Chapter 10. Together again.
The next day Franny walked to school with Lewis, holding his hand.
"Can you and I go to the park today?" Franny asked.
"Sure."
"Great." Franny grinned.
When they got to school Janice was waiting for them by the front doors.
"Hello Corny!" Janice said, ignoring Franny. "What are we doing today?"
"We're going to the park," Lewis replied, annoyed at Janices false happiness. "that is, if you mean Franny and I."
Janice glared at Lewis. "Uh-huh. You DO realise she's 4 years younger then you? And thats WRONG."
Lewis glared back. "We're friends." He thought he heard Franny mumble a quiet "oh".
Janice laughed. "Ha! Okay, Corny. What are you and I doing today?"
Franny stepped up. "Him and You are doing nothing! You are nothing but a horrible, mean girl!"
Janice rolled her eyes. "Get over it, brat."
"HEY!" Lewis shouted. "Don't call her that! She didn't do anything to you!"
"Forget you!" Janice shouted back. "Forget you, forget Franny, forget everybo-Oooh!"
Janice grabbed her stomach and collapsed in a heap.
Franny stood back, her hand raised in karate style. She looked down at Janice, when somebody suddenly shouted:
"TEACHER! VIOLENCE IN THE SCHOOLYARD! VI-I-I-I-OO-O-O-L-EE-N-CE!"
Franny looked scared, then shouted: "RUN!" Both her and Lewis ran away from school, to the park.
Lewis and Franny sat on the swings, laughing silently.
"You know, we have to go back to school today, and if its the case, take our punishments."
Franny laughed. "Your to much of a goody-goody, Cornelius. What happened to your arm?"
Lewis looked at his arm and sighed. A faint but still visible red mark lay on his arm, even though Wilbur had hit him almost two days ago.
"Nothing, just...Ran into a wall."
Franny shook her head. "Why would you do that?"
Lewis shrugged. "C'mon, we need to go to school."
"Nah, lets stay here, Cornelius." She batted her eyes and gave the last word a loving feeling. She grabbed his hand.
"Listen, Franny." Lewis said, closing his eyes. "I'm not your boyfriend," Yet. "and your not my girlfriend. We're just friends."
"Su-ure." Franny scoffed.
"Just friends." Lewis said again.
"Uh-huh." Franny replied.
"Lets go to school." Lewis said.
"Fine."
They both got up and trecked off to school, where Franny was sent to the princaples office, but didn't recieve anything worse then a gruff, loud scolding.
Lewis waited outside the door, waiting to comfort her or do anything to help.