Violated: What's a Happy Ending

30 - Step Two

"Well that's cool, Let's go check out the shops now. They literally have a shop for everything!" Craig said excitedly and I laughed and followed him further into the building. 

Now when Craig said they had a shop for everything, I didn't think he meant Everything. They had a shop for things from rock collections to trips to mars; from Anime to science nerd things. 

I'll admit Craig and I looked at almost everyone and found almost all of them fairly interesting. 

"What're those?" I asked Craig as I pointed towards a small tent outside the building that was covered in colors.

"Not sure, probably something stupid," he paused and glared at the tent for a few seconds. 

"Let's check it out," He said with a curious tone making me laugh as he started to walk towards it. 

"Bonjour," The lady in the tent said and I smiled at her. 

"Bonjour," I said before scanning the tent. 

"So it's a place filled with a lot of different accessories. Look at those bracelets," Craig said before going over to a shelf and picking up two different Bracelets. 

One had a green strap that wrapped around a White gem and the other looked the same but the strap was blue. 

"Cool," I said as I grabbed the one with a blue gem. 

"How much are they?" Craig asked the lady. 

"Un pour neuf, duex pour sieze," the lady said and I nodded while Craig cocked his head. 

"One for nine or two for sixteen," I said and he nodded. 

"You speak French?" he asked and I shrugged. 

"A bit. One of my foster homes had someone who spoke French so I picked up some and then last year they had a class for it," I explained and he nodded. 

"Are bracelets like this normally this expensive or no? I never buy bracelets," he said and I shrugged. 

"Madam, why are they so expensive?" I asked the lady and she got up from her rocking chair and walked towards us. 

She gently took the bracelet from my hand and moved my palm so it was facing upwards. She attached the bracelet around my wrist and put my hand on my heart. 

"Se détendre (Relax)," she said softly and I took a breath and cleared my head.  

"Look," she said and I looked at the bracelet and realized the gem color turned to a Bold blue. 

She took a paper off the shelf and handed it to me. 

I quickly read it and nodded. 

"They are supposedly magic. It says that if you relax it'll change color depending on wh-whoever you're closest to. I-it also can do different things like glow or crack depending on said persons actions," I explained and he nodded. 

"They're cool, but I do not have that kind of money on me," Craig said with slight disappointment hidden in his voice. 

"I can get them," I said as I took the blue one from him. 

"No, you don't have to. It's fine," he said. 

"Well, I want one too. Think of it as a really, really early Christmas present if it bothers you that much," I said as I followed the lady towards the cash register. 

"I'm back, Maman," I heard a lady say from behind me and I saw a girl with bright red hair walk inside the tent. 

"Salut, Claire, (Hi, Claire)" the woman said with a smile as I handed her a twenty. 

"Gardex la monnaie, (Keep the change)" I said as she put the money in the register. 

She smiled at me a nodded. 

She handed me the blue bracelet back -she let me keep the green one on and just rung up the blue one twice- and chuckled a bit. 

She pointed behind me and I saw Craig talking to the red-haired girl who was laughing while he seemed to be frustrated but at the same time, very dedicated. 

"What is he doing now? Merci au revoir (Thank you, goodbye)" I said and she nodded at me before I went over towards them. 

"Are you okay?" I asked with a chuckle and he quickly shook his head. 

"French is so complicated. I can barely say bonjour properly," he said and he was right. He didn't pronounce it properly, but he was close enough where you knew what he was saying. 

"You have the word right, just you don't have the a-accent," I said with a laugh and he rolled his eyes. 

"I give up!" He exclaimed making me and the girl laugh. 

"Hi, I'm Claire," She said holding out a hand to me.

"Tweek," I said with a smile before shaking her hand. 

"Interesting name, I like it. You come to this kind of things often?" She asked and I shook my head. 

"First time coming to anything like this. Unless you count this art festival a week ago," I said and she nodded. 

"Hint of advice, around lunchtime, which is normally between noon and two depending on the day, you should avoid the building and the main food court. Best time to do rides because there aren't any lines," she said and I nodded. 

"T-thanks," I said and she smiled. 

"Well I've got to help my mom now, I'll see you around I guess. Have a good day," she said with a small wave before walking over towards the woman, who I assume is her mother. 

"You good Craig? You are glaring at the ground as if it slapped you in the face," I said as I hesitantly placed a hand on his shoulder, snapping him back to reality. 

"Sorry, just thinking about how stupid french is," he said making me laugh. 

"Well I'm terribly sorry that one of the most beautiful languages in the world is complicated to learn, so please, accept this bracelet to cheer you up," I said as I held the bracelet out to him and he laughed. 

"Thanks, Tweek, you didn't have to actually get it you know," He said and I shrugged. 

"I w-wanted to, Now give me your wrist," I said and he chuckled and held out his hand. 

I wrapped the bracelet around his wrist and smiled. 

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath soon the color of his gem turned a green with a swirl of black. 

"Cool color," I said and he looked at it and smiled. 

"Agreed. So where to next?" He asked and I shrugged and noticed a dark-haired boy jumping up and down behind him. 

I had to bite down on my cheek to keep from laughing and when he noticed I was looking at him he gave me a thumbs up and held up two fingers. 

"You lead, I'll follow," I said and he nodded with a smile before grabbing my hand and hurrying in a direction. 

Step two is done, now time for step three.