The Girl with the Rotten Touch
Chapter 2
Candy
Charlie grumbled as he ran to get to the bus stop before the bus came. When he got close to the bus stop, he saw Faye there looking down at her feet.
She looked up when Charlie was a few feet away from her. "Good morning, Charlie. How have you been?"
Charlie couldn't help but reply. "I've been okay… How about you?"
"Feeling more at home then the first few days…"
"That's good," Charlie said as he looked to see the blue bus coming down the street. Charlie got on and helped Faye on when he noticed that she was having trouble with her bag.
Charlie led Faye to the back of the bus where Fidelio Gunn sat staring out the window. When he didn't notice Charlie sitting next to him and Faye sitting in front, Charlie sighed and waved a hand in front of the violinist face.
"Earth to Fido, come in Fido," Fidelio suddenly snapped out of his daydream and looked over at the annoyed Charlie, then at the giggling Faye.
"Oh! Sorry Charlie! I was thinking about a new musical piece," Fidelio change his gaze over to Faye. "And who might you be?"
Faye looked down and said quietly. "I'm Faye Mirage…"
"Nice to meet ya Faye, I'm Fidelio Gunn," he grinned at the shy girl, who gave him a small smile back. "What are you going to do for music in Bloor's?" Fidelio asked as the bus came to a stop. Gabriel Silk came on the bus looking down at his feet.
"Oh, I… sing…" Faye said as Charlie waved Gabriel down.
"Hey guys," Gabriel sighed as he stopped in front of the three. His eyes trailed from the two boys to Faye who had moved to the window. "Who might this be?"
"This is Faye. She's my new neighbor," Charlie said.
"Oh, hey. Mind if I sit next to you?" Faye looked up at Gabriel and shook her head. "I'm Gabriel Silk, by the way,"
"Nice to meet you Gabriel," Faye said quietly as he slide into the seat next to her.
Gabriel gave the girl a small smile as the bus came to a stop in front of the gloomy walls of Bloor's Academy. Everyone got up and started walking to the front and went to meet their friends. The three boys got up as well and Gabriel helped Faye to her feet.
When the four where off the bus, Olivia Vertigo came bouncing up to the group with a girl.
"Ello everyone!" Olivia said as she and the girl stop. The girl had pink hair that went to her elbows. She was very slim with big blue eyes and pale skin, but not as pale as Faye.
"Hey, Livy," the three boys all muttered.
"This is Candy! She's new to Bloor's!" Olivia grinned brightly, almost as bright her neon green hair, as her eyes traveled to Faye. "Oh! Who's this?"
"This is Faye! She's lives in Charlie's neighborhood!" Fidelio said cheerfully as Faye looked down at her feet and mumbled a hi.
"Oh that's cool! I'm Olivia Vertigo; it's nice to meet you!" Olivia walked over to Faye to shake her hand but a girl bumped into her, making her fall into Fidelio. Charlie saw black and green disappeared into the crowd of green, blue, and purple capes.
"Are you okay Olivia?" Candy and Faye asked at the same time. Olivia stood up straight and brushed off her purple cape.
"Now that was rude…" Olivia smiled at the two new students. "I'm okay though!"
"That's good!" A deep male voice laughed from behind the four music students. Faye jumped and the four of them turned to see Tancred Torsson and Lysander Sage standing behind them. Faye's face went a bright red.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want you to get hurt," Lysander chuckled. He gave a board smile to Faye and Candy. "Who are these two?"
"This is Faye and Candy. They're the new students," Olivia said cheerfully.
"Nice to meet you two," Lysander said as he put out his hand to shake Faye's. Faye shyly put her gloved hand in his and shook it. "I'm Lysander, this is Tancred. It's nice to meet you two,"
"Nice to meet you too," Faye said in a quiet voice.
Lysander gave her a grin and went over to shake Candy's hand. Tancred leaned over to be Faye's level and grinned at her, making her face go a red color.
"Does anyone else think she reminds you of Emma?" he asked, still close to Faye's face, which was going a darker shade of red every second.
"Yeah, now that you mention it," Gabriel agreed.
"Where is Emma anyway?" Charlie asked.
"She went to help another new student, Asha, to her classes and what not," Tancred said as he stood up straight, making Faye sigh in relief. He looked over at Faye again and gave her a dazzling smile making her face go as red as a beet.
"Oh," Olivia said, and then looked at Faye's red face. "You okay there Faye?"
Faye turned to Olivia with an embarrass smile and nodded. "I'm fine,"
Olivia didn't believe it, but didn't say anything. "Alright,"
The hunting horn blew and everyone went to go inside.
"We better get going," Tancred said as he started for the door.
"Come on Faye, I'll be your guide," Gabriel said. "But we're not allowed to talk in the main hall. We can talk in the coat rooms though,"
"Alright, lead the way oh master of direction," Faye joked, making everyone laugh.
"Okay," Gabriel smiled and led her to the coat room.
"We better get going too, Candy, see you guys later!" Olivia said as she dragged Candy up the steps.
Charlie shook his head and was about to go up the steps when Tancred stop him.
"Charlie, do you know what Faye's endowment is?" Tancred asked.
Charlie shook his head. "She never said, though she did look upset when she told me she was endowed,"
Tancred nodded and started walking up the steps. Charlie followed and thought about it. What was Faye's endowment?
