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Caleb is politely ignoring that anything happened. There was no haunted house. That never happened. And he is doing his damnedest to show that absolutely nothing happened by being... happier and more cheerful than normal. He's smiling, guys. SMILING. FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON. (This never happens

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What the holy crap is Caleb smiling, Gar does not say as spots the other boy from his place in the food line. He doesn't have to, because it is plastered all over his tiny spazzy face :O Watch him attempt to think of the least awkward way of saying hello whilst carefully navigating his way into obtaining the vegetarianiest of vegatarian options for his lunch.

"... Hey." ... Okay sure, that'll work too.

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"Hey." It is a good thing that Gar has opted not to mention anything about the house that never happened, because it totally did not happen. Caleb's denial skills are fucking fantastic.

"How're things?" Does... Caleb usually talk to Gar? It's probably more of a 'this person hides behind me a lot and stuff' thing but whatever. :D?

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Gar may be a master of conversation (hint: no he isn't) but even he hasn't found a way of starting a conversation with 'SO HEY HOW ABOUT THAT HAUNTED HOUSE, THAT WAS KIND OF INSANE HUH' that would not, in fact, land him in an insane asylum. Or at least the principal's office, which is occasionally indistinguishable.

Possibly Caleb gets talked at more often than anything else. "Besides the fact I think I may be coming down with cold, things are pretty great!" A cold is what you get when you run home across town shirtless, young man. "How about you?" Did the house eat you for a while, he does not ask. Because that house never existed, of course.

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"I'm okay," Caleb says in an entirely non-committal tone. If someone looked carefully, they would see that yeah, he looks kind of tired (moreso than usual), but the unusualness of Caleb going :) means that they're way more likely to notice this first. "I have soccer practice this afternoon."

... boys' soccer ended in the fall, it should be noted. Gar may or may not be aware that Caleb attends the girls' soccer practice too, with mixed success.