Title: Picture To Burn
A/N: So, I borrowed the party scene from the beginning of the movie, and switched some of it up a bit to fit in with my story, nothing too major though. I've already got a good portion of the next chapter written, so hopefully it'll be up soon, most likely within the week since I'm currently on spring break so I don't have that much school work to deal with. Credit for the chapter title goes to Maroon 5, love them to death!
So enjoy and review!
Chapter 6;And Her Eyes Were Red With Anger
( Reid's POV )
It had been a long day. Tyler had told me about Hannah's reaction after walking in on me with Kristy yesterday, and to be honest, it killed me when I heard.
She hurt me and in true Reid Garwin fashion, I wanted to hurt her back ten times as worse. Seems I got what I wanted, but what I didn't realize was how shitty I would feel after. The thought of her crying was as bad as the thought of her kissing Tyler.
I had really considered punching him in the face after I had heard that part.
I had tried to talk to Hannah all day, but no matter how hard I tried, how much I even used, I couldn't seem to get her alone. I even tried cornering her in the girls bathroom at the end of the day, but it was no use. She could be pretty good at avoiding someone when she tried.
And then there was Kristy. I did everything I could to avoid her, but I wasn't as successful as Hannah had been with me. Once again, she was all over me and I just wasn't in the mood. Yeah, you heard me right. I, Reid Garwin, was not in the mood to have a hot girl all over me. But my mind was on another girl, who was way more important then Kristy, and it wasn't as easy for me to push her face to the back of my mind as it had been for the past week. And no, I will never repeat that out loud.
I couldn't take it anymore, and on my way here I broke it off with her. Not like anything we had going on had been official, but it was just easier to get her off my back to do it that way. At least make her think she was special in the life of Reid Garwin for a few days.
I kicked a stone as I walked to the edge of the cliff where Tyler, Pogue and Caleb were waiting for me.
"Sup fellas?" I asked once I reached them.
"Where were you? I stopped to give you a lift." Tyler asked, his concerned eyes on me.
"Had things to do." Was my simple answer, and they left it alone. But I was sure Baby Boy would ask me about it later. "How's the party?" I asked as I peered over the cliff to see the small bodies of our peers dancing around a bon fire below. You could just make out the sounds of music coming from below.
"Don't know. Just got here." Pogue answered. I nodded, my eyes still trained on the people below, trying to find a certain person even though I knew the attempt was pointless. I wasn't even sure she was going to show up tonight.
"Well hell boys," I smirked as my eyes fell black. The surge of power through my body helped me to relax after the stressful day I had. "Let's drop in." And with that, I jumped off the cliff.
( Hannah's POV )
I was having a perfectly good day, topped off by an even better night...well at least better compared to yesterday.
I had managed to successfully avoid Reid all day. And I was pretty proud of myself for it. It seemed like every time I turned around he was there, trying to get my attention. I don't even know how he did it, seeing as we only had two classes together and the rest of the day he was supposed to be all the way on the other side of the school from me, but he somehow managed to be in the hall by my locker after every period. It had been a tough job, but I had managed it.
And now it was night time, and I was at Brendan's party. The music was pumping, and the liquor was flowing. I was already two shots down and on my third rum and coke. I was feeling nice.
"Hannah, you want a refill?" I heard Chad ask from behind me as my we danced to the rock music. I looked down at my cup and shook my head when I saw it was still more then half full.
"Nah, I'm good." His hands slipped around my stomach and pulled me flush against the front of his body. Rachael and Bobby were near us, making out as they danced to the heavy rock beat. I laughed and rolled my eyes. Typical Rachael. She's such a slut when she's got a few in her.
"What?" Chad asked and I nodded towards the couple. He laughed as well. "Ah, how many more of those drinks will it take for you to be kissing me like that?" His arms went tighter around me. I giggled and took a long sip, downing almost half of what was left.
"You'll just have to wait and see." I flirted, batting my eyes at him.
I had been hesitant on going out tonight. Actually, I had been set against not leaving my dorm all weekend, but Rachael had bribed me by reminding me of how much alcohol would be there, and then she had guilt tripped me on top of that by reminding me that I had promised Chad we would be going out tonight. So I had caved, but not until I had two beers in my system first.
"Hannah!" I saw Kate Tunney heading towards me, dragging an unfamiliar blonde behind her. I tried to pull myself away from Chad, but he was hesitant to let go of me.
Ugh, clingy already.
"Hey, I'll only be a few minutes...can you get me another drink?" I asked him turning and shoving my cup in his face. He nodded and took it before heading towards the long table that literally had hundreds of different alcohol bottles strewn across it.
"Hey Kate!" I said meeting the girl by one of the smaller bonfires. I gave her a hug. "Hannah Davis." I said offering my hand to the blonde. She gave me a warm smile.
"Sarah Wenham." She said shaking my hand.
"Sarah just transferred in, she's my roommate this year." Kate added happily. I smiled at them. "So, Junior meat Han?" Kate asked looking back in the direction Chad had headed in.
"He's on the football team with Bobby, Rachael's been trying to hook us up since I broke up with Reid."
"He's cute." She observed.
"Yeah..." She raised an eyebrow.
"Not as cute as Reid though?" She questioned. I sighed, wishing I had another drink at the moment.
"Can we please not talk about him?" I pleaded and she nodded, placing a comforting hand on my shoulder.
"So tell me who's here." Sarah asked obviously trying to change the subject, her eyes surveying the people around us. I was definitely starting to like this girl. Her eyes fell on Aaron Abbot. I laughed and Kate scrunched her nose in disgust.
"First thing you need to know about Aaron Abbot, he's a prick. Treats girls like dirt." She gave me a pointed look and I giggled. Oh boy, I was definitely starting to feel all of the alcohol in my system.
"He's gorgeous though, not to mention a great kisser." Yeah, I never would have said that if I were sober. He noticed us looking at him and he winked at me and I gave him the finger before he turned to talk to Kira. "Skank alert!" I nearly shouted. Kate laughed, and Sarah looked confused. "Aaron's girlfriend, Kira." I clarified, waving my arm in her general direction. "She's a super slut." Kate laughed again, giving me a high five for my drunken wittiness. "I beat the shit out of her in tenth grade for sleeping with my ex-boyfriend." Sarah laughed this time, but her attention was quickly caught by someone else.
"Who's that?" She asked referring to an unfamiliar brunette boy, his face visible across the way as he stood by one of the fires.
"He's new. Don't know much about him..." Kate started and I cut her off.
"He's definitely cute." I smiled, happily stating the obvious. Hopefully it would be just as obvious when I saw him when I was sober. I wonder if my speech was slurring yet...
"Yes he is, and I intend to find out exactly who he is." Kate said, her eyes still on the cute newbie.
"Pogue won't be happy about that." I said, giving her an innocent look in response to the dirty one she threw at me.
"They're here!" She suddenly squealed and I turned my head in the direction that she was looking. I groaned at the site of four familiar silhouettes making their way down one of the sand dunes.
"Who're they?" I heard Sarah ask in slight awe of the gorgeous boys. I was about to make an escape but I felt Kate's hand grip my arm, keeping me where I was.
"The Sons of Ipswich."
"Ugh! Kate, let go please!" I begged, trying to tug my arm out of her grasp. She shook her head.
"Screw him, Hannah. He's a jerk." She said, making it clear she had no intention of letting me go. Thank God I had all this alcohol in my system, or I would definitely not make it through this impending altercation. Once the guys were within five feet, Kate let go of me and ran into Pogue's arms.
"Hey baby!" She exclaimed before pecking him on the mouth. Ugh, what I wouldn't give for an easy escape at the moment; I could already feel Reid's eyes on me.
"Hey yourself." He laughed. "Hannah." He acknowledged me with a smile and a nod.
"Hey Pogue." I gave him the best smile I could. The alcohol was the only thing giving me the strength to stay here at the moment.
"Who's this?" He finally asked, referring to Sarah.
"Baby, this is Sarah. She's my new roommate. She just transferred in from the Boston Public." Kate started the introductions. "Sarah, this is Pogue Parry, Tyler Simms, Caleb Danvers, and Reid-"
"Garwin. Reid Garwin. Good evening." I watched him reach over Caleb's shoulder and introduce himself.
"Good evening." I heard Sarah laugh in amusement.
I rolled my eyes at him. I hate him so much. He seemed to notice and continued with, what I guess was his attempt at flirting. "You know Sarah's my grandmother's name. You remind me of her-" What was wrong with him? I knew first hand that Reid Garwin had much better game then that.
"Caleb Danvers," Caleb said cutting Reid off, and I couldn't help the snort of laughter that left me. Reid glared at me as Caleb continued. "and you don't remind me of my grandmother in anyway."
Reid was still glaring at me when I noticed Aaron Abbot making his way towards us, Kira and his goon Brody not far behind.
Definitely something I wanted to avoid at all costs. I turned to Kate.
"I'm gonna go find Chad, wouldn't want him getting lonely and finding another dance partner." I said, winking at her and smirking when I saw Reid's eyes flare in anger. I ignored him and turned to Sarah. "It was nice meeting you, the three of us will have to get together and go shopping or go to lunch soon." I said, giving her a genuine smile.
"Yeah, definitely." She said returning my smile before turning back to Caleb. Oh, she was definitely interested in the eldest Ipswich Son. Good. I didn't want to hate her for falling for Reid's charm, she seemed like a nice girl.
"Later Boys!" I called to the guys and waved before I headed to where Chad was, leaning up against the drink table. I could feel Reid's stare burning a whole in my back. I'm surprised it wasn't my ass though. He could be such a perv.
"What was that all about?" Chad asked as he handed me a drink. I took a long sip, downing more then half of it at once. Oh, that feels good.
I smiled and closed my eyes as I felt the alcohol flow through me. Then I shrugged, remembering his question and turned in the direction of where everyone was, and could see Aaron and Caleb at a stand off. Got out of there right on time.
"Nothing, Kate wanted to introduce me to her new roommate." I answered. "Sorry it took so long."
"Alls forgiven if you dance with me some more." I smiled and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards where Bobby and Rachael were still dancing.
We danced for a few minutes, and it was nice. It immediately took my mind off of Reid, and I don't know if it was my intoxicated state or being with Chad. Maybe it was both? I could feel his hands gripping my waist as he ground his hips into mine.
Suddenly I felt his warm breath on my ear. "Have enough to drink yet?" He asked, leaving a small trail of kisses on my neck. Oh, that feels nice. I sighed and let my head roll to the side slightly, giving him better access.
I yelped as I was suddenly ripped away from him and thrown to the floor
"Keep your fucking lips and your dirty-fucking-hands off of her!" I heard Reid yell and I watched him attack Chad.
I stared in disbelief.
This is not happening.
Tyler and Caleb were already on top of Reid, trying to pull him off of Chad.
"Don't be mad that I'm gonna be getting somewhere in two days that you couldn't get to in almost a year!" Chad called over Bobby's shoulder as he held him back. Reid went to lunge at him again, but Tyler, Caleb, and now Pogue held him back.
I stood up, brushing sand off of my clothes. I stumbled slightly, but caught myself before I fell again. This was fucking ridiculous.
"You." I pointed at Reid, and at the sound of my voice he stopped struggling against his friends and turned to look at me. "We need to talk. Now."