The Fall of Candy Corn by Debbie Viguié

Author:Debbie Viguié
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Array
Publisher: Zondervan

Tuesday at five, Candace checked the text Kurt had sent her cell just to make sure she was in the right place. She was on the bench facing the main doors of Davis Hall, and it didn’t seem like there could be any mistaking the location. The campus was a little rundown, and the buildings were cramped together, but there were some lovely green lawn areas and old trees that offered shade.

The doors to Davis Hall opened, and people came streaming out. They ranged in age from sixteen to sixty from the looks of it. She spotted Kurt as he made his way for her.

“Hi!” Kurt said, as she stood up. “Let’s go get some food.”

“Sounds good.”

She fell into step beside him.

“How was class?”

“Brutal. It’s hard to pay attention to the lecturer. He speaks really softly and laughs at jokes only he gets.”

“At least he laughs,” Candace said, thinking about her monotone history professor.

“I’ve got to write a paper for his class, and I have no idea how I’m going to pull that off.”

“How long does it have to be?” Candace asked.

“Five pages.”

That didn’t sound too bad. “What’s it on?” she asked.

“The American Revolution.”

“What about it?”

“Anything about it.”

“Well, that shouldn’t be too bad. You know all kinds of stuff about that time period,” she said, still not sure why he thought the assignment was going to be hard.

“It’s awful. How am I supposed to figure out what to write about? I mean, they write books on the topic. How am I supposed to write something meaningful in five pages?”

“Maybe it doesn’t have to be meaningful,” Candace suggested. “Or maybe you could just pick one thing to write about like a specific battle or one person. You could write about Benjamin Franklin. Of course, I’m not sure that you could use an interview with him in the History Zone as a resource,” she joked.

“It’s not funny,” Kurt said, sounding grumpy.

“Sorry,” Candace said. “I was just trying to cheer you up.”

“You want to cheer me up? Say you’ll write the paper for me.”

“Now who’s joking?” Candace asked with a laugh.

Kurt didn’t smile. He couldn’t possibly be serious, could he?

“So, where are we eating?” she asked quickly.

“Campus cafeteria.”

“That should be fun.”

“Wow! If you think that’s fun, you need to get out more often.”

“It will be fun,” Candace protested. “We’re together. And besides, who knows if we’ll have any time for dates until November.”

He put his arm around her shoulders, and it made her feel good. They were almost to the cafeteria when Candace spotted a familiar figure.

“Hey, Sue!”

“Oh, hi!” the other girl said, looking startled.

“What are you doing here?”

“I’m going to school here,” Sue said.

That seemed odd. Over the summer Sue had said she was getting ready to start Cal State.

“So, not Cal State then?” Candace asked.

Sue shook her head. “This is cheaper. Plus I can get my prerequisites out of the way.”

“Oh. So, how are things?”

“Busy,” Sue admitted. “I’m running to class.”

“And we’re running to the cafeteria,” Kurt said, grabbing Candace’s hand and tugging.

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