Grenda was absent that day. Candy was left to go about her school day alone. It reminded her of something that she had locked away, vowing never to look upon it again.
With her head hung low, Candy walked down the main hallway, everyone taking their time to stare at her.
How do they know? Who told them?
They continued to stare, some with disgust, some with disapproval. Candy was aware that they were all staring at her. She could feel their eyes burning through her skin, melting her like a wax figure in a furnace.
She felt a single tear roll down her cheek when she heard someone whisper,"It's the quiet ones you have to watch out for."
All of her friends left her. They left her outside to rust in the rain of depression.
It's amazing how fast rumors spread...
It took months before everyone stopped talking about it. Just in time too. The day the rumors stopped, the day Grenda showed up.
She was new to Gravity Falls. She had no friends and neither did Candy. Thankful that she did not know her secret, they became friends.
Because no one wants to be friends with a murderer.