Not everybody is happy about that.
Shes since been rushed to the hospital and finds herself one-on-one with Cal.
Some of the younger ones grill Hawk at school.
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The future is coming what does he know about it?
He cant stop staring at Ashley.
Who cares about the future when youve got a girl like that with you in the present?
Ashley invites Hawk to a party the same night as Ascension Day.
Sometimes thinking about the future is nice because the present is such a constant struggle.
She thinks Freddie is faking his conversion, saying whatever his parents want to hear.
She wants him to try Meyerist medicine, but to the Ridge parents that sounds like just another drug.
Over Sarahs protests, they take their son with them.
Drugs were a big part of Meyerisms past, but not the future Cal has in mind.
According to Sarah, this is an intense, revealing process.
Shes a living embodiment of the past.
Cal takes out his frustrations by visiting Mary.
He asks Mary to tell her where Sean kisses her.
They get a few minutes to relax and play together by the lake.
Soon enough its time for Ascension Day.
Joy saw Hawk with Ashley earlier and confronts him about it now, but its too little too late.
Same, apparently, with Freddie Ridge.
Maybe Cals futuristic methods dont work as well as the time-honored ones after all.
But just as Abes doubts about Meyerism are wavering, others are increasing.
They dont like where Cal is headed and tell him as much later.
He takes them to see Miranda Frank, now peaceful and singing Cals praises.
Only he has the ability to convert new followers, he says.
Cal goes even further, declaring in no uncertain terms that he will finish Dr. Meyers work.
He will write the last three rungs of the Ladder and declare himself the chosen one.
Theyre taking her out West with them, making her Meyerisms new director of outreach.
Against everybodys expectations, Hawk does go to the party, where he passionately kisses Ashley beside a bonfire.
Hormones always win, friends over religion, over tradition, over the past, over the future.
Meanwhile, Hawks father is also taking a big step.
Cal gives him a shovel and tells him to start digging.
Because if theres one thing Cal loves, its taking metaphors and beating people over the head with them.
