Angel Among Us

A Covenant fanfic

Chapter 4: First Dates and Magical Fates

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Once Angel found out he had yet another class with Reid, he was mentally jumping for joy. Reid was oh so kind to walk him there too. Angel was now stepping out of the boys locker room and entering the large indoor pool room in his dark blue trunks which the school provided and required them to wear, a dark blue one piece suit for the girls.

Pogue, Caleb, Reid, and Tyler were already in their trunks and lounging against the wall. The class was split into two groups for a good half of the hour, girls having one side of the pool being taught by their female coach while the boys had the other half of the pool being taught by their male coach. The coaches would merge the two groups together the other half of the hour and would then teach side by side. It was relatively quiet in the pool room waiting for class to start until suddenly flirty whistles and comments here and there were heard from some of the girls. The sons looked at the girls' side where the locker rooms for both genders were and spotted why those reactions were going on. Reid's eyes shined with desire when he saw what the fuss was about. It was Angel; in nothing but trunks Angel. Sure, all the guys were in trunks too – really short, skin tight ones at that – but what made Angel stand out was his undeniable, amazing head to toe beauty. Seeing it practically naked and open to the eye for the first time was just eye catching.

Angel wasn't built with a lot of hard muscle like Pogue or Caleb, but he did have light traces of some in his abdomen and arms. He was tastefully slender and had skin that looked soft to the touch, just like people noted he had on his face and arms when he's fully clothed. Angel tried to ignore the whistles and comments he got and just kept walking. When Angel spotted Reid and his friends, he smiled and walked over to them. It took everything Reid had to not leap across the room, grab Angel, and take him back to the locker room to ravish him.

"Sure caught the girls' attention, huh?" Tyler mused in light amusement when Angel made it to them.

Angel smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, I try not to focus on that."

Pogue raised a brow in confusion. "Why? I thought you'd be soakin' it up. I mean, not every guy here has tons of girls swooning after them."

Angel drew his bottom lip between his teeth, Reid quickly learning it was a go-to nervous habit of his.

"It's just….I don't know….I don't always feel it necessary. It tends to get a bit overwhelming." He said.

Tyler patted his shoulder. "Yeah, girls will do that to ya."

Pogue leaned towards Caleb and whispered. "The kid does seem a lot like us when it comes to treatment in the school. Maybe Sarah's right, him being at our rank."

Caleb nodded, noticing it himself. Before long, the coaches appeared and the bell rang, starting class. At the beginning of the year in swim class, the coaches always have students individually do laps one at a time to document every students' speed so the coaches know where to work up from. New students may appear in the class as well, so this exercise was important. When it came time to document Angel's speed, he was 28.18 seconds. When Angel climbed out of the pool, a hand helped him up. He saw it was Caleb, who was smiling down at him.

"Not bad kid. I can tell this isn't your first time." Caleb said impressed.

Angel smiled up at him. "Thanks. Yeah, I've been swimming for a while. Never professionally or seriously, but a while."

"Dude, you were almost at Tyler's time!" Reid said happily, also impressed.

"That is pretty amazing. We're some of the fastest swimmers in the school, and you almost get to one of our times." Pogue said with a smile in pleasant surprise.

Angel was surprised to hear that. "Wow, really? That's cool. So that makes me one of the fastest swimmers too?"

Reid grinned. "You bet! You're one of us now!" He said as he threw his arm around Angel's shoulders.

"We should have you added to our team. We could use more fast swimmers like you." Said Caleb.

Angel looked at him in confusion. "Team?"

"We have a select team of swimmers for meets. Caleb is swim captain." Pogue explained.

"Oh. Alright, I'd be happy to join." Angel said in a smile.

Caleb smiled while Reid cheered. "Meets will be so much funner now that you're on the team." Reid said pleased.

Angel chuckled. "I'm glad."

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After swim class was over, everyone went to the locker rooms to shower and change. It being the last class, they didn't need to rush. Most of the guys were in the showers washing up. The shower stalls were individual and private and were like bathroom stalls with four walls, but the walls weren't tall, only a person's head could be seen in them. Reid purposely got the stall next to Angel, their wet trunks and dry towel hung on their stall door behind them. Without turning his head, Reid discreetly turned his eyes to Angel, scanning over that hot little body and down to what was normally hidden from view. His ass was deliciously sculpted and had jus the right amount of volume.

Damn, he wanted to pleasure that body bad. While Reid was in his fantasy, Angel's shower stopped, that alerted Reid back to reality knowing his crush was leaving. With that knowledge, he hurried up in washing himself and dried off, wrapping the towel around his waist. He usually doesn't, but he figured it would scare away his crush, so he decided to be modest for once and cover up. He entered the locker section a minute behind Angel and went to his locker to get dressed back in his clothes he wore to school that day, not knowing where Angel's locker is, so he didn't know where he went. When Tyler looked in Reid's general direction he noticed he wasn't naked like he usually is.

"Thank God you have a towel on for once. My eyes are saved." Tyler said half playfull and half serious.

Reid sent him a playful glare. "Shut up!"

Once Reid was fully dressed back in his clothes, he decided to look around the lockers for Angel, trying to see if he left yet or was still here. He spotted Angel two rows down from where his locker was and saw that he was just about done fixing his hair in the mirror that was on the inside of his locker door, him being fully dressed already and was now checking over himself to make sure he was put together.

'Almost like a girl.' Reid noted fondly.

Reid casually leaned up against a wall that was a few feet from where Angel was and acted like he wasn't purposely there waiting for something. Once it looked like Angel was about to leave the locker room all together, Reid then walked over to him.

"Wait." He said.

Angel looked over and noticed it was Reid and smiled. "Hey."

Reid smiled back happily. "Hey…mind staying for a bit longer?"

Angel blinked. "Longer….in here?"

"Yeah." Reid replied.

Angel thought on it for a sec, then nodded. "Yeah, sure."

They waited for it to clear out, but before it did, Tyler came into view looking around a minute until he spotted Reid.

"Reid! Ya comin'?"

Reid shook his head. "Nah, you go ahead! I'm staying a bit longer, I'll be there in a few!" He called.

Tyler nodded in understanding and left. After the last few students left, Reid and Angel were now completely alone. Once everyone was gone, Angel looked up at Reid curiously.

"So…what did you want to wait he-" Angel got cut off from Reid taking his face in his hands and kissing him.

Angel did nothing at first out of shock, but once he got over it, he started responding and kissed back. When Angel started kissing back, that helped Reid decide to intensify his kissing, not wanting to control his feelings anymore. He moved Angel back till he was against his locker and ran his hands over Angel's abdomen, reveling in finally being able to intimately experience what he's wanted for so long. Angel seemed to love it just as much since his arms were around Reid's neck and was making soft little gasps whenever his lips were free between their kisses. Reid ended their kissing by taking Angel's bottom lip, sucking on it and pulled as Reid gradually leaned his head back. They panted, Reid laying his forehead against Angel's and nuzzling it on and off. Angel panted in a smile at that.

"Put into words….I have feelings for you, such strong feelings for you. Telling by you kissing me back, you do too?"

Angel nodded, making Reid smile. "What do ya say on going out with me then…and making that plan on Saturday night our first date?"

Angel grinned happily. "Yes, I'd love that."

Reid smiled. "Great, see you Saturday night."

Angel hummed in agreement before Reid leaned in for another kiss before they left the locker room and pool room together. When they exited through the front doors of the school, they saw the buses loading up kids that didn't live on campus. Reid then turned to Angel as they were walking.

"So do you live on campus or at home?"

"At home."

Reid nodded in slight disappointment since he won't be able to stay with Angel longer and walk him to his dorm.

"So we part here." Reid stated, disappointment slipping through his voice.

"Yeah," Angel looked over at Reid, noticing the disappointment from him and smiled comfortingly.

"I'll text you when I get home."

That brightened up Reid's demeanor real quick. "Looking forward to it."

Reid wanted to kiss him again, but since they were in public now, he decided he couldn't. He wasn't openly gay yet. No one knew he preferred guys over girls. Hell, not even his friends knew. He'd come out about it soon, but not before his relationship with Angel was definite. He wasn't going to come out so soon if he wasn't dating somebody. So he just let Angel walk away towards the buses and he walked towards the dorms which were behind the school.

Angel walked up the little steps and into the bus that would be going his rout. He saw his friends' hands shoot up to signal where they were which was in the back, so he walked to the back of the bus and sat next to Eddie, Chelsea being next to them on the other seat since the bus' seats could only fit two to a seat. Chelsea and Eddie noticed how giddy Angel seemed with that huge grin that could practically rival the sun. They shared a knowing look and then looked at Angel.

"So…." Eddie started.

"…What's with the overwhelming happiness?" Chelsea finished from Eddie. Angel swears they can think from the same brain sometimes.

"Remember about you saying me and Reid are an item?" Angel asked Chelsea.

"Mmhmm." She hummed expectantly.

"Well…..we are now." Angel continued with a grin.

Eddie and Chelsea smiled. "Alright!" Eddie said enthusiastically.

"That's great, Angel!" Chelsea said also in enthusiasm.

"We're going on our first date Saturday." Angel added.

"Good for you! Tell us all about it on Sunday, okay?" Chelsea said excitedly, Eddie nodding in agreement.

Angel chuckled in amusement. "Okay."

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Angel got off the bus when he was at the corner that took him to his house, Chelsea and Eddie getting off as well since this was their stop as well, and said their goodbyes when they parted ways. When Angel walked inside his house, he locked the door back and walked upstairs to his room. His parents weren't home yet and wouldn't be till 6, so he had two whole hours to himself. He left his door open when he entered and dropped his bag off where he picked it up that morning, at his desk, and hopped on his bed backwards and got his phone out and the piece of paper. He was entering Reid's number in his cell contacts. Once he did, he balled up the piece of paper and threw it in his trashcan by his bedside table and began texting Reid like he said he would.

Angel- I'm home. :)

Reid- Awesome! I am too. :) The way home okay?

Angel smiled feeling touched.

Angel- Yeah, how thoughtful of you to ask.

Reid- Well, ya know. *dusts off shoulder*

Angel chuckled at that.

Angel- xD

Reid- I made you laugh? Damn, if only I could hear it. Your laugh is always so pleasing to hear…like soft bells.

Angel blushed. He's never been told about his laugh in that way before. Reid's comment on it made his heart warm and swell with adoration.

Angel- Wow…no one's ever said anything about my laugh like that before.

Reid- Good.

Angel was amused and felt his heart warm again at that, feeling the possessiveness in that word.

Reid- I gotta go. Tyler's trying to get in my business on who I'm texting and it's getting hard keeping my phone away from him, so I'll talk to ya later?

Angel smiled.

Angel- Yeah, later. xD

Reid- love ya, babe. ;]

Angel blushed.

Angel- Love you too.

Angel set his phone down next to him on his bed and sighed happily. He loved his life.

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A day later, Angel was bouncing on his heels on his front porch excitedly. It was Saturday night, their first date was about to start. Reid was coming to pick him up and would be here any minute. He was wearing a short sleeved gray shirt which had light gray in some areas and dark gray in others along with a faded, thick red line that ran down each of his sides, three across his abdomen horizontally, and also one running horizontally and vertically down each of his sleeves. He had skinny dark blue jeans with it of which hugged his figure nicely. For shoes, he wore navy blue, casual laceless. He added one accessory which was a black necklace with a silver flame charm hanging down with black in the middle. It laid just passed his collarbone. Pretty soon, Reid showed up, driving up in Tyler's car. He stopped adjacent to the porch so Angel didn't have far to walk. Angel smiled and walked over to the large vehicle and got inside in the passenger seat. What Angel failed to notice, was his parents were peeking through the curtains keeping watch of him from one of the foyer windows.

Reid had his attention on the passenger door, so when Angel opened the door and climbed in, he got to see his appearance right when he entered the hummer. Reid closed his eyes slowly and swallowed.

"Damn, I'm so glad your parents are in the fashion business, 'cause you are always wearing things that make you look more gorgeous."

Angel chuckled in a sheepish smile. "Thanks," Angel looked over Reid.

"You look amazing too."

Reid wore a long sleeved black shirt with orange zipped pockets and blue jeans which weren't tight fitted like Angel's. Reid preferred to wear his jeans loose. For shoes, he had on dark gray, laceless convers.

Reid smirked. "I try. Nothing close to how you can do it, though."

As Reid started up the car, Angel took one last glance at his house, and that let him notice his parents peeking through the curtains. He smiled in amusement and narrowed his eyes in a playful glare at their snooping as they drove off. It was a few miles till they got there, making small talk on the way. Reid parked in the forest and they stepped out, walking around the car and walked hand in hand when they met. Angel scanned curious eyes all over the new area.

"Wow….very peaceful out here with all the trees, crickets and fireflies."

"That's one of the reasons I decided to take you here. This place is the best at night, you'll love it." Reid said as he smiled down at Angel as they walked further in the forest. Once they walked a few more feet, Reid stopped walking.

"Here," Reid stated.

Angel looked up at him curiously trying to figure out what he meant, but then Reid tugged on his hand, then let go and laid down on the soft grass on his back, him patting the spot next to him in invitation.

"Lay down with me." Reid suggested.

Angel did so, laying right next to him and taking Reid's offered open hand in his. When he looked up, he was amazed. Billions and billions of stars could be seen above them. They were in a certain spot of the forest where a break in the trees were and the sky was easily viewable. Angel smiled happily. The trees blowing softly around them in the wind, crickets chirping, fireflies dancing around here and there, tons of viewable stars overhead….it was all absolutely perfect.

"I do love it. It's beautiful, Reid." Angel stated as he took all the sites in.

Reid smiled over at him. "Good. So…" He started as he began rubbing Angel's hand in his with his thumb.

"You and your friends seem really close, like siblings even."

Angel chuckled at that. "Yeah, we are practically. Chelsea and Eddie have known each other since elementary school. I met them in my first year of middle school and we've been close friends since."

Reid hummed in acknowledgement. "And do they know you're gay?"

"Yeah, they've known since middle school, a month after we met, actually."

"They're obviously cool with it?"

"Yeah, they support me all the way. Do yours know?" Angel asked curiously since they're on the subject.

Reid shook his head. "No, mine have no clue."

Angel nodded in understanding. "Oh, haven't told them yet."

"No, they think I like girls, but they have every right to think that since I play into that image on purpose. I use it as a defense mechanism….camouflage. They think I sleep with girls all the time when really I just flirt with them and get their phone number, had to suffer through kissing them sometimes to keep up the image, or they just simply kiss me theirself. The girls are the ones that spread the idea that they slept with me even though we didn't. The girls at Spenser live for that, wishing to say they slept with a Son of Ipswich, thinks it will make them popular or more popular than they already are,"

Angel just listened as they gazed at the stars.

"I do plan on telling them the truth, though…..if this," Reid lifted their clasped hands slightly.

"Becomes definite. I wanna have a reason to come out, ya know?" Reid continued.

Angel met Reid's eyes and smiled. "Okay, I'll be here for you when you do. I know it can be a rough subject for some."

Reid huffed. "Yeah, that's why I've been hiding it. On Thursday when we texted for the first time and I said I had to go because of Tyler getting on my case of who I was texting? He thought I was talking to a new girl I picked up from me acting so unusually happy and him catching my comment on your laugh."

Angel giggled at that. Reid looked over at him and grinned. "There's that beautiful laugh I love."

Angel smiled over at him and Reid leaned over to kiss him.

"So…why do people call you, Caleb, Pogue, and Tyler the Sons of Ipswich?" Angel asked.

Reid grinned. "Ah, noticed that did you? It's because we're decedents of five families that settled the Ipswich colony in the 1600's."

Angel blinked up at the sky. "During the witch hunt era?"

Reid turned to him with surprised eyes. "Yeah…Sarah's right…you do have beauty and brains."

Angel grinned at that.

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A day later, Monday morning in math class, they were to turn in the worksheet they had to do over the weekend. Angel turned in his as well as most of the class. Then the teacher set on teaching the lesson of the day. As Mrs. Weights explained the lesson on the board, Angel paying attention as always, he suddenly felt a jolt of energy rush through him, his eyes clouding over in a light white sheet barely noticeable if you weren't really focused on his eyes. His mind and eyes suddenly got knocked out of the school setting, the teacher's voice dulling and replaced with images and sounds flashing quickly through his eyes.

A guy…looked to be around Reid and his friends' age. He had short spiked up brown hair and had brown eyes and fair skin. His eyes turn completely black while in a pool, then Caleb is shown to be swimming next to him and appears to pass out while swimming and begins sinking toward the bottom of the pool. Then in a completely different area, a few spiders are seen crawling on a wall inside some place.

The brown haired guy from before is seen. Then he suddenly turns into what looks like Caleb and walks in a room which looks like a dorm, and sees Sarah sitting there on a bed looking nervous and distressed. Then Angel sees Sarah and Kate….covered in bites severely sick. Then a different scene flicks in….the same brown haired guy is standing in the middle of a road and a yellow bike looking a lot like Pogue's speeds down the street. The brown haired guy lifts his hands up in front of him and the guy on the bike is lifted from the street and flipped through the air over the brown haired guy and thrown on the ground by him, bike and all severely damaged including the guy that was on the bike. The guy that was thrown…his face was shown…and it was Pogue. Another scene flashes…a rainy day…an old huge barn. In front of it was that brown haired guy again with Caleb on the ground before him looking beat up. The brown haired guy laughed manically and spoke. "We're finished here. Those little boys are sure gonna miss you…when you're dead!" Then Angel saw a sky view of some of the lands of Massachusetts and saw magical energy jolting over the lands in quick, short waves. Then saw white glowing orbs of…something.

That's when the surge of energy left Angel's body and the images and sounds stopped and Angel blinked and looked around calmly. He was back in math class, the teacher still explaining the lesson. Angel took a deep breath and tried to pay attention to the lesson again while trying too make sense what he just saw.

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Angel sat at the lunch table Chelsea and Eddie sat down at an hour and a half later with his food and met their eyes.

"Guys…" He said softly. "I had a vision."

Chelsea and Eddie's interest peaked. "What did'ja see?" Eddie asked cautiously, nervous that it was of something bad.

"It was about Reid's friends. They were…being attacked by this guy. He made Caleb pass out while he was swimming in the pool in swim class, made himself look like Caleb…somehow and used spiders to make Sarah and Kate severely sick, made Pogue crash while riding his bike and severely injured him, was attacking Caleb in a barn…saying his friends were going to miss him when he's dead."

Chelsea and Eddie's eyes widen. "Geez, Angel…so you're saying a guy's going to come after Reid and his friends?" Chelsea asked feeling alarmed.

Angel nodded. "That's what it seems like. It showed him entering a dorm. I've seen this school's dorms once and it looked like that, so he may be coming here."

"What does this guy look like? Maybe me and Chels can keep an eye out for him." Eddie offered.

"Brown spiked up hair, brown eyes, fair skin….always wearing dark shades of clothes, and wears a lot of long jackets."

Chelsea and Eddie nodded. "Got it." Eddie said.

"We'll tell you if we spot him." Chelsea said.

"Thanks." Angel stated.

"So what do you think this guy wants with Reid's group?" Eddie asked as he ate some of his lunch.

Angel shook his head after he swallowed some food. "No clue. Something weird happened with him. His eyes…they turned black."

Chelsea paused in eating. "Black? As in…."

"Fully black. No iris, no sclera, just all black." Angel elaborated.

"….Now, that's freaky." Eddie said after he swallowed a mouthful of food.

"I'll say." Angel and Chelsea said in unison.

"Well….looks like it's just one of those days again, huh, Ang?" Chelsea stated.

Angel looked down at his plate and stabbed his mash potatoes with his fork. "Yeah…one of those days…"

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End chap. 4

Secret's out of the bag! If you thought the sons were the only ones with magical powers, you're mistaken. That vision seemed pretty bad. Can Angel and his friends stop them from happening? You'll see in the next chapter. ;D Sneak peak of next chapter: Angel is invited to go to a teen friendly bar called Nicky's by Reid and urged by his friends during swim class. He has a great time with his boyfriend and the guys and tries to take his mind off that gloomy vision he had earlier that day, but when the events from his vision start happening around him a few days later, he has no choice but to focus on them and try to stop them from happening and protect his boyfriend and friends from the mystery guy that drew a target on them. And what is this? Are the sons possibly catching on to Angel and beginning to figure out he's not some average kid? Till next chapter. ^ - '