A few weeks had passed since Jane's arrival, and the three girls couldn't have gotten any closer. Sarah and Kate had chosen to go about their Reid and Jane project a little subtler and hadn't brought it up to the other girl for a while. For Jane it was a sweet relief.

Sarah knocked on Jane's door and she and Kate waited patiently for her to open it.

"Oh, thank God," Jane exclaimed, pulling them inside quickly.

Kate whistled at the sight of the clothes strewn on the smaller girl's bed. "What's going on? You're not wearing that to Nicky's are you?" She paused then asked hopefully, "Or did you finally realize you and Reid are meant to be and decided to play dress up for him?"

Jane didn't even reply to that comment. She wrung her hands anxiously. "So, I can't go to Nicky's tonight because 'Lee asked me to go to a house party with her."

"That's exciting," Sarah said, trying to keep the disappointment out of her voice.

"It's a Halloween party," Jane excitedly informed the two.

"Does Reid know?" Kate asked, unable to help herself.

Jane gave her a weird look. "Of course he knows. He and Tyler are cool with it, for sure."

"Really?" Kate asked in disbelief.

"Really, really," Jane replied, wiping off invisible dust from one of the outfits. "They just told me to be safe and call them if I needed them."

"Okay then," Sarah said.

Jane rolled her eyes, knowing the two were skeptical. "Anyways," she emphasized, signaling the changing of the subject. "Which one? I usually just dress up as a construction worker because, you know,irony, but the chances of me seeing people I know and actually care about are pretty slim. So my outfit can be as slutty as possible because I really don't care what they think."

Kate looked thoughtfully at each outfit. She pointed at the maid outfit. "How are the girls in this one?"

Jane grinned, knowing she had won their acceptance over this plan. "My boobs are pretty excellent in that costume, I'm not going to lie."

-

Sarah groaned when Caleb pulled away, missing his warmth. Following his gaze, she made the noise again. She had known something was wrong when Reid and Tyler came in with scowls on their faces (distantly, she recognized the look from the first week of school). Tyler was being irritably quiet and Reid was being a jackass. To most that would sound like their normal behavior, but Sarah had learned that they were so much more than that in recent weeks. Caleb and Pogue had apparently known what was going on from the moment the two walked in because the two older boys didn't even touch any alcohol and kept a constant eye on the two. Reid was extra drunk and Tyler was extra sober, which turned out to be a lot worse than it sounds.

Despite being the designated driver with a clear head, it seemed like Tyler was the one acting out more than his best friend today. He seemed crasser and whinier all at once and Sarah had to stop herself from hitting him several times. Reid's lecherous comments were much easier to ignore than Tyler's nitpicking.

Sarah rubbed her temples as Caleb stepped away from her and headed over towards the two loud boys who were in Aaron's face. She walked over to Kate and the other girl gave her a look that explained everything.

Sure, the two were being annoying, but this was how they had acted when she had first met them. Her eyes widened when she realized what was the cause for the change. Scowling, both girls hoped that Jane was at least having a really good night to make up for the failure of their own.

-

"Hey," someone said to 'Lee as she and Jane lounged in the corner, sipping their cups.

Ashley smiled at him. "Hi."

Jane simply rolled her eyes and took another gulp of the alcohol, losing herself in the burn of her throat. This was at least the fourth time a gaggle of boys had approached her pretty roommate.

"I'm Johnny and this is Nick," he stated, motioning to his friend who was dressed up as Harry Potter.

"I'm Ashley and this is Jane," Ashley pointed to Jane.

Jane finally looked up and squeezed her cup imperceptibly. "Hi," she greeted as nonchalant as possible.

Nick and Johnny werecute. Nick was all dark hair and green eyes with a broad build. He looked like he belonged on the cover of GQ. Johnny, dressed as Ron Weasley, leaned more towards the quirky kind of cute that was more likely to be found in the local library than the local newsstand. He had strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes (Jane noted their color was right between Reid's and Tyler's). And he was looking at her.

"Aren't you in my English class?" he asked, rubbing his hair. It stuck up and Jane couldn't help but smile.

"Maybe," she replied, brushing her bangs out of her face self-consciously. She bit her lip and looked away. Why had all her wit left her? She noticed Nick eyeing 'Lee and her doing the same. She decided to help the two out. "What year Harry Potter are you supposed to be?"

Nick gave her a blank look.

"Because if you're fifth," she continued on, uncaring of how crazy she sounded just as long as her friend got what she wanted, "'Lee here can be your Cho Chang."

Nick grinned at her in thanks. "Well, it would make my costume seem more legit," he said to the Asian girl.

Ashley beamed at him. "Well, I'm all about charity. Want to dance?"

Nick nodded and then looked at Johnny. "That cool?"

Johnny waved him away. "Its cool," he replied. "I'll just stick here with Jane."

The two moved towards the dance floor.

"That was nice of you," Johnny said to the girl who had been left behind.

"It was out of character for me, I assure you," Jane replied. "I'm usually much meaner. I bite in fact."

John laughed and then looked down at her, blue eyes sparking. "Is that a promise?"

Jane hadn't blushed in years because of her friendship with Reid, but she did now unabashedly.

TBC.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Covenant.

Author's Note: I know! No one is more pissed off than me but this kind of had to be done because I refused to bring Chase back to cause the necessary conflict needed for the story. I'd rather the three just be locked in a bedroom already… Or a dungeon… o.0