It had been an accident. Tancred had tripped over his own two feet and had bumped into Annett. Suddenly, his body was throbbing with pain and he fell to the ground.

Lysander hurried over to them. He glanced at his best friend, then glared at Annett. "What did you do to him?!"

"I-I," She looked scared, panicked. She stepped backwards and her lip trembled, as if she were about to cry. She turned and ran out of the room.

Lysander knelt down beside Tancred. "Dude, what happened?"

Tancred was in shock, but he got up and stared at the door. "Her touch...it, like shocks you."

"Do you think she's endowed?" Lysander wondered.

Tancred nodded. "Definitely." And ran after her.

"Did you just...." Olivia's eyes opened with shock.

"Read your mind?" Gary smiled.

Yes, thought Olivia as she nodded, I got my smile.

"Yes, that's my endowment. I've never told anybody. It was an accident." Gary explained.

"It's a secret?" Olivia was confused.

Gary nodded. "There's a reason I can and there's a reason my sister can do what she does. You have to promise not to tell anyone, Olivia Vertigo, what I do because that may mean I never see you again."

"Never see me again?" Olivia was star struck. Had he really just said that? Did he like her?

"You'll have to make sure I stick around to find out." Gary teased.

"I'll make sure you do," Olivia promised.

"Great," Gary turned to look at the teacher, who had an announcement.

"I have the cast list for our play, Romeo and Juliet! Our Romeo is Gary Rushing and our Juliet is Olivia Vertigo!"

The two didn't listen to the rest of the list; they just smiled at each other.

Now Olivia had to make Gary stuck around. She would get to kiss him.

The teacher announced the date of the performance.

Gary frowned.

sorry it's so short. it looked longer in the note book i wrote in. The next chapter will be longer and they'll almost spill the beans on their little secret, so read on! I'll try to update soon. i'm writing like a hundred stories write now and put 3 on fanfiction and i'm going to start another CB story with only the original characters. look out for it.

xoxo and merry Christmas, alliey1213