Chapter 5
At two o'clock in the morning Caleb is woken up out of a deep sleep. Feeling Reid using his power so strongly Caleb wouldn't be able to get back to sleep. The next day Caleb is driving into town telling Tyler what had happened. "What makes you think it was Reid?" Tyler asked.
"It's always him but I've never felt it when one of us has used a power before, have you?" replied Caleb.
"No," answers Tyler "I don't know. Maybe its because you're so close to ascending."
"I don't know, maybe. I'm telling you it was strong enough to wake me from a dead sleep."
"You know he's only using his powers to piss you off cause he's jealous that you're ascending first," spoke Tyler.
"I'm telling you…Jesus," screamed Caleb. Over in the passenger seat was a ghost or a spirit of some sort. Up ahead a semi was honking its horn due to the fact that Caleb had driven into his lane. There was only enough time Caleb to do was power up and disassemble and reassemble it on his car on the other side of the semi. Slamming on his breaks, Caleb skidded to a stop. Tyler could be heard still on the cell phone telling Caleb to pick up.
Panting into the receiver Caleb finally spoke to Tyler, "I just saw a darkling. It was in the form of that dead student that was found at the ravine." Tyler mentions that he saw his picture in the newspaper this morning. Tyler asked in a questioning voice "Who would send you a darkling?"
"I have no idea," replies Caleb. "Something's wrong. I can feel it."
"Look, we got to talk to Reid tonight. He'll probably be at Nicky's so we'll see him then," Tyler tells Caleb. Caleb agrees.
Down at the local pharmacy, Caleb bumps into Kate. "Hey, Caleb," Kate greets Caleb.
"Hey, Kate. What are you doing here?" asks Caleb
"Just staking up our room," Kate says while looking around. "Did you hear about the dead kid?" she asks.
"Yeah I did." replies Caleb. Kate wonders if Caleb knew him but he didn't due to the kid just transferring in. "I heard that he lived on Reid and Tyler's floor." Kate says.
Walking down the aisle backward, Prue didn't notice Caleb until she had already bumped into him and nearly fell over. Catching Prue before she fell, Caleb just looked into her eyes and all of his worries just seemed to melt away. Looking into Caleb's eyes Prue's says hi in which Caleb returned the greeting in kind. It wasn't until both Sarah and Chase came down the aisle and said hello to Caleb that neither of them realized that Prue was still cradled in Caleb's arms. With Kate, Sarah, Tyler and Chase all planning on seeing the new Brad Pitt movie that afternoon Caleb asked Prue if she wanted to join him on some errands that he had to run for his mother. With Prue nodding with a smile on her face in agreement they left the pharmacy.
Caleb held the car door open for Prue to climbed into his Porsche. Running around to the other side, Caleb got in and drove off. Driving along an old gravel road, a comfortable silence surrounded the pair. Both Prue and Caleb sneaked sidelong glances at each other without the other one noticing until the both turned toward each other at the same time and ended up just smiling at each other.
Caleb drove until he came up to the old Danvers house the was all but abandoned except for the Danvers caretaker Gorman. The second Caleb steps out of his car a shot flew past him. Caleb holds up his hands in surrender telling Gorman that its okay its Prue and himself. "So I take it his eyesight hasn't gotten any better," comments Prue with Caleb looking over at her with a smirk appearing on both of their faces. Caleb tells Prue that he'll be right back with Prue nodding in response.
Once inside Caleb places the bag from the pharmacy onto a side table. Gorman turns from the window, looks at Caleb and says "You should be more careful." With Caleb nodding that he knows.
Caleb looks away from Gorman and puts his hands into his pockets. "Is there anything else he needs?" Caleb asks turning towards Gorman. Gorman replies with a shake of his head. Caleb starts to leave when he calls over his shoulder that he'll see him next week.
Caleb comes out of the house and heads on over to Prue. While getting in, Prue senses that Caleb is a little down but she knows that he probably doesn't want to talk about it. Caleb looks over at Prue to find her giving him her she knows the look you're feeling look. Prue leans over and gives Caleb's thigh a light squeeze with Caleb giving Prue a half smile in return. Starting the car Caleb looks over and asks Prue if she's going to Nicky's tonight with Prue giving him a nod in return.