Chapter 16: Suprises
It was Saturday and Charlie was still angry at Terra, it wasn't Fulton's fault. Charlie got up late in the afternoon and went for a walk in the park. He was sitting by the frozen pond. No one was on it. He saw Fulton out of the corner of his eye.
"Why did you ignore us last night?" Fulton's deep voice came from beside him. He walked in front of Charlie and took the seat on his right.
"Why were you with her last night?" came Charlie's retort. Fulton explained that He had invited Terra for Charlie. Charlie looked over at Fulton.
"She was crying, you know?" Charlie nodded. "Then why did you ignore her? You've never acted like that before."
"Why when I came near you, she turned away from me? She didn't want me to see her cry, but she let you. Why did she do that?" Fulton looked at Charlie in awe. Was he actually asking this question?
"You are so stupid at times. She likes you Charlie. To her, crying is a weakness. She doesn't want you to see any weakness in her. She doesn't mind me seeing her cry, because she doesn't like me like that. She likes you, Charlie." Charlie was confused. He had never known a more complex girl, and he did not know that Fulton was so wise. Charlie stood up and started walking away.
"Where are you going? Charlie?" Charlie called, "To see if I can fix things!" With those words, he ran off over the hill.
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Terra was not at home. There was a note on the door saying that she was at school. Charlie went to school, and looked everywhere. He couldn't find her. He decided to give up and talk to her on Monday. He was still a little wound up and agitated over Terra's false note. He walked into the hockey arena and decided to skate for awhile. But someone was already on the ice. Whoever it was, was really good. They were ice skating, and doing hard moves. He walked down to the boxes and looked to the skating figure draw closer and closer. She turned and landed and jump. She whipped her hair around and her face was revealed. It was Terra.
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Terra was at the ice skating rink..skating. She did not know why she had told everyone that she couldn't skate. She just wanted to keep it her secret. She was still angry that Charlie had ignored her like that. Fulton had told her that he was normally never like that. Terra skated her routine. She did not know what she was doing, she was just skating. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts, that she never saw Charlie standing beside the rink. She was spinning and spinning and twirling, and whirling. Suddenly she stopped. She looked around and saw someone standing near her. He was unmistakable. It was Charlie.