Forever And Always

Chapter 22

Sweet Pea took it upon him to walk Callie home, or at least to the other side of the tracks. It was the morning.

"Sweet Pea..." Callie began. " Why did Mr. Blossom want me dead?"

" Rumor has it, you knew something you should not have known," Sweet Pea answered. " He wanted to make sure you did not have a chance to tell anyone."

"Is it a good idea for me to return to the Northside then?" Callie asked.

"Cliff Blossom is dead, your friends found out the truth, and he hung himself before he got to be arrested for the murder of his own damn son," Sweet Pea answered. " You will be safer there, than on this side of town."

" What else happened?" Callie asked

"You ask a lot of questions Callie," Sweet Pea groaned.

"Sorry," Callie apologized.

"Let's just get you home, no more questions," Sweet Pea ordered. Soon the reached the front steps.

" Will I see you again?" Callie asked.

"Most likely not Northsider," Sweet Pea confirmed. " A Northsider like you seen with a Serpent like me could cause chaos." He then turned around and walked away, Callie watched him leave before knocking on the door of her front house. The door opened and she was tackled into a tight hug.

"Callie!" her dad cried as he hugged her tightly. " We were so worried about you, what happened? Are you hurt? How did you get home?"

"I was kidnapped, and when I woke, I was in the basement of the Whyte Wyrm," Callie answered. " A serpent took it upon himself to walk me home and make sure I got home safely."

"Did those Serpents hurt you?" Archie asked as he got the next hug. " How did they get in the house?"

"No actually," Callie answered. " Not a single mark."

" I will call your mother," their dad stated as he walked away.

"Where is she?" Callie asked as she was let into the house. She got down so she could pet Vegas.

" She didn't have a choice, she had to go back to work," Archie answered.

"Oh,"  Callie breathed.

"But she was extremely worried about you, she almost broke down before she left," Archie told her. Callie took went upstairs to freshen up. As she was showering she kept getting flashbacks of Sweet Pea. She couldn't help but think of what he told her before she left. Her dad ended up driving her to school later that day, she received numerous hugs when she walked in.

" Callie!" Reggie cried out when he saw her, he pulled her into an extremely tight hug, spinning her a bit. "Are you hurt? I heard a Serpent took you?"

"I don't know who took me," Callie admitted. " But I did wake up on the other side of town."

"I am going to kill all those Serpents," Reggie threatened. " I..."

" No!" Callie exclaimed. " The Serpents did not even lay a finger on me, Reggie one of them was even nice enough to walk me home."

"Just because they walked you home, does not mean they are people you can associate with," Reggie.

"Are you telling me who and who I can not hang out with?" Callie asked him.

"Yes," Reggie nodded. Callie shook her and walked away from him and sat in the student lounge. 

"Callie!" Veronica exclaimed when she saw her. She walked over to her, Callie stood up so they could hug. " It is so good to see that you are okay."