Chapter 8

Walking into Spencer, students quickly got out of Prue's way. She was angry and everybody knew to get out of Prue's way when she was angry.

Taking a seat beside Tyler, Caleb couldn't help but smile. "What are you so chipper about?" asked Tyler, "It's Monday and no one should be smiling. Unless something happened the other night after you left."

Before Caleb could open his mouth in walked Prue. Turning to look at her, Caleb's smile got even bigger. Looking between them it dawned on Tyler that something happened between the two of them last night. Looking over at Prue Tyler knew instantly something was up cause she didn't even raise her head in greeting. "Oh my God!" gasped Kate.

"What?" asked Sarah looking up from her bag. Kate nodded toward the direction of Prue. "Prue's just taking a seat, no big deal," Sarah said watching Prue seating down beside Chase.

"Yeah it is," replied Kate. "You see, for as long as they've been friends Prue, Caleb, Tyler and Reid have always sat together. This is the first time that one of them has sat somewhere else. And it appears to me that Caleb might be involved in some way."

Looking over towards Caleb, Sarah noticed how Caleb clenched jaw and his hands were in fists. Turning towards Caleb Tyler raised an eyebrow asking if he knew what was going on. Shaking his head, Caleb just continued to stare at the back of Prue's head willing for her to turn around.

"Morning," spoke the professor. "Mr. Danvers, Ms. Parry Provost Higgins requests your presence after class." Tyler gave Caleb a sidelong glance but Caleb continued to stare at Prue.

"Now, we're going to study four American writers of contemporary fiction…," continued the professor with Reid and Caleb turning towards each in a small staring contest. "and Stephen King," finished the professor.

"Yeah. Dream Catcher was the shit," shouted Reid. The entire class erupted into laughter while Kate gave Sarah a shrug at her boyfriend's outburst.

"Thank you Mister Garwin for your approval," replied the professor with Reid giving him a nod.

"This is not the kind of publicity this institution needs," Throwing the paper down onto his desk. "You wouldn't know anything about this Mr. Danvers?" asked Provost Higgins.

"No sir," replied Caleb.

"Would you Ms. Parry?" asked Provost with Caleb turning to look at her.

"No sir," replied Prue stone faced.

"But the two of you would know about a fight at a local bar last night," stated Provost Higgins.

"Sir, if I-"Caleb spoke before being cut off. "If I'm correct, Chase Collins was with you?" asked Provost.

"Yes sir," replied Caleb nodding.

"Hmm," sighed Provost Higgins standing up and walking over towards the window. "Chase Collins comes to us with a brilliant academic record and his family just made a generous endowment to the academy. I want to make sure he has a positive experience here at Spencer," spoke Provost. "Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir," answered Caleb with Prue nodding in agreement.

"Good," smiled Provost in Prue's general direction. "I understand that you and Chase have already bonded. I would appreciate if you continued to take him under your wing and make sure that his stay here is a pleasant one," asked Provost with Prue nodding in reply.

"And Caleb," spoke Provost.

"Sir."

"No more fights," told Provost.

"Yes sir," nodded Caleb in confirmation.

Once the door was closed Caleb turned towards Prue but she had already taken off down the hall. Running to catch up "Hey is everything all right, you seem a little out of it? Is it because of last night, was it your first time?" asked Caleb.

Scoffing in reply Prue continued to ignore him. Caleb getting fed up with it grabbed Prue by the arm and pulled her into a side hallway. "Hey, talk to me," spoke Caleb searching for Prue to look at him. Raising her head Caleb was taken aback due to the pure hatred emitting from her eyes.

"You really don't get it do you?" asked Prue with Caleb shaking his head in reply. "Okay let me illuminate it for you. Imagine waking up after having the best night of your life and finding the person you've loved for oh I don't know ever is gone. Leaving nothing behind to indicate where they've gone or why they even left in the first place. Now can you even comprehend how that would make someone anyone feel," spewed Prue.

Caleb look as if someone had just ripped out his heart, "But I did. I left a note before I left."

"Yeah right," retorted Prue quickly turning around and getting lost in the crowd of students.

"Hey, so what did Higgins want to talk about?" asked Tyler with Reid close behind.

"Just wanted to talk about the dead kid and Chase Collins," replied Caleb absentminded.

"Where's Prue?" asked Reid while looking around with Caleb

Noticing Caleb's jaw clenching slightly at the mention of Prue Tyler volunteered to go look for his best friend. Walking off Tyler headed towards the only spot that Prue would go if she was as upset as he thought she was during class this morning.