Disclaimer: I do not own The Covenant or the characters that come with the movie. I do however own the characters I paired the boys with and the plot.

"You're not helping, Melody! Come on, stop joking around and help me pick out something to wear!" Sophie pleaded.

Melody grinned, "What's with the sudden interest in going to this swim practice? I thought you weren't interested in Reid Garwin?"

The two girls were sitting in their shared dorm room. It was a cream color with two full size beds, two dressers, two desks and a fairly nice bathroom. Having their own bathroom meant they didn't have to use the co-ed showers down the hall. While Sophie's bed was a pale pink, Melody's was turquoise.

Sophie paused in her search for the perfect outfit to give her best friend a look that said it all. "No way! You actually like him? When did this happen?"

Blushing so hard it hurt Sophie finally gave in. It wasn't really all that hard to do once Melody latched onto her arm and yanked her down onto the bed. "Spill." She said simply and so she did. Every little detail from the kind of shoes he wore to his retelling of times he'd gotten into trouble with his three best friends Tyler, Pogue and Caleb.

"He drives a 1967 Grand Prix, can you believe it? He and his dad apparently had this deal that if Reid did all the maintenance on it his father would buy all the parts he needed. He's been spending the past 3 years fixing her up." Sophie gushed.

A gap of silence spread and suddenly Melody broke it, "Why do you call the car she?"

15 minutes, 6 outfits and several failed attempts at explaining why he calls the car Eleonor later.

"Mel! Stop asking me! All he said was that she was his baby and they'd been through a lot together. It's a car not his fiancé so could you please stop making it into such a big deal?"

"Whatever." Melody said, picking at a pop-tart she managed to snag from one of the vending machines.
"When do we get to see hot guys in speedos?" Sophie rolled her eyes. "Do you always have to be so one-track minded?" "Yes, it's how I've survived this long-oh look hot guys in speedos!" She blurted out, waving her pop-tart as if it were a flag.

It took a while for the real practice to start. The coach had them stretching, doing warm-up laps and drills for almost an hour. It took another half hour for the coach to finally get to Reid's swim; the 400m Independent Medley. "Tanner, Matthews, Wilkerson, Garwin! You're up!"

Reid looked around the pool and caught sight of Sophie sitting in the bleachers. He grinned and winked at her. Melody caught the little moment between them and nudged Sophie who in turn blushed as red as a tomato.

Reid kicked off his sweat pants, pulled on his swim cap and pulled down his goggles. That's when every sound seemed to shut off for him. It was kind of like pressing your palms against your ears. All he could hear his heart pounding as he took position at his spot, ready to dive. 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… a sharp whistle cut through the silence in his mind and he leaped off the board and into the water.

The first swim was the butterfly and it was about 6 strokes in when Reid started pulling away from the others. By the time he kicked off the first wall he was already an entire body length ahead. Push, breathe, push, and breathe again.

Second wall, dive, kick off. Switching to the backstroke was easy, he kept his eyes closed and breathing even. Inwardly he was keeping count until he'd have to dive and kick off the next wall. The third wall came up, he dove and kicked off.

When he dove and kicked off of the fourth wall he transitioned into the breaststroke. It looked like a combination of the frog swim and trying to pray while swimming. When he kicked off of the fifth wall he was two full body lengths ahead.

The sixth and seventh wall were absolute chaos, it was freestyle. When he hit the seventh wall that's when the sound of everything in that building finally came back to Reid, the students who showed up to watch their practice, Sophie included. He could hear the cheers from them. The shouts from his brothers as they pushed him to swim harder; as he touched the final wall and came to a stop he pulled off his goggles and swim cap before being pulled out of the water by more than one person. He was juggled from person to the next as congratulations went around. Finally reaching the coach he was surprised to learn he'd just beaten the world record at 3:56.10 If he'd been at the Olympics in Beijing, China in 2008 he would've taken the gold from Michael Phelps.

Taking a look around he could see Sophie and the girl she'd been sitting with making their way down. He quickly thanked the coach, grabbed a towel and met her halfway. Her friend decided to hang back, probably to give them some privacy.

"Hey! You made it." He smiled, "What did you think?"

"I did, I made it. It was great! You were great! I think I'm going to have to start coming to these things more often!" She praised.

Reid laughed as he pat down his chest with the towel and then ran it through his hair. "Thank you.." He trailed off when the coach called for showers. "I've got to go shower and change but we're still meeting at Nicky's right?"

Sophie smiled, "Yes, of course. I'll see you there." Reid grinned and just like she surprised him he turned the tables and placed a kiss on her cheek this time, turned and was gone before she could react.

Melody let out a long low whistle. "Wow.. you have it so damn bad!" She yelled which earned her quite a few stares from passing students. Sophie blushed and dragged Melody from the pool before she could embarrass her anymore.

An hour later Sophie sat at a table in Nicky's with Melody who'd pleaded her case as to why she should be allowed to tag along. "So let me get this straight, you had this amazing date where sexy bad boy womanizing Reid Garwin one of the four Sons of Ipswich bared his soul to you and you two still haven't kissed yet? What is wrong with you?"

"Nothing is wrong with me, Mel! I just.. I… I have no idea what the hell I'm doing." She finished lamely. Mel couldn't help it, she laughed. "You're such a virgin, Soph."

Sophie was saved from having to say anything when Reid walked through the door followed by Tyler, Pogue and Caleb.

Author Note:

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the extra days it took to post this. I got behind in some design posters I needed to complete before Tuesday and by the time I'd finished it was Monday lol
This is what I was able to write in my very little spare time, I'm hoping by tonight I'll be able to post the rest of this chapter. I hope this will not only serve as an apology but also hold you all over until I can update with the rest of it. Thank you for your understanding!

Please read and review! Thank you!

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W.S.