Heya guys, this is a story with an OC (Charlie) who recognizes the Joker. This is her story, hope you like it!
I had always wondered where I'd known him from. There was always that little niggling in the back of my mind. There was always a faint recognition whenever his voice came on the news or a little wisp of memory that popped up when his face appeared in the newspapers, just to slip away before I could grasp it and really remember. I knew him. And by the look in his eye just before he killed me, I knew he remembered too...
"Charlie!" a high pitched squeal filled Charlie's ears over the sound of the students shouting to others and lockers slamming, mobiles chirping, all the general noise that usually surrounds high school seniors, she spun around with a huge grin plastering her face.
"She's back!" Charlie mentally rejoiced.
"Tanya!" She called back. Tanya, Charlie's best friend had just been on a two week holiday, but it felt like it had been an age to the partners in crime. Charlie ran toward her friend with outstretched arms, "Hiya, honey." she said embracing her friend. "How was jolly old London?"
"Great, we went to the theater and shopping was amazing. We went to a fashion show-" Charlie rolled her eyes as her friend babbled. Don't get her wrong, Charlie loved her friend, but Tanya could talk. So she started reciting her preparation for her Spanish speaking exam in her head. She was so engrossed in trying to remember the correct verb ending for "travel" if it was past tense ("viajado" if you were wondering), that she walked straight into someone.
She felt herself begin to fall, but a hand gripped the front of her sweatshirt and held her up. When she got her balance back, she found herself looking into a hard brown eye. Dirty blonde hair obscured one eye completely and strands fell down over the other, so she could only see one.
"You should be more careful." Came an almost bored sounding voice. But it was such a soft, low sound. If sound had a texture, this one would be velvet.
" I'm sorry, my fault." she said straightening my jumper.
"Don't be sorry, No harm done. " he replied
"Good. Are you new here?" she asked, gesturing to the little yellow slip in his hand. His timetable. It looked freshly printed.
"Yeah, my parents and me moved from Australia" he smiled.
"The weather here will be a shock then." she laughed once.
"It is. What's your name?" he asked
"I'm Charlie this is Tanya, and you?" she gestured to her friend as she mentioned her.
"Jack. See you around Charlie." he said as the bell sounded.
Charlie smiled and moved herself against the lockers so he could pass.
"He seems nice." Charlie said to Tanya, who was standing with her mouth slightly open. "What?" Charlie asked.
"But. What? What? Why? What were you talking about? What did you say about me?" Tanya stuttered then demanded.
"You heard me, didn't you?" Charlie asked, baffled.
"Yeah, but I took French, you know that."
"Eh? What's French got to do with anything?"
"You do realize that for that entire conversation with him you were speaking Spanish, right?" Tanya gawked.
Charlie was dumbstruck, she whacked her head against the locker, "Mierda" she groaned.
"I know that one," Tanya muttered. "Hey, maybe you can pass off as a foreign exchange student?" Tanya suggested. She was met with a glare and the sound of head-meets-locker-again. Charlie looked up to see the boy walking toward English. Knowing she would have to go the same way. She silently prayed she'd have a different class to him.
But God/Allah/Whoever else was up there, was obviously sticking their fingers in their ears and LA, LA, LA-ing because when Charlie walked in the classroom to her lesson and, lo and behold, there the new kid, Jack, was. In the chair next to hers.
Mierda.
Okay, first installment right there for you :). Hope you enjoyed. Constructive criticism welcome, appreciated and wanted, if you would be so kind to click the little "review button" if not it's all good. I enjoy writing I just like to be told how to improve.#
"HOW JACK AND CHARLIE'S CONVERSATION SOUNDED TO TANYA AND EVERYONE IN HEARING RANGE (in case you were interested)!"
"Lo siento, es mi culpa."-Charlie
"No lo sientas, no pasa nada."-Jack
"Bien. ¿Eres nuevo aquí?"- Charlie
"Si, me mudé y yo aquí desde australia."- Jack
"El tiempo aquí va a ser un shock luego."- Charlie
"Es, Como te llamas?"- Jack
"Soy Charlie y es Tanya,¿y tú?"- Charlie
"Jack. Ya nos veremos, Charlie"- Jack
And "Mierda" means "shit".
Hugs and cookies,
Love Em x
