Charlie Bone and Olivia Vertigo were walking down the hall. They had agreed to meet eachother after one of their classes to talk about what new scheme the Bloor's might be planning this year. But as they rounded the corner, they saw something that they had not expected. Emma and Tancred were stanging together, Tancred's arms wrapped protectively around Emma's shoulders. They were kissing as if they were going to die tomorrow, and this was their last chance. Charlie stood dumb. Olivia, who sometimes lacked tact yelled out "EMMA?! What happened? Why are you kissing TANCRED?!" in such a loud voice that soon, everyone in the school, it seemed, had migrated to that hallway. Emma turned around, her eyes wide and lost as if she had just woken up. Tancred regretfully unwrapped his arms.
"Thanks!" he said angrily, glaring at Olivia and Charlie. Emma looked around at all the faces, who were staring curiously, and some annoyed, back into hers. The crowd soon broke apart with mutters of "those endowed freaks" and curses from Tancred's many admirers. Olivia shrugged.
"I knew it would happen, I just expected somewhere...better." She cast a glance around the gritty walls and badly cleaned corridor.
"Oh, yeah? You KNEW?!" Tancred was fuming, and his cape was swirling dangerously. Olivia laughed.
"Of course. It was sort of obvious..." Charlie couldn't help giving a slight nod. That didn't improve Tancred's mood.
"I'll see you around...I guess," he said to Emma, before striding away, terrified younger children scurrying out of his path. Emma watched him for a moment, her eyes filling with tears, before running down the opposite way Tancred had gone.
Olivia watched them both go with indifference. "Well...that went well..." she said, shrugging again.
"Are you kidding?! Tancred looked like he wanted to blow the school down, Emma ran crying!"
"It'll pass..." Olivia said confidently. She looked after Emma for a moment before saying "You know Charlie, the school play is coming up...".
Charlie shrugged and said "Yeah. Are you in it?"
"Yup! And I'd really like you to come..." she turned towards him. Charlie was nervous. He didn't mind being around girls, but Olivia had that look in her eye that meant either she was hinting at something important, or thinking up some cunning plan. Charlie couldn't think of what she'd be hinting at, so he tried to guess her plan. Whatever it was, Olivia wouldn't say it until she was ready. He thought maybe she had overheard something the Bloor's had said. Maybe this was too public of a place to asy it openly.
"Maybe we should go somewhere more private, if you have something you need to tell me...?" He said, a little uncertainly. Olivia blushed. He'd never seen her blush before. That was odd.
"OK, if you think we should..." Olivia smiled at him. There was something different in her smile too. Maybe she was coming down with something. "Outside on the grounds...that's where everyone goes." Again Charlie was confused.
"Sure..." he shrugged. They walked out onto the grounds, and walked to the ruins. Olivia couldn't stop smiling. When they reached the ruins she turned to him, closed her eyes, and laned forward.