7Author's Note: Hey guys! It's my first time here at , and this is my first attempt at writing a Covenant fanfic. I have been inspired by a few fanfics, so I told myself, "Why not write my own?". I hope you guys enjoy the first chapter, and after reading, make sure to leave a review before you leave. Thanks so much! – Chandra.
P.S. – If you want a personal description of how my female characters look like, or any other info, post it in a review, and I'll send shout-outs on my next chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sony Pictures' The Covenant, its characters and its concept. This story is basically fiction, and none of these are involved in real life. Any similarities to the names of certain people mentioned in this story are complete coincidence. However, I do have the right of my two female characters. :]
1. America's Sweethearts… Or Something Sinister?
It's been three days after Chace's disappearance… and two new girls just have arrived at Spenser.
A rainy, Monday afternoon; it was already three-thirty. Two girls were getting off of a shiny black limousine, wearing their designer trench coats, gloves, and beret hats. Classes at Spenser Academy have just finished, and as they were waiting for their driver to put down all their luggage. Every student outside were staring at them, some weren't, but majority of the people there were really curious about them.
After about a matter of ten minutes, the girls' luggage were off the limo, and they waved bye at their respective driver. They grabbed their Louis Vuitton suitcases, and made their way into the campus.
They saw this little office building just beside the campus, and they walked there carrying their suitcases, and big black umbrellas.
When they entered, they saw a lady sitting at a wooden brown desk; she was probably in her mid-forties, with her hair in a neatly tied ponytail, was wearing conservative clothing, and reading glasses. As soon as the two girls closed the door, she immediately helped them with their belongings, and greeted them.
"Good afternoon ladies. I'm Ms. Linda Johnson, and welcome to Spenser Academy. We were expecting you to come", she said with a smile on her face and with her hand out.
Apparently, the little office building turned out to be a medium-sized one, with a glass door separating the room to another one.
The blonde-haired girl smiled back at her and shook her hand. "Pleasure to meet you, Ms. Johnson, I'm Christina Bertram, and she's Tiffany Waldrom."
"Nice to meet you Ms. Johnson, thank you for having us here", the other girl, with dark, chocolate brown hair greeted the woman, and also shook her hand.
Ms. Johnson smiled back at the both of them. "Okay girls, please come follow me; I will need you to sign a few papers before you get settled in."
Once she told them that, the girls just nodded, and followed her. She opened the glass door, and they entered the room; the floor was tiled, the walls had plain but clean white walls, dividers on the left and right side with matching desks, and several employees. Each of them smiled at the girls. The girls just smiled politely back at them.
After a few minutes of walking they made it to the second to the last of the office, and Ms. Johnson got out a pile of papers and set it on her desk. She sat on her chair, and started to talk again.
"Girls, please sign these papers; you'll require them to be an official Spenser Academy student", she said as two men entered her work area. "And oh, you don't need to worry about you're luggage, these two young men here will carry it to you're dorm room."
The girls just smiled and nodded, as they started filling up their files.
When they finished, they gave it to Ms. Johnson. She encased them with folders, and set it aside on her desk. She stood up, and the girls mimicked her movement.
"You're all set. Here are you're dorm keys, and a map; you'll need it since Spenser Academy is quite big, and in most cases, new students get lost on certain circumstances", she said as she reached into the pocket of her blazer, and gave the keys and the map to the girls.
"Thank you so much Ms. Johnson," They said in unison. Ms. Johnson smiled at them as they left the building.
Once the girls were out of the office building, they were astonished by the view.
"Wow, Ms. Johnson wasn't kidding about the school being big," the brown-haired girl, Tiffany said.
The blonde, Christina, nodded at her statement. "She sure wasn't. I think I'm going to like it here on Spenser… specifically Ipswich."
Tiffany replied, "Well, sure, but for me, I'll definitely miss New York."
They laughed and entered the building. The halls were huge. At first, they got scared, since the halls were dimly lit. Christina brought out the map from her pocket, and followed were the dorms were. After about approximately twenty minutes, they stopped at room number three zero five, which they thought was on the third floor. They were just about to start to panic about their stuff, when they saw it beside the door, just like what Ms. Johnson promised them. They breathe a sigh of relief, and unlocked the their dorm room door.
Their dorm room was no different from the others; white walls, linoleum flooring, two beds, an air conditioner plus heater, a walk-in closet, and a window in between the beds, and under it, was a small table lamp. The girls took off their trench coats, gloves, and beret hats and settled them in one side. Before they even knew it, they started re-decorating their dorm room, and settling in their stuff.
Their redecorating and settling took about two and a half hours, which was strikingly long, since their dorm room wasn't that big. Well, since they had a lot of stuff, it took that long. The once, boring-looking room was turned into a room that any teenaged girl would like to have; Christina owned the bed from the left side, and she replaced the bed sheets with an orange one, with her green pillows contrasting with the sheets. To top it off, she had an orange comforter with green flowers on them.
Tiffany owned the bed from the right side, and her taste in colors weren't as bright as Christina's. She had her bed sheets in a deep purple color, black pillows, and a matching deep purple velvet comforter. It was obvious that Tiffany was more conservative than the free-spirited Christina.
The table lamp between them was accessorized with their photo together, and other trinkets that they had. Christina lay in her bed, exhausted from the travel and the activity they just finished.
"I can't wait for tomorrow", she said to Tiffany, who was getting something out from her messenger bag.
"Yeah, and apparently, we already have homework to do", she said as she got her binder and pen out, and set it on her bed.
"Well, we're just new, their not expecting us to be doing homework yet." Christina replied as watched Tiffany fix her hair in a loose ponytail.
As soon as Tiffany finished, she grabbed her notebook, pen, and pieces of paper that was placed on the table lamp. "You know me Christina, and I like to study. I'm heading off to the library to finish homework okay?"
Christina nodded. "Okay, and if you need me, I'll be in here taking a nap."
Tiffany laughed and got out of their room. Once she was out, a gush of cool wind brushed upon her, sending a little shiver down her spine. She ignored it, and just continued walking to the library.
Tiffany was surprised that she made it to the library without getting lost, despite the big halls and random doors. Well, the library did in fact had their glass doors open, and with the sign, 'Library' on top of it. When she entered, she noticed that only a few students were there, but they were staring at her again. She just ignored them, and headed to the librarian.
"Excuse me, but I need to know where the History books are?" She asked the librarian who was busy typing on her computer.
"Oh, it's on the fourth aisle on the left." She answered with her eyes still focused on the monitor, and typing away.
"Thank you." Tiffany said and the old lady nodded.
She walked towards to fourth aisle and searched for several History books. When she finished, she had four heavy books in her hands, plus her binder. She struggled a little, and eventually, she dropped them when she bumped into a guy with short brown hair and twinkling blue eyes. He was wearing the school uniform.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't really looking on where I was going", she said as she apologized to the man, who was eyeing her.
He shook his head a little bit and bent down to pick up the books she just dropped. "No, it wasn't you; it was me. I'm sorry, I should've been conscious of were I am."
Tiffany already had the first three books, but her binder and the last book were still on the floor. As soon as she reached out for it, Tyler did too, but all it ever did was made their hands touch. Tiffany brought her hand back, stood up, and looked away from him.
Tyler blushed, and he just then immediately picked up her binder and the book, and handed it to her. "I'm sorry, here."
She took them and nodded. "Thank you so much, you've been a great help." She said and took a table and chair on the lobby. Tyler, on the other hand, followed her. He seemed upset by making this girl feel awkward, and he too, felt awkward. He wanted to shake this feeling off of him. Tyler sat beside her, and watched her doodle information of her binder.
"Hey, I'm sorry to bother you again, but I wanted to apologize," he told her as she stopped writing, and looked at him.
She smiled. "I accept you're apology, and I know it was just an accident", she replied and looked away to continue writing.
Although it was confirmed that she wasn't mad at him or anything, Tyler still had a feeling; something in his stomach that he couldn't understand. Well, since he wasn't really used to being around girls, he felt unusual, and since she was new, why not take a chance on getting to know her? Tyler was actually nice to girls, not like Reid Garwin who was notorious for hitting on every girl on Spenser.
"Oh, by the way, I'm Tyler Sims. You must be new here", he said and introduced himself.
She stopped writing once again and faced him. "Yes, I am. Nice to meet you Tyler, I'm Tiffany Waldrom", she said as she lend out her hand for him to shake. He was hesitant for a moment, but then shook her hand. He was shaking it over and over again. Tiffany laughed and took her hand slowly away.
"I'm sorry, I guess you could call me a freak by now", he said as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Tiffany blushed, smile, and looked away. "No, not really."
Tyler blushed as she did. He was speechless for a moment, since his hand was longing for her smooth palm; it was creamy as butter, smooth as silk, and soft just like a marshmallow. It was also expected, since Tiffany had a pale, fair complexion.
"I'm probably disturbing you. I'll go and continue my homework now", Tyler said as he stood up from her table.
She smiled once more at him and pick up her pen. "No you're not, but, if you insist, I'll guess I'll see you around."
Tyler smiled back at her and started walking away. "Alright."
She saluted at him and walked away. As Tyler walked, he could feel something 'fluttering' inside his stomach, and his cheeks burning hot. He was surprised himself, since he'd never had this feeling before, and just as he was going to get lost in his thoughts, he was smacked at the back of his head.
"Oww! Reid! What was that for?" he said as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Oh nothing, I just like doing that. And I saw the whole thing baby boy", Reid replied as he smirked at Tyler.
"What? With Tiffany? I just helped her with her books Reid. Nothing bad about that"
"I think you're starting to grow up baby boy, and you've got a nice taste. Who is she? A new student?" Reid asked out curiosity.
Tyler nodded. "She's Tiffany Waldrom, and yes, she is a new student here. Why'd you ask?"
Reid didn't replied but when Tyler looked at him, he saw that Reid has that gleam in his eye.
"Oh no, not this time Reid! She's innocent!" Tyler explained.
"What? I'm just looking at her", Reid replied while eyeing Tiffany, who was busy doing her homework.
"Come on guys, we've gotta go", Caleb said as him and Pogue walked towards Reid and Tyler.
Just as Tyler was going to grab a History book, he saw that a necklace was on the floor; it wasn't just an ordinary necklace, it was a family crest, and it looked expensive. The family crest pendant was in black and had silver lining around it, had a raven on it, along with a knight on a horse with his sword ready on the bottom part, and on the upper part, was a pair of crossed swords. When he turned the pendant around, something was written on it:
Waldrom;
"Vereor haud vir; exsisto validus."
Tyler read the words, but couldn't understand it either way. He examined the words a little more, and there it hit him; the word, Waldrom was inscribed in the pendant, along with the words he couldn't understand. He placed it on his pocket, and when he looked around, he saw that his brothers left him. He rolled his eyes and ran over to Tiffany's work table. Sadly, she was gone. She left the books she used there while the librarian cleaned it up. He saw another belonging of hers, which probably was her dorm room key. He picked it up too, and read the key's number: '305'.
Tyler exit the library, and was in search for Tiffany, who was a little bit careless with her stuff.
After walking two stairs, he finally made it to the third floor. He carefully looked at each dorm room number, and he ended up finding room three zero five. He was just about to knock when it suddenly opened.
"Oh, hey", Christina said as she greeted Tyler. Tyler got the feeling that he got the wrong room.
"Hey, I came here to return something to Tiffany Waldrom", he stated as he grabbed her key and necklace from his pocket.
"Sure thing. Stay here for a minute." Christina said as she slightly left the door open, and called Tiffany. After a few minutes, Tiffany appeared at the door, slightly surprised.
"Oh, hey Tyler. I wasn't expecting you here. What's up?" She asked him.
Tyler felt that his cheeks were burning again. "Well, I was just here to return some things."
Tyler then grabbed her hand and placed her necklace and key on her palm. At the sight of this, Tyler was holding her right wrist. Tiffany just stared at it, and she couldn't help but smile. She could also feel that she was blushing right now.
"Thanks. I guess I was a little careless back at the library", she said as she closed her hand and let go of Tyler's grip.
"Well, I better go now. See you tomorrow. Good night", he said as he turned around and walk away. Tiffany immediately closed the door, and headed to her bed.
"Wow, we've been here just for three hours, and you've already got a man? I'm impressed", Christina said with a smile at Tiffany.
Tiffany blushed again. "Christi, Tyler's just someone I've met today. Do you think I would date him immediately?"
"He is good-looking, why don't you?", Christina said, a smile still on her face.
"I just met him you know." Tiffany sighed as she took off her ponytail.
Christina laughed. "Whatever you say. Anyway, I'll go to sleep now. We've got a big day ahead of us."
"Alright, goodnight." That was the only thing Tiffany could reply.
Tiffany got inside their closet, and grabbed a clean bath towel and her pajamas. She removed her sneakers and got out her pair of fluffy white slippers. She looked for the girls' bathroom was, and thankfully, it was only on the second floor. When she entered, only two or three girls were there, but at least she had a little company.
But before she could even enter a shower cubicle, someone tapped her shoulder.
"Oh my god, you scared me!" Tiffany exclaimed as she turned to face a certain blonde.
The blonde bit her lower lip. "Oops, sorry if I scared you, but I just wanted to let you know that this shower cubicle is broken. The faucets don't work according to a janitress."
Tiffany breathe a sigh of relief. "Is that so? Well, thanks for letting me know."
The blonde nodded and just smiled at her.
Tiffany just searched for another cubicle, and when she found one, she entered it. After a few minutes of showering, she got out wearing her Hello Kitty pajamas, and the towel wrapped around her head. She made her way back to her and Christina's dorm room. She then unwrapped her hair and hung the towel by her bedpost, and just lie in her bed. Just as when she was just about to close her eyes, an image of a smiling Tyler came upon her. She was absolutely dumfounded by this. She didn't know what was happening to her. She opened her eyes for few seconds, and closed them again.
As for Tyler, he headed to the second floor, and got to him and Reid's dorm room. When he made it there, he saw that his roommate wasn't there. Probably with some girl again. He thought to himself, and just sat on his bed.
Butterflies were still in his stomach. He was really confused; it was impossible for him to like to Tiffany, when in fact he just met her. He tried to deny the fact that he probably does like her, but it was just too soon. He then eventually got sleepy, and lay on his bed.
Author's Note: So, what do you guys think? Please review! I promise as soon as I get enough reviews, I'll post one, or probably two chapters. :]