Sins 24

"So what did you get her?" said Tyler. He waited to ask until the door was closed. Reid pulled the bag out of his jacket pocket. Then he pulled a small box from the bag. Handing it to Tyler. He opened it and whistled "wow man those are beautiful, she'll love them" said Tyler "you think?" said Reid "yeah I do" said Tyler "do you think she had fun this weekend or that she's mad about last night?" said Reid "Reid will you relax she had a great time, geez man this isn't like you" said Tyler.

He was about to say more when his phone rang he answered it and it was Caleb "where the hell have you three been all night?' said Caleb "geez chill big brother were fine we had some car trouble that's all" said Tyler "what kind of car trouble?" said Caleb. Tyler was about to answer when Reid snatched the phone from his hand.

"Aaron and his goons slashed our tires and we ended up waiting till today to get them fixed" said Reid "Where did you spend the night and how is Max?" said Caleb "Max is great and we stayed in a hotel room" said Reid

"YOU WHAT!" Caleb yelled into the phone. Reid held it away from his ear. Waiting for Caleb to finish yelling. "Are you through now?" said Reid. He wasn't so Reid held the phone out again.

"Nothing happened Caleb" Tyler yelled from across the room "see you hear that nothing happened, ask her yourself if you don't believe me," said Reid. "Man I am not calling your house at three in the morning what if your mom answered" said Reid. "No you see here, you have to" Reid was starting to yell back at Caleb. So Tyler took the phone from his hands. "Caleb its Tyler, nothing happened Max is fine, you trust me don't you?" said Tyler "what do you mean he's a bad influence?" said Tyler.

Reid made a grab for the phone again and Tyler sidestepped. "Well I don't think that's up to you," said Tyler. Reid stole the phone back. "What is this about a bad influence?' said Reid "hey that's up to her, and no I won't" said Reid. "I don't care if you like it" Reid yelled back "eh just call her and ask her" said Reid and he hung up.

"Jerk, thinks I'm not good enough for his sister" muttered Reid "well this is Caleb were talking about" said Tyler. "Bet if it was Pogue dating her he wouldn't be acting this way" said Reid "man you aren't Pogue and she doesn't like Pogue like she likes you" said Tyler. "Yeah I know I am kinda irresistible aren't I?" said Reid "I'm not answering that" said Tyler

Caleb was about to yell something else into the phone when Reid hung up on him. Instead of dialing him back. He called Max instead. She was in a good mood when he called and she verified everything Reid had said. He gritted his teeth when he found out what the sleeping arrangements were last night.

"He didn't touch me, geez your paranoid," said Max "no he was a perfect gentlemen," said Max. "Your kidding?' said Caleb in shock. "No why is that so shocking?" said Max "because Reid never behaves," said Caleb.

'Well maybe if you give him a chance he might just surprise you" said Max "Caleb honey you have to let me make my own decisions" said Max. Jenny was asleep, Courtesy of Max. She didn't want the girl overhearing anything she shouldn't have. "No she's out," said Max.

"Will you just trust me please and stop harassing Reid, I agreed to date him" said Max "yes as more than a one night stand" said Max "he's the one who suggested it, so I assume he means it" said Max. "Caleb honey I know your trying to protect me and I appreciate it really I do but Reid isn't going to hurt me" said Max "how do I know that, I just do, just trust me ok" said Max. Caleb calmed down somewhat on the other side "yes I had fun, it was a great concert" said Max.

"I'm glad you had fun," said Caleb. "Thanks, I guess I'll see you later?" said Max "no Reid invited me to dinner" said Max "oh stop, we just went over this" said Max "do I think its serious, its only the second date slow down man" said Max. "Oh and Caleb I love you too" said Max. Then she hung up. Caleb was holding the phone to his head. He smiled at her last words, he hadn't said them back but he would next time. He would find a way to incorporate Max into the family somehow. His mom was going to be the biggest obstacle though.

Reid paced the room, he was fuming. Tyler sat on the bed waiting for him to calm down. "Man I'm sure he doesn't mean it," said Tyler "oh he means it all right" said Reid "Reid look you do have a kind of shady history with women" said Tyler. "Yeah so that doesn't mean I can't change" said Reid "do you want to change?" said Tyler.

"Yeah I do, I mean until I met her I didn't even know women could be like her" said Reid Tyler smirked and turned away from Reid, he knew what his friend was trying to say. "Then don't let Caleb bug you, just keep dating her" said Tyler "yeah and wait till Caleb kills me for it" said Reid "Caleb wouldn't kill you" said Tyler. Reid looked sideways at Tyler because he had sounded less than convincing.

"I just want him to accept us as a couple, is that asking too much?" said Reid "man I don't think he's fully accepted her as a sister yet" said Tyler. "Oh he's got that down pat, I think he's trying for dad next," said Reid. "Well if he keeps going with Sarah he will be" said Tyler.

Reid snorted " Then maybe he'll stop doing it to us" said Reid. "Man if your serious about Max he's going to have to accept it sooner or later" said Tyler. "Yeah hopefully its sooner" said Reid "well look at it this way at least he stopped avoiding her" said Tyler "yeah but he still won't acknowledge her as his sister" grumbled Reid. Tyler's phone rang before he could reply. It turned out to be Pogue on the other end. "Hey Pogue what's up?" said Tyler. He could guess why Pogue was calling. "No I don't know why he's so bent did you ask Max?" said Tyler. "Yeah hold on I'll give you the number, got paper?" said Tyler Tyler read the number off of his phone list to Pogue."Yeah we'll be at practice tomorrow, I'm the one with the key remember?" said Tyler."Yeah ok, just talk to her, see you later bye," said Tyler

"Practice?" said Reid "we agreed to practice over at my house tomorrow morning" said Tyler "you mean the Marblehead estate?" said Reid "yeah, Caleb wanted to put in some extra sessions so we'd be ready for the meet the weekend after next" said Tyler. "Oh shit I forgot about that I told Max I'd teach her how to swim," said Reid

"She doesn't know how to swim?" said Tyler. "No she's slightly phobic but she has to learn or the couch will fail her," said Reid "so bring her with us, we can teach her before or afterwards" said Tyler.

"Yeah that should work, besides she can build her trust with us" said Reid. "Yeah provided Caleb doesn't kill you for touching his baby sister" said Tyler "oh shut up your just glad your not the baby anymore" said Reid "actually I think she's a day or two older than me" said Tyler. Reid laughed at him, "like a day really matters" said Reid.

"You giving her the earrings tonight?" asked Tyler "yeah I think so, I'm not moving to fast am I?" said Reid "Reid this is as slow as I've seen you move" said Tyler. Tyler grabbed his shower supplies and headed out the door. "Is that good or bad?" said Reid. The door closed and he never received an answer