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As promised, Cal takes his new car out for a real drive the next day. He thinks about not going back, just driving and driving and leaving Sunnydale and his family far behind, but he knows it wouldn't work.

And not just because of the tracking device Peter will have installed by now, or the guard who caught up with him sometime in the first hour.

It's the same reason why he's going back home, instead of back to the Starks'. He knows he'd be welcome there as long as he needed to stay, but - he came out of his room in the first place because he couldn't hide forever, and that's what staying with Sherlock and Tony would be. Hiding. He can't do that, and he can't run, either.

(He also can't face up to what he knows he has to do. Not yet. Knowing he has to go back doesn't mean he can face the reason why.)

He gets home half an hour or so after nightfall, and hesitates in the foyer, unsure of where to go next.
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Reed Chandler's longtime political ally, New York Senator Terry Scott, is holding a campaign fundraiser in the City.

(Well, officially, it's just a party. Unofficially . . . it's been a long time since a truly successful politician ran a clean and legally funded campaign, at least in the circles the Chandlers inhabit.)

This means that all the Chandlers have to be in New York to attend, including Cal. He's a vital part of the Chandler family image, after all, Senator and Mrs Chandler's son. He exists to reflect well upon them, and at parties like this, he knows just how to do that. He's practically a professional.

They've been there for a while. Cal charms everyone he talks to, friendly with the men and borderline flirtatious with their wives, in a sweetly wholesome G-rated kind of way.

(He's been distinctly less wholesome with Senator Scott's daughter, two years older and as bored with the game as he is. They've hooked up a couple times before, and there'll probably be a third before Cal leaves New York.)

Cal decides he has earned a break, and makes his way to the bar to order a drink. He can't get away with a real drink, unfortunately, but he can order a Coke and pretend there's rum in it.
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There is some definite disapproval going on in the Chandler compound over Cal's refusing to go along with the implicit decision that the Starks (especially Sherlock) are not the best company for him. It's not the first time he's pushed such a ruling - far from it - but this is something of a special case. Whether it's the shooting or the fact that Sherlock and his identity issues are generally glossed over in proper society with "He just couldn't handle his parents' death, the poor thing, at least his brother is made of sterner stuff" that causes greater concern . . .

Well. Cal has the feeling his knows the answer to that.

His own accidental death could at least be used to the Chandlers' advantage, after all.

The obvious response to all of this is, of course, to invite Sherlock over to visit.

"We'll have to sneak if we don't want to spend twenty minutes listening to Mother, though."
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1: in which Sherlock and Tony meet Cal somewhere unexpected
2: in which Cal meets Sherlock somewhere less unexpected, and shenanigans ensue
3: in which Sherlock stalks Peter Beardsley for perfectly logical reasons

4: in which Cal seeks independence
5: in which Sherlock pays Cal a visit

6: in which Obadiah Stane
7: in which Cal talks to Tony
8: in which Tony talks to Sherlock

9: in which Sherlock has a chance encounter

10: in which pizza

11: in which politics (and creepy, so much creepy)
12: in which friendship
13: in which Jarvis

14: in which Sherlock breaks into Cal's house just once more
15: in which Cal visits the Stark household

16: in which it is Cal's birthday
     i: out of your skull
     ii: grumpy and drunk
     iii: your security sucks

17: in which it isn't
18: in which it worked for Howard Stark
19: in which is it any wonder?

20: in which phone calls
21: in which school
22: in which vampires

23: in which Cal is disillusioned
24: in which Reed is impatient and Cal is sleepless, until he isn't
25: in which Cal calls Sherlock

26: in which Sherlock goes looking
27: in which Cal confronts his late father and compares scars with Sherlock
28: in which Sherlock visits New York and Jarvis calls Peter

29: in which Cal visits Tony and Peter calls Sherlock
30: in which Cal spends the day Tonysitting
31: in which Sherlock receives a call

32: in which that cannot possibly have happened
33: in which Sherlock returns
34: in which Sherlock calls Peter

35: in which Cal thinks
36: in which Tony visits him
37: in which Sherlock frets

38: in which dinner
39: in which Cal talks to Sherlock
40: in which Tony makes a speech
     (40a: interlude)
     (40b: diversion)

41: in which pizza, for real this time
42: in which Cal and Tina are d'aww

(intermission)

43: in which Sherlock is a bit of a creep
44: in which Cal and Tina watch movies and Cal's life sucks
45: in which Gracie means well

46: in which don't stalk my girlfriend!

47: graduation
48: celebration

49: in which James again
50: in which colleges are applied to and parents are discussed

51: in which Tina has an unfortunate encounter
52: in which Princess Tina makes her debut

53: in which Tina cancels a date
     53a: something is wrong
     53b: across the hallowed ground
     53c: understanding starts sinking in

54: in which a rational decision has been made

55: in which being a werewolf isn't the end of the world

56: in which Bella Swan's first day at Sunnydale High is very interesting indeed

57: in which Bella gives her new lab partner a ride home, and the rest of her afternoon turns up more questions than answers

58: in which Sherlock has a crush on a girl

(multiversal collision)

59: in which James is not a very good liar

60: in which hypothetical quandaries aren't

61: in which conclusions are inconclusive

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