𝐄𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ; 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

FOUR

Frances sat on a stool near Charles and Edwin while she had a strawberry milkshake topped with white whipped cream "I can practically taste the milkshake" Charles stared at the sugary drink with a frown, he missed tasting the nice flavors "If you were able to drink it I probably would give you some, there's no way I will finish this" Frances took the Red, shinny cherry off the whipped cream and took a bite of it "ugh and the cherry too?!" Charles groaned and covered his eyes with his hands, not wanting to look at the teen girls drink one of his favorite drinks.

"Let's focus on why were here." Edwin spoke up "we need to know more details about the witch if we're going in her house" He crossed both of his hands together "Witches can see ghosts?" Frances asked while she brought the white straw up to her lips "anyone who has been near death can see us" Edwin informed, Frances never knew that, same with Crystal. "if she can see us, she can hurt us." 

"Wow that's definitely confirmed as a supernatural case, we got a witch that steal kids, talking cats and now the creep fog outside" Frances looked to her left and saw a group of young teens snickering at the two girls, Crystal got up from her stool and went to the bathroom to hide "I still can't believe witches are real" Frances took a sip from her milkshake, the cold beverage made her throat cold "witches are powerful" France blinked multiple times due to a brain freeze "mhm, what if that talking cat is the witches cat? Y'know how witches always have cats" Edwin sighed while Charles smirked "possibly" 

The teenage girls started to laugh again, staring directly at Frances. She balled her fist up "I'm tired of them" She got up from the stool "don't do that!" Edwin tried to stop her, but she kept walking. "What's so funny?" The girl with light blonde hair chuckled before she talked "You're talking to yourself about witches? Same with your weird friend." Frances gave a fake smile "and you're not minding your business." The blonde laughed again "Go away you freak" She rolled her bright eyes while her other friends laughed loudly. 

In England, a lot of people would call Frances a freak because she could see supernatural things, no one would believe her. The group of girls calling her a freak got her mad, extremely mad. "Don't call me that." "freak." She said once again, the girls behind her started to repeat the words freak. "Okay, you know what?" She grabbed the blondes chocolate milkshake and threw it in her face, then put the glass on the counter. The whole place gasped in disbelief "okay that is unacceptable." The worker behind the counter put her cloth down and went to the girls "They started it."

Charles came up behind Frances, he grabbed her arms and dragged her away "okay yeah lets not do that" Frances pushed the ghost's hands off "You do not know what its like to be called a freak your whole entire life, do you!? Clearly you don't. I'm leaving." With that, Frances left the shop, leaving them all three behind. She leaned on the brick wall and took a deep breath, she didn't mean to snap at Charles but she was just tired at people for thinking shes a weirdo or a freak simply for having a special talent.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening them, only to see Charles standing right in front of her "jesus!" She yelled after getting freighted "Oo sorry" He moved out of her way and leaned on the bricks by her right "Sorry for snapping" Frances looked down at her pales hands in embarrassment, inside the small cafe it looked like she yelled at herself, making her look more like a freak. 

"It's alright" He acted like it was not a big deal, mainly because he dealt with Edwin for 30 years and Edwin is a bit... grumpy. "its just- I've been called freak for a long time.. it hurts me when I walk into a place with everyone staring at me while whispering things" 

"Being a freak isn't all that bad" Charles spoke up while looking at the bright moon  "That just means you're unique" Frances stopped looking at her hands before she looked at Charles "how is that unique?" Charles looked down at the shorter girl "They bully you for seeing ghost, they can't see us, that's what makes you unique" Frances smiled at his comment before speaking up "Wait- are you trying to flirt with me?" Charles laughed and quickly looked back at the sky "Maybe I am, am I doing a good job at it?" He asked her, she started to laugh with him "Uh no, you're not." Charles took offense to that, his mouth opened up "Wow! So rude to me." He put his hand on his chest, pretending he's hurt "stop acting like you have a heart, you're dead" "I may be dead, but I still have a heart.." "yeah metaphorically speaking."