Forces Beyond The Grave

Chapter Three

"Well here we are girls." Dr Rosewood smiled proudly as he got out of the car. 

Lennox and Kaila got out too, standing against the side of the car to look around at the college campus. 

"You excited for your first day?" He asked. 

"Absolutely." Kaila grinned, Lennox forcing a smile before he nodded. 

"Alright, lets get you moved in."

After a summer of studying, Lennox and Kaila had both achieved their GEDs, being given unconditional offers from the college where Caleb and Skye were attending. Instead of it taking six weeks, it had only taken the girls three weeks to graduate, so after passing with flying colours they spent the rest of the summer being dragged around acquiring new supplies by Skye. As Dr Rosewood opened the trunk for their bags, Lennox heard what she thought was an annoying high-pitched sound from a bug before seeing Skye running over to hug them both. 

"I'm so happy you're here!" She squealed, Lennox gently patting her back as a form of reciprocation as Kaila gave her a friendly squeeze in return. 

Caleb wasn't far behind, catching up with Skye and going over to Dr Rosewood to help with the girls' bags. In preparation, Skye had already been to reception to collect their welcome packets and arranged for the dorm leader of their residence to give them a tour of their halls; needless to say, she was organised. It was mainly to prevent herself going into meltdown - Skye's mother was diagnosed with OCD not long after she was born, so she'd grown up seeing what kind of havoc being disorganised could wreak on a person's mind. As a result, she'd grown up to be just like her mother, always being over-prepared for everything as a sort of negative reinforcement to avoid the panic that would debilitate her if she didn't do everything possible to stop it before it could start. As one of her best friends and understanding how she worked, Lennox had always been patient with Skye, but she'd realised just how intolerant she was to it since coming back from her disappearance. She'd noticed that she was no longer patient with much anymore, and whilst she'd noticed it from early on in the disappearance, she hadn't had to reign it in as much until returning to town. There's not much you have to control about yourself when the only people you're interacting with are complete strangers that you couldn't care less about. But having all her memories of her friends in the back of her mind, she knew that it wasn't possible to be so careless with the people she used to consider family.