Name Of The Past - Chapter 9
Reid placed his empty glass down on the table with a sigh. It was a Saturday night and he was bored out of his head. Taking a quick glance around the table he felt his chest rise in annoyance as he watched his two other brothers preoccupy themselves with their girlfriends by their sides. "Im bored" he announced placing his foot on the table they were all sharing and began bouncing it, making the glasses around the table clatter against each other.
"Well go play" Kate, Pogue's girlfriend shot at him angrily, annoyed already at the blondes childish behaviour.
"Play what?" he asked, folding his arm together over his chest, giving her an innocent smile.
"I don't know. Play foosball or something" she answered, swottering her hands at him to shoo him away from the table.
"your boyfriend is the foosball player not me" he shot back grabbing a hand full of his cold fries in front of him and throwing them at the long hair boy opposite, sniggering as some stuck in his hair.
"Don't make me kick your ass boy" Pogue threw back the stranded fries that had fallen on his lap and gave his brother a stern look.
"No violence in front of the ladies" Reid pointed an accusing finger at the biker smiling when he smiled back. "But we could settle this on a game of pool?" he offered nodding his head to the tables that were behind Pogue.
Letting out a short laugh Pogue let his arm fall from around his girlfriends shoulder and grabbed for his drink that was being spilt by his brother constant table knocking, "the last time I play pool with you, you walk off" he smirked remember suddenly the bet he had made with his brother.
Knowing what his older brother was thinking Reid grabbed another hand full of fries and threw it at him, "its not over so don't start spending that money yet"
"What money?" Caleb piped in, giving warning glancing towards the other two boys at his table as he looked between them. Asking again when they both replied unbelieving 'nothing' together at once.
Knowing Caleb wouldn't now leave it to rest, Pogue stood up and kiss his girlfriend on the head lightly before shoving his hand in to his pocket, "you're the reason im never having kids" Pogue said slapping his blonde friend over the head quickly, before making his way behind his chair and towards one of the empty tables.
"Finally" Reid jumped up rubbing his head slightly as he followed his friend around the occupied seats and towards the pool table Pogue was already standing at, moving in front of Caleb he felt something grab a hold of his arm.
"What money Reid?" Caleb asked huskily giving him a warning glare.
"Money? What money?" Reid asks shrugging his shoulder innocently, "You need some money?" he flashed the annoyed boy a smirk and grabbed his wallet out of his back pocket and opened it.
"Reid!" they both look in the direction of their friend standing alone by an empty table, "we playing or not?" Pogue asked angrily as he tapped his cue stick on the floor a few times.
"yeah rack 'um up" Reid shot back, releasing his arm from Caleb's grasp, smirking before he gave him a straight salute "cya mate" he purred moving out of his spot round the table and moved to his brother, snatching the stick his brother was holding, making Pogue grab the spare on the table with an aggravated sigh.
Waiting till Reid had broke and suckered two balls into the far side pockets before he spoke Pogue leaned idly on the pool table "where's you normal opponent at tonight?" he asked taking a quick look around the room and failed to pick out there youngest member in the crowd.
"at the dorms studying" Reid casually replied keeping all of his attention on his white ball, it was not uncommon to be able to quickly catch Reid's eyes flashing black when he was playing pool against someone at Nicky's, but when it came to his brothers Reid made sure he won on his own, his pride made sure of that. There was no point in cheating if your rival already knew the tricks.
"Really?" Pogue couldn't help but laugh as he took his place on the table, noggin Reid slightly to get out of the way as his turn began, "so what's her name?"
"no I mean he's studying, with books" Reid reply quickly, taking a sign of the white ball shooting of the table as Pogue being as shock as he was when Tyler had refused coming with him that night, "yeah tell me about it" he mumbled picking up the ball as it rolled to a stop at his feet.
"But Tyler never studies" Pogue mumbled rubbing the back of his neck as he look over at the blonde questionably "Tyler doesn't need to study. He's grade A student without even trying, what's he up to?"
"Don't ask me. He's been acting odd ever since…" Reid stopped aiming up his next shot to give a quick painful glance towards his brother, " you know" he finished not wanting to bring up the day he was almost kill by his fellow covenant members.
Silently nodding his head slowly in understanding Pogue let the subject drop, knowing from the way Reid's shoulders had tighten up that he didn't want to think about Chase being back in their lives just yet. Looking round the room as the sounds of Reid's stripped balls going into their destined holes, his eyes landed on a laughing familiar brunette sitting in the darker part of the bar with a guy he didn't know, "so how's things with you and Iz?" he asked smiling when he saw his question had suddenly put his brother of his straight game.
"ent spoke to her since history Wednesday" Reid admitted truthfully grabbing hold of his drink from the corner of the table and taking a large gulp, "every time I go to her room she is either not there or is acting like she isn't" he sighed looking at his brother a little helplessly.
"Your actually falling for the girl arn't you Reid?" Pogue asked him carefully, watching as his face fell into a sad smirk before taking his place round the table.
"She's frying my head if that's what you mean" he chuckled pushing his brother playfully as his aim missed the black eight ball by inches.
Ignoring Reid taking over the table Pogue looked back over to where he had seen the girl of topic earlier and smiled when he noticed the guy she had been with was now no where to be seen, making a quick decision he nodded his head and look back at Reid, " you should go talk to her"
"I would if I could bloody get a hold of her" Reid mumbled as he bit his lower lip and pulled back the cue stick striking the white ball with accurately.
"Well she's over there at the bar" Pogue pointed watching with a small smile as Reid's head wiped round to the bar and to where he was pointing.
"I'll be right back" Reid mumbled not bothering to look round at his brother before he lay his cue on the half finished table and moved swiftly towards the bar, automatically moving his hands to his beanie and straitening it out, making his fringe fall to his eyes.
Walking closer towards her side of the bar he stopped when he felt a body collide with his from behind. Turning round quickly he came face to face with a dark haired boy a few inches taller then him giving him an apologetic look.
"sorry man" Jack spoke quickly stepping back away from the blonde he had just walked into as he turned round to face him , "never think walking threw the dance floor is a short cut" he joked holding out his hand as he took the blondes and shook it, "im Jack Wood"
"Reid Garwin" Reid replied looking over the guy and tried to figure out where he had seen him before, "you new here?" he asked letting go of his hand and grabbing hold of the empty glass he had put down by the side of him.
"I know who you are Garwin" Jack laughed pushing his hands in to his jeans, "im the new swim captain of Ipswich public"
"Oh the guy's we always beat every year" Reid smirked; remember when he and Pogue had literally beaten up the last captain, Justin Pratt for trying to take Kate out for the night.
"Yeah not this year my friend" Jack threw back causally glancing at the empty glass held in the blondes hand, "I didn't knock your drink over did I?" he asked abruptly, trying to notice if the boys dark clothes were wet.
"What?" Reid followed his gaze to the empty glass in his hand and shook his head, "Na I was just going to the bar for another one"
"Good. Well ive got a girl waiting, so ill see you at the next game" he smiled politely stepping round Reid and moving a bit closer to the bar.
Reid smiled back simply watching as the black haired boy nodded to him before turning around walking towards the corner he was destined to be in. slowly moving towards Izzy Reid stopped dead in his tracks when he noticed her smiled up at the guy he had just been talking to and pushed a bottle of bear in front of him as he took the seat next to her. "You've got to be kidding me" he mumbled watching her eye's gleam with laughter as she looked up to the guy next to her. Yanking his hat of with a curse he turned his back on the scene and moved back to the table that he had left Pogue at.
"I thought you were going to go talk to her" Pogue asked confused as he watched Reid pick up the abandoned cue and plough it straight into the idle white ball, not even trying to aim.
"What do you know about Jack Wood?" Reid looked at him suddenly ignoring the question he had just been asked.
"A good swimmer. Very Strong in the butterfly" Pogue commented knocking his last coloured into a pocket.
"And in general?" Reid asked, eyeing the bar quickly once again, breathing hard when he notice the boy in question touch Izzy's arm playfully.
"An ok guy. That is if you're not women, a bit of a player from what ive heard." Pogue answer, reciting what Kate had said when they had first met him at one of there meets, "why?"
"Just met he didn't like him much" Reid mumbled leaning on his standing cue with a small amount of defeat. Pogue looked at his defeat brother and then at the corner of the bar he had sent him to and saw who was now sitting with Izzy, he nodded his head to the table indicating it was his brother turn, saying nothing about his brother's first jealous streak.