"Mother, I need you to understand this" Caleb said. "We have to do this."
"All I understand is that I lost your father. Now I will lose you too." said his mother.
"You will not lose me," Caleb said walking towards his mother. "We talked about this. We have to find him we are not safe until we do."
"Why can't you let it go," she said with a higher octave in her voice. "Why do you have to pursue him? Are you trying to get yourself killed? Just because you have ascended, and you have more power. But I know this power is seductive. You are just ready for another round with him. Just so you can prove who is stronger."
Caleb moved next to his mom and took the drink out of her hand, ran his hand down her worried face. "Mom, we have gone over this before. All of us, even Tyler, has had the same dream. It is like we are being pulled, we have to go. There is a foreboding drawing us to go."
"All the more reason not to go." said his mother.
"Mother I am sorry, but we need to do this." said Caleb breaking free from her and walking towards the door.
"How did she take it?" asked Sarah as Caleb enter the room.
"Not well," Caleb said as he put some shirts in the suitcase. "The others should be here soon."
"I am all packed," she said walking over to him.
"Sarah, you don't have to go," said Caleb zipping up his suitcase and turning towards her. "This could be dangerous. Chase might hurt you again. I am not sure if you should go. I think that you should stay here."
"We have been through this before," she said kissing him. "There is no place that would be safe from him, except with you. You are my protector. Plus, I need to protect you from those Beacon High School girls."
He kissed her. Holding her tight he thought to himself. "I am never going to let you go." Looking into her eyes. "Yeah, I hear those Beacon High School girls are very aggressive and persuasive."
'Oh yeah." she said pushing him onto the bed. "How persuasive are these girls going to be."
"Oh, very persuasive," he stated as she started to kiss his neck and chest. He grabbed her and flipped her over and started to kiss her also. She grabbed the back of his head and pulled him into a long passionate kiss.
"Whoa, cover your eyes baby boy." said Reid trying to cover Tyler's eyes as they walk in the door.
Jumping off Sarah. "You were to call me when you came up the drive," said Caleb trying to straighten himself up.
"We did." said Tyler
"Several times," said Reid sarcastically. "But we can go back and wait in the car and give you guys a couple of minutes."
"No, we are ready." said Sarah red faced.
"It is no problem at all," said Reid as he winked at Sarah. "Caleb is usually done in a couple of minutes."
"Still twice as long as you I hear." said Sarah seductively to Reid.
"Ha!" laughed Tyler as he grabbed a suitcase and started to walk out the door.
"What are you laughing at. I don't think that you ever had a girl before," said Reid following after Tyler.
Caleb looked at Sarah. "I guess we will have to pick this up later."
"I always wanted to be in the mile-high club." she said as she walked out the room swaying her hips and looking over her shoulder with her blonde hair going down the side of her face.
Caleb's eyes widen, and a big smile broke out on his face. He grabbed his suitcase and hurried out the door after her.
At the driveway, Pogue had the back open of the Suburban that they were taking to the airport. "Hey," he said to Sarah.
"Hi," she said back to him before getting into the car. Tyler and Reid were still arguing over their conquest of women. "Are they going to be like this the entire time?"
"They can go on like this for days." said Pogue helping Caleb put the last of the luggage in the vehicle.
"Great." she said as she dug out earphones to put in her ears.
"You have everything?" Pogue asked getting into the driver's seat.
"Yeah," said Caleb at shotgun. "Gorman has everything prepared for us. We start school in a couple of days after we get settled in."
"Do you think that he is there?" asked Pogue
"I don't know, but something is there, and we all feel drawn there for some reason. I think that we need to go there at least to check it out." said Caleb as the Suburban headed out of the driveway and towards the airport. "I think that we should be very careful once we get there."
"Do you feel anything different?" asked Caleb to Pogue changing the subject. He did not want to get everyone riled up. He wanted to protect Sarah as much as he could.
Pogue looked at him. He could tell that Caleb was asking him something that he did not want the others to hear. Especially, Reid and Tyler. Pogue noticed Caleb kept looking at them in the rearview mirror. He could tell that he waited until they both had their ear buds in before he spoke to him.
"What do you mean?" replied Pogue looking out his window and watching the trees go by.
"With the magic," said Caleb. "It feels different, it is the same, but something is off. If you know what I mean."
"Maybe, it is because you have ascended," said Pogue. "It feels the same to me."
"It could be," said Caleb. "I heard my father speak on ascending and the dangers. He has never said that it would feel different, other than it will be a hundred times more addictive."
"Is it?" asked Pogue looking at him. The power was extremely addictive now. It could not imagine it being any more addictive.
"Yes, it is, I have all this power running through me. It feels like fire running through my veins," said Caleb. "I only get relief when I use it and when I do I want to do it again and again. But, dear oh dad told me about this. Just the same as your dad told you. I just did not believe them."
"So that bad," said Pogue. "So, what's your number?"
"25," said Caleb smiling at him. It was a fake smile. A smile that conveyed I am in trouble but for now I am ok.
"Whoa," said Pogue he did not pressure Caleb any further. He looked out his window again. Is mind wandering back to when he, Caleb, Reid, and Tyler were younger and just came into their powers. Their fathers telling them all about it. He remembered how their moms worried. When they found out that the magic drained their life force. Every time they would use some of the power it would steal from the lifespan. Using the magic would age you. He remembered his dad dying at 37. He looked like he was 90, It was a joke they made up when they were kids. Who could live the longest since he could remember Caleb always said 65. The reality of being supernatural weighed heavy on him. When Caleb told him his new number of 25. Was Caleb only going to live seven more years…