Okay so I haven't updated in so long, but I'll try to make this as long as I can to make up for the time missed!
Disclaimer: I do not own COTRK... really can't much more blunt that that. Jenny Nimmo and Orchard Books do.
Tancred knew better, but it seems as if Matron was the best person to ask for help, as stupid as it seemed, so he ran to the infirmary and found that Matron Yewbeam was not there.
Fourtunately she came in with Manfred a few moments later.
"What do you want, Torrson?" snarled Manfred.
Tancred blew a harsh wind, but for the most part managed to keep his endowment under control.
"Matron, Charlie's hurt!" he cried ignoring Manfred's slight smirk.
"What's the silly boy done?" she snapped.
He was just talking and he fell over in pain!" he cried. "Please help him!"
When Charlie awoke he was in the infirmary, Billy and Tancred leaning over him.
"Charlie, you're awake!" cried Tancred.
"It hurts..." murmured Charlie.
"I know... it really does..." said Billy with a sigh.
"No more vistors!" snapped Matron marching in. "Get to class!"
The boys reluctantly left the infirmary and headed off to class.
"Well, well, that didn't take you long to break your promise," growled the Matron.
"I... sorry..."
Why did I sign the stupid thing?
"If you keep doing that you'll never get your father."
Charlie remembered why he had signed the oath.
Charlie's whole family came into the infirmary (excluding Lyell of course) all talking at once.
"Charlie, what happened?" Exclaimed Paton kneeling beside Charlie, who looked away not willing to break his oath again.
"He probably deserved it, the stupid boy..." muttered Venetia who had yet to hear about his oath.
"Well what happened?" snapped Grandma Bone.
Charlie saw an oppertunity for Paton to know his prediciment, without breaking the oaths.
"I signed an oath, Grandma."
Unfourtunately the oaths seemed to notice his loophole and he felt a stab of pain, crying out as he did.
"Oh, Charlie, why would you do that?" Paton wrapped his arms around Charlie, who desperately wanted to respond.
"Can somebody get Uncle Paton out?"
"Charlie?"
"Please, anyone?"
Venetia pushed and locked Paton out.
Eustacia sat in the chair beside Charlie's bed.
"So what did your oath say?"
"Well..." Charlie racked his brain. "I... I have to do everything Mr. Ezekiel tells me... I have to try hard in school... I can't plan against the Bloors... I said I wouldn't talk to the quote-unquote wrong side of the endowed and I can't tell them about my oath... that was what I accidently did..."
Eustacia looked pleased.
"You were wise to take that oath, but tell me, why did you?"
"Mr. Ezekiel told me that next week I could know where dad if I did..."
"Well, then..." Eustacia said looking at Charlie and reading his thoughts.
I already miss Livvy... and Uncle P... and... everyone...
"Charlie, there's nothing to miss," she said smiling and running her fingers through the small amount of har that wasn't quite as tangly. "You won't regret joining us, it's alot more beneficial."
"What's that mean?"
Eustacia sighed.
"Part one in doing your best in school: beneficial means you get benefits."
"Oh... mom?" he started before he cried out in pain, surprising everyone in the room.
"Let's give Charlie a break," said Lucretia ushering everyone out and turning the lights out as she followed them.
Eustacia was still reading his thouhts as she left.
Grandma Bone SO owes me a candy bar...