Chapter 10- Open Your Eyes.

Ms Marie led Calvin into her office and sat down. He took his usual seat and looked at her, yet kept Hobbes sitting on his lap.

"I see you have a new toy." She said softly.

"How observant of you." He snapped.

"What's its name?" she eyed Hobbes. Hobbes stared back at her silent.

"Hobbes." Calvin said flatly. Ms Marie looked at him, acting calm but her eyes showed surprise.

"I see… where did he come from? Where did you buy him?"

"A little old lady saved him. She was taking him to a thrift store and I saw him. She gave him back to me." He replied, his voice staying cold as stone.

"I see… so this is the infamous Hobbes then? The one that you said could speak and move on his own?" her eyes showed doubt. His showed nothing.

"Depends." He replied. "Can you see?"

"Excuse me?"

"Hobbes, wave." Calvin ordered. Hobbes raised his arm and waved at the counselor. She sat and stared at the toy for a moment.

"Ah… Calvin… have you shown your mother this toy?"

"No. Did you see him wave?"

"Er…No Calvin. I did not." She replied slowly, waiting for the boy to have an outburst.

"You can put your arm down now Hobbes. Hobbes obeyed and sighed.

"She can't see Calvin, like everyone else." He commented, a bit sadly.

"What a shock." He replied.

"What?" ask Ms Marie.

"Hobbes said you can't see, like everyone else."

"Hobbes…said that?" she gave him a very doubtful look.

"Yes, he did. You can't hear either. You're blind and deaf, like everyone else." He snorted.

"Calvin, that toy did not move or talk… I'm sorry." She sighed sadly.

"Yes he did. I know he didn't to you, because you can't see him like I do. Look, before you think I'm anymore insane then you already think I am, I'm going." He stood up and went to the door.

"Calvin wait! We need to talk!" she called to him. He turned and looked at her, seriousness in his tone.

"We'll talk again, when you open your eyes Ms Marie. Until then. Goodbye." He opened the door and Ms Marie stood.

"Wait! Say… for a moment he CAN talk, and he CAN move… Why can't anyone else see it but you?" Calvin turned again and looked at her.

"I've been through this before!" he snapped.

"Yes but before you never had 'him' here …may I see him?"

Calvin looked down at Hobbes, who looked up at him and nodded. Calvin slowly closed the door and went back to his seat, and slowly handed Hobbes to her. She held Hobbes in her hands and looked at him.

"He looks like a normal toy." She commented.

"He's more then that. He's Hobbes." Calvin replied.

"Hmm…. Hobbes? Can you hear me?" she asked the tiger.

"Yes, I can hear you, but I bet you cannot hear me." Hobbes replied. The counselor behaved as if this was not even said. "See what I mean? You are blind lady…"

"I don't hear anything Calvin." She tilted the toy back and forth.

"He said he heard, but that you don't hear him obviously." He said curtly.

"Okay… uh… Hobbes… move your arm for me." She said calmly.

"Think she'll see it Calvin?" Hobbes asked. Calvin smirked.

"Do more then move your arm."

"Well….. Alright." Hobbes looked at her, then simply pawed her on the chest, digging his claws in a little as he got a big handful. She let out a shriek and threw the toy back and recoiled back.

"I said something ELSE not FEEL HER UP!" Calvin yelled, though through laughter as he picked the toy up. Hobbes laughed.

"Common! I've NEVER been able to do that, and she IS kinda hot!" Ms Marie gasped and shuddered slightly then snapped at Calvin.

"I don't know what you did but that was NOT FUNNY! Calvin you know better!"

"It wasn't me! It was Hobbes!" he laughed.

"Don't you lie to me! I don't know how you did it but your parents will be hearing about this!" she screamed angrily, looking flustered. Calvin just laughed and stood up.

"Well if you would open your eyes you would have saw that one coming!" he chuckled as he grabbed this things and walked out the door.