Woohoo, things are starting to get interesting...

A/N: So I'm an avid CSI: fan, only care for the original damnit... and guess who is the new CSI training with Sara? JESSICA LUCAS, she plays Ronnie Lake... Woohoo... thought that was cool to see another Covenant member on regular TV.

Chapter 13 – You're On

The next week went by slowly, but for Hailey she enjoyed almost every minute of it. Every minute that didn't consist of Aaron bitching in her ear about her sudden change of attitude.

Her relationship with Tyler and his friends had grown; Hailey and Reid were even on speaking terms. This was a huge feat for both of them.

Unfortunately for her, her relationship with Aaron was beginning to deteriorate… and that wasn't a good thing for any of them. He was starting to drop hints that if she didn't stop hanging out with them that he would let Tyler in on their bet.

She promised him, against her better judgment that she wasn't in too deep and that they were almost done with their bet. But she knew deep down that she wasn't hanging on to the bet itself, but what had come of it.

She was hanging on to her relationship with Tyler and her new friends that she had made through him. She was happy to be able to be the person she really was when she was around them and not the girl that she was when she was with Aaron.

It was the following Wednesday and the girls had swept Hailey away for an afternoon of skipping class and going shopping in town. The guys were headed to swim practice, not noticing that Aaron was trailing behind them, listening to their conversation.

"So Baby boy, how are things with Hailey?" Caleb asked with a small grin forming on his lips.

"Things are good…" The blue eyed brunette reported holding back the sly grin that was threatening to give him away.

"Great is more like it… he doesn't shut up about her…" Reid informed slinging an arm around his friend's shoulders. "I can't say that I blame the man, she's a freak in the sheets…" Reid smirked, getting a smack upside the head from his best friend.

"I'd like to forget the fact that you slept with my girlfriend, ok?" Tyler stated shooting his best friend a look.

"He won't let you forget it…" Pogue stated knocking his shoulder in to the younger boys.

"So I heard from Sarah, that you're taking her out for a special dinner this weekend?" Caleb asked fiddling with the bag draped over his shoulder.

"Yep," Tyler smiled and tried to hide back the gleam in his eyes.

"What's so special about it?" Reid questioned confused.

"From what I've heard Tyler is going to tell her something?" Caleb asked raising an eyebrow.

"That is the last time I go to your girlfriend for suggestions…" Tyler stated dramatically.

"C'mon baby boy, don't leave us hanging!" Pogue stated gallantly.

"I'm going to tell Hailey…" Tyler mumbled something and the three other guys stopped and looked at him.

"What did you say?" Reid questioned his eyebrows knitting together in confusion.

"I said I'm going to tell her that I love her…" Tyler stated shrugging his shoulders as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Love?" Reid nearly choked on his own saliva.

Aaron tripped over his own two feet at the sound of this. Did Tyler just say that he was going to tell Hailey, HIS Hailey that he was in love with her? This couldn't be happening, could it?

Wait, Aaron stopped himself; this is what you want… you want him to fall in love with her, now she can break up with him.

A vindictive smile spread across his face at the thought. Hailey was just playing them all, he was sure of it. She would become the girl she was before and rip the youngest member of the Ipswich brood's heart out. Then she would return to him and be his girlfriend.

He was sure of it. Hailey Gregory would be his.

"So why are we shopping?" Hailey asked looking from the blonde on her right to the brunette on her left.

Both girls had their arms linked with hers as they entered their third store. They were unable to find anything 'suitable' as they put it in the first two. But neither of them would spill the beans as to way they had taken her shopping instead of being in class.

"We can't tell you it's a surprise…" Kate stated looking through a rack of nice dresses.

"Oh c'mon… I thought we were friends…" She stated glancing at the dark haired girl opposite her.

"We are friends, and that's why we're here taking you shopping for Friday…" Sarah blurted out. She covered her mouth with her hands, her blue eyes large as saucers as Kate snickered.

"I swear, you can't keep your mouth shut to save a life…" Kate muttered shaking her head.

"What's so great about Friday?" The green-eyed girl questioned as she looked through a rack of clothes herself.

"Tyler has a surprise for you," Kate stated putting her hands on the younger girl's shoulders.

"Oh really?" Her eyes became bright at the sound of a surprise. She had no idea what it could possibly be. "What is it?" She asked looking to Sarah waiting for the girl to blurt out another part of the surprise.

"I can't…." She shook her head looking at Kate. "Tyler would butcher me…" She stated giving an innocent smile.

"You guys are no fair…" She pouted as the blonde sauntered up next to her, toying with the bottom of her skirt.

"But you love us…" Sara stated emphasizing the word love as she literally skipped off to another rack of clothes.

"Sarah Nicole Wenham…" Kate scolded her silently as she walked over to her.

Hailey's eyebrow arched in question as she thought about what Sara said, and then tied it together with the surprise on Friday, and why they were looking for something 'suitable' for her to wear. Her eyes grew wide with her new realization. Tyler was taking her out on Friday to tell her something, something important.

He was going to tell her he loved her.

She felt a wave of emotion wash over her, her eyes stung. She pushed away the tears that were threatening and caught up with her two new friends. They shopped around a bit and finally settled on the perfect dress for her to wear out with Tyler.

The girls returned to the dorms and Hailey found Aaron leaning against her door, his hands stuffed in to his pockets and a scowl adorning his face. Her brow knitted together as she pulled out her keys.

"Not waiting inside for me?" She asked skeptically as he kicked off of the piece of oak and watched her fiddle with the lock.

"Figured I would give you some privacy…" Aaron lifted his shoulder carelessly.

"Since when?" She scoffed using her weight to shoulder open the door.

"Since… now…" He followed her in to her room, Hailey closed the door behind him, crossing her arm under her breasts as she glanced over at the curly haired boy.

"What's the deal, Aaron?" She asked.

"Nothing," Aaron stated casually his eyes scanning over her room. "I just think that maybe we should raise the stakes…" He picked up a koosh ball that was sitting next to her lap top.

"Raise the stakes of what?" Hailey asked narrowing her eyes at the blue eyed boy.

"The bet…" Aaron coughed his eyes meeting hers for a brief moment. Hailey felt her heartbeat quicken, why would he want to do something like that? She could tell he wanted to end the bet just as much as she did.

"Why?" She asked raising an eyebrow at the brunette.

"Make things a little more interesting…" He stated coming closer to her, his eyes set on her.

"No way," She shook her head not breaking his steady gaze.

"Why not, are you afraid of something?" He questioned.

"Of course not," She fumbled for the right words to say, something that would get Aaron off of her back. "Don't you think we're going to be doing enough damage already?" She asked in a shaky voice.

"Are we?" Aaron asked raising an eyebrow as he brushed by her, standing behind her and letting himself linger too close for comfort. "I think you're in too deep already… so might as well explore while we're at it…" He stated his nose turned up at the thought.

He had to make sure that the Sons of Ipswich got what they deserved and that he would get Hailey back in the end. Whether she liked it or not, she was going to be his after all is said and done. He was sure of it.

She sighed and her eyes bore in to his knowing that he wouldn't give in easily, what would she have to do to keep his mouth shut? When it came to being betrayed, Aaron Abbott could open his mouth ten times worse then Sydney McAllister and Kira Snider combined.

"What do you have in mind, Aaron?" She asked sitting down on her bed defeated, still holding the bag of new garments in her clutches.

"I want some dirt…" Aaron stated a snide look crossing his normal handsome features.

"Dirt on what?" She knitted her eyebrows together in confusion.

"On the Sons…all of them, something that I can use…" Aaron stated lifting his shoulder in suggestion.

"Are you crazy?" She asked her eyes wide with shock. "Aaron, you want me to invade in more of their personal business... that's just not right…"

"Oh c'mon Hailey… it's not like you actually like these people…" Aaron accused his voice raising slightly as he watched her carefully.

She shrugged a slender shoulder and looked up at him, "They're not bad people Aaron…" She stated shaking her head. "I really don't even know why you don't like them… they're very likable…" She stated pursing her pink lips together in confusion.

"Because they pompous asses… that's why…" Aaron seethed. "You have to do this for me…" Aaron stated.

"Why?" Hailey asked standing up for herself.

"Aren't you supposed to be my best friend, Hailey?" Aaron asked her.

"Best friends wouldn't do this to each other…" She stated getting a bit angry with him now. "If you really cared about me the way you say you do Aaron, you wouldn't have made me do any of this…" She reiterated.

"You did this to yourself Hailey…" He mused. "You wanted to raise the stakes in the game… guess what… now it's my turn…" He stated getting up and leaving her room, slamming the door behind him.

Hailey's stomach did flips, she and Aaron rarely fought, they usually saw eye-to-eye on most things. But she didn't feel right; she didn't want to spy on the Sons of Ipswich. Not her new friends. What could they have to hide though?

Nothing, Hailey decided. You should just tell Aaron you'll do it to keep him happy. She grabbed the koosh ball and began to squeeze it, keep Aaron happy and keep your secret from Tyler a little longer.

She groaned falling back on to her bed and staring at the ceiling; maybe you should just tell Tyler the truth… She sighed. Her eyes flickered with a bit of apprehension. Just tell him the truth, it started out with some stupid bet with Aaron, and once she started dating him, getting to know him… she fell for him.

Fell for him? She questioned herself. Yes, you fell for him hard Hailey. She answered herself. There was no denying it. Knowing that Tyler was going to tell her how he felt on Friday, made her stomach churn with repugnant.

The same questions continued to flood her thoughts, she sighed, and she grabbed her cell phone and dialed Aaron number. His cocky, arrogant voice filled her ears as he greeted her.

"I knew you'd see things my way…" He stated simply.

"But if we don't find anything out we stop this…" She muttered.

"You're on, love…"

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