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Chapter Three: Stay Out of My Way

The boys all made their separate ways to Nicky's that night. Ivy caught a ride with Caleb sometime around nine. When she walked through the door and took in all the old familiar faces, she remembered how much she used to love the place. She had spent many hours here during her freshman year, mostly with Reid and Pouge. Tyler was still really nerdy and Caleb would hardly ever agree to come. Pouge would usually find some girl to talk to, which always left her alone with Reid. She never really minded so much. He spent most of his time playing pool. He wasn't as good back then and he tended to cheat a lot more, but that's where you could always find Garwin.

Ivy looked up and noticed that was where you could still find him. He was playing against a guy that she vaguely remembered to be named Jason, or maybe Jared. Which one it was she couldn't quite be sure, but whatever his name was had grown noticeably more handsome, Ivy thought as she followed Caleb over to a table where Tyler and Pouge were already sitting.

Sitting next to Pouge was his girlfriend, Kate. Ivy saw red as soon as she laid eyes on her once best friend and roommate. Kate was all smiles until she noticed Ivy. A heated glare soon fixated it self on Kate's features. It became a staring match; who would look away first and neither one was giving in.

Ivy's hatred for Kate Tunney started in the spring of their freshman year. Kate had moved to Ipswich to attend high school at Spenser, and she became Ivy's roommate. They became fast friends; Ivy's first ever real female friend. Ivy introduced Kate to the Sons, and Kate fell head over heels for the bad boy, Reid. Reid however paid Kate absolutely no attention. He had developed a serious crush on Ivy. Kate made the decision to go out with Pouge, with hopes to make Reid jealous. That plan, however, backfired in her face when Ivy thought that Kate had moved on, thinking that it was all clear for she and Reid to be together.

When Kate found out, she went ballistic, revealing her entire plan to Ivy. She made it crystal clear to Ivy that she was only with Pouge to get with Reid, and that she had no feelings for her current love interest. Ivy was highly ticked off, and did everything in her power to break the two up, but to no avail. When Ivy left for Texas, they were still together, and apparently Kate still hadn't given up. The sons were Ivy's best friends, and she had never been able to tolerate anybody mistreating her boys, so since the moment Kate decided to hurt Pouge, Ivy had decided to hurt Kate. Needless to say, the two were not friends.

Tyler looked up and noticed the two girls still staring each other down, and decided that it would be in everyone's best interest to remove Ivy from the table, as she was the more volatile of the two. Tyler wrapped an arm around Ivy's shoulders and led her over to where Reid was playing pool. Ivy noticed Reid smiling and making a joke to his now female opponent, which spiked a memory of Reid in the summer before their freshman year.

Ivy and Reid were standing around one of the pool tables in a surprisingly empty Nicky's.

"Let's make this game a little more interesting, shall we?" Reid said, giving Ivy a devious smirk.

"What do you suggest?" Ivy responded as she leaned over in his direction across the table.

"If you win, I'll do whatever you say all day tomorrow."

"Okay. And if you win?"

"Simple, I get a kiss." Reid just smirked in her direction and waited for a response.

"But," Ivy paused for a moment, to afraid to tell the boy she'd never kissed a boy before, and that she really didn't want her first kiss to be over a game of pool, but instead she just decided that she'd just have to win the game. "Okay. It's a deal."

As Ivy should have known, she lost the game. And she got her first kiss that same night from her very best friend. That's when she first realized that she would never be able to just stay friends with the blonde son of Ipswich. Ivy learned later on that Reid realized the same thing that night.

Ivy came out of her daze due to a loud yell from Reid, as he beat Tyler in a game. Apparently, she'd been out of it for a while.

"I'll be right back," Tyler said as he started to make his way toward the restrooms. Ivy decided to take this moment alone to question Reid.

"What's your problem?" She asked. She had decided to be blunt instead of playing games with him, because she knew if she messed around, she would end up being the one getting played.

Reid stared at her for a moment with an unreadable expression on his face. Then he looked at her calmly and said, "I don't have a problem. And if you stay the hell out of my way, you won't have a problem either."

Before Ivy could respond, Tyler showed back up at the table with the announcement that Pouge and Kate were leaving, and Caleb was too. Ivy was still staring speechless at Reid when Tyler asked her if she just wanted to ride back with him and Reid.

"No," Ivy said before standing up and following an exiting Caleb out to his car.

"What just happened? Everything was fine when I left, and then I come back and you've dome managed to make her angry already?" Reid was already ticked off. He was doing his very best to avoid any confrontation with his brothers, but they were making it very hard, especially Tyler. It wasn't any of their business what went on between him and Ivy, not now and not two years ago. He was sick and tired of their questions. They had attacked him every time Ivy left the room today, and he knew it would continue until he made up with her and made them all happy. But that wasn't happening, and he knew he could get Tyler to shut up once and for all right now. Scare tactic.

"You ask me one more damn question about her, baby boy, and I'm gonna knock you straight into next week," Reid said with the evilest look he could come up with. Terror passed over Tyler's face at the realization that Reid was serious and he promptly decided to let it go.

"Okay, man. Whatever, it's your business," he responded, trying to diffuse the situation. Reid just smiled and racked up the balls for another game. One down, three to go. If he could only get the others to leave him alone about her then he could finally forget Ivy for one final time. Too bad it was easier said than done.

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