❝You being an actual witch would be really helpful right now!❞
❝I just can't win with you people!❞
The concept of witches has been around for centuries. Challan Logan did not believe in witches one bit. She wasn't entirely sure where the myth had be...
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CHAPTER SEVEN. SEARCH PARTY
☆ミ ☆彡
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR DART, THE HALLWAYS NOW NEARLY EMPTY as most students have already gone home. The boys had split up and gone other ways to look for him, leaving Challan and Max alone to search where they weren't. Challan honestly wanted to just go home, not really up for searching for that strange creature. However, she didn't want to just leave Max alone with the boys, especially when Mike seemed to hate her and Challan's guts.
"I don't even know why we're helping them look. They don't deserve our help," Max muttered and Challan nodded in agreement as the two walked side by side, a skateboard tucked under Max's arm.
"'Respond intelligently even to unintelligent people'," Challan quoted absentmindedly.
Max looked over at her with a puzzled expression, "What?"
"Oh, it's just a quote," Challan mumbled, heat coming to her cheeks from embarrassment. She hadn't meant to say that out loud.
"Who said that?" Max inquired after a moment.
"Laozi also known as Lao Tzu. My mom would always say that to me because of..." Challan paused, taking a deep breath, "Because of the bullying and stuff. My grandma used to say it to her. And I get the whole 'take the high road' thing but sometimes, I hate taking the high road. You know?"
Max's head bobbed and she whispered, "Yeah."
"Sorry, that was probably bleak," Challan apologized.
"Bleak? You read a lot of encyclopedias or something?" Max joked. Challan could feel her face heat up again, from further embarrassment.
"No, I just, I just read a lot. Of books! Regular books. Not encyclopedias because that would be... weird," Challan said lamely and Max laughed.
"I'm just messing with ya. Come on."
The two walked through the gym and Max walked to the doors that led to the boys' locker room.
"That's the boys' locker room," Challan pointed out.
"Nobody will be in there. Come on," Max beckoned. Challan followed her through the doors and into the locker room, feeling out of place. She wrapped her arms around herself to ease her discomfort.
The two began looking around the locker room. Challan looked in her general vicinity first, not seeing anything. She sighed and unwrapped her hands from herself as she reluctantly started looking under benches. She quickly skimmed the cubbies, trying not to be invasive. The two continued searching for Dart, neither seeing the creature anywhere.
After a while, Challan's eyes found themselves gazing in Max's direction. The girl's red hair fell into her face, obscuring her vision and Challan watched her push strands of it behind her ear. The dark haired girl couldn't believe that she had made a friend. Someone so nice and cool. It almost felt too good to be true. Challan really hoped that this wasn't just some cruel joke. She didn't think her heart could take it.
