I AM SO SORRY! I was going to update this before school, but then I remembered some summer homework that I had COMPLETELY neglected. Oops. And then school started. And I'm in some AP classes and a lot of organizations at school and it just got a little crazy and I forgot about this, kind of. And then I finished this chapter last week.. but it wasn't letting me upload it. But, I am so sorry. I want to say thank you to everyone who read, reviewed, favorited, or added to an alert - it means a lot to me!
Now, this chapter is a little blah.. until you get to the ending. I had kind of forgotten where I was going with this story, so I threw in something I know I wasn't planning before. Hope you all don't hate me for it!
Oh and check out my other story "I'ma Tell You One Time", if you haven't already! Enjoy!
Sophie placed the last pillow on her bed and crashed against it, "There. We're finally done!"
She and the boys had been working for the past few hours and they had finally finished setting up their room. Reid lied down next to her while the other boys found seats on the window seat or the bean bag that Sophie claimed she just had to have while at the store buying other essentials.
"Well, I think I'm gonna call Kate and maybe take her out to dinner, I haven't done that in a while. She might start bitching to all her friends about how I suck as a boyfriend or something," Pogue sighed, getting off the purple bean bag. He waved to them as he walked out the door.
Sophie looked around her room, grinning at all the pictures and little personal touches that made her feel at home at Spenser. She had the walls covered with pictures of the Sons and her friends in Boston. Her heart tugged a little at the fact that she wouldn't see them for a while and reminded herself that once she was alone she'd give them a call.
"And then there were four," Reid muttered from her other side. She laughed and batted at hand in his general direction.
"I'm feeling like a Nicky's night," Tyler called out. Reid was immediately all for it though both Caleb and Sophie stayed put in their spots.
"Come on, Fee," Reid said, poking her in the side. She squirmed away but didn't get off the bed. "You love Nicky's!"
Sophie rolled her eyes, "Yes, I'm aware of that. Thanks for telling me how I feel. I dunno; I just feel like staying in tonight."
The two boys looked to one another, neither wanting to leave Sophie alone. Caleb saw the exchanged and piped up, "I'll stay with her. I don't feel like doing much either. And I definitely don't want to go back to my mother right now."
She frowned at the last thought, but didn't blame him. She'd seen Evelyn Danvers at her prime, but after 'Uncle' James had 'passed away' she just wasn't the same. She was surprisingly sober at the dinner the night before but she had randomly talked about the powers a few times with chilling tone. The woman was so obsessed with not losing her son, it was tragic.
"See, so go have fun! Hustle Aaron for me," Sophie said, sitting up on her bed. Both boys gave her a hug, a kiss on the cheek from Reid, and were off to the only hangout in town.
She patted the spot next to her and Caleb gladly took the seat. She rested her head against his arm and they just sat there staring at the bubble screensaver on her laptop. There was a moment of silence before Sophie started, "So, you're ascending soon…"
She heard Caleb take a sharp intake of air and continued, "Are you scared?"
The eldest Son nodded, "More than you know. I've seen what the power can do and I don't want to end up like that. And I tell my mother all the time that I won't, but I don't know that for sure."
Sophie turned and gave him a hug, saying, "You'll be just fine. You're Caleb. I think its other people we have to worry about when ascending."
They both knew she was talking about Reid. Caleb sighed and said, "I don't know what it's going to take to get him to stop. And he's ascending in December, the second out of all of us. If he doesn't get his act together soon…"
Just then Sophie's cell phone beeped, she leaned across the Son to reach it on her bedside table. It was another text message from Jane wondering where she was. Sophie giggled at the threat included at the end of the message to make sure that she actually called them.
"What's that?"
"Just a message," she said. "Boston people are getting pretty anxious that they haven't heard anything from me, yet. It's getting pretty funny."
"Why haven't you called them or something?"
Sophie just shrugged, "Just waiting to give them my undivided attention, because I know it's going to take a while to answer all their questions and pleas of my return."
Just then another topic popped into her mind and she thought to get Caleb's reaction on it. She slowly started, "So, I've heard that Reid is different around me? But that can't possibly be true right?"
She had been staring at the ceiling while asking this so Sophie was oblivious to the look she was receiving until she turned to look at Caleb. He simply smirked at her. He never smirked, so this meant, "Crap. Does he really?"
He just laughed at her shocked face which caused her to hide her, now red, face in her hands, "Caleb! Be serious! Reid couldn't like me, could he?"
She got a shrug in return, "Who knows what he's thinking about. He's always so guarded; but that doesn't mean he doesn't care like that. He could – but until he's ready for it he's not really going to show it."
Sophie nodded, understanding his assessment on the boy. While to most Reid Garwin was a pompous jerk who hustled people and hit on girls, he was much more than that. Most didn't know about his home life. His father had cheated on his mother all during his childhood. He'd confessed a few years ago and now the couple was just fine, but Reid had never been able to forgive his father for hurting his mother like that.
She suspected that it was his fear of cheating that kept him from ever committing. And the fact that many had compared him to his father so much probably didn't help.
"Besides, from what I know, you two have quite the history that makes such feelings quite possible," Caleb quipped, bringing her out of her thoughts.
Sophie could only gape, her mouth opening and closing, trying to find the right words. He grinned at her while she struggled to speak, "How do you know about that!"
"Did you really think we'd never find out about that?"
"Well, I mean, we never spoke about it," she shook her head. It had been a secret but she hadn't meant to really keep it from Pogue and Caleb. It just sort of happened that way.
"Reid got drunk. He spilled the beans," he answered. Sophie narrowed his eyes and noticing this, he went on to say, "Don't be mad. He passed out a second later and when he woke up he didn't remember ever telling us."
She stayed silent at this little confession. Her mind was whirling, 'So Caleb and Pogue both know. Tyler knew. And of course Reid kept it quiet. Or so he thinks and I thought.'
"If you don't mind me saying, he was really out of it when he told us," he muttered.
Sophie snorted, "Yeah. He was drunk, Caleb. That's usually how inebriated people are."
He chuckled but said, "No, he seemed almost… heart broken. But that was the only time I've heard him talk about you differently. You know, other than flirting or joking around, basically."
"Ugh," she sighed. "I can't believe he could. I mean, I've never seen him as boyfriend or long-term material, you know? And that's what I'm looking for. Sure we've had our flings, but that's all they were – flings."
Caleb sighed, and pulled Sophie to him in a one-armed hug, "Don't worry too much about it, Bug. You did perfectly fine not knowing and he is perfectly fine as he is. Unless you want to change something I would say just keep going as you are now."
She grinned at his nickname for her, not quite remembering how it came to be anymore. He rarely used it, but when he did she knew he was serious about something.
"Thanks, Cuckoo," she replied, pulling her arms around his waist. They stayed in this comfortable silence, just holding onto each other. Sophie mentally laughed knowing that if anyone caught them like this they would think they were a couple. But they couldn't be farther from the truth.
Suddenly Caleb's phone started ringing and he groaned looking at the caller I.D. before answering, "Yes, mother?"
Sophie got to hear half the conversation, which mostly consisted of "Yes, mother" and "No, mother". She grinned at the annoyed look on his face, choosing to poke him a few times.
"I have to go. She's starting to babble about something I can't understand," he just sighed while getting off the bed. "You'll be alright by yourself?"
She nodded before getting up herself. She walked him to the door and hugged him goodnight before shutting it behind her. Sophie took a good long look at her room, still pleased, before she changed into a pair of sweats and a tank top and shoved her hair into a messy bun. She liked quiet nights just to herself and now that she was with her boys, she didn't think she'd get to do this often.
After checking her e-mail she set her music player to random and picked up her cell phone. She sat down on her window seat listening to it ring a few times before her friend picked up, "Sophia Marie Daniels! How dare you wait this long to call us? Do you not love us anymore?"
"I'm sorry Candace! Is Jane with you?"
Candace laughed and Sophie heard some rustling and other voices in the background, "Yes, she is. And she wants me to tell you that you're a bitch and that we hate you, but not really."
Sophie laughed and got off the seat, shutting the curtains, "Tell her I love her, too."
"I did. So how're the boys?"
The green-eyed girl sighed before lying across her bed, knowing she was going to have a long conversation. Candace Bitley was her best friend back in Boston ever since she was sent off to boarding school by her father. They had been roommates and they had remained that way up until this school year, when they would now be separated.
Candace knew everything about her life and she would always tell her everything about the Ipswich visits when she got back, though Sophie did leave out the part of The Covenant of Silence. That was something she wasn't allowed to tell her even if she wanted to.
"Well, Caleb's birthday is in a week and I just don't know what to get him…"
Her phone's buzzing woke Sophie up the next morning. She had stayed up pretty late talking to Candace and whoever else stole the phone away from her at times during the conversation. Turns out they were all at Candace's parent's home in the city before having to move in the next day.
Sophie sighed, sadly, that she wouldn't be there. It was a tradition at the school that the seniors would get to run down the halls of the freshman dorm and do whatever they want. Throwing confetti, spraying silly-string, and squirting water guns were only some of the things they were allowed to do to the new students. She had been excited to do this with her friends, but there wasn't much she could do about it now.
Her phone buzzed again and she found that it was Tyler calling her, "Hey Jeeves."
She heard a laugh, "Is that your new nickname for me? I thought it was only until your car got here?"
"Mm, I think it's going to stick," Sophie giggled, pulling her legs into her chest. "So what's up?"
"We were just wondering if you wanted to grab some breakfast with me and Reid."
She looked to the clock on her bedside table, "Um, can we make that a lunch? I really want to take a shower before going."
"Yeah, we can do that," he replied after a brief silence where she could hear the two boys discussing it. "Just meet us in the front of school in an hour and a half, okay?"
"That sounds good to me; see you then."
Sophie quickly stripped and wrapped herself in a robe before heading off to the showers with her showering kit. Walking down the hall she noticed that most of the student body was either out or still sleeping and she was glad for it when she saw the girl's showers were empty.
After a quick shower she wrapped herself back up and headed straight for her dorm, 'Showering is probably the biggest hassle at this school, I swear.'
As she was passing by a door room a few down from here own, two girls popped out. One had fair skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes while the other had mocha-colored skin with dark hair and eyes.
"Oh, sorry," the blonde said. She had a pleasant smile and Sophie had to admit she was rather pretty. "We didn't see you there."
The green-eyed girl just shook her head, "No, it's okay."
"I'm Sarah Wenham."
Sophie shook the stretched hand, "Sophia Daniels."
"You're Sophie Daniels," the other girl asked, her mouth slightly opened as she looked her over.
Sophie nodded, wanting to shrink away from her scrutinizing eye. She felt like she was being tested to see if she was worthy to talk to or something; it was rather unsettling.
"I'm Kate Tunney!"
Sophie mentally smacked herself in the forehead. She had completely forgotten what this girl had looked like from last year, "Oh! You're Pogue's girl!"
Kate just blushed but continued to beam at the title, "Yeah. They talk so much about you, especially when they heard you were moving back."
Sarah shifted a little, showing her lack of knowledge on the subject at hand. Sophie knew she had to be new, or else Reid would have hit on her and his line would have actually been relevant for once, "Yeah, they just helped me settle in yesterday. Did you have a nice dinner with Pogue?"
Kate nodded and started to talk about where he had taken them and about the walk in the park they'd have afterward. Sophie was pleased that her friend could be such a good boyfriend and that he made a girl this happy. It was cute.
"I would love to talk more, but I need to get ready so that I can meet up with my cousin for lunch," she apologized. "But I'll see you all later or something, okay?"
"Yeah," Kate said, enthusiastically. She waved the two of them off and grinned as she heard that Kate was still talking about Pogue, 'I hope the two of them make it. I approve of her.'
Sophie walked out to the front of the school a good five minutes before she was due to meet up with Tyler and Reid. She hugged herself as a light breeze blew by and she didn't have sleeves.
'It's cold and this place looks creepy,' she thought to herself as she stared around at the dark woods that encased the school. There weren't many students out and it was an over-cast day.
"Where are they," Sophie muttered to herself before she heard the honk of a car. She turned her head to see a flash of red paint and her jaw dropped.
As it pulled in front of her she immediately ran to hug the hood of the car, "My baby! It's my baby!"
The boys came out laughing as Sophie was still happily leaning over the 2006 BMW M6 Coupe. It was her dream car and her father had given it to her when she got her license the year before and she'd kept it up. It still gleamed like it was brand new.
"Fee, I might steal this car one day," Reid joked, tossing her the keys. She caught the keys, loving the feel of them in her hand.
She quickly hugged him, "I'm so happy that I have my car back! But if you touch her I'll kill you."
"You could try," he smirked back. She just punched him in the arm and skipped to the driver's seat, frowning that she had to change all the mirrors back because Reid was much taller than she was.
"So, where to," Sophie asked pulling out of the Spenser gates.
"Let's head to that café on East Street," Tyler suggested from the back seat. She nodded and eased into the right lane.
Spenser may have been secluded from the actual town of Ipswich, but it wasn't so far, only a fifteen minute drive. As they drove Sophie started pointing out various places that held some kind of importance to her, like the theatre where she and Reid had had that double that.
"Who was your date, Soph?" Tyler asked.
She decided not to answer and just focused on driving. She wasn't so lucky to get away from the topic as Reid was more than happy to answer and said, "Abbot."
Tyler cursed in the backseat, "I remember that date now."
Sophie, again, just ignored the statement and focused on parking in front of the decided café. The date hadn't gone well, and Aaron had tried making a move on her which then led to Reid kicking Aaron's ass for the first time. Since then, the pair had found more things than possible to fight over.
She and Aaron were fine with each other, having talked it out not long afterward. But the boys just loved to antagonize each other, usually over Sophie. There was nothing she could do to end the rivalry, but she would try her best to try and stop them from killing each other. 'Boys are so stupid,' she thought while taking her keys out of the ignition.
The three of them exited the car and headed into the café, only to encounter the boy they had just been discussing. 'This is my lucky day,' Sophie thought to herself, pinching the bridge of her nose. The inkling of a headache was forming and not helping her situation at all.
"Look at what the cat dragged in," Aaron came striding up to the table that the trio had just sat down at. He was, surprisingly, alone for once.
"Look at what the cat can drag out," Reid said, getting out of his seat and right into Aaron's face.
"Reid. Stop," Sophie ground out behind clenched teeth. She wanted a nice day with her two best friends and this was definitely not in her plans.
The two boys stared at each other, until finally Aaron backed down. Sophie gave a sigh of relief as the boy turned to leave.
What he said next, she hadn't been expecting, "By the way, Boston was fun. Maybe we can do that again sometime."
She froze in her seat, her green eyes wide in shock staring at the boy's retreating figure. Seconds later, Reid's eyes found hers for a brief moment before he, too, left.
Tyler who had been staring at his cousin in shock now opened his mouth, "What the fuck was that?"
Sophie looked at him, unsure of what to say before her head met the table just as the waitress came to take their order.
'Oh crap,' was all she could think.
So there goes chapter 3. I hope you liked it and was completely caught off guard by the ending. I refuse to be a cliche, but something tells me I'll fall into the trap and do something totally predictable. But until then, one can hope! Haha.
I should be updating my other story before working on chapter 4. I'm going to try to update these stories every other week. *croses fingers* Not sure how far I'll get with this - what with college scholarships to do and scholarships to fill out.. not to mention my homework. I hate being an over-achiever. I'd rather write all day then learn about the structure of society during the Roman Empire. Agh.
Until next time, guys!
