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I don't own Charlie Bone, only some of the characters and this Fanfic.

Woo! Getting deeper into the story. Hope you like it! x

Chapter 7 – One Whole Conversation

I was probably one of the first one's to make their way to the King's room, since I had slipped out of the dining hall early, undetected. I hadn't seen any of the other endowed children. That was good. Not that I don't like my endowed friends but at least I can have some time to myself to sulk about missing home. It was quiet down the corridors that lead to the King's room. It was too quiet, instantly making me nervous. I started to increase my pace. The sooner I get to the stupid room, the better. Once the tense feeling had passed I slowed down, inches away from the door of the King's room. I was about to reach out to open it when a cold hand wrapped tightly around my wrist and pulled me to the corner.

Manfred's POV:

Okay, grabbing her wasn't necessary, but I wanted to touch her. Not in a creepy, perverted way. Her skin was so warm, compared to my icy hands. I wanted to hold her close to me. I realised I was standing there like an idiot, still holding her arm. But I didn't let go. Her glare was a mixture of anger and confusion, staring at me expectantly.

"You can let go, you know." She said, with a slightly amused look on her perfect face.

Immediately, I dropped her arm and it fell to her sides. I mumbled an apology, staring at the ground, before I realised what I was here for.

"What are you doing here so early?" I asked, folding my arms across my chest.

"Erm…Going to the King's room?" It sounded more like a question than an answer. Her face looked so innocent and confused. Aww.

I stifled a laugh. Cute and funny. Nice.

"I mean what are you doing out the dining hall so early, you're supposed to stay there until Dr. Bloor tells everyone they can leave."

"Then why are you here?" She asked.

That was a good question. And I'd never own up to the truth of why I was even here. Because the truth was that I followed her, after I noticed her leaving the dining hall. Yeah, okay that must sound really creepy and makes me sound like an obsessive stalker. But I was…concerned.

"I'm the head boy, I'm allowed to leave." I explained, quickly making up some false crap. It's not like she would find out. There was an awkward silence as we both looked anywhere but at each other.

"So why are you here?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"Got bored." She said with a sheepish grin.

"You do realise that's a lame excuse."

"But it's the truth!" I tried to muffle another laugh, unsuccessfully. She glared at me with those cute, brown eyes.

"Right. What's your name?" Like I didn't know. I knew it like the back of my hand, but I decided to play dumb.

"Summer Anderson." She sighed. "What so I'm in trouble, just because of this?"

She looked at me with her sad, yet annoyed eyes. I guess I could let her off just this once.

"I'll let you off, just because you're new, but don't let this happen again." Please let this happen again.

"Thanks."

"Well we better go in then, whilst the others get here." I held the door to the King's room open for Summer to go in, before following her.

Summer's POV:

Well that was…unexpected. I was sure he'd give me detention or something, because from what I'd heard he was that mean. But he actually seemed quite…nice. It was just me and Manfred in the King's room, but I could here other kids making their way to their class outside the room. Finally, some other endowed children entered the room. Unfortunately it was Zelda whatever-her-last-name-was and some other girl whose name I couldn't remember. They went to sit near Manfred.

I didn't realise I was staring at them until they turned there gaze onto me, sending me creepy death glares. I looked away for a while, feeling uneasy, before turning back to check if they were still death-glaring me. Yep, still death-glaring.

I noticed Manfred staring at the two girls, giving them warning looks, which instantly made them stop staring at me. Manfred turned to look at me, giving me a reassuring smile. He really was nice. I couldn't understand why all the kids feared him.

The door flew open, to reveal two guys walking in. It was Tancred Torsson and Lysander Sage. Tancred sat down in his usual seat next to me, whilst Lysander sat on the other side of Tancred. I had grown to like these two boys, they were nice and welcoming, despite Tancred's short temper. Sometimes, when Tancred was feeling down, a jolt of electricity would pass between us, whenever we touched. I thought this might have something to do with both our endowments since they were quite similar to each other.

The two boys turned to talk to me.

"Hey. How are you liking Bloors so far?" Lysander asked.

"Erm…it's alright…I guess."

"I bet you must be bored to death!" Tancred said jokingly.

"You have no idea." I muttered.

After a short few minutes, the rest of the endowed children came into the room. I worked through my homework quicker than usual, glancing up occasionally at Manfred.