-Chapter One-

Caleb Danvers shivered as he clutched his knees close to his chest.

"Ten hours…" Caleb thought, "Ten hours since I took Chase's life."

Soon after the police had allowed both Caleb and his girlfriend, Sarah Wenham to leave the crime scene, Caleb had driven Sarah back to her dorm before heading home himself. That was two hours ago. Now Caleb sat in the shower, shuddering as the hot water gave way to cold and pelted down his bare back.

"Caleb: sweetheart. Are you all right?"

Caleb glanced up from the shower floor to see his mothers' hazy, form outside the shower's glass door.

"…Yeah: mom. I'm all right."

Caleb glanced back down in shame as he heard his mother's relieved was he thinking? His father had just passed away the night before and here he was, hiding in the shower instead of comforting his own mother.

"Reid is here." Evelyn informed him tiredly.

Caleb remained silent for a moment: then sighed. He did not want to deal with anyone, let alone Reid Garwin. "Okay. I'll be out in a minute."

"All, right. And…Caleb…?"

Caleb glanced up once more. "Yeah?"

"I love you. I'm also very proud of you…and I know your father would be as well." Evelyn said: then walked out of the bathroom, not waiting for her son's response.

"I love you too." He whispered.

Caleb stood soon after, shut off the water and stepped out of the cold shower, shivering as he reached for a towel to wrap around his waist.

Caleb stood in the doorway of his bedroom, silently watching as Reid paced back and forth in front of the large window across the room. After several minutes, Caleb cleared his throat.

Reid stopped and looked at Caleb. "Is Chase…?"

Caleb nodded, averting his gaze.

Reid sighed and stared at the floor, shoulders sagging in obvious relief.

Both boys stood in silence, not knowing what to say, or what to do.

"Are you and Sarah all right?" Reid asked hesitantly.

Caleb nodded once more and earned a strange look from Reid, who had been expecting to be, chewed out over the fact that he and Tyler had not done their job of keeping Sarah safe. However, instead of the expected wrath of Caleb Danvers, Caleb stood their across the room with a somewhat glazed expression.

Reid frowned and made his way over to the older boy.

Caleb jumped when he felt a hand touch his left shoulder. And glanced up, his dark brown eyes meeting concerned light blue ones.

"Hey." Reid spoke softly. "Are you sure you're all right?"

Caleb frowned, shrugging out from under Reid's touch. "I'm fine." He said curtly before heading inside his walk-in closet to throw on a pair of red basketball shorts: then hesitated; he did not want to leave his closet for he knew Reid's questioning was far from being over. However, he knew that it was impossible to escape Reid when he was worried. Sighing, Caleb took a deep breath and went back out to his bedroom.

Reid was sitting on a chair in the corner, elbows rested on his knees.

Caleb vaguely took note of the fact that Reid was still wearing his cloths from the night before, and walked over to his bed, taking a seat on the edge as he copied the blondes position.

Reid smirked at that before growing serious once more, "Talk to me Caleb. What happened?" He said.

Song for this chapter - Uncertaintly by The Fray.