Ch 26

Jazz POV (moments before clockwork and company enter the school)

I got to school early so that I could be part of the conversation with Mr. Lancer. I was on my way to his office when I heard Danny and company coming up behind me. "Hey Джаз what's up?" Danny asked as they caught up to me. I shrugged and just pointed towards Mr. Lancer's office. I for some reason wasn't in a mood to talk all of a sudden or it could have been the fact that Clockwork (or who I thought was Clockwork) looked like he was only 20 rather than the 30 some odd man he did yesterday while at Fentonworks. Danny noticed my staring and looked where I was and became shocked; I guess Clockwork only changed his appearance after they had all gotten out of the car. But then again my little brother is kinda clueless...and Clockwork is sneaky like that...

Clockwork just chuckled at us and continued into the office. We quickly followed after him to hear what he was going to say to Lancer.

Clockwork's POV (after he went to enter Lancer's office)

I knocked on the door as I passed it into the open office. "The Soundless Clock! Who are you? And really if you're going to knock you should at least wait until you're asked to enter..." Lancer exclaimed.

"I'm Daniil's therapist that his parents are having him see because of all his rule breaking. And I thought that as the door was open it was an open invitation to enter and that knocking was a polite way to announce you had a visitor." I replied. He just looked at me and finally asked what I was doing in his office on behalf of Daniil. I responded that I was there to explain why Daniil had so many absences with the permission of both Daniil and his parents.

"Well why is he truant so often?"

"It would seem that there is a problem with bullies that he has been too embarrassed to bring up or not been believed when he has said something so he has been skipping school to avoid them." The look Lancer gave at that statement probably made my Сын both very vindicated and very guilty because of feeling vindicated even if he had a right too. Lancer then noticed the younglings behind me and asked if that was true. Daniil blushed but nodded. Lancer then sighed and asked everyone but Daniil to leave the room so he could talk with Daniil. He also thanked me for coming in to talk with him about the truancy and that he'd work with Daniil to keep it from being a problem in the future. I just nodded as I ushered the other younglings out the door.