Caleb woke that morning with a start. His black hair was covered with sweat as well as his bare chest. He dreamt of Sarah, once again. She made it very clear that after the chase story, it was too dangerous to get too close to him or any of his friends. She had agreed to remain a friend but never more.
"A friend!" He laughed out loud with bitterness as he sat on his bed, his feet touching the carpeted floor. He didn't know how Pogue managed with his breakup with Kate. Knowing Pogue, it actually hurt him but he was too proud to admit it.
The scene kept on replaying in his head. The scene where she took his hand with a distant smile and told him they needed to talk. It a bright Sunday and they had gone to a park. He had sensed that something was off but he never saw it coming. It felt like his whole world fell apart when the words came from her mouth. I don't think we should carry on Caleb, I love you but I just won't risk my life anymore, please understand.
"No!" He screamed, his voice echoing the hurt he felt in his heart. Pogue told him to get over it; but seeing her every day in the school corridors was the hardest thing he'd ever have to do.
He heard his cell vibrate. He flipped it open and saw a message from Pogue: Dude, do I have to drag you out of bed or what? We have been waiting for two hours. Please get your ass down here.
He smiled. He had a day planned with the boys. They were gonna hang out to some place Reid found out about. With a sigh he went to take a shower.
The girls spent the Sunday, each on their own after the little fight they had the previous night. Cassie had to admit she had been a bit childish. She could see that she did not take the duty she had seriously. Cassie was simply trying to run away from the facts and the truth was she was scared to death. She left everything behind to 'hook up' with some guy that she never knew. She only wanted to be a normal girl.
Silver was scared to death; she was starting to have second thoughts about everything. They had been warned that a threat was on its way and would require extreme team work. But what was the threat? Could they ever have a normal life? Who was her 'soul mate'? The truth was that she did not want to go through with it anymore; she just hated the idea.
Shanna had to admit that she had come a bit a bit strong on them. Her problem was that she craved to do the right thing that she did not even see that she was still a kid herself. She always felt that she had to put them back in line all the time. She had to learn to trust them to make their own decision and have fun.
Lilly was coming to term with it. She hated the fact that she was being forced into something but was glad at the same time. How many people spent their whole lives looking for love but never found it? She was glad on one hand that she already knew he was one of the four boys. It narrowed her search field, she thought with a smile.
It was finally Monday. The students were coming back for their last term of school. As usual, the four boys were making headlines as everyone wanted to know how and with whom they spent they spent their summer. Pogue was walking with his other boys in the corridors when Kate walked up to him.
"Pogue, I missed you!" She said with a seductive smile as she tried to hug him, only to e slightly pushed away.
"Kate." He replied with a tone as cold as ever.
"You never called me." She complained.
"Didn't I?" He faked shock.
"Pogue please!" She pleaded.
"Good day Kate." He finished as he walked past her. She had a nerve to walk up to him and play all sweet after what she did to him! If she thought she was going to have it easy, she was dead wrong.
Lilly was walking almost lost in the huge school. She was looking at her timetable, her first period was English and she had no idea where it was. She was hurrying still looking her time table when she missed a step and went flying in thin air. She fell flat on her knees with papers spread on the floor. She felt so embarrassed as she avoided to meet the stares of many students.
"Great…" She muttered trying to pick up her papers.
"Here, let me help you…" A soft and hesitant voice proposed.
She lifted her head so fast that she didn't see it went to collide with the other's nose.
"Ouch!" the other cried in pain as he nursed his nose.
"I am so sorry!" She screamed in alarm.
She quickly brushed her small hand to his nose and used her healing power to heal the other one before he knew what was happening.
"Hey…you've got angels hands!" He joked with a smile. Lilly watched how his cute dimples appeared before realizing who she was talking to.
"Hey, we met last Saturday, right? You are Lilly, right?" He asked, his smile widening with a faint blush on his cheeks.
"Oh yes…you are Tyler. I remember." She replied; returning his smile as she lowered her gaze to her shoes.
They stood there for about five minutes without talking. Tyler's brains were working but he could not bring himself anything.
"Oh I have to go…" He blurted out before walking away.
Lilly turned as well to carry on her quest for her English class.
"Dude, I can't believe you just left her!" Reid exclaimed with exaggerated outrage.
It was already break time and they sat on their favorite seats outside on the lawns to eat.
"Cut it out!" Tyler snapped with a blush.
"For once I am on Reid's side, dude that was pretty lame!" Caleb told him. He saw Sarah walking past and their eyes met for a moment. He was about to wave when she quickly turned away. Friend my foot! He thought.
"Baby boy, you gotta learn few tricks." Pogue suggested.
"Would you stop? I don't like the girl, so just drop it…" He sighed. He wasn't about to admit his fancy.
"Oh here she comes…with her friends!" Reid looked all excited.
"My first class was a disaster!" Cassie complained.
"I guess you had my luck, the Spanish teacher made read an entire page, I had to use some powers to get through it! Silver was now complaining as well.
"Girl, would you quit looking at the table over there, they will notice you!" Shanna laughed.
"Sorry…" Lilly apologized.
"I think she got it for Tyler!" Cassie was Surprised.
"No one gets Tyler before I do!" They heard an arrogant female voice speaking behind them.
"Oh is that so?" Silver asked after she recovered.
"He always had eyes for me…" She was a pretty petite brunette who had very much class. Her hair was perfectly curled and her makeup was impeccable.
"Then I don't see what's the problem." Cassie said without even glancing up from where she was sitting.
"Your little friend here is trying to pock her nose where she does not belong…" She said .throwing insulting look toward Lilly.
"I do not! What is wrong with you? I don't like Tyler at all!" She screamed enough for the boys table to hear.
"Oh oh, when Blair is around, better run, the girl is plain bad news." Reid told Tyler with a wink.
Both boys and girls watched Blair moving away.
"Girl, looks like competition is tough…" Shanna said thoughtfully.
"The last thing I need is to have enemies!" Lilly moaned.
"You got us to kick ass!" Silver joked but they all knew she meant it.
"What is it with this school? Did the brochure forget to mention that it was bitchy girls haven!"Cassie added.
After school, Tyler and Lilly accidentally bumped into each other again and her papers went flying…AGAIN.
"Wow, looks like we have the habit to meet to create disaster." He smiled. How she looked beautiful!
"Yes…" She laughed, he liked her laugh.
"So, how do you like it here?" He asked as he walked her.
"It's okay but you know home is home… so…what you do for fun around here?" She asked just to make conversation.
"We hang at Nicky's, by the way, you wanna come tonight, the boys and I will be there!" He asked as he turned to face her.
"I don't really know, I mean I have school and-
"Come on, just for an hour or two, you can bring your friends if you want to." He didn't know where he found the guts to ask.
"Hum…okay!" She replied. It was time to take a chance.
"I will pick you at five then!" He winked as he turned and said an inaudible "YES!"
"She what?" Shanna asked her eyes big in disbelief.
"Come on, I think she likes Tyler." Silver Reasoned.
"So? Who told her he is for her?" Shanna asked.
"I think facts are speaking for themselves."
They were seating each girl on their bed. Shanna had the right one with History books spread all over it while silver was busy on her laptop with some research.
"Girl we gotta do it for our 'baby girl' to be." Silver smiled, never leaving her laptop from her sight.
"I know but it's Monday and we only started today!"
"Girl, it's for a good cause and besides, it's gonna give us some time with the boys off campus and record." Silver winked.
"Silver, there is something I want to tell you, but please don't tell the others."
Shanna always spoke to silver first, because being the olders, they felt that need to protect the other two.
"What is it?" Silver carried on typing.
"I have been feeling a surge of power."
"Oh, you are practicing, right?"
"NO, not from me or any of us…"
"Maybe the boys then…"
"No, it's different, it feels dark and bad and extremely powerful. I am scared."
"What?" Silver put her laptop aside, giving Shanna her attention.
"I am worried silver…with the boy ascending soon, who knows what can be after him…
"And we don't know where Chase is, by the way, the elders said something about us completing each other."
"And?"
"We are stronger together, what if he wasn't in danger alone?"
"What do you mean?"
"Pogue and his mate are together stronger right? Whatever is after him might be after both."
"You're right! Do you think it was a mistake to come?"
"No, but whatever that thing is, it will make sure to get us apart, to increase their chance of getting us."
"You think we should stay close to them…"
"But how? I have no clue."