A/N: Read and Review! :) oh and read the author's note at the bottom for more information about the sequel!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Covenant at all!

Summery: Cassie Delaney is attending Spencer Academy on a scholarship and is instantly taken under the wing of none other then Reid Garwin. Their friendship causes her to become friends with the other sons and as her feelings towards Tyler grows, she can't help but wonder it they're keeping something from her. Something huge.

December 25th- after their date

Stumbling into the Garwin Manor, Cassie shrieked when he yanked her against him and was about to yell at him when his lips came crashing down on hers and yet again, she was pulled under his spell. Her mind began to spin and if it wasn't for his arms holding her up, she might have collapsed. Fighting back a moan, she clung to him as he kissed away all her worries of getting caught and just as she was about to pull away for breath, someone from behind cleared their throat causing them both to jump apart. Cassie stared nervously at Reid, who stood at the top of the stairs with one eyebrow arched and that stupid smirk planted on his face.

"Well look what we have here," He said, looking as smug as ever. The floor creaked behind him then Caleb and Pogue appeared, looking very confused.

"What's going on?" Pogue questioned.

"I just caught these two in a very intimate situation." Reid explained, earning looks from the two eldest boys.

"It was just kissing dumb-ass." Tyler sighed and raked a hand through his short hair. Cassie shrugged off her winter coat and placed it on the hanger then grasping Tyler's hand, pulled him up the stairs and stopped in front of the boys.

"So you two finally made it official huh?" Reid nodded and his gaze swept over her and landed on Tyler. "Just don't hurt her baby boy or I will personally beat your ass."

"Wouldn't dream of it."

December 26th

Cassie awoke the next morning with a smile, her fingers immediately touching the necklace dangling from the silver chain. As she laid there, memories from the previous night replayed in her head. The kiss, the question, the looks of curiosity she received from Reid when both her and Tyler entered the Garwin Manor, twenty minutes after the party had ended. It had been-what she could say- was by far the best night of her life. Sun peeked through the curtains, illuminating something in the corner. A red silk cloth had been draped over a large object and with a look of confusion, she rose from her comfy position and stalked over, finger gripping the soft materiel and in one swift motion, had it completely removed to reveal... found herself staring at a beautiful painting that clearly had to have been exaggerated. There was no way she looked like...that. Her green eyes stood out against the smooth complexion of her fair skin, small dabbles of brown where sprinkled across the bride of her nose and her lips looked full and soft. It was stunning and it left her breathless. Moving closer, she found a small note tapped to the back.

Dear Cassie,

I wanted to surprise you with this, I know it's supposed to be shown in class but Mrs. Shepard let me take it home and let you be the first to see it. I hope you like it, everything you in front of you is exactly how I see you.

Grinning, she folded the piece of paper and placed it inside her suit case before pulling out a small brown case and headed to Tyler's room which was across the hall from her. Opening the door, she tiptoed inside, placed the case on the dresser then with a giggle, jumped onto his bed, her hands shaking him awake.

"Ugh!" He grunted then with powerful hands, flipped them over so he was hovering over her, lips inches from her face. Blinking the sleep away, he stared down at her with surprise as if not expecting her to wake him up this way but hell, she was his girlfriend now which meant she could get away with this kinda stuff. Kissing him, Cassie smiled.

"Good morning," She greeted. "I really liked that present in my room." His mouth curved into a small smiled. "I mean, it was amazing, you have some talent Tyler."

"Thanks, but I can't take all the credit, you're my muse." She felt her cheeks heat up. "So, you going to tell me why you're here...not that I mind."

"Well, actually." Pushing him off of her, she held up a finger and reached over to the dresser, grabbing the box and with an encouraging smile, placed it in his arms. "Open it." Tyler arched an eyebrow but did as told and sucked in a breath when he saw what was inside. She had been window shopping downtown and in one of the windows displaying all kinds of art sets, was a brown box full of high-priced drawing supplies such as sketching pencils, pastels, colored and blacks pencils. "Do you like it, I mean if they aren't what you want I can totally return them, I just thought you might like the, but -"

"Cassie," He spoke softly but it was enough to stop her rambling. "This is amazing, thank you."

"No problem." She sighed. "I'm just glad you like it."

December 27th

Racing into the den, Cassie passed a confused looking Caleb, a curious Pogue and leaped over the couch in time to watch the door open as Tyler marched in, blue eyes scanning the boys before landing on her. He narrowed his eyes and tried his best to look menacing but it wasn't him who had her shrinking away, it was the pissed off looking blond, who shoved Tyler aside and made a beeline towards her. As she moved farther away, the more he fought of a smirk. They both stopped as her back hit the wall and in seconds, he lunched as she dodged. Her small legs carried her-rather fast- over the couch and into the waiting arms over her boyfriend.

"What happened?" Caleb asked as he plopped down onto the couch. Taking a seat, she glanced at her best friend then giggled.

"She attacked me and Tyler." Reid answered. Snorting, Cassie rolled her eyes. "I mean, there I was minding my own business when this crazy girl comes out of nowhere and whacks me with a fly swatter."

"There was a fly." Cassie giggled again. "And he just landing on those boys and being the kind, innocent girl I am, well I had to act before it got away."

"And did you get this fly?" Pogue snickered.

"Oh yes I did."

December 28th

"Hey mom," Cassie said as she picked up the phone. It had been one hell of a week and it felt nice to finally sit down and talk, especially since she hadn't heard from her parents in a while. "How was your trip."

"It was wonderful," Heather replied with a laugh. "How was your Christmas, did you have fun staying with you friend?"

"Yeah, it was a lot of fun. We usually stayed up late and watched movies," Cassie stated. "But I actually called to tell you something."

"What is it dear?"

"You remember Tyler right? The boy I really liked." She heard a noise of confirmation, tell her to continue. "Well, he asked me out."

"That's great, where did he take you?"

"On a carriage ride. It was amazing Mom, I was like speechless and then he asked me to be his girlfriend and of course I said yes so we're going to the dance together and I just can't believe it, I finally got a guy who respects me for who I am."

"I'm so glad Cassie, you deserve this." Heather said. "Well I better go before dinner starts to burn. I love you sweetie and call me soon."

"Will do Mom, love you."

A/N: Soo those little snippets were kinds fails (in my opinion). I just didn't know how to do it because each time I tried to write it out, it just kept falling a part on me, maybe that's because I'm really excited to write the next chapter which BY THE WAY is technically the last chapter of the story since CH.28 is the epilogue.

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