Confessions
A Peanuts Fanfiction
Peanuts by Charles M Schulz
Claudia, Sunny, Juliet and fanfiction by LivingOnLaughs
Chapter 1
The More She Tells Him
"Charles! Charles! Charles!" a female voice yelled out; strands of milk chocolate hair falling into her fair complexioned face as she sprinted towards the long blonde haired boy with a fearful look replacing her small smile.
"Hey M's" he calmly called out as he looked at the girl, blonde strands of hair falling into his hazelnut eyes as he rotated his head towards the girl. "Charles, it's an emergency! We have to talk!" the female voice responded as she freaked out. "What happened, Marceline?" he asked in confusion, his hands in his jean pockets and his smile turning into a frown.
The girl put her hands in the boy's palms. Aside from a few scars here-and-there; her hands trembled in fear and Charlie could've sworn some of the cherry nail gloss was peeling off from stress; something the girl was known to do. "Marcie, take a deep breath and tell me what happened" Charlie instructed.
"It's…my parents," the girl confessed as she reviewed her trembling hands; flashbacks playing in her head of hiding in her bedroom corners, visiting Charlie Brown to talk about her stress problems and her parents' voices reminding her to do well in school. "Earth to Marceline" Charlie asked, waving a hand in front of his friend's face.
The sound of wheels tuning caught their attentions as an orange-haired-girl wheeled her pink cushioned wheelchair towards them. "Hi Juliet" Charlie Brown said with a smile, waving his hand to Juliet. "Hi Charlie Brown, hi Marcie" Juliet giggled, offering the latter a hand.
"Oh…hi, Jewel" Marcie quivered, shaking Juliet's hand. "Girl, you have a problem" the orange-haired girl theorized, examining the bespectacled girl's shaking hands. "That's the understatement of the day" Charlie Brown sarcastically responded, his eyes looking up at the ceiling.
"It is?" Juliet questioned, cocking her head in confusion. "It is" Marcie quivered, her voice beginning to crack a little. "Don't sweat it" Juliet reassured her friend, locking eyes with her. "Thanks, Juliet; but you better go now, Sunny's probably looking for you" Charlie Brown reminded Juliet as she wheeled off.
"Charles, I have social anxiety," the girl whispered so no one else could hear her. "You do?" Charlie asked, his eyes widening. He had known Marcie for many years and she never told him about this before, yet he did think she had problems before such as shyness and being an introvert.
"Yeah Charles…I began developing it as my parents' pressure grew worse…they wanted me to join a social club and I kind of went into a panic and didn't say a word the whole session" she told her friend. "Well you can be talkative with the people you know well" Charlie Brown responded, smiling at Marcie as he ruffled her hair.
"Say, Charles…will you come with me to the next social club meeting on Friday at lunch? I'd ask Peppermint Patty; but she's on every sports team in the class," Marcie asked, blushing a little. "Sure, M's" Charlie replied; not knowing it only began some more problems.
End of Chapter 1