Twenty minutes later, the machine was working and the Davenport boys shared a high-five.
"I did it!", Douglas exclaimed.
"You?", Donald asked "it's my invention!"
"Fine", Douglas gave in "WE did it!"
"Yeah, we sure did!", Donald said with a big smile.
Then, his eyes fell on Chase. He was still programming the software, while he should have been done fifteen minutes ago. Normally, he could do this blindfolded (literally!).
Donald motioned for Douglas to follow him to the storage room where he kept the inventions that weren't quite ready yet.
As soon as they entered, Donald closed the door behind him.
"What's going on?", Douglas asked, clearly confused.
"You've got to talk to Chase!", Donald said.
"I don't know, Donnie…"
"But I do! He told me he has been trying to talk to you all day! Why do you keep running away from him?"
"I don't know… I guess I'm just scared that things won't go back to the way they were. You know: me and Chase working on a project together, for hours on end without anyone else interrupting us."
"He forgave you for kidnapping him and almost killing him, I'm sure he'll be able to do the same thing for a rude comment", Donald commented.
"I guess you're right", Douglas admitted "I'm gonna talk to him right now!"
"Good!"
When they returned to the lab, Chase was nowhere to be found. The software was done and still open on the computer.
"Where did he go?", Douglas asked, mostly to himself.
"Cafeteria", Donald immediately answered.
Douglas turned around and faced his brother with an incredulous look: "How do you know that?!"
"I'm checking security camera's", Donald replied as he showed the tablet he was holding.
Douglas nodded: "Okay, I'm gonna go talk to Chase."
Douglas entered the cafeteria and walked up to Chase's table.
"Hey, Chase. Can we talk?", Douglas asked.
Chase looked at Douglas for a moment before he stood up: "Can't, I've got to help Leo with training."
And with that, Chase walked to the trainings-area, leaving a dumbfounded Douglas behind.
With nothing better to do, he sat down and checked his e-mails on his phone.
A couple minutes later, Leo walked in: "Hey Douglas. Did you fix Big D's invention?"
"Yeah, it's done", Douglas answered before realising something "Wait a minute! I thought Chase was helping you train?"
"No", Leo replied, looking confused "We went on a field trip, remember? That means no classes and no training."
"So now Chase is avoiding talking to me?", Douglas asked "Why would anyone do that?!"
"Well-"
"Don't answer that question!"
Leo held his hands up in surrender: "Alright, someone's touchy!"
At that moment, Bree and Adam walked in.
"Do you guys have any idea where Chase is?", Douglas asked them.
"We just saw him going to our room", Bree answeredl2 "He looked quite angry. Did you two have a fight?"
"No! I tried talking to him, but he made up some excuse and left", Douglas answered, rubbing his hands over his face.
"Man, this had been going on all day!", Adam said with a sigh.
"And it ends now!", Douglas suddenly yelled after a short silence "No more running away!"
With that being said, he jumped up and ran towards the mentor's quarters.
When Douglas reached their room, he stopped running and took a deep breath before he entered.
Chase was sitting on the couch, staring at nothing in particular.
"Hey", Douglas said as he walked over to Chase.
Chase stood up from the couch and wanted to walk away, but Douglas grabbed his arm before he could leave.
"This running away has got to stop", Douglas said with a stern look on his face "for both of us."
Chase sighed and nodded while he sat back down.
Douglas took a seat next to him: "You okay?"
"I'm fine", Chase answered.
An awkward silence followed, neither knowing what to do.
"I messed up, didn't I?", Douglas suddenly asked.
"Do you really need my answer?", Chase answered, the sarcasm clear in his voice.
Douglas sighed: "Look, I know I hurt you with that comment about those growth hormones and I shouldn't have said that. And I really want to fix it. That's why I came up with that serum in the first place."
Chase's eyes grew big: "THAT's why you suddenly got that idea?!"
"Yeah… But it didn't really work out, did it?"
"Well, technically it did", Chase replied "I mean, Spike is better contained according to the test results. So your serum worked."
Douglas looked at the floor: "…That's not what I meant."
Chase looked at his biological father with a confused look.
Douglas sighed and turned around to face his son: "I meant that it didn't fix anything between us."
Chase shook his head, turning his gaze back to the floor: "Not really, no…"
Author's note: Hi! Sort of fluff, but I promise the next chapter will be filled with fluff! ;)
The next chapter will probably be the final chapter. Unless you want me to do some sort of 'aftermath-chapter'. I'm open to suggestions! ;) :D
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