Chapter 25: My Oh My
Saturday:
"Reid this is amazing." Aubrey said seeing the small picnic spread about twenty feet away from the cliffs that overlooked the dells. "It's your birthday not mine."
"And this is what I wanted, a romantic night for just us." Reid said smiling at her. He led her over to the picnic blanket and helped her sit down and then carefully sat himself. The rest of their week had been pretty uneventful luckily and the rumors about their injuries had final come to a stand still when Aaron Abbot was found naked outside Kira's dorm room banging like a mad man for her to let him in.
Kira had found out about him sleeping with her roommate while she was at the showers and normally she wasn't one to complain as long as he still came back to her bed every night, but she found her roommate utterly repulsive and was very upset with Aaron.
Reid was smiling at Aubrey as she took in the view and the meal he'd chosen. She wore a simple gray sweater dress, with short sleeves and a scoop neck that hung mid thigh, and her petite feet were adorned in black ballet flats. "You got my favorite food, Reid this is for you." Aubrey said looking up at him.
"I know, but this is the least I can do to make up for last week." Reid told her with a smile.
Aubrey gave him a minimal frown. "Reid you have nothing to make up for."
"I know, I know I just...just let me please." He pleaded with a playful grin. "I'll feel better."
"Fine." Aubrey sighed playfully.
Reid grinned. "You look beautiful tonight."
"Yeah you've said that...twice now." Aubrey said a small blush creeping on to her cheeks. Reid loved that he could still make her blush.
"Yeah just thought I'd say it again. I got you fettuccine with grilled shrimp or you can have mine. Chicken Parmigiana." He offered.
Aubrey smiled. "I'll stick with mine thanks." She said.
Reid reached in to the basket next to him and pulled out the main courses. They were in small plastic to go containers. He removed the lid form hers and handed it to her with a fork. When Aubrey reached to take it he held it back with a grin. "I get a bite and a kiss deal?"
"Deal." Aubrey smiled taking the offered food from her boyfriend. Once they were both eating Aubrey decided to drop the subject of his present. "So I have part of your gift with me." She told him.
"Part of?" Reid smirked.
Aubrey nodded. "Part of it is with me. And the rest of it is just going to have to wait." She said grinning at him.
"Till when?" Reid replied smirking back at her.
"How about we'll see how we feel for my birthday?" Aubrey asked.
"I think I can live with that." Reid nodded a handsome devilish grin on his face. Aubrey smiled in return.
"So how did coach take it you wont be swimming in state?" Aubrey questioned changing the subject.
"Flipped his lid, but when I showed him the bruises on my ribs he started going in to a rant about how careless I am and how reckless...yadda yadda." Reid said dismissively. "He's just disappointed that I can't swim in state and have the chance to make it to nationals before I graduate."
"And your parents? How'd they finally take the news that you aren't going to be going to college?" Aubrey asked him.
He grinned sheepishly and looked down at his empty bowl. "I didn't exactly tell them yet."
"You said after your birthday Reid." Aubrey said lightly. "Graduation is in two months, your parents have probably been searching the mail for letters since three months ago."
"I know, I know I just I don't want to see their disappointment written all over their faces." Reid told her honestly. Aubrey set her bowl aside and then took his setting it aside before moving to sit comfortable between his legs.
"Reid Garwin what am I going to do with you?" She asked jokingly as his arms wrapped around her and she ran her fingers gently up and down his visible forearms, the sleeves of his black button up shirt were rolled up to his elbows his usual gloves nowhere in sight.
Reid kissed the nape of her neck, her wavy locks stylishly ponytailed to the side hanging over her right shoulder. "Mom wants me to bring you to dinner tomorrow night. How about you help me tell them?" He asked hopefully.
Aubrey turned her face so she was looking at him out of the corner of her eye. "You promise to tell them if I'm with you?"
"Yes."
"Ok. But you can't leave it up to me to tell them, you have to be the one to say it." She expressed firmly. Reid just nodded silently and pressed a tender kiss to her lips. When he pulled away Aubrey turned in his embrace and sat straddled over his lap. "Do that again." She instructed playfully.
Reid smirked and kissed her again this time allowing his lips to stay on hers for much longer. He took her bottom lip in to his mouth and nibbled a bit at it making a soft moan escape her lips, he knew every touch that could make her moan and gasp with pleasure and for some reason tonight he just wanted to hear each one out of her mouth.
His hands slipped up her creamy smooth thighs under the hem of her skirt until they reached her scantily clad backside. His lips broke from her kiss and he opened his eyes smirking at her. "Thong?" He questioned.
Aubrey grinned. "Nothing." She whispered pressing her lips to his again furthering his sudden arousal. Reid groaned into her mouth as her short fingernails scraped against his tender scalp, sending shocks throughout his body at the moment he didn't care if his ribs were hurting he just wanted to feel normal. He wanted to have a normal make-out session with his girlfriend like before she'd found out about the power, before she'd been taken away to Maine. He just wanted to feel normal again.
The sun was setting casting a delicate glow on the couple. Reid's right hand trailed back over Aubrey's thigh, over onto her inner thigh and then he cupped her soft heat the tips of his fingers glancing over her sensitive nub. Aubrey gasped and Reid grinned inwardly slipping his tongue into her mouth his fingers glancing over her moist walls.
Aubrey felt his two skilled fingers enter her slick core and they began to make a come hither motion making her arch and lift her body breaking her kiss swollen lips from his own. "Reid." She whispered breathlessly. Reid attached his lips to her collarbone and bit teasingly at her skin. She didn't know if she should be happy or stop him. It wasn't fair that he was doing all these things for her, when they were celebrating his birthday. "Wait." She reached down grabbing for his hand.
"Want to help?" He smirked pulling his lips away from her collarbone to grin at her.
Aubrey offered a small blissful smile. "No, R—Reid." She squeaked when his fingers pumped again. "Wait." She ordered trying to keep the smile on her face. "I just, it's not fair. This is only a one way street..." She tried to explain meekly.
Reid chuckled lightly and took his hand from her silky behind and grabbed the hand that rested gently against his left pectoral. He rested it against the growing bulge in his jeans and looked in to her eyes. "You still have hands and I still oh so enjoy your touch." He said huskily.
"I haven't done that since...I thought you wanted the other way?" She asked blushing slightly.
Reid leaned forward and kissed her red cheeks. "I like anyway with you." He said kissing her lips softly.
Aubrey giggled lightly gently handling him through his jeans. "Should we be doing this out here?"
Reid smirked and continued his previous ministrations with his fingers inside of his girlfriends warm folds. "Should we? I don't know. Are we? Yes." He said huskily nibbling on her ear as a soft gasp of pleasure escaped her as he hit a particularly sensitive spot.
Sunday:
Reid was smirking the entire drive over to his parents house. "What is that smile for?" Aubrey questioned.
His eyes turned on her and darkened lustfully making a small pink tinge appear on her cheeks thinking about the night prier.
Flashback:
It hadn't taken much more then a little finger action and some gentle biting on her neck for Aubrey's damn to break. She slackened against his chest breathing shallowly, trying not to expand her lungs to full capacity, riding out the screaming orgasm Reid had given her. She didn't tell him the breathing was hurting her ribs, she didn't want him to feel guilty. So she just pushed the pain aside.
"Wow." She whispered softly her head resting on his shoulder her lips brushing occasionally against his neck.
"I think I'm going to have to throw these jeans away." Reid laughed lightly.
Aubrey's brow furrowed and she lifted her head looking at him. "Why?" She asked. Reid smirked at looked down. Aubrey followed his gaze and gasped. "I'm sorry." She said looking at him ruefully biting at her lip.
Reid just smirked. "I'm not." He said grabbing her lips in a hot kiss. Aubrey felt bad but she wasn't going to let that stop her from returning the favor. She slowly unzipped the fly of his jeans and undid the button. Reid helped her pulled his jeans down his thighs a little ways and felt her hand reach in to his boxers and grip him. "Wait."
Aubrey pulled away from his lips a little and gave him a curious look.
A grin adorned his playful blue eyes and he reached for the hem of her dress and started lifting it up. "You look really good in this dress, I don't want to ruin it."
Aubrey giggled as he removed the dress, showing him that she had nothing on under it at all except for the ace bandage wrapped around her ribs. His fingers skimmed over her breasts as he smirked at her.
"Now please continue." He said sarcastically and Aubrey did so...
End flashback
"I'm just glad nobody decided to show up." Aubrey told him with a smile.
Reid smirked. "Yeah they would've gotten quite the view before I beat them to a pulp." He joked.
Aubrey shook her head playfully and rested her hand over Reid's on her thigh. "I'm wearing panties tonight so don't you dare try anything." She scolded him playfully.
Reid smirked. "One time I did that."
"It was a family dinner and your parents were on the other side of the table." Aubrey said looking over at him amused. They were both dressed in nice jeans and casual tops.
"I said I was sorry and besides you were in a skirt that night."
"No you weren't sorry. I'm just thankful your mother didn't look under the table to see if their actually was a mouse." Aubrey giggled.
"It was funny you have to admit." Reid grinned turning his attention back to the road.
Aubrey rolled her eyes bemused. "Shut up."
They arrived at the Garwin home shortly after their conversation ceased leading in to a comfortable silence.
As they let themselves in the front door Melinda Garwin came in to the foyer from the study. "Oh Reid, Aubrey I'm so glad you're here. Aubrey it's nice to see you feeling better." She said kindly.
Aubrey had gotten a call from Melinda after Reid had talked to her Sunday afternoon to let her know that things had gone somewhat ok the night before and that Chase was officially gone.
"It's good to see you." Aubrey smiled and the older women giving her a kind hug.
As Aubrey wandering in to the front living room she didn't notice Melinda hold Reid back. "I told you." She said to her son with a smile.
Reid smiled back and nodded before they both followed Aubrey in to the sitting room. "Where's dad?" Reid inquired.
"Oh in his office, you know him." Melinda joked.
"Actually his unnecessary conference call is over." Randall said walking in to the room where Aubrey and Reid were comfortable on the love seat and Melinda was sitting in a small single seater chair. He perched on the armrest of Melinda's chair. "Glad everything went well." He said to the teens.
"So Reid what's this is hear about you being arrested." Melinda inquired looking at her son.
Aubrey decided she'd fill in the blanks for his parents since really he should never have been arrested. "I'm sorry, that's my fault. My...Robert saw me in the halls Monday morning and freaked out because of the bruises and cuts. I told him I fell since Reid and I hadn't really thought about it and he took that as Reid had assaulted me and called the Sheriff."
"I swear that man has it out for you Reid." Randall shook his head.
"It's not about him. It's about me." Aubrey told him. "Before it was about him cause he was getting himself into plenty of trouble, now it's just cause he's my boyfriend."
Reid shrugged. "I don't know I thought I made myself pretty clear at that dinner we had that I wasn't going anywhere." He looked to Aubrey and smirked.
Aubrey smiled in return. "I hope not."
"Don't worry Sweets I'm not." He kissed her forehead and turned to look back at his parents who were smiling at the young couple. "So Aubrey told Deputy Dumbass that we went in to Boston, used some fake ID's to get in to a bar and ended up in a fight. And then after it was settled Nicky tore into Higgins."
Melinda looked almost relieved. "Well good for him. Robert had no business calling the Sheriff. Reid may be a lot of things but he is no abuser."
"Exactly." Aubrey said. "I honestly thought things were getting better, I think this just put us back at square one."
"It'll work out, eventually." Randall said. "Now I think dinners on the table. Why don't we all go eat." Everyone stood in agreement and headed for the dinning room.
Reid held Aubrey's hand firmly in his looking at her almost pleading with her. "You'll be fine." She whispered squeezing his hand in hers. He looked down and saw her wrists no longer bandaged, the cuts healing nicely and she didn't like the confinement of the bandages.
They all sat around the table Randall and Melinda on either end and Aubrey and Reid on either side, both couples were facing their significant other basically. As soon as the food was served and light conversation was underway Aubrey gently taped Reid's ankle with her peep toe heeled foot.
Glancing across the table he nodded at her and cleared his throat. "Something you want to say Reid?" Randall questioned.
Reid nodded having his parents attention. And then nothing came out of his mouth and Aubrey sighed. "Randall, Melinda Reid has something he needs to tell you." She informed them.
"Well Reid go ahead." Melinda offered gently.
Clearing his throat nervously Reid looked down at his plate, avoiding all the gazes set on him. "I'm...I'm not going to be going to college in the fall." He said quietly.
"Reid if you're worried cause your acceptance letters haven't come in yet, I have some friends on the board at Duke..." Randall started.
Reid lifted his head shaking it no. "No, I mean I'm not going to college at all. At least not actual college."
"He's going to take an online business course." Aubrey offered up for. Reid smiled gratefully at her and she smiled back.
Randall and Melinda both stared at Reid in confusion before Melinda found her words. "Reid why aren't you going to school?"
"Well I am in a sense, but I don't want to take over dad's business." He told them.
"And why not?" Randall asked. "Your great grandfather started that business."
"I know, and it's was great for you and grandpa, but it's just not for me. I want to open a bar, maybe a restaurant or something."
Melinda looked at her husband and saw in his eyes a bit of hurt and some anger and she spoke before he could say something he'd regret. "Reid how long have you known you weren't going to take over the family business?"
Reid shrugged. "I started considering alternative options a while ago, I just made up my mind this year though when I was looking at those college applications you guys wanted me to send in."
Randall looked at Aubrey. "And you support this?" He questioned her.
Aubrey offered a warm smile. "I do. He's still going to be getting his business degree, but he just wont be attending an actual class everyday. And I think that's what's best for him. Learning in a classroom does nothing for him."
A heavy sigh left Randall's lips and he looked from Aubrey to his son and then nodded reluctantly as it might be he still nodded. "Alright."
"Alright?" Reid questioned at the same time Melinda did. She hadn't been expecting that.
Randall nodded again. "Alright. Aubrey's right classroom teachings have never really been your thing and neither has the family business. I can't force you to take over the family business. I'm sure if I hadn't have been groomed to take over I might've done something else with my life."
"Really? You mean you aren't mad?" Reid questioned his father.
"Mad, some, but I can understand. Aubrey's a smart girl and if she thinks this is what's best for you and you think this is what's best for you, I can't stop you."
Aubrey gently kicked Reid under the table. "See I told you he'd be understanding." She grinned.
"Great you aren't going to let me live this down are you?" Reid questioned looking at her with a smirk.
"Nope. 'A Garwin, nervous? It's almost unheard of.' If I remember your words from freshmen year." Aubrey said sardonically.
"Oh don't let Reid and Randall fool you they both get nervous plenty. I thought Randall was going to sweat an ocean the day of our wedding." Melinda teased.
Aubrey giggled. "Now that's a sight I would've loved to have seen."
Later That Night
Reid's Dorm:
"I don't expect Tyler back till about two." Reid informed Aubrey as they made their way in to his dorm room.
"Why cause that's the time he can crash and still wake up at seven and function for a whole day?" Aubrey giggled.
Reid nodded. "Exactly. Besides he and Jack do that kissy 'I don't want you to leave' bull for about an hour." He joked.
Aubrey smiled. "We do that."
"Yeah but nobody has to know that. I do have some of my bad ass rep to maintain Sweets." Reid said grabbing her waist as they carefully sat down on his bed. Aubrey nestled herself in his arms and he reached over to his nightstand flicking the light on and grabbing the book that rested there. "Did I tell you this is the best gift I've ever gotten?" He asked sweetly.
Aubrey sat up with him both leaning back against the headboard of his bed. "Yes you mentioned that a few times." She grinned. He started flipping through the pages of the photo memory book. There were photo's ranging from Freshmen year all the way up till last month in the book. Aubrey was going to enlist Melinda to help her get some photo's of Reid as a young kid, but she had a better idea for that for later on. "And yet you have a reputation to uphold." She teased.
Reid laughed. "Well no one has to know I enjoy this, but you."
"True." Aubrey said. He turned the page and the one they both were looking at had small scraps of papers designed to be homework sheets and pencils and little designs endorsed the page (AN: Be creative with your mind, I haven't done scrapbooking in years, so I don't remember technical terms) And the pictures embellished by the page were one of Aubrey and Reid 'studying' at Nicky's and the other was of Reid fast asleep on his math book.
Aubrey remembered that night she'd kept him late at the library and he'd fallen asleep while she graded the test paper he'd done. She snapped the shot with her cell phone because she wanted to remember how sweet he looked when he was sleeping.
Reid flipped a few more pages and pointed to a picture. "I remember this, that was the dance when we agreed to keep our friendship on the down low."
"Yeah Kate took that picture of us dancing together." Aubrey nodded. "That was also the night you told me you didn't think I was that pretty to sleep with."
"Yeah about that..." Reid bit his lip and looked at her apologetically. "Sorry. I was trying more to convince myself that I didn't find you attractive."
Aubrey smiled at him. "S'ok. Thinking about it now makes me want to sing that song from Miss Congeniality." She joked.
Reid laughed lightly and kissed her cheek. "Well I'm still sorry."
"Don't worry about it."
Aubrey and Reid continued to look through the scrapbook until the door opened at around one thirty in the morning and Tyler came walking in a goofy grin on his face. "Oh hey Baby boy. Nice night?" Reid questioned with a smirk.
Tyler grinned like a fool and nodded. "Great night."
"I should go, let you guys get to sleep." Aubrey started to get up from Reid's bed.
"No stay I'm just going to crash anyways." Tyler told her.
"Ah did Rabbit wear you out." Reid mocked sardonically.
Tyler glared over at his best friend. "That's my nickname for her dude, get your own." Tyler had started calling Jack, Rabbit and only Reid knew why, but Aubrey could guess after the little situation she'd seen them in that one night.
"I know dude chill." Reid grinned.
"I think I'm going to head to my dorm room." Aubrey tried to get up again but this time Reid grabbing her arm gently holding her in place.
"No stay." He said.
"But you both need some sleep. This isn't just your room Reid." Aubrey told him sweetly.
Tyler through his jacket on the floor and curled up under the covers of his bed. "You can stay. I've been friends with Reid long enough I'm sure I could sleep standing up in a room full of people. Don't worry about it."
"See." Reid said triumphantly in a childish manor.
Aubrey looked over at him and then grabbed the book from his hands setting it down on the nightstand and they both snuggled down under his comforter. "Set the alarm, so I can get up and go to my dorm in the morning please." Aubrey yawned.
Reid nodded and kissed her forehead as he reached across her gently, his ribs still healing and he set his alarm clock to wake them earlier then usual so Aubrey could get up and go back to her own dorm room just down the hall to get ready for school.
"Goodnight Sweets." Reid kissed her softly as they both started falling asleep in their street clothes.
"Night Reid, night Ty." Aubrey yawned snuggling in closer to her warm boyfriend.
"Night Aubrey, night Reid." Tyler mumbled.
"Night dude." Reid said and then everything fell silent as Reid used just a minuscule amount of his power to turn out the light on his nightstand.
AN: Ok so what do you guys think. I'm not actually going to be posting this till tonight, it's actually 3:22 in the afternoon and I am at work without internet. So yeah, I am just waiting for my shift to start. My boss asked if I wanted to clock in early but I really wanted to at least finish this chap and start the next, so yeah. Anyways this is yet again a bit of a filler chap. The next one is going to be better I hope if my mind works with me instead of against me and yells at me to make another filler chapter! Ahhhh! Anyways yeah so Kat will be in the next chap hopefully, so yeah leave a review you know you want to!