Up in Smoke

Ch 6

It was a quiet walk to the school but Ellison decided to ask Timmy a few questions.

Ellison asked, "I know this is silly but humor me. What's your favorite color?"

Timmy raised a brow, "Red. Why?"

Ellison teased, "You seem more like a pink person."

Timmy sarcastically replied, "Gee I wonder why."

To that, the head of the Tang family laughed.

He asked, "Favorite food?"

Timmy answered, "Pizza."

Ellison teased, "But of course, that's every teenager's favorite." To that, the pink hatted boy laughed. Ellison told him, "Now go ahead and ask me something."

Timmy asked, "Uh okay...um...favorite place to eat?"

Ellison was a bit taken back by that question but managed to answer, "Cafe Felix." When Timmy gave him a confused look, he added, "It's a Greek restaurant in Brightburg."

Timmy knew that Trixie and him had gone there before the fire even happened. The food wasn't too expensive, which was to Timmy's total surprise. The staff was great and they had a great time.

Timmy then asked, "What's your favorite place to shop?"

Ellison replied, "Dacy's, or it used to be."

Timmy just nodded. He knew that it was going to be hard for them to adjust to things that used to be on a silver platter. Thankfully, they had arrived at the school before anything else happened. Crunch was waiting for them to let them in. He was in janitor clothing.

Crunch asked, "Mr. Tang? Timmy Turner?"

Ellison answered, "Yes thank you for opening the door for us."

Crunch stated, "Any time, you will find Principal Waxelplax in her office."

Timmy teased, "And not chasing any jelly donuts I hope."

To that, Crunch laughed. Ellison and Timmy went in as Crunch followed behind. They walked down the hall to Principal Waxelplax's office. The door was open and the two of them saw the principal smiling at them.

She told them, "C'mon in, both of ya. Crunch was starting to tell me a bit about what happened to Trixie."

Ellison and Timmy went into the office. Crunch closed the door for them, resuming his duties.

Ellison started to say, "So how much...?"

She offered, "Do I know?" To that, Ellison had nodded his head. She added, "Well, like I said it wasn't much."

Timmy commented, "Principal Waxelplax, on Saturday, the whole Tang mansion went up in a blaze with Trixie still inside."

Ellison added sadly, "The doctor said that she might be blind after all of this."

Upon saying that, Ellison started to cry. Timmy placed his hand on Ellison's shoulder. Waxelplax gave him a box of tissues. Ellison took a tissue, blowing his nose into it. He wiped his tears away but they kept coming back. Timmy wasn't trying to cry - for Trixie's sake. He turned to his principal.

He asked, "Does that mean Trixie would be transferred to a blind school?"

Waxelplax modestly answered, "I rather her stay at Dimmsdale Elementary. Since it is her last year here, we should make the most of it. We can change things to make sure that there is braille all around the school. But you know as well as I do if she does stay for the last year..."

Timmy finished, "She's gonna get bullied."

Ellison sniffled, "B - by Francis?"

Waxelplax shook her head, "It's not Francis I'm worried about."