How to Survive as an Uneducated Peculiar

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~Fiona's POV~

"You don't talk much, huh?" Percy  asked me as he drove, following three cars to the loop entrance. 

I had been sitting silently in the passenger seat for about an hour, while Percy and TJ had talked a bit about things I didn't understand. Charlie and Natalie had fallen asleep along the way, their heads together as they slept. Percy sometimes turned on the music while he drove, but at the moment it was off.

I had tried to fall asleep on the way, seeing as it was about eight in the morning and I had hardly gotten sleep the night before, but I haven't been able to sleep in stranger's presence.

"I'm not great at conversation." I said quietly. It wasn't really lying, I was terrible at making conversation, but wasn't the true reason I wasn't talking to the boys. It's trust, mainly. I don't really trust just anyone, just my friends and Miss Peregrine.

"We all are bad at awkward conversation, what's the real reason?" Percy asked. I looked at him as he smirked at me, being able to tell I was lying.

"I hardly know you." I said. 

"Well let's get to know each other." Percy said. "My name is Percy Markley. I'm 17, I'm from Orlando, I have three sisters, I have the extremely weird power to teleport myself and multiple people at one time, oh, and I my zodiac sign is Virgo. What about you?" 

"Ignore him," a voice from behind me said. I turned around to see that Charlie was up. He stretched a bit and yawned, before sitting up. "He's just trying to be annoying."

"Hey, Char, how are you feeling?" Percy asked.

"Like I've been electrocuted." He said. 

"Why isn't Natalie up yet?" TJ said. Her head had fallen on his shoulder, her hair having gone from white to a dark brown.

"Her pain tolerance is weak," Charlie said. "And she's probably exhausted. Let her sleep." He moved some of her hair out of her face as she slept, revealing her tear stained cheeks.

"What happened since I was out?" Charlie asked. 

"Well," TJ started. "We had some sort of truce with our kidnappers after what happened to you guys, and the Portman kid is leading us to some sort of entrance to something." 

"Where's Emily, Luke, Max, and Vicky?" Charlie asked.

"Max and Luke are in their car, while Em and Vicky are in your car with Millard Nullings." Percy explained. Charlie raised an eyebrow.

"With Millard Nullings?" He asked.

"Yeah," TJ said. "Why?" 

"Em likes him." Charlie replied. I started giggling at his response, knowing that the feeling is mutual.

"You okay?" Percy asked, a grin on his face.

"Sorry. It's nothing." I said.

"He likes her,doesn't he?" TJ asked. I only smiled, causing them to smile.

"She definitely likes him," Charlie said. "Just like someone likes someone else." He looked at TJ, then Natalie, causing Percy to grin and TJ to go red.

"Shut up, Charlie!" TJ said, before giving Charlie a shove and slumping down and sulking. I gave another small laugh at his attitude.

"So, why don't you tell us more about yourself?" Percy suggested. I guess he took my amusement as an opportunity to talk to me.

"I don't know what to tell." I said simply, not wanting much of a conversation.

"Oh, c'mon!" Charlie said. "All we know about is that your Irish, and that your friends with the people who kidnapped us."