Chapter Twenty-Six: Aryan

With Caleb's condition still unknown, I was beginning to get more concerned the more time went on. According to Grace, Alex was spending a lot of his classes outside in the hall, and apparently Lucas isn't any better.

Dad had gone to see Caleb multiple times, and he has told us that it isn't like what it was when he was born, as I had seen pictures and was a little concerned.

At lunch, I saw Grace sitting with Sasha. Deciding to play it cool, I approached the table with a bit of a strut. Sasha looked up at me, and I saw a smile. I sat down at the table and began listening to their conversation, not speaking due to my in capability to.

When Sasha saw me, she stood up from her seat. "Grace, I've got to go." She muttered, before rushing away to a different table.

Grace sighed, glaring angrily at me. "You had to sit down, didn't you?" She asked.

"She gave me a come-hither look." I beamed.

"If she gave you any look at all, it was the 'you-creep-me-out' look."

"She smiled at me!" I reasoned, knowing where Grace was trying to take this conversation. "That piled on with dashing off aster seeing me must mean she likes me."

Grace let out a great sigh of annoyance and rolled her eyes. "Will you drop the whole obsession thing?"

I shook my head. "She likes me." I insisted. I looked over at Sasha and saw her looking at me. "See, she's smiling over at me right now."

Grace picked up her hand and waved over at Sasha, and she waved back. I did the same, but Sasha turned away.

"See, she waved at me, and given the opportunity to wave at you, she turns away." Grace pointed out.

I sat back in my seat. "She's playing hard to get."

Grace swung her head back.

"Okay, where's Alex? He can settle this." I wondered, looking around the crowded cafeteria.

"He's not in today, he's in the hospital-"

"What!" I yelled, surprisingly not making the entire cafeteria go silent.

"-Seeing Caleb." Grace continued.

I sighed with relief. "Oh thank God! You scared me!"

Grace grabbed her empty lunch tray by the sides and stood up. As she walked away, she muttered under her breath, "I hate you."

I smiled proudly over at Grace as she emptied her lunch tray into the trash on the other side of the cafeteria. As she walked back past me to leave, she leant down and whispered in my ear. "I hope you die."

"You know I take that as a joke, right." I mentioned, laughing subtly as she glared at me.

"It's not meant as one." She sighed, before strolling off out the cafeteria.

I put my head back down and began eating my lunch. After a minute, I mumbled to myself, "I take it as one."

Lying on my bed, I smiled to myself for finally getting through the gigantic stack of homework that was actually getting out of hand. Grace and Alex gave me a warning about the rapid homework increase, but I never thought I would get too overloaded with it.

A moment of smiling was interrupted when I heard my desk buzz. A minute of deciding if my desk was actually able to do that was met with the rightful conclusion of it being my phone, that was placed on my desk.

I got off my bed and tiredly dragged my feet across the two-foot width from my bed to my desk. I picked up my phone and checked who the message was from.

I smiled as I saw it was from Alex.

Hey! How waz school

Boring :l How waz the hospital?

It took him a while to read the text I sent back. Also for him to begin typing and for him to send it and come through.

Caleb's still under observation... urg! I hate him being there! I want him 2 come home!

Do u know what's going on with him?

Yh.

What?

I'm not allowed to say.

With a sigh, I responded back. Oh...

Sorry aryan but my mom said I wasn't allowed 2

It's ok

K. :) see u tomorz

Yh. See u then :) I text before I put my phone down. I was a little upset I wasn't allowed to know about Caleb, he is my best friend for that matter, but after a moment of thinking it through, it really wasn't a big deal.

My phone buzzed again, and I was immediate to pick it up. I sighed seeing that it was Grace.

About lunch... I was only mad at you because you kinda interrupted Sasha and i's conversation.

I smiled as I text back. Ohh... whatcha talking about with her?

Grace didn't reply after that, and I felt as if I was a little the reason about that.

Short chapter... but I struggled to plan this one.

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