Generic C/H Disclaimer.

So, this begins to show the extended reactions. I mean, Susie comes home crying her heart out, and you think no one will notice? Oh, they noticed, but we'll be looking at Calvin's side of it first. Hey, do I hear a phone ringing?

Calvin trudged home. He heard her scream, but closed his ears to it. His heart had broken last night when he learned what she had done to his best friend. He could almost see the scars on Hobbes' soul from those years of captivity, and he knew it wasn't in malice that Hobbes' had told him what happened to him. It was ironic, though, that the moment he gained his best friend back, he seemed to lose his old self once again. And it was all because of the girl he loved, no, a girl he had thought he loved, that he had to go through any of it in the first place.

He plopped down on his chair and tossed over a sandwich he had made Hobbes before heading back up to his room. His math book still sat on his desk, the problems undone. He couldn't work right now. His heart had been raised and smashed in too short a period to be able to concentrate. Hobbes quietly ate the sandwich, letting Calvin be alone. Even if he had experienced an excess of aloneness, he knew when Calvin needed it.

Calvin could hear the phone ring downstairs. He heard his mom pick it up, but didn't hear anything that she said. Soon, though, she came up to his room and knocked on his door.

"Calvin?" He looked over at her.

"Yeah mom?" She was shocked by the look on his face. She felt the suspicions were confirmed.

"Calvin, Susie's mom just called. She's in hysterics. She said you and Susie went out a little bit ago, and that when Susie came back, she was crying her eyes out. Now she's refusing to talk to her parents. They're worried." She looked at her son's forlorn figure again. He was even still wearing his coat. "Calvin, what happened?" He shrugged. "Don't give me that, Calvin! What happened between you and Susie! Please!" He looked away.

"She wasn't the friend I thought she was," he said.

"What? How so? And how does that lead to her crying her heart out?" She could see her son tense up and close his eyes.

"We kissed, but it didn't mean what I thought it did." His mom held a hand to her mouth.

"What?! You kissed her?! What else did you do!?!?"

"Nothing, mom. We only kissed. I promise. It's just that I found out that she isn't really a friend."

"How could you say that!? Did you not just hear what I told you? She's over at her house crying her heart out and refusing to talk to anyone! Obviously you mean more to her than you think!"

"An act," he said, finally looking at his mom again. "Can I be alone for a little while, please?" His mom stood there fuming for a moment before giving in.

"Fine, but we're talking more about this later!" she warned him. He shrugged. As she closed the door she hoped that maybe a little time would help him to see things better and more clearly. In the mean time, she needed to get back to Susie's mom.

Hobbes, meanwhile, finished his sandwich and was thinking on what his old friend was going through.

Ouch, that's pretty cold. Is this really Calvin? And what exactly is Hobbes thinking? Is he happy or not? Does he want revenge on Susie, or does he want to help her? Or is it something else enterily and I just get my jollies off of confusing people? [granted, it is pretty fun...)

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