Chapter 11 (Kassie's POV)
I follow Uriah out of the infirmary, only to find Lacey and Kit in tears.
"What…. What happened?" Lacey asks.
"Will she… she be… okay?" asks Kit.
"Guys go wait in the infirmary with everybody else. I'm really sorry, but I have to catch up with Uriah before he stabs his brother in the back." I say frantically.
"Okay…" they both say.
I manage to catch up with Uriah, but he won't stop walking to Zeke's.
"Uriah, Uriah stop! He didn't mean it!" I yell at him.
"Oh yeah. Just like the last five things he didn't mean to do." Uriah yells back.
Then Uriah does something I have never seen him do before. He leans against the wall, and starts to cry.
"You know, I used to think of my brother like he was some prince living in a castle. And then, when mum died, everything changed. Everything, no matter what it was. He wouldn't joke around with me, he took everything seriously. He wasn't my big brother anymore." Uriah says throughs sobs.
"Uriah, you know he didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sure when your mum died that hurt him too. But, he had to take care of you. And, and make sure you were alright. You guys are the only family you have left. Enjoy it. My dad, wow, I don't even talk to my dad anymore. And my mum, my mum has to work 3 jobs to support our family. Be thankful that Zeke cares about you enough not to just leave you alone. At least he wasn't like my dad, Uriah." I say.
"Yeah, I know." Uriah says.
"Now, lets go find Zeke." I say.
We are halfway to their apartment when I hear Four calling my name from behind us.
"Kassie! Kassie stop!" Four screams.
"What is it Four?" I ask.
"The Stiff…. and….. some Erudite boy…" Four says between breaths.
Uriah looks confused, but I know exactly who he is talking about, Caleb.
I start running to the chasm, since I told Lacey to meet me there if anything ever happened to her.
I see Lacey looking over the railing that is on one side of the chasm.
"Lacey, please, don't jump." I tell her.
"Calm down. I wasn't going to jump. Why are you so paranoid?" she asks.
"Because last year, one of mine and Skye's friends, that actually tried to throw her off the chasm, jumped a day after trying to kill Skye." I say back.
"Ohh." she says as she backs away from the railing.
"Sorry to scare you, but I would never jump. I don't think I could be that brave." Lacey says.
"Lacey, it is not bravery. It is stupidity." I reply.
"Anyways, back to why you are here. What did Caleb do?" I ask.
"Oh you know, the whole. I have only been here for 3 days, but I'm pretty sure I like you. Thing." she responds.
"Wow. I always thought of the Erudite as mean people, but that is just low."I respond.
"What makes me even more mad, is that his crush, if I can even call it that. Is just based on how I look, and not my personality because he hasn't even gotten to know me in the 3 days that he has been here." she says flatly.
"Should I have Four talk some sense into him?" I ask her.
"Could you? I know that sounds mean, but we are teenagers right. You shouldn't do that to a girl." she replies.
"Sure I will talk to him." I say as I laugh and drag her over to Four.
"Hey Four! Lacey here is having boy problems. Could you do her a favor and go knock some sense into Caleb, over there?" I say pointing to Caleb who is with Kit.
"You mean I have to go talk to that ignorant Erudite?" he asks.
"Do it for me!" Lacey says with puppy dog eyes.
"Fine!" Four yells as he walks over to Caleb.
"You have him wrapped around your pretty little finger Kass." Lacey says.
"Oh believe me, I know." I say laughing.