Disclamer: I do not own the Covenant. However I do own Aimee
My body blocked Reid from the blow. My mind was screaming in pain, it felt like a thousand bolts of electricity were coursing through my body at once. I screamed as the force of Caleb's powers hit my back and I was thrown against the wall of the trash can outside of Nicky's. I groaned in pain and felt like I was going to throw up and pass out at the same time when I heard Reid scream my name "AIMEE!" he rushed to my side, Tyler following closely behind. I slowly cracked open my eyes and looked at Caleb and then Reid. The look that Reid was giving Caleb was one of pure hatred but he quickly looked away from Caleb and then looked at me with concern in his eyes. He ran his hands over my body checking for any injuries when he asked "Are you all right?" Without waiting for an answer I saw him turn to Caleb again his eye's turning the familiar black as he was about to use on him again when I grabbed his arm. His eyes quickly returned to his natural green color as he looked at me and I shook my head. I slowly stood up masking the pain I was in and pinned Caleb with a glare "Don't ever try to use on one another again" I shouted my eyes started to give me away. I was in too much pain I had to get out of there and back to the dorms before they found out how much damage had really been done.
"Aimee I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you" Caleb stuttered "No but you meant to hurt Reid which is just as bad. Don't think that just because you meant to use of Reid and I got in the way that, that makes it better. Also Reid if you think that you are safe then think again. Don't ever use on each other again. It is wrong you guys shouldn't be fighting you should be helping each other. You are like brothers and don't need to cause bodily harm to the other just cause they piss you off. Don't worry about hurting me either it wasn't any of your faults. There was nothing you could have done. I jumped into it way to quickly for you to do anything about it" I said "Sorry" they both mumbled "Good now that I am done with my lecture and my rant if you don't mind I'm going to drive back to the dorms I've had enough excitement for one night" I said and started to walk to my car. I had to get out of here as fast as possible and take a nice warm shower and then put an ice pack on my back to help with the swelling and bruising that I am sure was going to show tomorrow. "I don't think I am going to be sleeping on my back anytime soon" I muttered. I could see my car and hit the unlock button on my lock on my key chain and the lights flashed twice to signify that it got the message and was already unlocked. I was careful and slowly slid into the drivers seat careful not to jar my back and cause me anymore pain than I was already in.
Once I was settled I heard a faint light tap on my passenger side window. My head whipped up quickly looking to my right and saw that it was Reid asking for entry into my car. I unlocked his side and he slid in. "I thought that I could get a ride with you if you don't mind. We can catch up on the ride back to the dorms" "What ride you know I drive like a maniac no sooner will we get talking then we will already be at the school" I laughed. Reid was always my favorite I felt that I could be so open and real with him. Not that I couldn't do that with Caleb, Tyler, or Pouge but I had such a special connection with Reid maybe it was our knack for getting into trouble and our love of being bad that made us so much closer than the others. I was pulled out of my thoughts when Reid starting to wave his hand infront of my face. "You ok with me getting a ride?" he asked " Sure whatever" I whispered "You sure your ok to drive I could always drive for you" he said smirking "Yeah when hell freezes over I'll let you touch my precious baby" I shot back "Well I hate to break it to you but in Dante's Inferno you do know that the deepest level of hell is frozen right" he said smirking "Stop being a smart alec and since when do you read such timeless classics as Dante's Inferno?" I asked. "Since they are the only thing I read now a days they are my favorites " he said jokingly as he rolled his eyes.
I started the car and started to pull out of Nicky's when a black hummer honked at me as it was driving as I started to drive away. "Who is that?" I asked "Oh that is Tyler's car his parents got it for him for his sixteenth birthday" Reid said "Whoa baby boy's got a sweet ride. Where's yours?" I asked genuinely curious as I started to drive on the road back to Spencer's. "My parents think I will wreck any car they get me so they didn't get me one till they think I can be more responsible and get better grades" he grumbled. I laughed out loud and he glared at me. "So anyway how have you been? It has been such a long time. I really did miss you know. You were like my partner in crime, where did you go?" he asked. He was trying to avoid the subject of my parents I knew it mad e him uncomfortable cause he didn't know what to say to me about them.
I had a flash back of the day it happened it was a rainy day quite dreary and I was hanging out with the boys watching movies when I heard the phone ring and Caleb's mother answered. It got really quiet as we all tried to listen to the conversation wondering where my parents were they were rather late. I thought it was them calling to apologize but Caleb's mother was really quiet and then we heard her say thank you and hang up. She came out and her eyes were starting to tear as she kneeled down on my level "Aimee honey that was the police they were calling about your parents. They passed away in a car accident they lost control of the vehicle and ran off a cliff. I am so sorry honey" she said with sympathy in her eyes. My mind just went blank and I started to get cold and distant I didn't understand at first but then I started to sob.
Reid was looking at me and I slowly started to come out of my thoughts thinking of a reply when I finally answered "Well after my parents died I just had to get away you know. This place was just too full of memories. I grew up here with my parents and I just couldn't handle it staying in that house all by myself. My instincts and my brain just shut down and told me to run away as fast as I could. It was in my nature to just turn and run" I whispered. "YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE! We were here. We could have helped you and you could have stayed with one of us instead of by yourself in your house. You didn't say a word to us you just up and left. You didn't even let us know where you were going or when you would be back" Reid screamed as we pulled into Spencer Academy. I was silent as I parked my car once it was safely in park I shut off my car and turned very slowly to face him my face a mask of fury to much had happened tonight and I was unfortunately take it out on Reid there was nothing I could do to stop it. "I couldn't handle it! When my parents died I just caved in on myself. I became anti-social, isolated. I felt like I was the only one who knew what it felt like and it hurt. I despised all of you for still having your parents. I was so destructive if I didn't walk away I would have ended up destroying you, and everyone, everything around me that I loved. I loved you all too much to let that happen. If I had told you where I was going you would have tried to stop me and I couldn't let that happen. I needed to go away as much as it hurt to get myself the help I needed to get back to normal." I shouted at Reid. He looked at me his mouth wide open and a look of shock plastered on his face that is when I took the opportunity to get out of the car, slam the door and walk to my dorm room. I reached it without any problems in fact when I turned around Reid wasn't even following me.
When I reached my door I unlocked it and went right in. I headed for my closet and picked up a towel and headed to the showers. I let the warm water run for a minute or two before I started to strip of my clothes. As I was undressing I noticed the now throbbing pain in my back and then started to make my way over to the mirror. As I stood before the mirror I noticed how tired I looked from the day's events but quickly discarded that thought and turned around to get a good look at my back.