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That night I woke up suddenly, covered in sweat. I looked at my clock and read the time as 3:21 am. I groaned and rolled over and came face to face with the same darkling Caleb saw. I screamed and closed my eyes tightly.
"Shilo?" Pogue said from the door a few moments later. "Are you ok?"
I opened my eyes and shook my head. Pogue came over, sat on the bed, and hugged me close. "What happened Shi?"
"I…saw the darkling."
"Me two…scared the ever loving shit outta me."
"Hand me my phone," I said wiping away my tears.
"Why?"
"I'm calling Caleb."
Pogue handed me my cell and I called Caleb. It rang seven times before Caleb answered it with a sleepy hello.
"We just saw the same darkling you saw last night. The dead kid at the Dells. What the hell is it?"
"I don't know. But it's starting to freak me out. I'm telling you, someone is using their powers and I mean big time. And I intend to find out who. Don't worry Shi, alright?"
"Yeah. Goodnight."
"Night Caleb," Pogue said next to me.
"Night guys," Caleb said right before the line went dead.
"You want me to stay here Shi?" Pogue asked still slightly worried.
"Um…just till I fall asleep…if that's ok?"
"Of course it is. Move over." I shifted little so Pogue was leaning against the headboard of my bed. He put an arm around me and told me to sleep.
I didn't sleep much that night, but I put on a pretty convincing impression. Pogue eventually made his way back to his bedroom. The next morning I sleepily put on my uniform and make-up, and did my hair. I don't even remember driving to school.
I sat next to Pogue in the lecture hall, half way asleep with my head on my arms, when Caleb came up and sat on my other side.
"Good morning Sleeping Beauty," Caleb said in a 'are you alive' kind of voice.
I lifted my head and flipped Caleb the bird.
"A ray of sunshine as always!"
Pogue looked closely at me and sighed. "You didn't really go back to sleep did you?" I shook my head and laid my head back down. Pogue ruffled my hair lovingly. "You are so going to bed early tonight."
"Sure. Thanks Dad!"
"That Darkling really scared you huh?" Caleb whispered so only Pogue and I could hear.
"A blood-curtailing scream. Thought she was being murdered or something."
"Hi! I am right here!" I looked at my brother sternly, before looking at Caleb. "And yes it did. That wasn't really the thing I wanted to wake up to."
Caleb smiled faintly, "imagine driving and seeing it!"
"Point taken," I smirked as I cracked my neck.
I looked around the class and saw Reid and Tyler sitting down and to the right a couple of rows. Aaron Abbot and Kira sat diagonal from us. Kate and Sara were three rows ahead, and Chase was up and to the left two rows. When I turned around he nodded at me and winked. I waved and smiled back. Pogue followed my gaze and sighed angrily. I wanted to ask what his problem was, but the instructor walked in.
"Mr. Danvers…" The instructor announced at the podium below. "Provost Higgins requests the pleasure of your company after class."
Pogue and I looked at Caleb questioningly. Caleb shrugged slightly and we all turned our attention to the instructor.
"Now…we are going to study four American contemporary writers of fiction." The instructor turned and began writing names on the chalkboard. "First is Cormac McCarthy, then Tim O'Brian, Kent Haruf, and last, but not least Stephen King."
"Yeah!" Reid's voice rose to fill the otherwise silent classroom. "Dreamcatcher was the shit!" The lecture hall chuckled with laughter.
"Thank you Mr. Garwin, but no. My choice is The Shining."
Reid made an 'oh well' gesture and the class went on like any other. Dull!
Later that afternoon I stood next to the diving blocks with Reid and Tyler at swim team tryouts. Each of us in our respective Speedo's. "You think Caleb is in deep shit?" Tyler asked cracking his neck.
"The golden boy?" I laughed tucking my hair into my swim cap. "It that possible?"
Reid nodded his head toward the boy's locker room, "speak of the devil."
Out of the misty showers steeped Pogue and Caleb; also in Speedo's…much to my dismay…and pleasure…who am I kidding, with the exception of my brother, the boy's are all pretty sexy. Reid was mostly lean muscle…not really my cup of tea. Tyler was scrawny with a little muscle peaking here and there. Caleb…well…he was chiseled all over. Not to much muscle, but not as scrawny as Tyler either. If it wasn't for the fact that I have known these guys all my life…and I was on the swim team…I would probably either drooled or blushed insanely!
And apparently I wasn't the only girl to notice how good looking the boys were. As every girl in the pool area turned and watched Caleb and Pogue walk over to us.
When they had finally come to stand with us Tyler was the first to voice our question. "So…what did the Provost want?"
Caleb ran his hands threw his short black hair. "Someone told him about the fight at Nicky's last night," he said without looking at us.
"Feel like elaborating on that?" Reid asked coolly.
Pogue looked at me and smiled, before reaching over to Reid. "You've got a piece of glass on your face, right here, man!" Reid slapped Pogue's hand away as Caleb, Tyler and I laughed hysterically.
A few minutes later, I positioned myself up into the start position for the butterfly. I looked at the competition on either side. Kira, Anna, and Jacquelyn. 'No competition at all?' I asked myself. The boys seemed to share my thought and gave me thumbs up. The coach blew the whistle and I pushed off the wall with all my might. I was already a third of the way down the lane when I started using my arms. I looked to either side and saw no one, but in my peripheral vision, I saw that I was ahead. I judged the wall and made my flip turn. I did three more laps and finished first…like I knew I would. The boys surrounded me and congratulated me. "You realize this is only a try out right?"
"So…look at how pissed Kira is…" Reid turned me back to the pool and sure enough, Kira was climbing out of the pool, and then stomped off to the girl's locker room. "Isn't that worth it?"
I smiled despite myself. "Yeah…"
Caleb turned to Pogue and shook his head. "Sometimes I wonder if she's a wicked witch."
"Most likely!" Pogue said snickering at me. I pulled my swim cap off and fired it like you would a rubber band and hit Caleb in the side of the face.
"Oh…you just wait Shilo…you are soooo gonna get it!"
I cocked an eyebrow and pouted my lips a little. "You can try!" With that I walked back into the locker rooms to shower.
Apparently I had missed something in the boy's locker room involving Aaron and Chase. Part of me wished I had seen it; the other half shuddered in disgust. Mostly cause it would of involved me having to see Aaron Abbot naked…EW! I met the boy's outside of the pool area and Chase and Caleb invited me to play foosball. But before I could say yes, Pogue came out saying him and I had a "family thing". I don't know why I agreed but I did. Once we got home I cornered Pogue in the living room.
"What the hell is your problem Pogue?"
"Chase is my Problem!"
"Why?"
"I just don't want you hanging around with him alright!?"
"No not alright!"
"I have seen how he has looked at you!"
"What do you mean?"
"He looks at you like your some kinda trophy!"
"Reid and Tyler…even Caleb sometimes, give me the same looks. I don't see you keeping me away from them!"
"I don't trust him…please just keep your distance…just trust me, just this once, please!"
I looked at him and sighed heavily before walking back outside and getting back in my car.
