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Chapter 4 - Interruptions

Hailey felt her heart pounding out of her chest, she had just snapped at Reid fucking Garwin. Had she lost her mind? She shook her thoughts and quickly found her way to her dorm; she shut the door behind her and leaned up against it.

"What the hell are you thinking?" She asked herself. Reid was going to be watching her now, watching everything she did, and that bothered her beyond belief. "Fuck you, Reid Garwin…" She whispered harshly.

"Those are some harsh words, princess…" Aaron's voice tore her from her thoughts. He was lying on her bed, propped up on his left elbow, legs crossed down at the ankles.

"Don't you have swim practice?' She asked him casually, he always did this to her.

"It was cancelled…" He shrugged and sat up. "So, ready to back out of the bet yet?" He questioned with a large grin on his face.

"You never did tell me the consequences if I backed out…" She stated looking over at him, wondering if she should bail out now before it was too late. You can't bail out now Hailey; it's only been a day and a half in to it… She thought shaking her head.

"Hmmm, good point…" Aaron tapped his fingers to his chin in a Reid-like fashion. Ugh, stop thinking about that Blonde manwhore… She scolded herself mentally. "If you back out, you have to not only be my date for the Spring Festival, but also to Prom…" He grinned.

"That's it?" She asked her eyes wide.

"Oh, on the contrary…" He pulled himself up and walked up to her, pulling her closer to his body. "You've got to give me the one thing that I've been wanting for months now…" He let his words fall off of his tongue expertly.

"Are you serious?" She asked him.

Aaron gave her a prominent smirk and she shook her head, "Aaron, I don't see you like that… how do you expect me to do that?" She asked him.

"Awe c'mon it'll be quick and harmless and you can drop that poser Simms like a sack of potatoes…" He grinned letting his lips linger over hers seductively.

Hailey shook her head, and pulled away from him, why did good looking guys have this affect on her? Why did she have to go weak at the knees as soon as their skin came in contact with hers? It was her downfall, and she knew that… probably the reason that she given in to Reid so easily.

"No," She shook her head. "I made a bet with you, and I'm going to go through with it…" Her eyes met his.

"Alright," Aaron sighed. "Choose the hard way…" the blue-eyed boy shrugged his shoulders.

"I've got to go meet with Tyler…" She stated looking across her room at the digital clock.

"A date, already?" He asked.

"No, AP Government assignment…" She shook her head.

"I see, well I'll leave you to get dressed…" He grinned. "Unless of course you want me to stay and help?" He gave her a wicked grin.

"Get out…" She groaned opening the door.

"Bye my love," Aaron gave her a peck on the cheek as he slid out of the door, she watched him leave, a particular blonde walking down her hall catching her attention.

His blue eyes followed Aaron and then over to her, a menacingly look on his face. She stared him down for a moment before closing the door abruptly. She walked to her closet slipping out of her Spencer uniform and in to a relaxing pair of jeans and a tank top.

She grabbed her bag and left her room in search of Tyler's room, she only remembered from her experience with Reid. She knocked on the door and waited patiently for someone to answer. She was unnerved when his blonde roommate opened the door.

"What the hell do you want?" He asked sharply narrowing his blue eyes at her.

"I came to work on our Government report…" She stated giving him a curt look.

"Hailey?" Tyler's voice came from behind Reid. "Reid stop being such an ass…" He mumbled as Reid let the door open wide enough for Tyler to see the brunette girl standing before him.

"C'mon in…" He stated eyeing her up briefly. "I'm leaving…" He announced as soon as she walked through the door.

Hailey sighed and rolled her eyes as she let her bag slip out of her grasp and to the floor, "I think it should be me shunning him," She groaned looking at Tyler who looked slightly amused.

"I'm not sure what all happened between you two last year, but it had to of been big…" Tyler stated slowly.

"You're best friend is a prick." She remarked pulling out her packet the teacher handed out to them.

"As is yours…" He countered.

"Touché…" She grinned.

She laughed shortly as Tyler pulled out his things on his bed. She took in his attire for the first time since entering the room. It wasn't what she normally saw Tyler in, but he still looked as good as ever. A pair of baggy gray Spencer sweat pants adorned his long lean legs, and a tight black wife beater adorned his muscular torso.

"Hailey…" His voice tore her of the naughty thoughts that raced through her head.

"Hmmm?" She wanted to slap herself for being so stupid.

"I said you could sit down if you want…" He pointed his pencil to the empty spot at the foot of his bed.

"Oh, of course…" She laughed slightly taking a seat a bit uncomfortably on his bed. "Sorry, I tend to space out sometimes…"

Tyler laughed and rubbed his hand in his hair absentmindedly, "Its ok I understand completely…"

"Ok, I just don't want you to think I'm ignoring you on purpose…" She gave him a small smile and looked down shyly.

"I'm used to being ignored, so I don't take much offense to it…" Tyler blurted.

His face showed his embarrassment for letting out a personal confession, she reached over and gave his knee a small pat, "Your secret is safe with me," She gave him a short smile. "I know how you feel…" She shook her thoughts. "I'm a middle child, so I have middle child syndrome…" She shrugged.

"You have siblings?" Tyler asked shocked.

"Yeah, I have an older sister and a younger brother…" She replied naturally.

"They go to Spencer?" He asked carefully.

"My sister used to, she's five and a half years older than me, and my brother is four years younger than me, so he's still in a Middle School Prep." She answered. "How about you Tyler Simms, any siblings?" She asked.

"Unless you count Caleb, Pogue and Reid… nope…" He shook his head.

"So you guys are as close as you look then, huh?" She asked.

"Yeah, our families have been friends for as long as I can remember," Tyler's answer was almost robotic, as if he answered the same question a thousand times, which he probably had. "Our fathers were best friends and all attended Spencer… I guess it's a family thing…" He shrugged.

"Well you're lucky… at least you can make them go away when they annoy you…" Hailey laughed. "Unfortunately for me, that's not possible… that's why I opt to stay in the dorms…" She stopped herself from talking and bit her bottom lip. "Sorry, I also have a tendency to babble on about random things…" She sighed feeling very flushed at the moment.

"Don't be sorry, it's nice to have someone to talk to and hang out with… someone that's not one of the guys…" He stated nodding his head in the direction to a picture that was sitting on his night stand that had the four of them bundled up and holding snowboards.

"Well I can tell you it's nice to be able to talk to a guy that doesn't add in a perverted joke or comment every other sentence…" She stated rolling her eyes.

"If you really want… I could throw some out there…" Tyler joked tapping his pencil on to the book in front of him.

"I think I get plenty of that from good ol' Aaron…" She smirked.

A short silence set between the two, but it wasn't uncomfortable, it was a bit relaxing, Tyler looked at her and she looked right back at him. She couldn't help but note how truly gorgeous he was. The way his dark brown hair was now disshelved and hanging low in to his eyes, the toned muscles in his arm flexing with every flick of the pencil. Even the way he talked was alluring.

She shook her thoughts and glanced down at her things, "Well I guess we should get started, huh?" She asked clearing her throat.

"Yeah, you're probably right…" He agreed nodding his head.

Reid found his way to Nicky's, jacking Tyler's car as he usually did. He didn't like Hailey with Tyler, not one bit. He wasn't jealous, Reid Garwin was never jealous. He had already had that, no… it was something more than that. She had a hidden agenda, he could feel it.

He walked in to Nicky's waving briefly to the bald bartender and owner, the blonde headed straight to the pool table. He noticed the curly haired brunette that he had seen exiting Hailey's room earlier that afternoon, right before she decided to stumble in to his room, with his best friend.

"Garwin," Aaron smirked looking at the blonde. "Didn't expect to see you here tonight…"

"Why's that Aaron?" Reid asked picking up a pool stick.

"Hailey mentioned a certain Government project that you are supposed to be working on…" He stated with a lazy shrug as he lined up his next shot.

"Yeah well I didn't feel like being suffocated by the likes of your friends…" Reid quipped with a roll of his icy blue eyes.

"If I do remember correctly she was your girlfriend first…" Aaron leaned against his stick coolly.

"That's right Aaron, and you picked up my leftovers…" Reid smirked up at him. "You always did want to be me…" The blonde got in to his face.

"In your dreams Garwin, I see the way you look at her…" Aaron pressed his blue eyes turning in to little slits. "And I don't appreciate it one bit…"

"Look at her?" Reid scoffed. "She's good eye candy, but trust me I don't want anything to do with her…" Reid shook his head. "Though, she was an excellent lay, wouldn't you agree?"

Aaron felt his blood boiling as Reid talked so lightly about one of his very good friends, probably one of his best friends. He shoved the blonde back and glared at him.

"Don't you fucking talk about Hailey like that you ass," Aaron seethed.

"That's cute…" Reid laughed shortly shaking his head.

Aaron fought back the urge to punch the blonde right in the mouth, "What's so cute, Garwin?" Aaron spat eyeing Nicky who was keeping a firm eye on the two teens.

"You're in love with Hailey…" Reid pointed out.

"In love?" Aaron laughed at the thought. "With Hailey?" He shook his head. "You're sadly mistaken…"

"It's too bad that she's head over heels for my best friend already…" Reid shot back. Aaron's face fell, and then hardened just as quickly. He narrowed his eyes at his blue-eyed nemesis. "Compared to baby boy, you don't stand a chance…" Reid let the pool stick fall from his hand and left the Spencer Hot Spot with a smile on his face.

"Wow, I can't believe we got t his much done already!" Hailey exclaimed. "And people think I'm too smart… look at you…" She grinned looking up at Tyler who was blushing furiously.

"I'm not that smart…" Tyler denied with a shake of his head.

"Oh, don't be so modest… you have got to be one of the smartest people I know…" She stated slapping her hand down on his leg.

The instant her hand hit his leg they both looked at each other, her cheeks flushed and she was immediately aware of her stomach in her throat. Tyler looked down at her hand, and he slowly let his hand cover hers, wrapping his fingers gently around hers.

"I'm really glad that the professor paired us up…" Tyler admitted that mega-watt smile never leaving his face.

She felt herself melting just at the sight of this, "Me too," She nodded shortly.

She noticed Tyler leaning forward and she was doing the same. They were only a few inches a part with the door flew open and Reid Garwin came flying through the door, his face red and his hands clenched together in frustration.

"I fucking hate Aaron Abbott…"

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