A/N - IMPORTANT! Hello to all my readers who did not abandon me. I have no excuses and a whole bunch of apologies. I don't particularly have a huge interest in finishing this story but since people keep asking me too, I have decided, if there is a huge response, I will! So keep reviewing please!

Chapter 11 – Calling

Reid wasn't picking up. The selfish, little blond prick wouldn't pick up. Caleb was torn between irritation towards Reid at being ignored, and feeling guilty as he knew exactly why he was being ignored. Looking back, Caleb understood the reason that Reid had suddenly pushed him away last night. Or should he say this morning. It had been rather untactful of him to mention a date with Sarah while simultaneously trying to examine Reid's back teeth with his tongue.

The eldest Ipswich boy leaned against his car. He was dressed in his school uniform and waiting for the bell to ring. He had his cellphone in his hand and a rather inward expression on his face, which kept most of the schools' population from approaching him. Anyone could see that Caleb Danvers was thinking hard and no one wanted to disturb the most popular boy in school. However, a few students who had been looking at him casually began to look with a great deal of curiosity at what happened next.

Caleb's cell phone rang and he almost dropped it in his haste to answer. Reid! Finally!

"Caleb? Why didn't you answer any of my messages?"

"Oh...Sarah...it's you."

"Were you expecting someone else?" her voice had a pleasant teasing lilt to it that Caleb found himself drawn to. Still he had to work hard to keep the disappointment out of his voice. He had been expecting someone else. Namely, Reid.

" No, of course not."

"Are we still on for tonight? I wasn't sure, after the way you left me the other night…"

Caleb almost cursed out loud. He had practically abandoned her without a ride the previous night at Nicky's! He had been so distracted and preoccupied by Reid that Sarah had completely slipped from his mind.

"Caleb?" Gone was the pleasant lilt in her voice. This time it had a slight tinge of hurt and accusation.

"Sorry Sarah. It's just my brothers…and Reid..." he trailed off, not knowing how to explain it to her and mostly, not wanting to. This was between him and Reid. At that very moment he made a decision. Sarah was a lovely girl but Reid was priority, especially in his eyes. She would have to wait.

"I can't do dinner tonight, I'm sorry. Maybe some other time?"

"But Caleb…"

"I gotta get to class, Sarah. See you later."

Caleb swallowed the lie easily. True it left a bit of a bad taste in his mouth but he couldn't worry about Sarah right now. He had another blonde to stress over. He lifted his index finger to press redial again and try Reid when his phone started to ring again. He answered it without even looking at the caller ID.

"Reid?"

"Um, no man, it's Pogue. Sorry, I was just calling to get an update."

"Oh hey man," Caleb didn't even bother to conceal the unhappiness in his voice this time. He needn't bother. Pogue would just have been able to see right through him anyway.

"I'm guessing you two still didn't talk?"

"He's ignoring my calls," Caleb didn't bother hiding the frustration building up inside him.

"There's gotta be a reason for it man; Reid doesn't just do things like that."

Caleb snorted. Actually ignoring him sounded exactly like something Reid would do when he was pissed off.

"I mean, he would ignore you, but loudly, not like this."

Caleb found himself nodding at Pogue's words. He was right. This was different. Normally Reid would be sending Caleb messages to inform the older boy that he was being ignored or even annoying him with prank calls. This silence, which was so out of character for Reid, was worrying.

"And what about Sarah man?"

The bell rang. Time for class. Caleb knew he couldn't afford to be late.

"Basically man, I told Sarah to back off. I need her to stay away until I figure things out with Reid. I like her, yeah, but Reid…he's important, you know?" Caleb could feel his voice becoming softer as the true impact of his words hit him. Reid was important to him. And they were going to talk. No matter what.

"I gotcha man. See you in class."

And with that, Pogue hung up. Caleb slipped his cell in his pocket and quickly locked the car. He hoisted his bag on his shoulder and mentally rejoiced as he realized what class he had this morning. English Literature. A class which he just happened to share with Reid. He knew that he couldn't change seats without drawing unwanted attention but he knew of someway that he could get Reid's attention.

Little did Caleb know that he had already drawn unwelcome attention. Someone, standing off to the side, shielded from Caleb's view also entered the school, his eyes fixed on Caleb's back.

"Interesting, so he likes that blonde. Well, I guess I wasted my spiders on the girl for no reason…"