "You heard me? Damn I thought I had been quiet!"
Pogue chuckled. "Don't worry, I was up at 7:00 as well, you didn't wake me up. You still haven't answered me." He asked her with a smirk.
Amy sighed there was no way to escape the question. "Yes I'm nervous as hell. I know I shouldn't be, I mean its Tyler, but I am! It's just, I've really wanted this for so long and now that it's happening I'm just scared that something will happen and it screw things up!"
Pogue smiled at her. "You worry too much kid. Just relax and everything will work out. Like you said, it Tyler, there is nothing to worry about!"
Hearing that from Pogue actually calmed her nerves. "So change of subject. Did you settle in your dorm?" Pogue asked her in an attempt to take her mind away from the reason she was nervous.
"Oh yeah. It's actually great. Riley is awesome and she helped me a lot with settling in. I think I'm gonna be fine." Amy answered happily. She really did like Riley. The girl was a little crazy, a lot mischievous, very funny, smart and very short tempered. Amy knew they were going to get along perfectly. Surprisingly Danni had seemed to like her too in the short period that they had met, which was good news for Amy since she wouldn't have to split her time for both of them. She thought right then that she sounded like a married man with a girlfriend, which made her shake her head to chase the thoughts away.
"Good, I'm glad. Wouldn't want my little sister to suffer. I'm glad you like your roommate too. You have to be able to put up with the person you are sharing your space with." Pogue told Amy. The redheaded roommate of his sister made her way into his thoughts again. He hadn't been able to stop thinking about her. Sure she was a year younger than him but that didn't mean anything, one year was like nothing. But just as his mind started to picture her again an image of Kate popped into his head obliterating any thoughts of the redheaded beauty. Kate was his girlfriend. Lately he had to keep telling himself that a lot. Was he trying to convince himself?
"Yeah I like her a lot and from what I saw you like her just as much!" Amy had a sly smile on her face, her expression saying "you're caught".
Pogue gave Amy a glare. "I have a girlfriend!" he repeated this time out loud.
"Unfortunately…" Amy muttered under her breath. "Yeah, yeah. But having a girlfriend can't stop you from appreciating a good view!" she answered him with a smirk.
Pogue raised his brow at his sister. "When did you become so forward?"
Amy chuckled. "Considering the atmosphere in New York and spending almost every waking moment of every day for 2 years with Danni…well they rubbed off on me!"
Pogue laughed at his sister's response. "Yeah I guess they would. Hey I have some news!" He exclaimed as he remembered he had something to tell her.
"Should I be worried?" Amy asked suspiciously.
"Don't be stupid. I got an apartment. It's small but it's enough to make me get by for the rest of the year and until I leave for college!" Pogue announced.
Amy frowned. "You got an apartment now? On your last year? Why?"
"Because it's my last year! I want to be able to enjoy it without mom or dad annoying the hell out of me or a roommate I will have to put up with. Plus, once I'm gone for college, you can use it!"Pogue answered.
Amy's eyes widened in excitement. "Oh my God! You're right! Wait…Did you get it or did dad get it for you?" Amy asked. She wanted to make sure her happiness was not in vain.
Pogue smiled at her. "Actually it was mom's idea. She wanted me out of the house because if I stay any longer I think I might beat dad up and she wants to avoid it. So you have nothing to fear. She got with the perspective I just told you. Once I leave for college it's yours."
Amy's excitement returned full force and she jumped up from her sit and run to her brother. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she kept repeating over and over while hugging him.
Pogue was laughing. "Hey there sis, don't thank me. Like I said it was mom's idea and I'm not gone yet so try not to drill a hole on floor from all the jumping!"
"I'll thank her later. So where is it? When are you going to move your stuff in? How big is it? Is it in town? How far? It's on a flat right? What floor? How many rooms does it have? Was it furnished when you got it or did you buy new ones? Is it decorated? Once I leave for college too how is it going to go too? What…" She was breathless from all the questions and she would have kept going if Pogue hadn't stopped her.
"Wow wow. Damn sis and you haven't even drunk coffee! Sit down and I'll tell you." Pogue told her trying to calm his hyper sister down.
Amy was smiling like an idiot all nervousness about the date forgotten. She sat down on her chair again and Pogue answered any question she had about the apartment but when it came o reveling a location Pogue refused to let on.
"Come on Pogo! Pretty Please!" Amy begged.
Pogue laughed at his sister's attempts to get the information out of him. "The physical appearance of the please is not going to make any difference. I'm not telling you where it is. I don't want you popping up like a mushroom every two hours. I want my peace. You will learn the location only when I have packed my things and have moved them out, ready to leave. Then and only then I will give you the keys (the ONLY set of keys) and you will learn where it is. No sooner."
Amy huffed but didn't press on. She understood where he was coming from, she didn't like it, but she understood. "Fine, don't tell me."
Pogue narrowed his eyes at her. "Promise me you will not try to fish the info out of anyone that might know and that you will not put Danni to try either."
Amy frowned, not happy with the fact that her brother had busted her. Then she exhaled, giving up. "I promise."
Pogue got up to put his dish on the dishwasher and pour himself some coffee. "Hey, you said you were up at 7! How come? You're not exactly a morning person!" Amy asked Pogue while he was pouring his coffee with his back turned to her. She saw his back stiffen.
*Shit, shit, shit* he thought. He had hoped she wouldn't ask that. Truth is that the redheaded girl that was rooming with his sister wasn't only in his thoughts. Last night she had also penetrated his dreams and he had woken up at the crack of dawn hot, sweaty and in a very uncomfortable situation. He was cursing himself for it. He shouldn't be having sex dreams about a girl he met for no more than 2 minutes. Hell he had never had a sex dream about Kate! He shook his head chasing away the thoughts and tried to find a believable answer to give to his sister.
"I wanted to pack a few last things to move to the apartment and I didn't want to waste my day on it so I got up early." He told her, very thankful at the moment, that his was a decent liar.
"Good thinking. It is the last day before school starts after all." Amy said, believing him.
Pogue let a silent breath of relief live him. "Yeah, that's what I thought too." He said turning back to look at her and leaning back on the kitchen counter. "So what are you going to do for the rest of the day?"
Amy shrugged. "I don't know, hang around watch some TV and try not to freak out until it's time to start getting ready. Or maybe I'll cal Riley and ask her if she wants to grab a coffee or something. I'll see."
"What, Daniela not in the plans?" Pogue asked surprised.
Amy chuckled. "No, Danni is staying home and resting. I told her it's what she should do if she wanted to go to the party tomorrow night and surprisingly she agreed without a fight. She was pretty beat when we left Spencer yesterday."
Pogue raised his eyebrow at his sister. "You're going to the Dells party tomorrow night?"
"Of course I am! I love parties and Riley agreed to come to. D is probably only coming to keep an eye on me. She hates parties, she says they are too crowded. I think it has something to do with her claustrophobia. Anyway, don't try to keep me from going because it's not going to happen, no matter what you try." Amy told her brother defiantly.
Pogue wasn't blind. He knew his sister had grown independent and he couldn't boss her around so he reluctantly decided not to argue with her. If Amy felt like he wasn't going to kill her for doing something it meant she could trust him more and tell him things and that way he could keep her safe. Plus he knew Daniela was going to be at the party. She would keep an eye on her just like she had done for the past two years, for that she was sure. "Just don't go messing with Abbot, please." He pleaded with her.
Amy scoffed. "You know I don't mess with that scum. Him and Snider are slimes and I don't like getting dirty. I always stay away from them. D is the one that just can't keep her mouth shut around them but she will be too busy trying to keep me sober again." Amy said the last part without think and once she realized what she had just confessed she looked at her brother trying to look innocent. "Not that I drink much of course, or at all!" she tried but Pogue was already glaring at her.
"You can go to parties and wherever else you want to go but I swear, I see you drink one drop of alcohol and I will lock you on the basement of the colony house!" Pogue threatened.
"Fine, fine, I won't drink." Amy shouted pouting.
"Hey don't pull that face on me. You are 16 and you just admitted to me that Danni has tried to keep sober some times before and something tells me she wasn't always successful. There are two things I hate Ames, smoking and drinking. It kills you, slowly but surely, so please!" He hated alcohol and he hated cigarettes even more. They destroyed the body, made you do stupid things and both were addictive.
"Ok, I promise, no drinking. You don't have to worry about smoking, I hate it too, gives you bad breath." Amy said. She would try to keep her promise, she knew drinking didn't do her any good and in occasions she had actually managed to get drunk she was thankful Danni was there to take her home or she didn't know what could have possibly happened. No more drinking. She could try and live with that, it's not like she was an alcoholic.
"I'll hold you to that missy!" Pogue said pointing his finger at her.
She smiled at him. She got up from her sit and hugged her brother. It was impulsive but she had felt like it.
Pogue got over his surprise at the out-of-nowhere hug and smiled while he hugged her back. He kissed the top of her head and admired how much she had grown. Last time he had hugged her before she left for New York she was a 14 year-old girl and now only two years later she had grown up so much and so fast.
"I love you bro!" she said while smiling and looked up at him. He smiled back and kissed her forehead. "I love you too little sis."
They parted and Amy, with a final smile to her brother, skipped out of the kitchen. Pogue stayed behind smiling and shaking his head. If there was a word for his sister "random" would be it.
….
Amy skipped up to her room in a very happy mood. The nerves were gone and she wanted to keep it that way so instead of staying in she decided to call Riley.
"Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to go for a coffee or something." Amy asked when Riley picked up her phone.
"Uh, yeah sure, I have nothing to do really and if I stay at home any longer I swear one of my brothers is going down." Riley replied.
Amy laughed. "Ok then, you have a car right?" she asked.
"Yeah I do. You want me to come pick you up from your house?" Riley asked.
"Oh yes please!" Amy answered.
After giving Riley directions to the manor they hang up and Amy got ready wearing a pair of tight dark blue jeans and a long sleeved white button up shirt and a new pair of flat boots. Fifteen minutes later she heard the buzzer from the gate ring and she rat to open it. She grabbed her coat and exited the house to see a black convertible waiting on the driveway with her roommate inside. She walked to the car and got inside the passenger seat.
"This is your house?" Riley asked looking at the house with wide eyes. Yes her parents were loaded too (obviously, otherwise getting into Spencer would have been impossible) but this was filthy rich!
"Yeah, big huh?" Amy said. Her cheeks were slightly rosy from embarrassment.
"Yeah, I mean, my parent's house back in Ireland is big but damn this is huge!" Riley answered.
"Yeah, my parents tend to be flashy. Can we go?" Amy asked, growing uncomfortable.
"Yeah sure." Riley said and pulled the car out of the driveway, the automatic iron door closing behind them.
"Nice car." Amy said trying to find a subject for discussion.
"Oh this isn't mine, it's Liam's, my brothers. I don't have a car. Liam is the only one who lets me borrow his. Nate and Chris would rather chop their heads off than give their babies to me." Riley said.
"But you said you had a car." Amy said curiously.
"I have means of transportation, it's not a car though. My brothers are the ones with cars." Riley answered.
Amy frowned her brows in thought. "If you don't have a car then…Oh my! You're a biker, aren't you?" she exclaimed in realization.
Riley laughed at her reaction. "Yeah I'm a biker. Why, is it a bad thing?"
"No, not at all, it's just that I'm not very comfortable with bikes. My brother has tried millions of times to get me on his but he always fails. I am not comfortable with the speeds a bike can reach or with the fact that I can fall off of it." Amy answered.
Riley laughed. It always amused her when people said they were afraid of bikes. "That's not the first time I hear that. Anyway, where are we going? Because I'm not very familiar with the place yet."
"Oh right. I know exactly where we can go." Amy replied.
Amy guided Riley through the roads of Ipswich until they reached a small cafe. It was cozy and warm, perfect for a chilly September day like this one.
They stayed at the café talking and exchanging stories for two hours. Amy's suspicions turn out to be correct, it was obvious that she would get along fine with her new roommate. There was something that Riley seemed to keep hidden since she never went into great detail on the reasons she and her brothers moved to the US and her stories always seemed to have something missing. But Amy wasn't one to push for a secret, everybody was entitled to their privacy and they only knew each other for a couple of days. After all she had her own huge secret so she wasn't one to talk.
When they finished their coffee they decided it was the perfect time for lunch since it was now 1 o'clock. They went to a nearby diner and order their food picking their conversation right were they had left it. At some point the topic turned to their siblings.
"You said your brother has a bike?" Riley asked. It wasn't easy to find a biker that his head wasn't in the clouds thinking he is God's gift to women.
"Yeah, he is. He loves that bike more than he loves his muscles and that's saying something!" Amy answered jokingly.
Riley laughed at her answer. "Do you by any chance know what kind of bike?" she asked hopefully.
Amy smiled sheepishly. "Sorry but I'm not very good at the whole car/bike subject. It never interested me. Even if I have heard what his bike is I wouldn't remember. I only know it's yellow."
"That's Ok, not many girls are into this kind of stuff." Riley replied.
"Danni, loves this kind of stuff but her thing is cars. She not an expert but if she gets an opportunity to learn about something car related she will take it but most of all she likes to drive them. I really don't know what will happen when she gets her own car. I feel sorry for the people walking the streets that day." Amy said, shaking her head. "So what about your brothers? You have three, you've got to have something!"
Riley laughed again. "Well, like I already told you, their names are Nathan, Nate for short, Christofer, Chris for short, and Liam, short for William. Nate is the oldest at 25, Chris is the middle at 22 and Liam is the youngest, he's 20."
"Come, there's more! What are they like, what do they look like?" Amy asked.
Riley rolled her eyes.
"Don't you roll your eyes at me missy. You got to meet my brother and also ogle at him." Amy said, pointing her finger at Riley. It was amazing how comfortable she felt around this girl. Normally she was a little shy around new people but with Riley it was like she had known her for years. Maybe it was the fact that Riley's character is what she imagined Danni would be if she wasn't bitter and defensive and a bitch all around.
"Yeah, yeah I know, fine! Liam and me are the ones that took after my dad's Irish looks, you know, ginger hair, pale skin, freckles, the only difference is that Liam is 6'1 and has brown eyes, my mothers. Christ has light brown hair and we have the same eyes. He is about 5'9 and he's kind of tan but not really. Does that make sense?" Riley said, she had a loving smile on her face while talking about her siblings.
"Yeah, actually it does, it's exactly how I would describe Tyler, it's pretty much what you call a normal skin color but that saying it like that just doesn't sound good!" Amy answered.
"Exactly! Anyway last but not least, hey wait, who is Tyler?" Riley asked, stopping her description of her oldest brother when she picked up on the unknown name.
"He is one of the three friends my brother has that I told you about, and hopefully my soon to be boyfriend!" Amy responded with her smile reaching her ears.
"Holly shit!You didn't tell me anything about no boyfriend!" Riley exclaimed exited.
"Tell me what Nate looks like and I will tell you about Tyler." Amy bargained since she wanted to know what the oldest of the siblings looked like.
"Ok, then deal. Even though I never said I wouldn't tell you about Nate. I would anyway. Nate has darker brown hair than Chris's and brown eyes like Liam's. He is the tallest of all of us at 6'3. Yes my big brother is the Jolly Green Giant! He has the same skin tone as Chris." Riley described her oldest brother.
"They sound cute!" Amy pointed out.
"Yeah, I've heard that before but usually cute applies for Liam, the words I usually get for Chris and Nate are "fucking hot", "orgasmic", I have even heard "wet dream material" seriously, I'm scared for life with all the things I've heard about them. It's disturbing!" Riley said, her face showing her disgust on the subject.
Amu laughed. "Well I guess you know how I felt when you called my brother a "hot piss of man" as I recall."
"Yeah, I know exactly how you felt, I've been though it a lot worse." Riley answered.
"I believe that! So what are they like?" Amy asked. She was very curious about Riley and her family and she would get any information the redhead was willing to give.
"Well Liam is the goofy little adorable moron that you just can't help but love. He may be 20 but he acts 10. He is extremely charming form what I've heard and if I take it from the number of his exs I would agree but he is not a player, in no way shape or form. Liam likes to take good care of his girls and even when he breaks up with them he is always considerate. Chris is the player. I think the blue eyes help a lot. He is sarcastic, territorial and overprotective but I love him anyway. Her may be a player but he is loyal to the people he cares about and sometimes he even puts them before himself. The girls love him because he is the "bad boy". Seriously I can not wait for the day that a girl will come along and get him whipped!" Riley was grinning obviously seeing the picture she just described in her mind.
Amy laughed at that. "He kind of reminds me of someone I know."
"Yeah basically every single typical "bad boy" out there." Riley replied.
"No, not all of them. Some don't have a good side." Amy said. She had learned firsthand that "bad boys" could be really, really, really bad news.
"I suppose." Riley agreed
"You keep stopping at Nate. Do I have to push you every time?" Amy said jokingly.
Riley laughed. Truth was she was a bit reluctant to talk about her eldest brother. She was very protective of all of them but she was the most protective about Nate because he was the one that took care of all of them since leaving their home and his responsibilities had increased tenfold. "Nate is the best brother anyone could ever hope to have. I seriously doubt if me, Liam or Chris would be here if it weren't for him." Riley said without going into any further detail.
Amy saw her reluctance at talking about her eldest brother and she let it be. "You love them a lot, don't you?" she asked.
"Of course I love them, they are my brothers. Even if they don't let me borrow their cars." Riley replied, adding the joke in the end to lighten the aggressive tone she had started her sentence. She found a question like that ridiculous.
Amy didn't take offence to the tone of Riley's voice. It was a pleasant change to be around someone who openly admitted they loved their family and that obviously their family loved them. "I thought you said Liam lets you borrow his car? Or did you steal his keys from him and lied to me?" Amy asked teasingly.
Riley laughed again. "Liam lets me borrow his car because he doesn't like my bike, well bikes in general. He has the exact views on bikes that you do. Anyway, enough about me and my brothers, you promised me details on Tyler."
And so Amy described her relationship with Tyler to Riley leaving out the parts she could share or that she wasn't ready to share yet. When she finished Riley was smiling.
"And he finally asked you out. That's so cute! I bet you guys will make the cutest couple in Spencer. Lots of girls are going to get jealous. I hope you are ready for a fight!" Riley said, having in mind the few of the stuck up bitches she had met in the school so far.
"I'm not worried about them. I know Tyler and I know I have nothing to worry about. What I'm nervous about is what I'll do!" Amy answered honestly, voicing her fears.
"Honey you just told me you have known each other since you were born and you have been attached at the hip ever since, I don't think you are going to have a problem!" Riley reassured her.
"Yeah, that's what Danni and my brother keep saying, hell even Reid said it." Amy responded, mostly taking o herself.
"Well they are right, you have nothing to be nervous about. Now I hate to be a spoil sport but I have to go home I have some things to do and it's better if I do them before school starts tomorrow." Riley said, effectively changing the topic of their conversation.
"Oh, don't worry about it, I have to be getting back as well anyway." Amy answered.
They got up and paid for their meals and headed back to the car. Riley hadn't forgotten her way to the Parry mansion so she didn't need instructions this time. When they reached the impressive mansion Riley stopped outside the gates allowing Amy to get out of the car.
"Hey will you come at the party tomorrow night at the Dells?" Amy asked Riley, bending to see her through the window.
"Yeah, I heard about it. I didn't know if I was going but if I'm going to have company sure, why not!" Riley answered.
"Do you know the way to the Dells?" Amy asked.
"I'll find my way, don't worry. I'll see you tomorrow at school, and don't be nervous, everything will be fine!" Riley said.
Amy smiled at backed away from the car waving her hand. Riley waved but and turned the car around, she was gone the next minute.
She hadn't realized how fast the time had gone by. It seemed like ages since the last time she went out with a friend and had a good time with no drama. It was now 4 in the afternoon and Amy had three hours to get ready for her date. At times like these, she was grateful for the house being so damn big and empty half the time. Now she could get ready and stay positively giddy without anyone ruining her mood.
She spent one hour in the bath, taking a long and relaxing bubble bath. After finished with her bath and dried out she spent another hour on her hair and makeup. Finally it was six o'clock and all she had to do was get dressed. She decided to kill half an hour by watching TV. To her surprise half an hour passed incredibly fast and she found herself dressed and ready at 6:50 waiting at the living room for the sound of Tyler's Hammer. She was unpleasantly surprised when instead of only seeing Tyler's Hummer she saw her brother's bike, followed by Tyler's Hammer.
Amy frowned. She didn't want her brother to do anything stupid. Sure he said he gave his permeation but nobody could ever be sure. But she didn't panic, after all, just like everybody had told her (even her brother himself) it's Tyler, there was no way he would misunderstand and they had nothing to hide from each other. Plus he didn't have a bad track record like some! Everything is going to be fine, she told herself, and she believed it. Nothing was going to go wrong.
Pogue entered the house and Amy saw Tyler hovering behind him. Pogue looked at his sister and smiled. She really had grown up.
"Be safe and have fun." He said to his sister and continued on his way. He trusted Tyler, he didn't feel the need to set a curfew, he knew perfectly well Tyler would have Amy back before midnight and he really didn't fell like acting Amy's dad. That was the last thing he wanted to come across as. So he made his way to his room, leaving his sister to enjoy her first date with one of his best friends.
Amy's nervousness doubled the moment she saw Tyler. She blushed a deep red.
"You look beautiful." Tyler said, smiling at her. He loved it when she blushed.
"Thanks, you look very handsome too. Not that you don't always look handsome. Not that all I like about you is your looks. I mean you're sweet and caring and you have a great sense of humor and you make me smile so much…" Amy's nervous ramble was interrupted when Tyler put a finger against her lips. He smiled at her and leaned in and gave her a sweet kiss on the lips.
"Ready to go?" He asked still smiling. Her nervousness made her adorable in his eyes.
Amy blushed even redder realizing that she had been rambling again and nodded. But despite all her nerves she had a wide smile on her face.
"Come on then." Tyler took her arm and led her to his car. They got in a buckled up and Tyler drove out of the Parry driveway. Before Amy had a chance to start a conversation Tyler pulled out a blindfold. "Will you please put this on?" he asked Amy.
Amy looked at the blind fold unsure. "Why?"
"Because I want to surprise you and I'm not allowed to show you were exactly is the place we are going at." Tyler answered.
"Why are you not allowed to show me?" Amy asked getting more suspicious.
"Because I borrowed the place from Reid. It's his spot, he found it about a year ago and he doesn't want others to know about it. I had to beg him for two hours to convince him and I owe him." Tyler answered and strangely enough he didn't seem bothered by it.
"What do you mean its Reid's. Did he buy it? You don't have to owe him anything Tyler, he is your best friend, he is supposed to be sharing his things with you." Amy said.
Tyler sighed. "Will you please put it on? I know he is my best friend so allow me to pass judgment on him Ames. I know him and understand him. You don't. Just wear it and let's drop the Reid subject, I really don't want to argue with you now. Please!" Tyler pleaded with her.
"Ok, for you only, because I don't want to spoil the surprise, but this isn't over mister." Amy agreed and put the blindfold on.
Tyler not wanting to keep the subject up, didn't answer. He knew Amy had no idea who Reid really was and what he was like so he wasn't going to try and change her mind on their first date. He had better things to do!
Amy's nervousness had left her. Even with the blindfold on, she was perfectly content. "I'm not overdressed or underdressed am I?" Ok, maybe not perfectly content.
Tyler chuckled. "Don't worry Ames, you're perfect." Tyler reassured her.
Amy smiled so wide her face hurt.
They drove making small talk for about fifteen minutes before Tyler turned the car into a dirt road inside the forest and soon he pulled over on a clearing.
"Are we there?" Amy asked.
"Not quite. We have to walk a bit from here." Tyler answered her. He got out of the car and walked over to the passenger door and opened it for Amy.
"Uh Ty…how am I going to walk with the blindfold?" Amy asked. A bit worried.
"Do you trust me?" Tyler asked.
Amy giggled. "You sound like Aladdin! Of course I trust you silly."
Tyler smiled at that. "Then you have nothing to worry about, I won't let you fall! Come on!" He took her hand and led her through the woods. They walked for about ten minutes Tyler trying to keep Amy from falling on her face and thankfully succeeding. They stopped and Tyler got in front of Amy.
"Ok, I'm going to take the blindfold off but I want you to keep your eyes closed Ok?" Tyler told her.
Amy just nodded smiling and Tyler untied the blindfold and pulled it from her eyes. He led her a bit further and stopped again finally reaching his destination.
"Ok, open your eyes." And she did and her eyes widened. She was standing at the begging of a beautiful clearing in the forest. There was a small lake that was obviously once upon a time just a dent in the ground, now filled with water from the countless hours of rain. There was a big flat rock resting just on the edge of the lake surrounded by a bed of autumn flowers. Right there on the flowers there was a picnic. A blanket with a basket and candles sitting there waiting for them. Amy was awestruck. The place was so beautiful and the fact that Tyler hadn't taken her to a fancy restaurant for their first date made it even better. This picnic showed just how well Tyler knew her.
Tyler was fidgeting where he was standing. He was nervous about what Amy thought about the picnic. Maybe he was wrong and she preferred to go to a fancy restaurant, maybe being in the forest didn't make her feel comfortable. What if she thought he was taking the cheap way out? His thoughts were interrupted when a body crashed into his and squeezed him into a hug.
"Oh my God! Tyler this is amazing!Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! How did you do all this?" Amy exclaimed excitedly, pulling back from the hug to look at him in the eyes, her hands still around his neck.
"Let's just say that the place isn't the only reason I owe Reid for." Tyler said smiling sheepishly. Even though he had refused to tell his best friend in the beginning he had been forced to change his mind when he realized he would need help and surprisingly, other than his reluctance to show Tyler his secret spot, Reid had been very helpful and he had also had kept the teasing to a minimum. Tyler didn't know why but he sure as hell wasn't complaining.
He was insanely relieved to see that Amy liked what he had chosen. "Come on, let's go sit." He took her hand once again and led her to the blanket. They sat down and Tyler took the food and drinks out of the basket.
"It's not much but…" He was cut off by Amy's lips. "It's perfect." She told him.
They consumed the food with playful small talk, teasing each other and enjoying the calmness of the forest.
"So how did Reid find this place?" Amy asked curious.
"I have no idea. He didn't tell me. Hell I didn't know he had found a place like this until about a month ago. He kept disappearing and nobody knew where he was so I nagged him until he told me that he had found a place in the forest and he planned to keep it for himself. Hell he made me swear that after tonight I am never to set foot here again." Tyler answered.
"But why?" Amy just couldn't understand why would Reid want hold something so beautiful a secret just for himself, it seemed selfish to her,
"I think it's because it calms him down and he doesn't want to be bothered when he's here. Unlike us Reid doesn't see the mansion as a peaceful home he can go to and think. Even now with all the fighting going on at home, and I bet your parents fight too now, I can always lock myself in the room and know that nobody is going to come knocking because they know when I have the door closed I want my privacy. Don't you have a place like that? That you know you can go there and be at peace, where you don't have to worry about someone getting on your nerves?" Tyler tried to explain Reid's reasoning.
"Yeah actually my room is my safe heaven. Even Danni has a place like that." Amy said with a fond smile on her face. Her room was like her fortress. It was the only reason why she was reluctant to move in the dorms.
"Really? I can't imagine Danni being peaceful anywhere. It's just that she is so tense all the time, watching her back and all that." Tyler said surprised.
Amy laughed. "Yeah she is tense 90% of the time. Lately I have only seen her peaceful when she plays music and she doesn't do it often enough. I hope now that she has her piano again she will get back to it. I think she already has. Anyway when Danni wants peace and quiet she goes to the graveyard. She says that the peace you find in a graveyard is unique because you are amongst people that are resting. She says that "The only thing you can find in a graveyard is stories." Personally they freak me out."
Tyler chuckled. Yeah a graveyard was very Danni. "This is what this place is to Reid and he only found it a year ago. He can never be calm in the mansion because Meredith has people over constantly and she herself is not the most subtle person in the world. He used to take his car and drive around but I guess it loses its appeal when you actually have to concentrate on driving."
Amy nodded her head understanding. She didn't know Reid, she had never taken the time to know him. To her he had always appeared as the conceited asshole that all he knew to do was have fun and take nothing seriously. I had surprised her to realize that Danni had been almost exactly the same along time ago but that was before she had realized the true nature of their relationship. Yeah she loved Danni like a sister because they had grown up together and where always there for each other. But truth was, just like she had told Reid, that she wasn't very fond of Danni's character and vice versa. Exactly like siblings.
"Well I'm glad you convinced him to lend it to you even if it is only for tonight. It's the perfect first date. Thank you for trying so hard." Amy said smiling and she leaned in giving him a peck on the lips. Before she could pull away though Tyler put his hand on the back of her neck and pulled her in for a deeper kiss that left her breathless.
The rest of their time was spent talking and occasionally kissing. Amy was on cloud nine. She couldn't keep the goofy smile out of her face and Tyler wasn't much different. For Amy this was a dream come true. A first date most girls would kill for and with a guy most girls would kill for as well. And he was all hers. There was no doubt in her mind about that.
The hours passed without them realizing it and before they knew it, it was 11 o'clock.
"We should be getting back." Tyler said sounding as disappointed as Amy felt.
"Yeah I guess. It's too bad I will never get to see this place again." She said looking around.
They got up and Amy folded the blanket while Tyler blew out the candles and put them into the now empty basket along with their trash. Tyler put the blindfold back on Amy's eyes and they headed back to the car where he pocked her and put her in the passenger seat and buckled her seat belt.
"Aw Ty, thank you!" Tyler just smiled and pecked her lips before closing the door and loading the stuff in his trunk. After that he got in the driver's seat and they drove off, never noticing the pair of calculating eyes that were watching them.
Tyler drove them to the Parry manor. Amy had taken the blindfold off after she was sure they were far enough and Tyler hadn't protested. He drove up to the driveway and not surprisingly the iron gate opened. He drove them in and stopped the car turning the engine off. He stepped out of the car and like the gentleman that he is, he opened the door for Amy to get out and walked her to her door.
Amy giggled at Tyler's chivalrousness. "This was the best night of my life so far." She told him, looking him in the eyes. Those gorgeous baby blue eyes that pulled her in so deep she thought she would drown.
Tyler smiled. Hearing her say that was like music to his ears. "I'm glad. I hope I can top myself the next time." He told her smiling.
"Are you really going to wait until the third date to ask me to be your girlfriend?" Amy asked. She didn't want to wait, she wanted to be able to call him her own officially.
"In a hurry?" Tyler asked smirking. In truth no he wasn't. He couldn't wait two more date to claim her, no way.
"Well if you can wait then I guess I can too." Amy said innocently. She knew all too well that he didn't want to wait either and he wasn't going to let him tease her. She had that fox on her wrist for a reason.
"You can?" Tyler asked surprised, obviously buying her bluff.
"Yeah sure. If you want to wait, I'll wait." Amy answered, keeping up the play. She leaned in and gave him a fast peck on the lips. "I'll see you tomorrow Ty!" said and went to turn and get in the house. With a satisfied smirk she felt Tyler catch her hand and turn her around before she had a chance to go anywhere. He pulled her in for a breathtaking kiss that had her knees going weak. If Tyler's arms hadn't moved around her waist holding her she was sure she would have collapsed.
When they pulled away they were both breathless and Amy had a dazed look. "I can't wait." Tyler stated.
Amy snapped out of her dazed state and smirked up at him. "Good." And she kissed him again.
"So you're my girlfriend now?" Tyler said pulling away.
"Yes I am." Amy answered him smiling.
"Good." And he pulled her in for yet another kiss. He just couldn't get enough of her. They pulled away for the third time and Amy giggled.
"I'll see you tomorrow boyfriend." She said pulling away with a smile.
"Can't wait girlfriend." Tyler replied with his own smile.
Amy blew him a kiss and entered the mansion. Tyler still smiling returned to his car and drove off.
The first date was a complete success. Tyler Simms and Amelia Parry were now a couple.
That is something that interested Marcus Lawrence a lot. He watched the from afar holding a camera in his hands. He had the perfect threat for his dear ex girlfriend. Now all he needed was to find the perfect victim for his partner and they would take down this Covenant of witches. Forever.
MERLIN'S BEARD THIS WAS HARD!Seriously hardest chapter I ever had to write. Did I do well with the date? PLEASE LET ME KNOW! I'm always nervous when I'm writing Tyler because like I've said before I'm not very familiar with him as a character. I hope I did well.
Again if any of you want to see Amy's outfit there is a link in my profile. Please review and let me know what you think and if you see any typos or spelling mistakes let me know!