Farm Boy Down

[Callie Montgomery]

Callie hadn’t really thought this plan out too much. She didn’t expect her to say yes. Perhaps it was to cover up having to tell his mother about that day. If she did that Sharon would most certainly think something was up with her feelings for Richard. Was there? She shook the thought out of her mind. Callie gave a nod, “Yeah he was.” She confirmed, knowing full well that his mother would know her own son better than anyone else.

She took a few steps closer to his mom. Taking a seat next to her on the bed. Her blue eyes glanced over at Richard before look back at Sharon. Callie wasn’t sure how much his mother knew about her. She was well aware of the reason why Richard was at the Academy, so she could only assume that she knew that Callie was there for the same reason. She placed Sharon’s hands in her own. She didn’t need to touch her for it to work but it would help ground her to reality. “Just relax. Okay?” She asked, hoping she wouldn’t freak her out too much. Callie adjusted herself a bit, it had been a while since she had actually used it on anyone, but she’d been practicing so she was confident enough. Especially with this moment. She relaxed herself, her smile faded and she looked over at Mrs. Buckles with kind eyes. She began thinking of the day Richard and she had met. The day she had captured on video and had re-watched hundreds of times. She had perfect that moment to the very last detail.

Slowly the medical equipment started to fade and the walls of the room no longer seemed to be there. The ceiling vanished as a clear blue sky took its place. The lake appeared in front of them. It was so clear in her mind down to every last detail. Her blue eyes remained focused on Sharon. Callie matched the vision with the audio that was coming from her camcorder. She played out the day for a minute or so, she felt herself tiring and slowly allowed her mind to free itself of the strain.

She remained still, and slowly let the memory fade from her mind. Her blue eyes lowered away from Sharon as the room appeared back next to them. She began playing with her hair and gave a half smile

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Tag: Richard Buckles

[Richard Buckles]

She sat back in the chair looking over to the girl and as she was getting ready. She had no idea what to expect at all from what was about to occur. Then it struck her the visions of her son as though she were there in place of Callie. Her hand covered her mouth with a small gasp as she was surprised. She knew all the students were gifted but she had no ability to know this could even be one of them. You only hear about the ones with more dangerous powers on the news.

Seeing her son in a light she couldn't have. He never showed that sense of uncertainty before and sadness. They were total strangers and he bore some of his soul to Callie. Listening to his sense of displacement after being drummed out of the Marines. She knew he wasn't entirely happy to first but had no idea. Tears welled up in her eyes "Yes you are, you are special boy." she said listening to the part of the talk where he denied anything of the sort.

Then it was over she stared at Callie blankly with water in her eyes but not tears coming down. "That was such a beautiful thing you did." she said putting her hand on Callie's. She looked her right in the eyes. "It must be so wonderful being able to show people things that way." She sat her other hand on her cheek "Your parents must be so proud of you."

She let things settle a little when she asked "So how long have you been in love with my son?"

[Callie Montgomery]

Callie was silent. Allowing his mother to take in everything she had seen. Everyone handled it differently. Nothing terrible had happened, yet. Hearing his mother speak made her smile. She was glad that his mother had agreed with her. Even if it was so long ago.

With the memory fading, she looked at Sharon who was on the verge of crying. There were plenty of tears tonight, but for the first time these may have been tears of joy in a way. Callie felt her cheeks getting warmer she could never control it. Especially when people complimented her. She looked down at Sharon’s hand on hers before looking back up. “Thank you.” Her blue eyes skirted away briefly as she felt her other hand on her cheek. Her parent’s faces flashed in her mind momentarily, but faded as soon as they had surfaced. “They are now I suppose.” She admitted. The first few months, maybe even years were difficult for them. Although she had long put that past her.

Things were quiet. Callie’s mind was slowing down a bit. She glanced over at Richard who was still asleep. She couldn’t help but think about how long it would take for him to fully recover. His mom interrupted her thoughts when she spoke again. “What?” She asked, not even realizing she had spoken. Her eyes went wide in shock, she felt her chest sink into her stomach. Her mouth went dry, her heart began racing and her cheeks turned the brightest shade of red they have been.

“I-I-I I’m not.” Her head was shaking side to side. She placed her hands on her chest before standing up. She walked away towards the chair. Her back was facing Sharon. “I can’t be.”

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Tag: Richard Buckles

[Richard Buckles]

Callie was such a sweet girl that she wasn't surprised she had such a generous soul to show her, Richard. She had held it together pretty good but seeing her little baby like that and seeing him now like this made her so sad but at the same time happy. It was a melding of emotions that were potent but they were resolving some now. She didn't want to tease or torment Callie with her question. She just wondered whether Callie even realized her feelings for Richard.

She seemed like a smart girl but classic situation of self denial. The way she looked at her son was clearly with more affection than that of a friend. She had some deep feelings for Richard. She did wonder if Richard realized them at all, but more likely her son was dense of the whole situation. He had fumbled with girls so much from what she saw. Of course Sharon wasn't at a loss of knowing Richard was already taken with a lovely young woman. So this whole situation was a bit complicated.

Of course Elsa was a delightful and sophisticated woman but she knew from what Richard said of Callie and what she saw that maybe she was better for him. More of a down home girl that was like him. A delayed reaction to what she said definitely told Sharon was on the right track. The response to her question was so over whelming the girl couldn't even process it right away. That was a pretty extreme reaction even for denial. Made Sharon wonder just how innocent this sweet girl was that she was this shy.

"Oh sorry maybe I misunderstood deary. Its alright. Just calm down." she said standing and moving over and petting her head softly "I shouldn't have assumed just because you are so concerned over my son that you had any deeper feelings for him." Sharon didn't press because of how severe her reaction was to this but also if she pushed more just make Callie go fetal she was pretty sure.

[Callie Montgomery]

Callie felt her mind spinning. Was there something there? It would explain why she kissed him and why he kissed her. Did that mean he felt the same way too? Was it that obvious that his mother had picked up on it? She honestly didn’t know.

When Sharon spoke it brought Callie back to where she was. In the hospital, with Richard laying there lucky to be alive. His mother’s question had made Callie do something she hadn’t done in a very long time: face herself. That would be for later. She had always been the happy go lucky girl, never afraid to speak her mind and share who she was, but this whole thing had her questioning herself. She was so…giddy and shy about the whole subject. Why? If she liked him, she’d know it. Right? And if she did, she’d embrace it and make it known. Wouldn’t she?

After a few moments, she took a few deep breaths and collected her thoughts. She turned back to face Sharon and gave a faint smile. “I’m calm. I’m sorry…I-I just never thought about that before.” She spoke honestly, her voice soft. His mother had a soothing affect over her. “I mean I’ve always cared about him. But I care about everyone.” She said more so trying to convince herself than anything. Callie had never had a real boyfriend, or really liked a boy. She was always caught up with having fun, exploring, taking care of her animals, and helping people to really focus on that. Although when she was fourteen there was a new boy who moved to her school who she thought was cute, but she had never acted on it.

Her eyes glanced over to Richard. “He’s got a girlfriend.”

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Tag: Richard Buckles

[Richard Buckles]

She kept stroking her cheek slowly to assure her that everything would be alright. She said she was calm but she was rather flustered seeming and not to mentiona bit of panic over the whole situation. "You spent how much time with him and never once thought about him romantically before?" she asked finding that honestly a little hard to believe given how she was acting. She nodded "I can see you are a very sweet girl. But just have to ask yourself a few questions that could easily give you answers."

"Well just have to ask yourself whats it like when you spend time with him and that sort of your answer there now isnt it?" she suggested trying not to be to meddlesome now that she kicked the hornets nest in Callie's heart. "I know he does but that doesnt change how you feel about him just changes how you feel about telling him I assume. Why dont we just stop talking about this and you can go on home and take a breathe and get sometime to settle things."

Of course his mother had no idea about the two sharing a kiss, twice. Anytime the two spent time together they usually were laughing and having fun. More than one occassion leading to awkward times of closeness. Like when he would pick her up and spin her around or tickle her and end up on top of her with staring into her eyes. The first time they kissed he was spouting off how he needed someone with qualities that if taken a second look at would seem he was talking about Callie. As happy as he could be with Elsa in the end probably wouldnt be as much as with Callie because Callie and him were from a more similar background with more similar interests. of course other than the drunken kiss they never talked about the two of them never acted on those feelings always held back from doing anything about it.

[Callie Montgomery]

Callie felt her heart still racing, she wanted it to slow down, she wanted everything to slow down. She didn’t care about anything right now. She just wanted Richard to be okay and have a smooth recovery. Then maybe she could take a step back and look at herself.

It was odd. His mother brought all this out to her attention, yet at the same time made her feel okay about it. Her questions didn’t stop coming, and the more she asked the more Callie found herself questioning herself and all the time she had spent with Richard. She found her head shaking no before she even noticed. “No. Never. He’s my friend. We have fun together ‘nd help each other out. I mean I’m happy around him, but that don’t mean anythin’.” She said as she twisted her mouth. Her hands found the tips of her hair and started playing with it as she always did out of habit.

The blonde didn’t realize that she had spoken that last part out loud, and now here his mother was telling her that him having a girlfriend didn’t change anything. She found herself shaking her head again, “No I don’t want ta leave him.” Her eyes shot back to the boy on the bed.

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Tag: Richard Buckles