Isobel was thirteen years old when she had told her father that she didn't want to have any part in the covenant, it was just after she had come into her powers. Nobody had been sure that she would even come into any powers as there had never been a woman in the covenant, there had never been a female witch born into any of the families before. So when Isobel came into her power she became a great source of fascination to many within the five remaining families of Ipswich and when, as Pogue always stated turned her back on the covenant it was when everything really started to change between Isobel and the boys. They had started to embrace their gifts whilst Isobel turned her back on them for good reason, consequences came with their powers and Isobel wasn't willing to take those risks. So when Isobel saw the boys walking towards her with cocky grins plastered all over their faces, it infuriated her as they were being so reckless and putting them all at risks with their stupid stunts. Not only was the consequences of the boys ageing when they used their powers but there was also exposure. But they never seemed to think about any of that, they were more concerned with having fun. The witch trials had happened, there was proof of that in history and it could happen again and that was the last thing Isobel wanted. The covenant had not survived for over three hundred years to be destroyed by four boys who cared more about having fun then protecting their secret. The four of them weren't the only ones at risk, Isobel was as well as all their families but that didn't seem to register in their tiny little brains.
"Hey, Kate." Caleb began with a friendly smile as he and the others approached Isobel and her friends, well Kate and her potential new friend in Sarah. Out of the boys Caleb was the 'leader' because he was the eldest out of them all, Isobel included. Granted he was the most maturest of the boys but that didn't mean couldn't been swayed into misbehaving. Not to mention Isobel found Caleb just as much held the same self-serving and riotousness attitude that the boys had. Isobel rolled her eyes which was caught by Caleb and he turned his attention over to her. "Hey Iz."
Isobel rolled her eyes at the nickname that her immediate friends used and by that Isobel she meant Kate, it was used occasionally by Isobel's parents and frequently by the boys much to Isobel's annoyance. Isobel wasn't fond of nicknames in the slightest, her parents had named her Isobel for a reason. There was one of sort of nickname that Isobel had, one that only one person used and Isobel begrudgingly let them. Isobel didn't respond to Caleb at first until Kate nudged her in the ribs to not so subtly tell her to stop being so impolite. "Hey…"
"Caleb!" Kate began until she spotted Pogue and goes over to hug him, leaving Isobel standing awkwardly with Sarah wishing that she could be anywhere except for here. "Hi! You're late."
"I had a thing with the family… I see you brought Isobel with you? Pogue stated with a sigh as he noticed Isobel, clearly bothered that Kate was Isobel despite knowing full well that the two of them were best friends.
"I was here first Pogue and if you have so much of a problem with that then why don't you just jump off a cliff Pogue? That way I wouldn't have to deal with your enormous ego every time I turn around and the rest of can continue to have a good time like we were having before you arrived!" Isobel retorted letting Pogue know that she was well aware of he had and the other boys had done and she was letting them know that they were not getting away with it. They thought that just because they were young they could get away with using but they couldn't. Them using took a toll on their bodies and not that Isobel particularly cared what they did as it was their bodies and prerogative, it was just that Isobel could feel whenever they were using when they were using a certain amount of magic and sooner or later they were going to expose them all which Isobel refused to let happen.
"God, would it kill you to lighten up for once in your life Isobel?"
"Maybe. If you finally stopped being such an idiot for once in your life–"
"Would it kill you guys to be nice to each other for once in your lives? I know that the two of you hate each other and you don't make an effort to hide it from anyone. But you two have something in common and that is me. You two hate each other but you are both people that I love and my boyfriend and best friend should be behaving like that constantly. So for one night would you two please put your grudges to the for me?" Kate began with a sigh, Isobel didn't understand why kept trying in vain to make her and Pogue friends as it was never going to happen.
"Why am I getting scolded like all of this is my fault? He started it like always but yet I always seem to be getting the blame because of your stupid boyfriend Kate!" Isobel angrily pointed out.
Pogue wearily laughed and Isobel felt herself getting all the more riled up. "Stupid boyfriend? Are you kidding me Hembry?"
"Do I look like I'm kidding? You know exactly what I'm taking about Parry!"
"This is exactly what I'm taking about!" Kate stated in a tired tone of voice. "Now the two of you need to agree to a temporary truce otherwise I'm going home right now and I won't talk to either of you for a week!"
didn't want to be without her only friend throughout senior year.
"Fine! But you owe me for this Kate and just to clairy for everyone here, this is not a sign of me caving. I was right and I am only doing this to make you happy as that is what good friends do!" Isobel reluctantly said as she tucked a piece of her dark hair behind her ear.
"Now that we're back on track this is my new roommate: Sarah this is Pogue Parry, Tyler Simms, Caleb Danvers and–"
"–Reid Garwin." Reid interrupted as he pushed his way through Pogue and Caleb to get to Sarah. "You know Sarah is my grandmother's name, you kind of remind me of her…"
That may have just been the worst pick up line that Isobel had heard in all her life and it seemed like everyone else shared this same sentiment. Isobel almost felt something that resembled pity and embarrassment towards Reid for the briefest of moments before she finally got a handle on herself. There was no reason for her to feel anything towards Reid as he had done nothing to deserve it, he was just another pain in the ass that she had to deal with on a regular basis. "Real smooth Garwin, every girl just wants to hear that she reminds a guy of his grandmother. No wonder why your still single."
"Caleb Danvers and you don't remind me off my grandmother is any shape or form." Caleb said as he shook hands with Sarah and this caused her to grin at the slight improvement over pick up lines. Isobel rolled her eyes as glanced down at her watch as she counted down the minutes until she could make an excuse to bail from this party. Caleb and Sarah had something going on between, Pogue and Kate were all shacked up and then Tyler and Reid were practically attached to the hip. Isobel had rarely ever seen the two of them apart even as a child.
"Kill me now…" Isobel quietly said to herself just as Kira Snyder, another bane of Isobel's existence pushed past her in order to get to Caleb. This was going to be a very awkward event to witness as it was pretty well known that Kira had a crush on Caleb and was constantly fawning over him. Caleb for some reason never quite had the balls to tell Kira that he wasn't interested in her, it was rather pathetic. Even more pathetic than Reid's grandmother line.
"Hi Caleb!" Kira began in a rather flirty manner and Isobel pretended to stick her fingers down her throat and gag at the scene because it was sickening and rather painful to watch. But Caleb being a gentleman was going to have to make them all suffer and watch this because he didn't want to hurt her feelings. Isobel didn't have the patience for that, if it was her she would have just ripped the bandaged off. "How was your summer?"
"Um…" Caleb began trying to answer Kira's conversation but his eyes kept gravitating towards Sarah and eventually Kira picked up on this before Isobel could point it out. Kira was the typical high school mean girl cliché and when she turned to Sarah, Isobel knew that this wasn't going to be pretty.
"Hi I'm Kira."
"Sarah."
"Oh right, from the Boston public? Tell me how does one go about getting into Spenser from a public?" Kira demanded and Isobel found her anger at Pogue being directed towards Kira. It was such a catty thing to do and uncalled for, it didn't matter whether Sarah had attended a public school before coming here, for Kira to bring that up to try and embarrass Kira was low and just mean and typical of a bitch. It was no way to greet a new student with couch snobbish behaviour and Isobel found it uncalled for.
"Kira, why don't you give it a break." Caleb began and Isobel rolled her eyes before stepping forward, she was going to put an end to this right now. Caleb was too polite to hand out the cold truth but Isobel wasn't.
"Caleb it is a well known fact that you never send a man to do a woman's job, so pipe down I've got this." I say as I take a step towards Kira and brush a piece of her hair away in an attempt to make everything seem nice. "Normally I don't even give a second thought about you as I find you rather boring and irrelevant but I know you Kira. A pretty girl who is so self conscious and insecure she strives for attention from whether she can gets it and puts down other people so she can feel better about herself for even a few minutes. Well let me tell you something Kira, nobody likes that kind of bitchy behaviour and normally I wouldn't care about that. As you need to do whatever you need to do to make yourself feel better and like I said your irrelevant to me. But I like the new girl, Sarah is nice and funny plus she's a potential friend of mine so back off Kira. And while we're on the subjecting of getting into Spencer at least Sarah's parents didn't have to buy their daughter's way in unlike somebody I know…"
"I guess you would make friends with her seeing as Kate is your only friend. Poor little Isobel Hembry, the weird longer girl who only has one friend and no one to care about her, even Aaron dumped your lonely ass. How does it feel to have only one friend and no boyfriend?" Kira taunted, choosing to ignore the well known fact that everyone knew that her parents had to pay Provost Higgins a boatload of money to get her into Spenser. Isobel just laughed, like she didn't see that one coming.
"Oh I'm sorry… Is this the part where I'm supposed to get upset and keep quiet? I don't really know how this works but what part of that is supposed to faze me or even make me upset? Your telling me thing that everyone including myself already know. Yes I'm weird loner girl who only has one friend well technically one and half as like I said Sarah is a potential friend but I am comfortable with who I am and my life. And just to correct you on one of you little digs at me, I dumped Aaron not the other way round in fact we all know that I was only dating him to piss off the boys and I broke up with him once I got bored. If your going to try and put me down at least get your facts straight." Isobel stated with a yawn as Kira didn't faze her in the slightest, in fact she had been hoping for something more exciting.
"In your dreams Isobel." Kira retorted and once again Isobel yawned, this was dreadfully dull and boring.
"Kira, why don't you give it a rest? Go home and in the space of now and tomorrow try and have a personality readjustment. It may do a whole lot of wonders for you and maybe you might even make some friend. If I can make some friends there is even some hope for you." Isobel replied with a small smile as she spoke in a rather patronizing manner until the last person who Isobel wanted to see; Aaron decided to join their little gathering bringing some company along with him. Isobel knew she really shouldn't have come to this party.
"Why don't you give it a rest Isobel?"
Isobel was certain that she had done something in a previous life and was now facing retribution for it now because there was no other way to explain what was going on now. Isobel was surrounded by pretty much everyone she couldn't stand and it seemed like fate really had it in for her today of all days and Isobel just sighed. She was hoping that whatever was going on would end rather quickly so she could get out of her rather promptly. Isobel knew this party had been a very bad idea and she had wanted to get out of here but she hadn't left and now she was really regretting that decision. Isobel felt really uncomfortable about this but she would put on a brave front as she couldn't have anyone thinking that she was scared especially Aaron. Isobel could feel several sets of eyes of her and after taking several deep breaths she felt more comfortable and in better control to handle this situation. So what if most of the people there hated her? Isobel would take pride in that and be flattered that she had managed to piss off that many so many people and they were all surrounding her. It made Isobel's day.
"Aaron as hard as you may find this to believe given the momentous size of your ego, this has nothing to do with you in the slightest. So you can just be on your merry way and go back to looking at yourself in the mirror because no one asked you to get involved. So run along boy…" Isobel stated and Caleb shot her a look as if to tell her to stop winding Aaron up and making this situation even worse then it already was. But Isobel just rolled her eyes, Caleb trying to tell her what to do was nothing new and like always Isobel paid him no attention.
"Look we don't want any trouble." Caleb tells Aaron trying to diffuse the situation but Isobel already knew it won't work as Aaron can't help but go looking for a fight and if it's got anything to do with the boys and Isobel he just can't help himself. He hates all five of them with an equal passion, which I can't help but say the feeling isn't completely mutual.
"I'm sure you don't Caleb but it just can't help but find you, anytime there's trouble you just have to look to the mighty Children of Ipswich to know who's responsible for it." Aaron stated with a grimace at his face and all of his friends glared at them with contempt although Isobel didn't buy any of it. "You posers make me want to puke."
"Is that so?" Reid questioned and Isobel rolled her eyes, this was just what she didn't need. Another idiot getting involved with something that they didn't need to concern themselves with. As Reid took a step forward, Caleb put his arm out to prevent Reid from doing anything stupid as Reid had a tendency to get into trouble quite frequently as he was one of those people who didn't think before they did things, just acted on impulse. It was the boys and occasional Isobel got into trouble.
"I find that hard to believe Aaron. You keep banging on about how much we are posers and how us being the Children of Ipswich make you want to puke but I think you're jealous of the titles and the attention it brings us. You may hate us and make no attempt to hide it, sneering at us and calling us name but I think you want that attention. I think you what we have for some stupid reason before of some inferiority complex that you have with the four morons to my side. So here's the thing, if you really want all that attention that comes with being one of the Children of Ipswich than feel free to talk my title, I've never wanted to be the Daughter of Ipswich so go ahead and take it. I think it would suit you and your pissy ego rather perfectly." Isobel stated with a prim smile which pissed off Aaron.
"I think your little bitch Isobel owes Kira a apology." Aaron said to Caleb and Isobel took no notice of the name calling, she wasn't surpassed that Aaron had resorted to calling her name. He was no Prince Charming in the slightest and Isobel doubted he even knew the meaning of the word. Despite the fact that Isobel was perfectly fine with Aaron calling her names as it was all sticks and stones, Pogue on the other hand seemed to not be fine with it.
"What did you just call her?" Pogue demanded seemingly furious at what he had heard and Isobel was stunned at his reaction. Pigs must be flying somewhere if Pogue was coming to her defence.
"Actually Kira owes Sarah the apology just like you need to apologise to Isobel right this second Aaron before we make you apologise." Caleb threatened and Isobel how the rest of the boys were all nodding in agreement. It rather annoyed Isobel how they all thought that she needed saving, like she was some kind of damsel in distress when Isabel knew she was the furthest thing from that. She was a fully ascended witch, so she could rescue her damn self from one boy.
"I don't need you to save me Caleb, I'm perfectly capable of rescuing myself." Isobel retorted before turning her attention back to Aaron. "I'm not apologising to anyone because I haven't done anything wrong, this whole problem started because your little friend Kira who seems to take some soft of pride in being a massive bitch. So if your going to call anyone a bitch then you might wanna look towards Kira and tell her she needs to apologise if you insist on throwing your weight around."
"I can't believe I wasted my time on someone like you Hembry, you weren't even that good in bed. I made the biggest mistake of my life sleeping with you." Aaron stated with a wide grin on his face, reminding Isobel of the cheshire cat.
"Sing another story already, I'm bored of that one already." Isobel quipped with a yawn, still very much not fazed that Aaron was stooping to such low levels apparently others were getting offended as Caleb shoved Aaron, who responded just as quickly and pretty soon there was small shoving match going on to Isobel's dismay. This is why she hated boys, they got worked up for too quickly and lost their tempers just as quick over stupid and silly matters. Now Isobel really wanted to come home as this party had been a massive mistake and was about to turn into one massive brawl. Isobel was surpassed when the new boy that her, along with Kate and Sarah had been talking about only a few minutes ago stepped in and broke up the shoving match before it got out of hand.
"You were being kind of bitchy." New boy told Kira before turning to Aaron. "You know you shouldn't really be talking to women like that as it's really disrespectful? Does your mother know you talk like that to women?"
Aaron opened his mouth to say something but just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by one of his friends vomiting all over him. Even without the tingle in her head, alerting her to the use of the boys using magic Isobel knew Reid was responsible for it. Sort of had Reid written all over it but Isobel allowed herself to smile for the briefest of seconds. Whilst she condoned the use of magic especially in the open near people who could expose them, Aaron did kind of deserve it. "Disgusting you idiot!"
"Thank you for that, you didn't have to step in." Isobel said giving the new boy a smile as even though she didn't know his name yet, she appreciated the fact that he had just stepped in and defended her in front of an utter jackass. The new boy grinned and winked at Isobel, which caused her to smile even broader.
"No problem beautiful, guys like that make me sick as he should really learn how to treat women with more respect."
"Yeah, you're absolutely right." Kate said and Isobel along with Sarah found themselves nodding along in agreement. Isobel had no idea where the new boy had come from but wherever it was she liked it, as he was far more refreshing than most of the boys here. He had manners to start with and didn't like an utter asshole because of a huge ego. Now that everything had been settled and there was no more fighting, Isobel was in need of another drink. All of that had made her incredibly thirsty but before she could do that Isobel was distracted by the music being suddenly cut.
"Guys, err…guys! Dylan just got called, he says he saw three cop cars heading this way on old dell road" The DJ announced and Isobel couldn't help but grimace at the inevitable, the thing about parities at the dells? The cops always got wind of it and always came to break it up and they tended to check ids and conduct breathalyser tests if they suspected that underage drinking had been taking place. Old Dell Road wasn't too far away which meant that the cops were going to be there in a matter of minutes and everyone who had been to a party at the dells knew that this meant. It was time to run and fast.