Caleb entered the main office and the receptionist quickly greeted him. "The Provost is waiting for you"
Caleb had received an 'invitation' to see the Provost, again... this time he was sure he didn't do anything wrong.
Caleb knocked on the door and opened it. "You wanted to see me, Provost"
The elderly man looked up and eagerly nodded. "Yes, yes, sit down Caleb"
Caleb obeyed and waited for the Provost to begin scolding, lecturing, or provide him information on anything.
"I understand that Chase's disappearance must have effected you in some way, Caleb" the Provost began. 'Not exactly what you had in mind'
"Yes, sir. It's sudden to me" Caleb agreed.
"We all need help with our feelings. Otherwise, we bottle them up, and before you know it powerful laxatives are involved" the Provost said.
As awkward as it was to have him say this and to think that Chase and Caleb were best friends but really were long time enemies by blood, just made the situation more awkward, so all Caleb could do is smile and nod.
"However" the Provost continued. "I am pleased to tell you that Chase is alright and he sent us a letter telling us how he is not going to continue any further in our education"
This made Caleb's stomach drop to the ground and shrink his heart 5 times it's normal size. "What?"
The Provost smiled and nodded. "He sent it to us this morning, he said he missed the sun and wanted to go some place sunnier"
'Lie' Caleb smiled, which was the hardest thing he had to do "That's great, just as long as he is alright"
The Provost nodded. "I'm glad he's ok, now run along and tell your friends the good news"
Caleb nodded and got up. "Will do" 'But I doubt it would be any good'
Caleb left the office to see Sarah standing in the hall waiting for him. "Hey" she said and give him a peck on the lips.
"Hey" he said.
"What's wrong?" Sarah asked.
Caleb sighed. "Chase sent the Provost a letter telling him that he's alright"
Sarah's eyes popped open. "What?"
"Yeah" he confirmed, wiping his hand over his face, Sarah took his hand and gripped it to comfort him.
Caleb looked at Sarah who smiled back up at him.
"I'm going to do another searching spell"
Sarah's face changed. "Why?"
"He must be somewhere near here" Caleb said as the lunch bell rang. "He couldn't have gone that far, we didn't feel him use"
Sarah nodded in agreement and turned and suddenly smiled and ran up to Kate and gave her a hug.
"Are you okay?" Sarah asked as Caleb and Pogue shook hands.
"Yeah, great actually! I lost 5 pounds from being in the hospital" Kate said rubbing her stomach.
Caleb rolled his eyes, it was so hard to enjoy Kate whenever she talks about girly stuff which is mostly every day and to him, she seemed kind of stupid for Pogue's liking.
"Oh, I'm not saying that we should kill a student every day so I can lose weight. I'm just saying, when tragedy strikes we have to look on the bright side, y'know? Like how even used Mercedes still have leather seats" Kate explained.
"Tell me why you even got with her again, Pogue?"
Caleb turned and saw Reid and Tyler coming up to them, both Kate and Pogue were giving Reid a death glare while Caleb and Tyler were trying to hold their breath to keep from laughing.
"It's a bright side, is it not?" Kate said crossing her arms.
"A little bit too bright" Reid told her. "And leaning more over to stupid"
Pogue grabbed his arm, making Reid make an ouch look. "Knock it off" Pogue threatened.
"Hey don't start a scene here" Caleb said motioning to the office still in view.
"Yeah, let's eat! I'm starved" Tyler said and swooped Reid out of Pogue's grasp and started heading down to the Cafeteria.
Sarah took Caleb's hand again and kissed his cheek. "It'll be ok, I promise"
Caleb smiled but as much as he wanted to, he couldn't believe it.
Chase is still out there, still is in contact with the school, and also very dangerous.
Caleb needed to find him and destroy him before he comes after the other Sons of Ipswich.
