Chapter Six

Mean Girls

The Doctor returned the next day and was happy with my recovery. Although I wasn’t allowed to train for a week I was signed off to return to school. Typical!

The rest of the week went by quite fast. Caleb was still trying to make up for what he said but I kept telling him that I was fine. He grew suspicious when I asked if he could drop me off into town after school. He offered to stay but I needed to pick up his birthday gift. I made up some excuse and walked home, carrying the guitar. I got a few stares from drivers passing by. Caleb always wanted to learn to play the guitar. A fact I think only I know. I plan to leave it on his bed Saturday morning when he goes out for training. I didn’t want to present it to him in front of people. It could be just his, in the sanctuary of his bedroom, when he needed a break from beta training. Majority of the time the beta junior would take over from the beta father. But it wasn’t always a-given. The trainee had to show the alpha his