You sit down in the French classroom, always having Charles next to you.
" - How good are you at learning languages?
- I think I'm good. Besides English, I can also speak French and a bit of German along with a few words in Russian.
- Russian? Really?
- Yeah, but I didn't learn much.
- Sounds cool anyway.
- Heh, thank you."
Mrs. Dechambre enters the class and welcomes you with a bright smile.
" - Bonjour tout le monde!
- Bonjour Madame."
(Translation if needed: " - Good morning everybody!
- Good morning, ma'am.")
She smiles at the new student.
" - I suppose you are Charles, right?
- En personne, madame." He replies
(Translation: "Himself, ma'am.")
She nods happily and takes some sheets out of her folder.
"Fantastique! Maintenant, revenons à la page 17..."
(Translation: "Amazing! Now, let's get back to page 17...")
Today, you are going to learn some grammar about the French language, especially focusing of the past perfect, which is called "plus-que-parfait" in French.
"All you have to do is to take the verb "to have" and conjugate it to the past form, then add the verb in the past participle form. If you have "I had eaten an apple", how would you translate that?"
Charles immediately raises his hand.
" - Yes, Charles?
- "J'avais mangé une pomme".
- Perfect!"
"Why does it always have to be about apples?!"
The period finally ends with the ring of the bell. Next, you have geography and then a break. During your 10 minutes of freedom, Charles comes to you.
" - Hey, [Y/n], I've heard we're having German class after the break. What are you learning?
- Well, for now we're seeing the Past Simple, or what you'd call "Präteritum". (German people, please correct me if I'm wrong)
- This sounds complicated.
- It's actually quite simple.
- Let's find an isolated place to talk about that, if you don't mind...
- Um... yeah, sure."
A few moments later, the both of you are alone.
" - I was wondering if we could go to that little grey house of yours surrounded by a white wooden fence so we could have more time to spend together.
- How do you know where I live?!
- As I said, your borther is too chatty.
- He never mentionned he told you our address.
- He doesn't need to say everything. What do you think of that?
- I have to talk about this to my parents.
- Take your time."
A few hours later, lunchtime finally arrives. You settle down with Raven and Brian around a table when suddenly Charles comes out of nowhere.
"Hello again guys! Can I join?"
Your friend nods and gives him a seat.
"Thank you..." He says, smiling wickedly.
You start eating [favorite lunch] while everyone around you is talking.
" - Ah, I see you brought your favorite lunch today!
- How... do you know that's my favorite lunch?"
You look at him suspiciously.
" - Brian told you, is that it?
- I didn't.
- And you told him where we lived?
- Neither.
- Then how does he know that?"
You all stare at him.
"Well..."
He chuckles nervously.
" - I have... good friends in the neighbourhood who told me about you...
- You said you were new in town...
- I made friends quickly..."
The rest of the lunchtime goes on with an awkward silence.
At the end of the day, you walk back home, accompanied by your brother.
" - Do you understand now why this guy gives me the creeps?
- Yeah, kinda. He seems to know a lot about us... Way too much actually.
- I don't feel safe around him... I feel like I'm constanly being watched... even right now..."
You turn around and get startled, watching in fear the person walking in a distance.
A black hood seems to be following you.
"Brian... I think we're being followed..."
He turns back and looks at the silhouette.
"Yeah... and this is not going to end well if we don't hurry up..."
He grabs your arm and starts running with you towards your house. When you burst into the entry, your mother looks at you, surprised.
" - Why are you so shaken?
- Someone... someone was hunting us down!
- Why do you youngster always make up stories with no evidence?
- We SAW someone following us!
- Maybe that person was just going in the same direction as you."
You sigh, realizing that she doesn't believe you. When you go to the living room and look by the window outlooking the street, you see Charles walking by. You shiver.
"It was him all along."
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