Dear readers-

Okay, here's the continuation- the second part you have all been waiting for!

Oh, and so many reveiws, so fast! Wow! I'm so hapy. And I'm really glad that you all liked it so much.

And, again, if anyone would be willing to make me a Youtube video trailer for Malice and wonderland, it would be greatly appreciated. Lemme know.

Until then, enjoy this chappie!

-SDSL

Disclaimer: I do not own the covenant... I just dream.

Caleb

I was watching the girls as they danced in the crowd, trying to make sure he didn't spot them. I looked away for like one fucking moment, look back up, and Alice was hugging Evan. She was fucking hugging Evan! I exchanged a look with Pogue, and I could tell he was have the same reaction to seeing him as I was. God, I really hate that dude. I thought to myself. "Oh come on." I complained, making my thoughts known to my friends. "What the fuck. Why is he here?" I said. "So he can hit on my sister and plant ideas in her head?" I said angrily as Reid downed a beer in like 0.06 seconds flat.

"That bastard." Reid cursed as Tyler grabbed his arm, holding him back from going out their right now and annihilating Evan. Reid was the only one who had heard y theory about Evan and why he keeps fucking hitting me… and why he was at my house the other day.

"Whoa there, jealous?" Pogue taunted him.

"he has a right to be." I told them, watching Alice and Evan carefully… only his eyes weren't on hers, but on Sarah. He was staring at her in a cold and calculating manner, and Sarah seemed to very uncomfortable under his gaze. It was like he was trying to figure out whether or not she could be very capable in keeping him and Alice apart, for whatever reason. Which brings me back to my problem. I remembered the night he punched me, and I didn't really think about it then, but he had some lip gloss smudged on his lips. It was the same shade as my sister's. I had told Reid about this and then the fact that I think that meant that he had kissed her; or she had kissed him, or something like that. But I would think he had kissed her because she was very fragile and vulnerable the day it happened. The point was, I think he took advantage of that and kissed her. "I think he has a thing for Alice." I told Tyler and Pogue, exchanging a knowing yet grim look with Reid as he downed a couple more boys.

"Reid…" Tyler said warily.

We watched as Evan put his arm around Alice's waist, and that was it for Reid. "Shut up, Ty." He finally said, pulling out of Tyler's grasp. He then proceeded to grab as many beers as he could possibly hold and went up to the top of the hill.

"Caleb, what the hell man?"Tyler said angrily. "Why didn't you try and stop him? You're normally on him about that stuff."

"And how do you suggest we stop him Baby boy?" I asked. "He's not the one on the wrong here, Ty!" I called after him as he shot a look over his shoulder at me as he walked up the hill more steadily than Reid had done.

When Pogue looked up worriedly after them, I suddenly felt really, really guilty, and jammed my hands in my pockets, looking down at the ground as I felt Pogue's angry gaze on me. I looked up at him. "What?"

Pogue gave me a pointed look. "You know what."

"I do?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

"Good."

"So I don't need to tell you?"

"Nope."

"Then you know why Ty is pissed."

"Yep."

"And you realize Reid is gonna be a complete, hungover mess tomorrow?"

"What else is new?"

"Don't you feel bad?"

"About what?"

"You know what." Pogue said, getting really aggravated, which was definitely a hard feat to accomplish. "Alice isn't in the wrong either, Caleb." He finally told me, as if I didn't already know, running a hand through his hair.

"Your point is?" I narrowed my eyes.

"Alice isn't the problem here." Pogue scowled.

"I know that." I finally said as I watched Sarah finally loose her cool and scream her lungs out at Evan. He removed his hand from Alice's waist as Kate rubbed Sarah's back comfortingly. Then, he and Sarah had a glare-down contest for like five minutes before he finally looked away. "It's just, it's like Alice really doesn't understand just how much the world really sucks. She's so naive. She doesn't realize all the bad people in this world search for and use people like her. She's always trying to look for the best in people."

"You mean like she does with you?" He pointed out.

"Sometimes she's right." I told him defensively. "But it won't always go so well."

He nodded. "Like with Evan."

I shook my head. "Kinda; but not really what I mean."

"What, you mean with Reid?" He said, sounding mildly surprised as I nodded.

He gave me look of dread. "Don't tell me you're reconsidering." He said, the same amount of dread in his voice as was on his face.

"Well…" I said, and he let his head fall back in aggravation. "Wait, just listen for a second!" I said, and he brought his head back up. "It's just…" I sad struggling to put it into words. "Reid doesn't seem to be able to handle it."

"Handle what?" Pogue said, confused.

"The way she is." I said, nodding in my sister's direction as a look of understanding dawned on his face.

"Dude, I get it, I do." He told me. "But shouldn't you just trust that she's going to do the right thing?"

"But I do trust her, Pogue!" I said exasperatedly. "It's Evan that I don't trust. Something's off about him." I said, and when I saw the look on his face, I added, "And not just because he keeps hitting on Alice. There is just something weird about him." Sarah looked like her head was gonna explode, so when I saw Amy walk by, I got an idea.

"Hey, Amy!" I called her over.

"Yea?" She said, moving slowly towards us. "What's up?" Up close, she looked like she had paled, like she really wasn't feeling well.

"Um, can I ask you a favor?" I said, feeling kinda guilty considering she looked like she was gonna puke.

"Sure Caleb, but it has to be a quick favor. I really want to get home. I'm not feeling well." She told me.

"Are you okay?" Pogue asked.

"Yea, fine." She said, obviously lying out her ass to put us at ease. "What did you need?"

"I need you to go get Sarah away from the guy; actually, get her to take you home… however you can." I said as Pogue looked confused, and so did she. "I think if I don't get her out of there soon, she's gonna pop a blood vessel."He nodded.

"I'll take your word for it." Amy said.

"Oh, and tell Alice to come collect her wasted boyfriend for me if you could." I told her, and she crinkled her nose in distaste at my words, but she nodded, and walked over to them just as Sarah was about to rip Evan's head, Kate being barely able to restrain her.

"Dude," Pogue said, alarmed. "Why would you tell her to say that? You know Alice is gonna be pissed."

"Yes, and isn't a pissed off Alice the only thing that ever seems to have any effect in setting Reid straight?" I said as Alice weaved through the crowd, coming towards us. "Hey sis."

"Where is he?" She asked, face stoic.

"Oh, chill out, sis. Don't you have any time to make some small talk with your big broth-"

"Caleb. Don't make me ask you again." She said, her voice sounding strange.

"Okay, okay. Geez, relax why don't cha? He's up the hill with Ty." I told her. She pushed past me and started up the hill when I said, "I'm sorry you've driven him to drinking." I joked. She froze.

"Um, Caleb-" Pogue said, looking worried.

She whipped around, hand at my throat in less than a half a second. "You think this is funny?" She said in a dangerous whisper. "Well fuck you, Caleb. This is my fucking life. And that drunken-ass idiot up on that hill is the love of my life. So either be helpful," she said with a fake-sweet voice, "or shove a fucking dick in your mouth." She said, casting a sideways glance at Pogue, and turned back around, stalking up the hill, even more livid this time.

"That was stupid of you." Pogue finally said.

"Huh, she seemed kinda mad."I said, trying to lighten the mood with a joke. "I can't shake the feeling that was kinda my fault."

He shook his head at me. "You have no soul." Pogue joked. "But, one thing's for sure." Pogue said, and I looked at him. "I would not want to be Reid right now." We looked over to where Evan was standing, looking shocked after Sarah screamed at him for what seemed to be an hour, both Kate and Amy looking at her with their jaws dropped as she led them away from Evan without even one glance backward, still fuming. "Or Evan for that matter." He added as an afterthought.

Alice

I trudged through the words as the rain began to fall harder and harder by the minute, muttering under my breath darkly. "Stupid Caleb and his stupid fucking comments; he better learn to shut his fucking mouth, or I'm gonna do it for him. Stupid Tyler and his stupid speeches. Stupid Reid and his stupid drunkenness; has me trudging through the woods in my favorite stilettos. He best have a damned good reason for all of this, or I'm gonna break his god damn arm. Stupid boys and their stupid stupidness! It's all just stupid really." One of my stilettos' heels broke, and I screamed, throwing the heel into the woods. "Are you kidding me? How could this get any worse?" I shrieked at the top of my lungs. I took another step and tripped on a rock, falling, face-first, into the mud. "Great, just great. I just had to go and fucking say it, didn't I?" I said, yanking off my favorite heels and regrettably throwing them into the woods as well. Reid is gonna be fucking replacing those. Oh well, at least I could walk now.

I stumbled out of the woods and into- a park? "Reid!" I shouted, hugging myself tightly, now completely drenched; if I hadn't already been before. The wind had picked up and now it was a full-fledged storm. "Reid! Reid, where are you!? REID!" I shouted over the thunder. "You better pray on your drunk ass that you're here!" I shouted, heading towards the tacky white and green awning that was my only solace in this storm. "I he trudged through mud and the stupid freaking woods, and stubbed my toe, and broke like half my nails, and got pelted with rain, and freezing my ass off, and one of my heels broke on my favorite stiletto and then I had to take them off, so now you owe me a new pair of stiletto's, a manicure, and a spa day! And a hot bath!" I shouted, finally dropping down onto the closest bench as I began to cry.

"All of that for me?" I heard someone say quietly.

I turned so fast that I fell off of the bench, hitting my head. "Ow." I groaned as he moved to me quickly, dropping to my side.

"You alright?" He whispered, pulling me up into a sitting position as I rubbed my forehead.

"Reid!" I shouted, throwing my arms around him. "What happened? Caleb said you were drunk off of your ass!"

"Yea, well, stumbling around in the rain for hours kinda helped, but I'm still a little drunk, only now I can actually for coherent sentences instead of random drabble."

"Are you okay?"

He shrugged as I released him. "More or less. Like I said, still a little drunk. But other that, I'm okay."

"Good." I said, pulling my hand back and smacking him across the face- hard.

It knocked him backwards a bit as he stared at me, bewildered. "What the fuck did ya do that for?" He shouted, rubbing his now sore cheek.

"You lousy, stupid, sorry, son of a bitch!" I shouted back. "I did it because you didn't come tell me there was a problem. No, you had to go and get shitfaced and then proceed to run away-"

"I didn't run. I stumbled." He mumbled, but I continued on like I hadn't heard him.

"-and then I had to go looking for you. For, like, two hours. In a storm! And I broke then lost my favorite heels!"

"Alright, I deserved that." He finally admitted, looking down at his hands apologetically.

"You're damn right you did!" I shouted, continuing my tirade. "And why couldn't you just talk to me Reid? Why do you always do this? Would it really have been that much harder to just to have talked about it?"

"Yes." He murmured.

"Okay, I'm gonna ignore that; because you've been walking through the rain shitfaced for hours, and because I'm sure you'd rather not be castrated!" I told him. I sighed. "Reid, do you understand why I'm so angry with you?"

"Because you broke the heel of your favorite stilettos trying to find me?" He said seriously.

"No." I said, resisting the urge to laugh. "Because you made me worry." He looked at me, confusion on his face, so I continued. "Reid, tonight was one of the scariest nights of my life. I couldn't find you, and I just… I just didn't know if I…" I stopped, choking up, tears flowing freely down my face.

"Alice…" He said softly, putting an arm around me, putting a hand under my chin, forcing me to look up at him. His eyes were… well, I couldn't even identify the emotion I found there. I could only register the intensity of his gaze."I'm so… I couldn't imagine… I didn't mean to hurt you." He said, his gaze so intense that I had to look away.

"Reid, I just… I don't want to lose you. I can't lose you." I said in-between sobs.

He forced me to look him in the eyes. "Then why did you kiss Evan?" He said slowly.

"I didn't-" I started to say, but then stopped, remembering that Evan had kissed me that day Caleb banned me and Reid from being together. And my eyes blurred once again, immediately, as everything fell into place. That was why he got shitfaced. Evan. Evan was there. Evan was a bit too all over me. And Reid found out he'd kissed me. "He kissed me." I finally admitted, raising my eyes back up to look into his own, wanting to show him I had nothing to hide. "But I pulled away from him. And I told him that he and I should just be friends."

He studied my face for a moment. "I believe you." He said. "But… why? What happened? Did you have a thing for him or something?"

"No! Reid, no, I didn't! And I still don't!" I said truthfully. "I was hurt and he was there! I was confused, and I regretted letting it happen as soon as it happened, Reid, I did. And he and I haven't kissed since."

He let out a sigh, stroking my cheek with his thumb, wiping away as many tears as possible. "He likes you, though."

"I can't vouch for him." I told him. "And you're probably right. But don't you see- Reid, I love you. You. Not Evan, you. Just you. It's always been you Reid."

He suddenly, brought my face to his, and I welcomed the pressure, my hands tangling into his hair. He finally pulled away, resting his forehead on my own as we panted for breath. "You too." He told me.

"What?" I said, not understanding him; he had distracted me.

He kissed my forehead. "It's you." He said softly, kissing my temple. "Always you." He kissed my cheekbone. "No one else." The tip of my nose. "No matter what I did, or who I was with." The side of my mouth. "I was always thinking about you." My jawbone. "It was you." He said, kissing my neck. "I've been in love with you for as long as I can remember." He said, bringing his lips back up to my own, but not pressing his lips to them just yet. "I love you, Alice Danvers. You're the love of my life."

"You're the love of my life, too." I told him, pressing my lips to his softly. Suddenly, my phone when off, and he groaned as I broke away from him. "I'm sorry." I said, the exact same feeling running through me too. "What?" I said, standing up, answering the phone, annoyed.

"Hey, it's Ty. Caleb has been freaking out about you for the last two hours. What? Ow! Well you have." He said to someone, most likely Caleb, who was with him. "Where are you?"

I rolled my eyes. "Tell him I'm fine." I told Tyler. "And I'm in the park."

"It's raining pretty hard." Thank you, weatherman obvious. "You alright?"

"Yea, yea, I'm fine."

"You find Reid?" He said in a serious tone. I turned to see… Reid snoring, causing me to snort a laugh.

"Oh I found him alright."

"So… should we come and pick up you and the corpse that was once my best friend?"

"Yes!" I said, laughing. "Please." When they finally got to us, Tyler got out of the car, looked down at Reid, and then shouted back to Caleb and Pogue. "Holy shit! She really did kill him!"

I laughed. "Calm down, Baby boy. I didn't kill him. He's passed out. Help me get him into the truck, would ya?"

Evan

"Evan, I am not pleased." Chase said. "You have failed to make any headway at your task to drive Alice and Reid apart; again."

I snarled, "My task?" I let out a dry and humorless laugh. "What about Caleb? Your plan-"

"Is none of your concern, and the very least of your worries if you don't make any progress on that task of your own… and soon." He threatened.

"I'm trying Chase." I told him. "However, it's proving to be more difficult than I had originally thought it woul-"

"Well then, try harder." He interrupted.

"Fine." I said, gritting my teeth once more.

"Good." He said dismissively, turning to Brooke. "Now then, Brooke, your task?"

"It was going well for a while, sir."

"A while? Well what happened?" He said sharply.

"Well, controlling Caleb's mind has become increasingly difficult." She started apprehensively. "He's becoming more and more resistant to keeping Alice and Reid apart. He doesn't want to keep hurting her and seeing her in pain. He also doesn't want to drive her away any more than he already has. He's a very strong-minded person. I keep losing my hold. Like Evan has told you, I lost my hold long enough for him to give Alice and Reid permission to date-"

She was cut off by Chase grabbing her by her neck, slamming her against the wall. "I am getting really sick and tired of your excuses, Brooke." He hissed, his eyes black and narrowed as he slammed her body against the wall again. "You're starting to become very… expendable." He told her. "Now, do your job. Do it quickly and correctly. Or your usefulness will have reached its end. And you will be finished." He said, throwing her to the ground. "Are we clear?"

"Crystal." She snarled up at him, rubbing her neck tenderly.

"Good." He said, and then turned to Darcy. "You have your new task?" She nodded, and he grinned wickedly. "Excellent."

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-SDSL