A/N: Here's our middle chapter!


Chapter Two: Forever and Always

"I DON'T WANNA!" A tired Connor yelled loudly. It was 9 in the morning and his first day of Preschool.

"I know you don't want to, Connor," Evelyn sighed. "But you have to. Mommy and Daddy have to go to work and Max needs to go see her family," she partially lied. Max was going to be home all day, but Connor didn't need to know that.

"NO! NO NO NO NO!" Connor screamed. He slammed his door shut and locked it.

"Hey Max?" Evelyn called. "I need you to get Connor ready for school, he locked himself in his room."

"On it," Maxine replied, phasing her way through the wall.

Connor was hiding under his blankets, crying. He didn't want to meet new people. He wanted to stay home with his parents and Max! His older siblings were already gone to their school, his was supposed to start at noon.

Max took the blanket off her youngest charge. "Connor?" She asked softly.

"No," Connor whimpered. He looked at Max with large red eyes. "No…"

"I know you don't want to go, buddy…" Max whispered. "How about I go with you, just for today?"

"Y- You will?" He sniffled.

"Just until you make a new friend, okay?" She said.

"O- Okay…"


At the preschool, which was located in Amity Park Elementary, Connor walked in with his mother, looking extremely nervous. Max was there, but her ecto-signature was excluded from the ghost detectors, just in case she had to go pick up one of the kids or something.

As his mother talked with his teacher, Connor put his things in the cubby that had his name on it. Without looking, he bumped into someone. "S- Sorry," he mumbled, before looking up.

He saw a girl with pure white hair, tanned skin, and pinkish-red eyes. She was wearing a sailor dress with shiny black shoes and white socks.

"Hi," the girl chirped with a smile. "My name is Ornella, what's yours?"

"C- Connor," he looked away. He prefered to be on his own, but this girl was being nice to him…

Ornella grabbed his hand. "C'mon, let's go play with the blocks," she said with a grin. "And you can meet my friend, Amy."

Once at the block area, Connor noticed another girl with black hair and violet eyes. "Who'd you bring over here, Ella?"

"This is Connor," Ella replied. "Connor, meet Amy."

Connor waved meekly, plopping himself on the ground and building a box with the blocks. He didn't seem to be paying attention to anything, though he knew Max was probably watching.


The rest of the school day went by uneventfully. Connor was painfully shy, even though Ella and Amy were practically pushing him into doing different things. When it was time for naps, Connor actually slept between the two girls, and when it was time to go…

"NO!" Connor screamed. "I- I don't wanna leave, mommy!"

Evelyn had a knowing smile. "Did you make some new friends today, little man?"

The boy nodded, looking at his mother, then at his friends. "Mhm," he replied softly.

"Well how about we wait here for their parents, and then I can talk with them?" His mother asked. "Then we can invite them over some time."

Connor nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, yeah!" He exclaimed, hugging his mother. "Can we invite them over tonight?"

"Maybe, bud," she replied with a smile. "Now get your stuff ready, okay?"

"Okay, mommy!"

With that, Connor left to grab his stuff, while Evelyn waited for the children's parents, who came rather quickly. They talked for a bit while the kids played in the playground. Phone numbers and addresses were exchanged for playdates.

Max watched invisibly with a smile. It looked like her youngest charge had found friends after all.