Disclaimer: I do own most of the characters and this setting. I do not own certain loup-garou characters mentioned that belong to Ms. Klause.
A Little Too Excited
Chapter 3: Gloomy
Getting up in the morning is hard, especially with a mother like mine poking her head in nagging me to wake. Every morning it's the same at 7:00, "Charlie sweetie? Time to wake up." The same words over and over, everyday. If she woke me one day with "Charlie sweetie? It's time to wake up." I might have a cow. Only one word difference I know but she's that predictable.
Just like its predictable that every morning after I shower, dress and eat cereal she will glower at Adelaide, who comes to walk with me to school every morning. She cant openly say anything bad against Adelaide, she's practically a saint, but she can however shoot her looks and make her feel distinctly uncomfortable every time she comes over.
It was a relief to get out of the house.
Adelaide started talking about a guy from school and even though I knew I should listen, after all she always listens to me, but I just couldn't keep my mind from drifting back to yesterday, with Jacque in our loft.
That was the farthest we'd gone in our year together. Sad but true and I couldn't help replay it over and over in my mind. I licked my lips deviously as I thought of ways to test his excitement tonight.
"You're not listening." Adelaide sighed puffing out air so her auburn bangs flew up away from her green eyes in an unconscious but familiar gesture of exasperation.
"What was your first clue?" I asked apologetically, giving her a sheepish grin.
"Well if the far away expression and licking of lips didn't give it away, I'd say the fact that you didn't respond when I said I was doing your twelve year old brother confirmed it." Adelaide laughed spouting out a long sentence while doing so in a rush of breath and a breeze. Adelaide did everything so gracefully, so effortlessly, an advantage of being a loup-garou I envied deeply.
"And now you're feeling sorry for your self." Adelaide confirmed, reading me well.
"It's not at all fair that you're so perfect." I told her glancing back to where Simon was walking a block behind with his friends. "I wish I was loup-garou."
"Oh hush." Adelaide scoffed looping her arm around mine.
Just then a familiar engine growled behind me. A old pickup in need of serious internal and external repair, driven by the only guy to ever make me blush: Jacque Lefevre.
"Charlie." He called over the roar of the truck through his open window. "Adelaide." He nodded at her in acknowledgement and she returned it. "Would you ladies like a ride?"
"In case you haven't noticed I only live three blocks from school, Jacque." I teased but ran around the truck to climb in anyway.
Adelaide shook her head. "No thanks Jacque. See you at school in an hour Charlie."
And she walked away shaking her head in amusement.
"How'd she know?" I asked reaching over to kiss him while he surprisingly did drive me toward the schoolhouse.
"She doesn't actually. You are making it to school on time today." He squeezed my hand with his free one, "I just wanted to see you before I went to work."
"Work?" I cocked an eyebrow.
"Giles thought it would do me good to help your dad pick up the store today."
"Oh Sweet Moon!" I had picked up a lot of the loup-garou phrases and though I refrained from using them around my parents they tended to pop out in times like these.
"Yeah, I don't think he realizes that your mom will be there and will ultimately kill me or I'll loose control and the store will be more worse off then it already is."
"But..But I thought Giles liked us? Why is he torturing you and me this way!"
"You?" Jacque arched his brows.
"Yes imagine my sorrow when I come to the store after school and find my mother standing in the pool of blood around your body!" The sad thing was I was only half joking.
"Thanks for the faith angel, thanks for the faith." Jacque kissed me before pulling me out his door with him. We had parked in front of the school and as per usual he had to walk me to the door.
"Well don't come running to me when she clobbers you with a dull bread knife and hacks your head off."
"Such violence in the morning? Really Charlotte?" He teased kissing me lightly on the lips in the doorway.
"Be careful." I said seriously.
"I will angel." He kissed me once more before walking back to his truck and driving to meet his doom.
I really was gloomy today.
This was a terrible chapter I know! But it had to be done because Charlie was being temperamental and would not be funny….
So gloom yes that is my punishment! But you'd rather Charlie have a gloomy day than Vivian right? I promise the chapter of all plot revealing will be ready for that story at least by Monday! Don't hurt me for working on this when I'm in a funk. I cant destroy my own stuff! That's what this dabble is for!
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