"Mr. Lightwood?" Dean Ashdown said pulling Christopher back from inside his head and now was paying attention. In all honesty Christopher had forgotten why he was here in the dean's office. She she didn't look particularly pleased with him. Thomas sat in the chair beside Christopher. His face was in his hands and he was shaking his head as if Christopher had said something stupid.
"What were you saying again?" He asked because in all honesty he had no idea what anyone had said in the past ten minutes. It was Thomas who answered. "She asked if we had any idea where Matthew got the explosive." He sounded annoyed. "Where is Matthew?" Christopher asked looking around the office and accepting Matthew to appear. His question was directed at the dean who was writing something that looked like a letter. "Mr. Fairchild was expelled." She answered looking at Christopher. "He was expelled a month ago for blowing up the south wing." "oh… But how?" He heard Thomas make an impatient noise beside him. "Thats why we are here. I have reason to believe that you're the one who provided Mr. Fairchild with the explosive." something clicked and he remembered Matthew asking him to do something for him right before he left and Thomas dragging him out of the south wing quickly. "Yes that was me." Christopher said smiling at the dean. "Well I'm glad we cleared that up." the dean said looking unimpressed. She turned her attention to Thomas. "Mr. Lightwood you may go." She looked back to Christopher " Mr. Lightwood please stay." Christopher watched Thomas get up and leave the room.
As the door closed he turned his attention back to the dean. "I'm going to write to your parents. They'll be here by morning to take you home so please have all your things ready by morning." The dean said. "Why? Where am I going?" " , you've been expelled." Christopher was confused. What had he done? He thought how cross his parents were going to be and shuddered. "Because you were involved with the destruction of the south wing that almost killed a student. You deliberately dis-" "Who?" the dean stopped and looked at him puzzled. "what?" "who almost got killed?" Christopher asked. "Alastair Carstairs." the dean said "It's not important. As I was saying I would like you to go pack and be ready by morning. You are excused."
Christopher made his way up to his room alone. When he made it there he found Thomas laying on his bed facing away from him. "You got expelled didn't you." His voice sounded dry as if he'd been crying. "Yes." he said and Thomas didn't respond. Christopher dragged his trunk out from under his bed and sat on top facing Thomas. "Are you upset?" He found himself asking. Thomas rolled onto his back and looked and looked at the ceiling and even though he wasn't facing him Christopher could tell he had been crying. "Why are all my friends being expelled?" Thomas asked to no one in particular. "Why are you crying?" Christopher asked because he didn't know what else to say or do.
He reminded Christopher of mother when she cried about Anna. To be honest he didn't know why mother cried about Anna. Anna was fine and wasn't dead or worse expelled. She was Anna. She was extraordinary and sometimes he figured that that was the reason mother cried because she was too extraordinary for mother to understand.
Christopher remembered what was happening around him and stopped thinking about mother crying. He thought of Thomas crying and wondered if he answered his question. Thomas was sitting up now looking at Christopher. "Did you even hear me?" Thomas asked. Christopher shook his head. "God, you know I sometimes wonder what you think about." Thomas said. His face was red and puffy from crying. "I sometime wonder what goes on in that big fat head of yours." "Why were you crying Thomas?" Christopher asked again and this time he was prepared to listen. "I'm alone." Thomas said. "No. I'm right here." Christopher said. " No. Your expelled. Matthew is expelled. James is expelled. I will be alone. I will be all by myself and have no one I know to talk to." Christopher had forgotten James had been expelled and he knew Thomas liked him because Thomas and Jamie were the same, they were both shy and shy people always liked other shy people. Thomas was too shy. Too shy to make friends on his own. Too shy to make new friends. Christopher didn't want to leave Thomas here by himself. If he had to admit it he thought that the only reason he was still alive was because of Thomas. Thomas always kept Christopher present. He needed Thomas as much as Thomas needed someone who could be his friend.
"You could come with me." Christopher said looking at him. "what?" "You could come with me. We could go home and odds are that mother will send me to uncle Will and I can take you and then we can be with Matthew and James and we can all be together." Thomas looked alarmed. "And how do you suppose I do that? I can't just walk out of the academy! I can't just leave!" "you could try to get expelled." Christopher suggested. "No! No, I'm not going to do that!" he said jumping off the bed. "You could just ask your parents if you could leave. Write to them saying you want to leave. They will understand." Thomas just stared at him for a moment.
That night as Christopher packed, Thomas wrote a letter to his parents asking if he could leave the academy. Christopher received a letter from father saying how disappointed he was and how even though he was against the whole idea Christopher was going to be staying in London with Uncle Will. Christopher, despite being worried that Thomas's parents wouldn't let him leave was thrilled because Uncle Henry said that there was a laboratory in the institute's crypt and also he would be with Matthew and James and hopefully Thomas and they would all be together. As the two boys lay down for the night and everything was dark Christopher said "Thomas?" "Yes?" Christopher tuned to his side so he was facing Thomas. "We still have till morning to get you expelled. I happen to have the ingredients to-" "No!"
A/N: Requested by the amazing MagicAndSparklez :) If you've read Nothing but Shadows it you'll know why certain people (Matthew and James ) were expelled. Also the little blurb about Anna was inspired my (coincidently) MagicAndSparklez's story To discover ones self (Really awesome by the way).