I Woke Up 229 by M.P. Arsent
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"Damn now who's paranoid Karl?"
"Like you've said before lover, just because you are paranoid doesn't mean there isn't somebody out there looking for you."
"I just wish to hell we had some idea who it is. I don't want to be second guessing everybody I see."
"Almost everybody. We know who our real friends are. How long do you think it will be before somebody does something stupid?"
"With a few thousand students cooped up over an entire weekend? I'm giving it until about tomorrow afternoon before there is a mass breakout from the dorms."
"When that does happen I just hope it's peaceful and not opposing sides on the warpath."
"Think there's anything we can do to help avoid that?"
"Hell if I know Den. We can't very well go to the dorms and try and calm people down."
"We can call the guys and have them give it a shot, or maybe post something to the school bulletin board."
"Start with calling the guys I think."
I got on my phone and called Gordon and Aiden.
"Hey Dennis. I've got you on speaker."
"Ok guys. I'm sure even at this early stage people on both sides are getting pissed at being cooped up. Karl and I give until about tomorrow afternoon before people get fed up and do a mass breakout. What I need from you guys is to try and keep people calm. Nobody needs for to this to get more physical than it already has."
"Believe me we hear you Den. We've already heard grumblings in just a couple of hours."
"I don't doubt that in the least. Do me a favor and get with Pete on this as well please. I've got more than enough phone calls to make."
"I bet. Later Den."
I called Paul and Cameron and got them onboard. Kurt at the frat got the same message as did Devon and Carlton of frisbee fame.
I called Dana and had him pass the word to the gymnastics squad. Randy Porter got the call as well.
All seemed to be behind the idea of trying to keep things calm when everybody was either released of staged a mass breakout. How many were going to listen was another matter.
While I had been on the phone, Karl had gotten our supper ready and we ate in relative silence. We watched a little tv and then crashed early.
Saturday morning and seeing as we didn't need to be up to go jogging with the guys we actually slept in a bit. When we did get up Karl and I took 5 laps around the block before we gave it up.
It was back into the apartment and we got cleaned up and had our breakfast.
"So now what?"
"I'm open to ideas, but we should probably hang around here in case there is any news."
At which point Karls phone rang.
"Hello?...............Oh hi dad................... Yeah a hell of a mess...................... We're sitting here waiting on word.....................Well I know we're not but we don't have any control over what others do........................Yeah I know he can and he has already done as much as he can ....... ................I will as soon as we know anything dad. ........ We love you guys to............... I will."
"Word has gotten home I take it?"
"Seems the situation is at least regional news."
"Terrific. I bet we step foot outside the security gate later on there will be reporters waiting for us."
Karl went to the window and looked out.
"Yep they're here already."
"Wonderful. So even we have to stay cooped up."
"We don't HAVE to lover, but it is probably the wisest choice."
We decided to stay put for the time being so I went to my computer to do a little surfing, After a while I decided to check my email.
There were several requests for comment from several news agencies including Bob Watson once again. I responded no comment to all of them.
I eventually gave up on the computer and turned on the tv. Things weren't any better there. The local news couldn't talk about anything but the campus lockdown. Other news around the country reported situations of a similar bent at other campuses. I turned the tv off and grabbed a book I had been reading.
Karl had tried his computer as well with similar results and didn't say a word when I turned off the tv. We eventually had lunch and later dinner.
"The damn talking heads are going to have a field day tomorrow Karl."
"Are we going to even bother listening?"
"I'm not. it's not likely that they'll get the opinion of anybody who is directly involved unless they break the curfew."
"It could always be done over the net lover."
"How much do you want to bet that The board of Governors has ordered the net access shut down so it can't be done?"
"I don't see it happening Karl. They cut off the parents from their kids and there will be holy hell to pay, if there isn't already."
"Yeah I suppose. So, we even going to bother trying to go jogging tomorrow?"
"Let's wait and see what the morning brings. Maybe a real UFO will land and tell us we're all fucked."
"Damn Den, get a grip."
"I'm just frustrated lover. These guys who are so dead set against us and I don't really see why. We aren't a threat to them. Hell they're more a threat to us but we haven't gotten up in arms at them, that I know of at least."
"I'm going to do my talking head impression here lover. They fear it because they don't understand it, and aren't ever likely to either. If those results that you shared with Doug and this Summers guy ever got wide common man type distribution, they'd probably call it bullshit or pseudo science or something."
"Can people really think that narrowly? That there is one and only one way to be?"
"Hell if I know Den. We can't change it, not over night anyways."
"If at all. We might just as well crash, even if we're not going jogging in the morning."
So Karl and I headed off to bed, but necessarily to sleep. In fact I doubt I got more than a couple of hours total all night.
When Sunday morning did finally get there Karl just rolled over and looked at me.
"You didn't sleep for shit did you Den?"
"Not really. Go take a look out the window and tell me if we're going jogging today."
Karl slipped out of bed and went into the living room and came back and crawled back into bed. I took that as answer enough. I rolled over and tried to get a bit more sleep.
My stomach finally got the better of me and I got up and got dressed and had something to eat. I didn't need to get more frustrated so I didn't even turn on the tv. I was sure the talking heads were going at it tooth and nail and I just didn't need it.
A little after 11 my phone rang.
"Mr Sawyer this is KNOW news meet the issues and you're live with our panel this morning."
"Sir, first of all I don't appreciate being ambushed, secondly I do hope you have some other means of filling your time this morning. I have been asked to keep a low profile over matters. Please have yourelves a good day."
I hung up. The phone rang again almost immediately. The caller ID said "unavailable" so I refused the call. It was only seconds beyond that the phone rang again. This time the ID said "Evans". I answered it.
"Well Mr Sawyer, thank you for at least trying to stay out of things."
"I take it you were listening to the news?"
"I was and you handled it just as I hoped you would."
"I don't know how much longer I'm willing to stand by and let the haters have the field so to speak."
"I appreciate that Mr Sawyer. Regardless I wanted you to know that there were prints recovered from that smokebomb device and an arrest has been made. The police are looking into the young mans associates as are we. The hopes are that we will know quite a bit more by the end of the day. Regardless, classes will resume as usual tomorrow. There are going to be some restrictions however. On campus students will still have curfew from 9pm to 8am. The cafeteria will only be open from 8am until 9 in the morning, 11 to 1 for lunch and 7 until 8:30 for dinner. Off campus students such as yourself will not be allowed onto campus until 30 minutes before their first class and must be off campus within 30 minutes of the ending of their last class until further notice."
"What about extraciricular activities sir?"
"I'm sorry Mr Sawyer, but for now they shall have to remain suspended. I do plan on talking to the governing bodies of all sports in hopes of keeping our teams eligible for any post season activites."
"I can''t speak for others sir, but I do hope you are successful."
"As do I Mr Sawyer. I'd dearly love to see you all take the gold again this year."
"Just out of curiosity sir, any reaction from Mr Summers over all of this?"
"He hasn't had anything to say about any of it Mr Sawyer, but his facial expressions have been rather eloquent if one knows how to read them."
"I know I'm pressing but, and?"
"And he seems rather fed up with the whole thing."
"Does he see a quick end to the process?"
"I'm thinking that his decision will be given in fairly short order."
"We can only hope and prepare for what that decision will be."
"Considerations are being made Mr Sawyer rest assured."
"Well sir I'm sure you still have quite a bit of work to see to today."
"Indeed I do Mr Sawyer. Try to keep your wits about you tomorrow."
"I shall certainly do my best sir. Good day."
"Well?"
"We go back to classes in the morning. We get a 30 minute leeway before our first and after our last. Things aren't going to be a hell of a lot better for the guys on campus, but at least we're back to classes."
"And sports and other activities?"
"Still suspended. I'm doubting like hell there will be any all state for us this year."
Apoligies for being a day late, but I neded the time to recover from my grandkids before I made 14 hour drive.