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Chapter 2
Sean didn't get it and it wasn't that he was stupid. It was just that the thought had never occurred to him that Hank and Alex were a couple. He was walking through the school looking for Charles (for a guy in a wheelchair, he never seemed to be around).Instead of Charles, he found Erik and Raven. They were sitting on the couch in the rec room, watching television.
"Have either one of you seen Charles?" He waited impatiently for their answer.
Raven just put her head on Erik's shoulder, it wasn't that Sean was a bad kid it was just that she found him to be irritating. She chalked it up to him being one of the youngest out of the group. Erik, realizing that she wasn't going to answer shook his head. "Did you try his library or perhaps he is outside..."
Sean nodded his thanks, rather than say anything. Sean left the room quickly, he needed to to find Charles. The more that he thought about it, the more he realized that if there was something wrong with Hank and Alex was wrong, or covering something up, he knew that he needed to find Charles quickly. As luck would have it, he found Charles in the front garden. He was sitting with his eyes closed, facing away from the school. As Sean studied him he realizes that he had no idea if Charles was even awake.
Charles, on the other hand, was awake. He'd heard Sean's thoughts long before the child had even come outside. "Yes, Sean?"
Sean stopped just behind the wheelchair. Sometimes having a psychic in the school was a good thing and other times (like this) it was creepy. "I need to talk to you; it's about Hank." By this point both Raven and Erik had some outside, Alex was there because he'd been looking for Hank.
"Sean, I'm quite certain that you misinterpreted what you saw." Charles' tone was gentle and his eyes were kind.
Sean shook his head. "You weren't there. I swear, it looked as though Hank was going to bite him."
Charles smiled gently and shook his head. "I'm sure that what you saw looked frightening but I'm telling you, I don't think that Hank was trying to harm Alex."
Sean looked at Charles, he could feel his eyes sting as the realization hit him. "You don't believe me."
Again Charles shook his head. "it's not that I don't believe you, it's that Hank loves him."
There was a soft thud as Alex hit his head against the garden wall. Even Erik and Raven heard the noise and had went outside to investigate. Everyone turned to where Alex was standing. "He wasn't trying to hurt me. He was just aroused and I don't see what everyone's problem is. If one of us was a girl no one would have anything to say. This is bullshit!"
Alex left them all in stunned silence. He needed to find Hank before word got back to him that they'd been outed. If he found out by one of the other students, Alex knew that their relationship would be over.