Dear Readers-

Finally! MY LAPTOP! IT'S USABLE!!

-SDSL

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I do not own the Covenant.

Alice

The next morning we were all doing different things in different parts of the room. I was reading a magazine on the couch, Kate was at the counter, eating smores, and Kate and Amy were watching T.V. I put down the magazine, patting the couch cushion beside myself. "Come here, you." I said to Kate. And she moved to sit beside me. "Guys, talk time." I said as Amy and Sarah turned off the T.V. and came over to us, sitting on the floor. "Kate, I'm sorry that I freaked out about the bed thing. You are washing the sheets… and at least I have a bed."

"I'm sorry, Alice. I should've took it somewhere else." She turned to Sarah. "You. I guess it was before you knew what a scumball Aaron was. You promise you won't ever do it again?"

"Of course not." Sarah smiled.

"Good. And Amy… I'm sorry for being so rude to you." Kate said. "Pogue's just… he's kinda the love of my life."

"You know, it's no big deal. He never shuts up about you, either. And you gotta know that we broke up. I think the two of you were kinda meant to be." Amy said.

"Really?" Kate smiled.

"Yes, really."

"Alice… did you hang out with Evan before or after you and Reid got back together?" Sarah asked.

"It was before… and I was gonna tell him, but I accidentally lied, and then I couldn't just change it, you know?" I said.

"Yea, I do. It's not really that big of a deal then, ya know?" Sarah said.

"Thanks Sarah."

"I just have one question…" Kate asked.

"Yea hunney?" Sarah asked.

"Which one of those stupid boys blew up my bed?"

"That would be me." We all turned to the door to see…

"POGUE!" I shouted.

"Oh Pogue!" Kate said, jumping on him. He was surprised, but he held her up around the waist as she lock her legs around his waist. He looked shocked for a minute, before turning to grin at Amy. "Thanks." He told her sincerley.

She shrugged, saying, "No big deal."

Kate and Pogue kissed and were finally the happy couple we all know and love… the happy and disfunctional couple. "Oh, girls, before I forget…" Pogue said after breaking apart from Kate."I brought you presents." And, at that, in walked Caleb, then Tyler, then- my heart leapt when I saw him-Reid.

"Alice…"Caleb said, stepping forward cautiously, rubbing the ack of his neck as he looked from my stoic face and rigid form; to Kate's 'What the hell is that bastard doing here?' glare as she planted her hands on her hips; to Sarah's 'You better have a pretty damn good rason for being here, or you are in more trouble than you can imagine' death stare as she crossed her arms; and he took a step back, obviously intimidated.

I grit my teeth together, clenching my fists together, nails digging into the skin, as I closed my eyes as I out a long breath. I finally opened my eyes after a long moment, turning to Pogue, saying, "Pogue, do I have t-"

"Yes, Alice, you have to. He has something to say." He disentangled himself from Kate, coming over me, putting a hand on my shoulder as I loosened up. "Look, just listen to him," Pogue murmered to me. "It's important."

I pursed my lips, crossing my arms, but finally nodded. "Fine."

Pogue turned, walking over to Caleb, hissing, "Go on, tell her." Caleb hesitated, and Pogue grabbed him loosely, pushing him forward a bit. "Now."

"Aright, alright, chill out, I'm going." He said, walking cautiosly towards me.

"Well?" I finally said, tapping my foot impatiently when he didn't say anything. "I'm waiting." What's so important?"

He exhaled, and said, "Alice, I've had some time to do some… thinking, and, I'm, well… I'm sorry. I was too over-protective, and I let my emotions get out of hand. I didn't even feel like myself when I was doing all of those horrible things, but I just couldn't stop myself. I went a little bit over-the-top and-"

"A little bit?" I interrupted, and Kate snorted a laugh. "Try a lot."

Caleb shot a glare in Kate's direction before taking a deep breath and continuing. "The point I am tryingtomake here, is that you were right, Alice. And I'm sorry."

I froze at his words, saying, "Come again?"

He frowned, looking confused, saying, "I'm sorry?"

"No, no. Before that." I said as a look of understanding dawned on his face.

He rolled his eyes, stuffing his hands in his pockets as he grumbled. "You were right."

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that." I said, feigning deafness.

"You can hear me! I know you can hear me!" He exclaimed as Kate, Sarah and Amy erupted into giggles; Reid and Tyler sniggered ; while Pogue just rolled his eyes. But still, he said, "You were right."

"One more time." I said.

"You are pushing it, ya brat." He told me, but still said, "You were right." Once more.

"Damn straight." I said, doning a smirk.

"You're never gonna let me forget this, are you?" He asked.

"Not a chance." I told him as my smirk deepened, and we hugged.

"Thought not." He said. "Oh, okay, and by the way, I think it's okay if you want to live on your own for a little while." He told me. "And… well. If you and Reid really want to be together… I guess there are worse things in the world."

I gasped as Reid's hand slipped off of our counter as a reaction to Caleb's word as both Reid and I stared at Caleb incredulously; he obviously had no more of an idea about Caleb's decision before now than I did. "Do you mean-"

He cut me off, nodding as he said, "Yea. It's okay with me if you guys wanna date."

"Really?" Reid said, looking totally shocked.

"Are you serious?" I squealed. He nodded. "OH. MY. GOD!" I shouted. "Thank you so much!" I said, leaning up on my tippie-toes, kissing his cheek, and then saying in my little kid voice, "And I'm sorry for that time I slapped you, and for dumping that vanilla milkshake over your head." Everyone looked at me at that moment as if I had completely lost it.

"No, you're not." He said smiking down at me. "You enjoyed it." He accused.

"Hmm… okay, well, maybe just a lil' bit." I told him in my little kid voice again.

I then ran over to Reid, kissing him hard, wrapping my arms around his neck as he wrapped his arouns my waist, holding me to himself tightly. We broke apart, and he picked me up off the ground, spinning me around. "Why Miss Danvers," He teased, "I reckon that you're quite amazing." He said, setting me down, both of us still holding onto each other.

"You're pretty amazing yourself, Mister Garwin." I teased back.

Sarah finally ran over to Caleb, practically tackling as she held him tightly around the waist. He looked shocked at first, but the enveloped her in his arms. "I thought you were pissed at me." He murmured to her, smoothing her hair back away from her face.

"Why would you think that?" She murmured back, hugging him tightly against herself.

He smirked as he said, "Well, you know, maybe it was just a hunch, but considering our last conversation emded with you calling me a 'jackass of economic preportions', I just kinda assumed." He said, and all the guys snickered again.

"Oh that's ridiculous." She told him, smirking. "No, I was, but you finally stopped being a stubborn ass, so I'm not angry at you anymore." She said, leaning her face up for a kiss, and he smiled, giving her one.

"Okay, well," Amy started, moving towards the door. "I'm feeling kind of out of place here, so I'm just gonna-"

"No, WAIT!" Tyler shouted suddenly, and she froze, looking confused. Reid, Pogue, and Caleb all started laughing, and he flushed, glaring at them. "What I- well, I meant that…I-I-" Ohh. I got it. He liked her.

Pogue interrupted him, preventing any further embarrasment. "What my epilleptic friend here means to say is that we came her to tell you guys there was a party at the Dells tonight, and we wanted you ALL to come." He told her. I guess I spoke too soon about the embarrasment thing.

"Well…" She started.

"Ah, come on, please!" Sarah begged.

"It'll be tons and tons of fu-un!" I said in a sing-song voice.

"Oh, you know you want to." Kate said, braking into a grin.

She grinned back at us, saying, "Oh… alright."

-Hours Later-

Amy

Wow. I never realized it, but these girls really take their party attire seriously. Like dead serious. They kicked the boys out at around four, and finished showers at five. After that, they did their hair, put on their clothes and did their make-up. We were ready at about… seven. Ya, I know. That long? I don't get it. But it did pay off. They looked good.

Alice wore her long brown hair up in hig pigtails, and her hair hung down to her back, pin straight. She wore thin lines of eye-liner and a bit of mascara. She did smokey eyeshadow, which looked killer on her. She wore a purple corset-top and black, skinny jeans with a pair of strappy, purple, 3-inch heeled stilletos.

Kate wore her hair in curls,held back in a low, loose ponytail held back with a ribbon. She wore a red tunic top, blue jean skirt and red flip-flops.

Sarah wore a spaghetti-strap, dark blue, knee-length, plaid dress and wore a pair of close-toed, powder-blue heels. She wore her hair down and wavy, held back by a blue headband.

I wore a pink camisole and black jean shorts with a pair of pink flip flops. My hair was half-back, my loose hair falling in soft curls.

When Reid and Tyler came to get us, Reid looked at Alice, and went, "Wow. You never cease to amaze me. You know that, right?" He said as she curled her hands around his, giving him a quick kiss, before climbing into the hummer's passenger seat as Reid climbed into the driver side, and I climbed into the backseat with Tyler. Sarah was driving herself and Kate just so we could have two cars in case. Pogue and Caleb were going to meet us there.

As we were climbing in, something hit me. "Hey, isn't this your car?" I asked Tyler, causing alice and Reid to laugh.

"Yea, but he steals it." Alice said, smirking, as we all buckled up and Reid pulled out of the parking lot.

"And occasionally, so does my girlfriend." Reid said, and Alice laughed like a madwoman at some memory.

"Not after the last time." Tyler said darkly. "Considering she can't drive." Reid frowned at him as Alice made a face.

"Can too! I got my liscense don't I?" She argued, crossing her arms, muttering darkly as she stared out the window something that sounded like, "Not my fault you don't have a strong stomach."

"And speaking of Alice," Tyler continued, ignoring her obviously, though Reid was still snickering in the front seat. "how come she gets shotgun?"

Reid sighed, looking back at him as we stopped at the stoplight. "She texted me 'shotgun' at 4:35 today."

"That's ridiculous!" He said. "You can't text shotgun."

"Oh yea?" Reid asked as her shot shot a quizical look back at him, pressing on the gas as the light turned green. "Then how come you texted me at 4:37?"

"That-that's different!" He said.

"How so?" Reid asked, smirking at him in the rearveiw mirror as Alice howled with laughter.

"BECAUSE IT'S MY CAR!" He said.

Reid shook his head, hand over the back of Alice's seat. "Sorry dude, the lady comes first." Alice shot me a look, rolling her eyes as if to say 'Can you believe these two?' and a just shot back a look of agreement.

I put my hand on Tyler's shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, Tyler, sitting back here with me won't kill you. You might even like it." I joked, but he looked at me as if that might be true. Alice shot me another look, waggling her eyebrows, making me want to throw one of my flip-flops at her as Reid shook his head again. So what if I liked him? Did I? A little… or a lot. Oh god. Here we go.

So, I know I've been gone for a long time, but there's a big mess of a family emergency going on on top of the fact that my computer's hardrive crashed. But you bet your ass I'm back! Tell me what you think of the new chappie! R&R! Thanks all!

-SDSL