Hewo my dear frans. How's it going? I'm trying to update quickly this summer. I don't own The Covenant, blah blah blah. Here's the next chapter. I reeeeeeaaaaly love to get reviews from you guys. Thanks to all who do and for adding me to favorite story or author. It means a lot. Hope you like. I added my best friend to this chapter. To protect her identity, I shall not tell you that her name is Steph/Stephani. Hint hint. K, I'll stop talking now.

Beth was lying in Tyler's arms, in just his tee-shirt, when her cell phone. It was the best friend song and she jumped about a foot in the air.

"OH MY GAWD," she screamed. She was up and at the night stand, completely ditching Tyler within milliseconds. She snatched it up while he smirked, slamming her phone open.

"STEPHANI! OH MY GAWD. WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED? I'VE HAD SOOOOO MUCH TO TELL YOU!" Tyler heard a bunch of screaming and squealing from the other end. Beth sat back down on the edge of the bed and Tyler started stroking her hair and rubbing her back while she talked. The conversation continued in this way for about five minutes. Then she shot back up and started squealing at a painful frequency.

"OH MY GAWD! ARE YOU FOR SERIOUS! NO WAY! (Insert extremely loud screaming from both ends of phone. AHHHHHH just doesn't express enough excitement. Anywho.) THAT'S AWSOME!" They talked for about two more minutes. She was completely ecstatic. "Ok. I'll see you then. Loves ya." She hung up the phone and turned to Tyler. "You know the girl Steph that I talk about all the time? I think you talked to her a couple times."

"Yeah, is she gonna visit?"

"Better, she's coming to Spencer. She lives in Arizona and she finally convinced her parents to let her come back to Ipswich. I'm so happy." She was glowing. "And my roommate just moved out. I bet I could get Higgins to let her share with me."

"I could help if you can't do it. But you probably will be able to," he added as she looked nervously at him. That made her smile.

"We should celebrate." He winked.

"I wish I could, but she's getting here at 3:00 and I wanna have time to see her folks. I'm sorry. I'll make it up. You wanna come with me?" She pouted her lips and he couldn't say no.

"Alright. We can all go, if you want."

"Yeah, I want her to know what she's getting herself into. I mean, Sarah and Kate playing Barbie plus Reid being a total jack ass is a lot to take in. better sooner than later. She hugged him and slipped on her shorts. She ran to her dorm and slipped on some of her good jeans while calling Sarah and Kate's room. Kate picked up first ring.

"Hola seniorita. May I be of service to you today?"

"Yes, you and Sarah can slide on some of your best jeans and some shoes with a cute shirt to go meet one of my best friends and her parents. Please." She used her sweet and innocent voice.

"Yay, new friends. Sarah, get your fingers out of there. Get dressed. Sorry, I gotta help her before she kills her hand in the sink. What time should we meet you?"

"ASAP," Beth replied. "Bye," and she hung up. She texted Tyler to see if he had told the others. When he wrote back yes, she told him to meet her downstairs as soon as they could by the hummer.

It was 2:45 when the hummer, with two extra seats and Reid driving pulled into the park to meet them. They all clambered out and leaned against the truck. About ten minutes later, Beth saw Steph's Jeep Wrangler driving down the road. Within twenty seconds she had arrived and Beth was bouncing up and down. The car pulled to a stop and Beth shot at it as a small brunette stepped out. She met Beth half way and was screaming and hugging and it looked like crying.

"Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in forever. I missed you soooo much."

"I know, me too. Oh my gawd, Miss Benton (not her real last name so muahahaha to all stalkers,) you look so amazing. And Mister Benton, you are just plain old. Steph's parents hugged Beth and kissed her on top of her head.

"You take care of Steph. She's a bit… special." They all laughed as Beth's friends slowly made their way over.

"Ok Steph, so this is Caleb and Sarah, Kate and Pogue, Reid, and this is Tyler." She pointed each out and smiled at Tyler's name.

"It's awesome to meet you guys," she said embracing Sarah and Kate. They just smiled and knew they were gonna like her. After ten minutes, Steph's parents said a final good bye and piled into her jeep, which she was hugging.

"You are such a freak. You haven't even been here an hour and you've already started becoming friends with inanimate objects," said Beth.

"I'm just gonna miss Myrtle is all."

"Myrtle, that's nice," smirked Reid.

"Ignore Reid," Beth said as the jeep pulled away. "he's an ass hole." They all slowly walked back to the hummer. I am not, I just like making situations difficult." The guys put her stuff in back and were shocked, because Reid then handed Caleb the keys.

"Are you drunk Reid?" Caleb made to check his forehead, but Reid just slapped his hand away.

"No I'm not, I just thought I'd sit in back and welcome our new student." He smirked at Steph.

"Dude, you mess with her, I will castrate you… with yard scissors." Beth was glaring.

"Ahh, you're threatening to chop off his fellas for me. That, that's so sweet." She looked truly touched.

"Anything for you babe," said Beth looking amused at the look on Reid's face.

"Who says I'm gonna mess with her. I'm just gonna introduce myself and chit chat it up a bit. You got a problem with that Beth?"

Beth looked at Steph. Steph shook her head infinitesimally. "That's fine. But just know, my threat was not an empty one." She grimaced at him. Caleb climbed in the front seat, Sarah sliding in beside him. Pogue and Kate, as usual, took middle while Reid climbed in the back seat through the back. Beth and Steph squeezed in on either side of him. Tyler was sitting right in front of Beth.

"So, you moved from Arizona. That's cool. What's it like there," asked Reid while throwing his arms over the back of the seat, one hand resting on each girls shoulder.

"Hot, sunny," said Steph. She was looking at Reid and had the look on her face. The one that screams 'OMG HE IS SO HOT!' Beth frowned as Reid leaned towards Steph. Her breath caught in her throat and she blushed as she turned red. Beth noticed that both of Reid's hands were going lower, trying to mess with Beth's bra strap. Beth smirked. She knew it had been a good idea to go strapless, and not just because of her top. When he had reached about an inch lower, Beth suddenly reached up and bent his fingers back.

"AHHHHH, what was that for," asked Reid as he pulled his hands back and the middle row turned around.

"Don't even. You try and mess with my boobs again, and I'll break your fingers." Stephani laughed at this. "Don't touch her either."

"I'm a big girl, thanks anyways." Steph looked Reid right in the eyes and leaned in. "Stay off my boobs, k?" She did one of those weird squinty smiles.

"Yes ma'am. Got it," said Reid with a salute.

Twenty minutes later, Steph had all her things in Beth's dorm. Reid, Tyler, Steph, and Beth were the only ones there. The other four had gone to Nicky's.

"So," said Reid, looking at the girls who were sitting on Beth's bed sorting clothes out. "You got a boyfriend?"

"Didn't we say to back off? There's a reason. I'm all Beth's. Sorry."

"Don't be," said Beth. "He's not all that. People exaggerate… a lot." She smirked at Reid's face.

"And what makes you so much better that you'll have Beth and not me," asked Reid incredulously.

"Cause, I can do this better than you." Beth leaned over to Steph and kissed her on the lips. Steph climbed on Beth's lap, leaning into the kiss.

"Whoa," said Tyler. Beth had started rubbing Steph's neck sensually. She moaned as Steph ran her tongue over Beth's. Their hands started roaming, going under each others shirts. They heard Reid moan, and looked over at him and Tyler. Reid's pants were tented and Tyler's tighter ones had something staining against the fabric. They both watched as Steph slowly started lifting Beth's shirt while Beth whispered in her ear.

The guys watched in anticipation, but right as Beth's top reached the edger of her bra, Steph dropped it back down. And climbed off of Beth, back to her original position. They started cracking up at the guys' horror struck faces.

"Haha, that was better than that time we did that in front of the football team." They were both laughing hysterically.

"You wanna go to Nicky's," asked Beth.

"Yeah, I think these guys need some time alone anyways." The guys looked like they were in excruciating pain as the girls slipped on their shoes on and walked out the door. They took Tyler's keys on the way out, giving each guy a kiss on top of the head as they walked out. They waited five minutes in the parking lot, then the boys came running out. They looked red in the face but more relieved.

"I'm gonna like it here," said Steph.

******************************************************************"Wow, to bad I missed that," said Sarah with a laugh.

"Me too," said Kate. They were all sitting behind the pool tables, whispering because the guys were beating Aaron and a few of his friends at pool. Reid made the final shot, and won the game.

"Pockets empty," said Tyler like a game show host. "What will you do now?"
"Fuck off," said Aaron while shoving Tyler out of the way. The girls booed as Aaron and his group walked by and clapped when their guys walked over.

"Wanna play," Reid asked the girls. Almost all said no, except Steph.

"Sure, I'll suck, but I'll try."

"I hoped you would," said Reid waggling his eyebrows. Beth had a feeling he was referring to her sucking, not trying to play.

"Steph, will you come to the bathroom for a second. I need to borrow your makeup." She stared at Steph until she caught on.

"Yeah, sure," she said, as they pushed their way through the crowd.

Once in the bathroom, Beth spun around. "You are so in love with Reid. You hate pool." She was smiling.

"Well… yeah I really do. He's so hot and funny. You know I love blonds." They stared at each other, then Beth said, "Go for hard to get. Don't be a hoe, he'll be interested."

"Yay, thank you for not hating me."

"I'll never hate you, you're my best friend." She smiled. "You're a pretty good kisser too," she added as an after thought.

"Come on, let's go. I have pool to suck at." Steph pulled Beth out of the bathroom. She sighed when they were back at the table.

'I swear, if he hurts her, he will never walk, or have sex for that matter, again,' Beth thought as she saw Reid wind his way behind Steph, helping her aim and shoot.

Beth really hoped Stephani knew what she was getting herself into.

Just want to clarify. I HAVE NEVER MADE OUT WITH MY FRIEND… EVER. That was actually her idea. By the way, Steph really is my b.f.f. Bet my intro gave nothing away. Anyways, hope you liked it. I'll write a longer one next time. I just wanted to add her to the story. Review, review, review please. TTFN