Higher Love

Chapter Seven

7

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I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
*Hoobastank - The Reason*

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After a good sleep, I dress and make my way to the tents again.
Inside the tents it's warm, thanks to the heaters and the one who put
them on in the morning. There is a table with coffee, tee and breakfast.
Not a big one, but enough to get all of us full.

"Good morning, Dr. Adams"
He stands beside me at the table, putting himself some coffee.
"Coffee?"
"Yes please, but only..."
"Only half full, I know."
He smiles and I'm just surprised. In the last 4 days he has surprised me every day, by what he remembers and knows.

"Uhm, yes, thank you."
He hands me some milk and sugar. I make my coffee and turn around to
the students.
"Ok, my dears, Dr. Oldman and I decided yesterday that we need to follow the way, that comes from Stonehenge. The direction is in Shrewton.
So grab your stuff and make your way, grab the maps from the scans from yesterday and keep your eyes open."

"Ok, Doc!"
They all know what to do. They will stride up and down to maybe find something, the drone-scan can not show us. Transformations on the ground, grass and so on.

I place myself in front of the monitors, beside the guy who is flying the drone. Its quite now the students have left and finally, I'm aware of the cameras, microphones and all the people working around me. But I try to ignore them again and focus on the monitors when I hear Bradley's voice.

"Dr. Adams?"

"Hm?" I Still watching the pictures the drone sends.

"Why do your students just call you Doc?"

"Do you know the movies "Back to the Future"?"

"Yeah, sure!"

"So, Doc Brown was also just called Doc from Marty..."

"Yeah, so...?"

"I think my students think I'm just as brilliant as Doc Brown." I say laughing.
"No, honestly, I don't know why, you have to ask them. But I'm ok with this nickname. I think that shows, that they like me."

Bradley smiles.
"Ok, I'm gonna ask them. And, Dr. Adams, you need to explain what you are doing and what you did yesterday..."

"Now??" I ask him.

"No, not quite yet, but we need this stuff for the docûmentary .

"Oh, ok..."
Still staring at the monitors, I start to talk.

"Uhm, no, Dr. Adams, we need you to sit down and look right in the camera."

With wide eyes I ask him:" Why that?"

"Its something like an interview. We will cut different things together
later, so the viewers understand what happens here."
"Ooooh no, I don't wanna do that. No one told me I need to do that."

"In fact, you were told." he answers smiling.

"When?"

"The meeting we had with Mr. and Mrs. Klinger?"

"Oh f*ck"
Everyone in the tent laughs

I nudge Tiffany with my elbow.
"You wanted to tell me the important stuff."
Tiffanylooks at me saying:" Sorry, we had other issues to deal with. I forgot to tell you."