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.

During the rest of the week Reid had surprised Sophie during some of her classes. He would take her to lunch, bring her coffee, stare over her shoulder while she worked on her current art pieces. Reid found he enjoyed watching her create something totally unique. It wasn't something he'd ever been exposed to before and yet he could never bear to turn away. That's when he got the idea for their next date and convinced her to let him take care of it.

Saturday came faster than Sophie could've imagined. At 5:30pm Reid knocked on the door to her dorm and Melody answered. "Hey, is Sophie ready to go?"

Melody laughed, "Yeah, right. She's in the bathroom. She ran late today with one of her clay pieces and is currently trying to remove all the clay."

Reid smiled and nodded. "Alright, so Tyler tells me that the two of you are going on a date tonight."

She nodded, "Yeah, I decided to give the guy a shot. If only Sophie would get the heck out of the bathroom so I can begin getting ready." She said, raising her voice so that Sophie would get the point.

Reid watched amused as Sophie finally emerged from the bathroom, muttering miserably and looking amazing. She wore her hair in a messy ponytail, a little black dress and a pair of converse. He was pretty sure the smudge of clay on her right cheek and small patch of streaks of the same clay in her hair were not a part of her outfit but it just made her all the more beautiful.

She complimented him perfectly; he was wearing a black blazer with a grey hoodie sewn into the collar, a grey shirt with a black tie screen printed down the front of it, black slacks and a pair of black sneakers.

"I look like a mess." Sophie said pouting.

"You look beautiful." Reid replied. "Come on, I promise, you look amazing for where we're going."
He grabbed her jacket off the hook by the door and ushered her out of the dorm room.

As they approached Eleonor he got ahead of her and opened the passenger side door for her to get in. Once settled he got in himself and turned to her, "Okay, so where we're going is a surprise and in order to keep it a surprise, I need you to wear this.." He held out a blindfold.

"Are you sure this is for a surprise date or is it really for something kinky?" She asked.

Reid grinned, "Although I love your imagination and we may try that at some point but no this is actually just a secret location for our date. Go on, tie this over your eyes."

After she tied the cloth over her eyes, he finally began to drive; their destination took almost 45 minutes to finally reach. He parked, got out and jogged around to the passenger side and helped her out.
"No peeking." He teased as he held her hand, became her eyes and took them both the rest of the way.

She could feel the change in temperature as they entered a building. He stopped when they reached the middle of the room and gently removed her blindfold.

Sophie had to blink a few times as the blindfold was finally removed and the lights flooded her vision. She gasped when everything came into focus. "Oh Reid.. what.. how did you do all of this?"

They were in the middle of an art gallery, an art gallery that seemed to be showcasing her art work. Paintings, sculptures, portraits, photography, metal work, everything she'd finished but never had the courage to submit was here.

Reid smiled, "Well.. I had some help." At this a door opened somewhere in the back and out poured all of their friends and even some groups of people she did not know; among familiar faces from classes were Melody, Tyler, Pogue, Caleb and two girls she didn't recognize.

"Why did you do this?" She asked, clearly still stunned.

He smiled, tucking a stray piece of hair that slipped out of her ponytail. "Because you deserve this, you deserve to be appreciated, to be cared for."

Sophie melted and finally smiled back but before she could thank him they were interrupted with hugs, congratulations and praises for her work. She was introduced to the two girls that came with their group; Kate Tunney was Pogue's girlfriend while Sarah Wenham was Caleb's girlfriend.

Reid stayed at her side the entire time, a constant support and presence. She squeezed his hand, "I'm hungry.." He laughed, "Me too. Come on." He excused them and led her through a set of doors which led into a kitchen. "I knew some people.." He explained, before she could ask. "..them plus Melody helped me set all of this up and when you mention to people your girlfriend is a talented artist people jump at the chance to come to an opening. Anyways, this is an art gallery and a restaurant. They call them Taste Galleries. This one in particular is named Taste of Art. Cheesy I know but they have amazing food that I think you'll love."

Twenty minutes later, they were seated on a counter as they shared dessert.

Sophie took a moment to collect her thoughts and smiled as she turned to him. "Thank you, Reid. For everything you did tonight. I know you had help but I'm sure this was entirely your idea and I just can't believe you would go through all this trouble for me. Melody has been telling me for years to get my stuff out there but I just never had the courage to do it."

Reid smiled, "Anytime, Sophie. I just wanted to make you happy."

"Mission accomplished."

He grinned and leaned over and kissed her softly. "So.. would you like to go out with me again?"

Sophie laughed, "Of course."

They finished their dessert and rejoined their friends out in the gallery. Sophie sold 10 pieces of her art work and gained several new business cards of various agents and even a few places needing custom pieces who told her to, "Call me and we'll put something in the books."

As they drove home later that night their hands were still intertwined and resting in her lap.

"Can you believe how many people showed up tonight? It was amazing!" She gushed.

Reid laughed as he drove down the empty highway. "I'm glad you loved it."

Sophie turned slightly in her seat to face him better, drawing lazy designs on the top of his hand with her free one. "So I never asked but where do you and Tyler live?"

"Off campus in a house we bought together. We wanted to get away from our parents and live on our own. Unfortunately he can't cook and I can't do laundry so moving in together was ideal. He does laundry, I cook and we both clean." He explained.

Sophie smiled, "Sounds like you two are getting pretty serious, should I be worried?"

"Never." He promised, pulling their joined hands up to his lips and kissing the top of hers.

She bit her lip, "Can we go to your place?"

Author Note:

Hey everyone!

Cliff-Hanger! Hehe

Sorry it took me an extra day to get this out but I had to revise it a couple of times. It just didn't see to flow very well until today when
I woke up and realized what it had been missing.

The new chapter will be posted by Monday, August 19th.

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