Chapter Two
Victoria stepped out of the doctors office onto the street into the blazing sun and saw her boyfriend standing on the corner waiting for her. He turned on his heel to look at her and smiled. He was wearing bright blue board shorts and a white T-shirt with the sleeves ripped off, his nearly white blonde hair all flying forwards into his eyes like usual.
"Hi," she said brightly hoping down the stairs to stand in front of him.
"Hi yourself," he nodded at the office, "Everything ok?"
Victoria shook her head casually, "Yeah, just the headaches." She looked behind him, and noticed there was something missing, "Where's the Escalade?" Reid's obnoxiously large black SUV was missing from the street.
"Just parked round the corner," He said casually putting an arm around her neck and turning her for them to walk down the street, "They're still bugging you?" He looked at her, trying his best to hide his concern.
"Nothing big, just cramping my study time." She shrugged looking ahead at the street.
Reid furrowed his brow, "You know you don't have to grad early just because I'm graduating. We can postpone the trip."
Victoria shook her head as Reid stopped walking and she turned out of his arm to wrap her own around his neck, "No way, the beaches of Ibiza are calling our names and I have a very scandalous bikini burning a whole in my dressing table."
Reid smiled, wrapping his arms around her waist, "Duly noted, and it's pronounced I-bee-tha."
Victoria smiled up at him, "Oooh, you know how your pretentiousness get me all hot and bothered under the collar."
Reid chuckled, "I just don't want to be there with the 'American' tourist, but I'll take that." He leaned down and kissed her.
After a moment Victoria pulled back, "Come on, let's go," she glanced at her watch, "I wanna get back to the dorms before I have to meet up with Sarah to head into Salem."
"Oh yeah?" Reid said coyly, "What for?"
"All good things come to those who wait," Victoria said smiling, "Come on! Where the hell did you park?!" She turned looking out the street but couldn't see Reid's big black beast anywhere. Usually, it stood out.
"Right here," Reid smiled at Victoria waiting for her to figure it out.
Victoria furrowed her brow, "What are you..."
Her eyes fell on the brand new pearl coloured Ford Cobra parked by the curb. Victoria looked up at Reid who was suddenly holding out a set of keys to her. "Happy Birthday." He said simply, smiling at her.
Victoria looked from Reid back to the car, noticing a tiny bow stuck to the top of the steering wheel. She looked back at him, "No way..."
He chuckled, throwing an arm around her neck again turning them to face the beautiful car. "Only the best for my baby on her seventeenth," He said softly into her ear smiling.
"Oh my god," She threw her self into his arms, hugging him tightly around the neck, "oh my god Reid thank you!" She couldn't help but laugh, they both turned back to the car, "Oh my god, Caleb is gonna be so jealous!"
"I know," Reid said gleefully, as if that was gift enough. He looked at her with a coy smile, "Wanna take her out?"
"Oh yes," Victoria grabbed the keys and ran to the drivers side door. Just before getting in she looked over the low roof at Reid who was also about to sink into the car. He must have felt her watching him because he looked up at her, she smiled, "I love you,"
He smiled back, "Love you too. Come on, let's go for a ride, cause then we can park somewhere and really break her in."
Victoria laughed as she got into the car and without hesitation peeled away from the curb.