Part 1 in the Tales from the Sapphic Zone antholigy Seties. I'm going to try and keep each story brief 3-5 chapters and will include movie/TV pairings from Hunger Games, Stranger Things, Twilight, etc. In this chapter the gym teacher, Rita endures the mean girls at her school until she finds an unlikely solution. Some dark moments. Feel free to let me know what you think!

It was 7:45am, way too early to start drinking but that didn't stop Rita Desjardin from reaching into her desk drawer for a taste of scotch. The kids at that school could drive anyone to alcoholism, especially the teenage girls.

Rita had been going to this school since she was a 14, now she was one of the P.E teachers; wasn't her first choice. Chamberlain, Maine, simple and hardworking on the surface but if you lived there long enough you would experience just how cruel people could be to one another. She was bullied by mean girls in this very high school but even they weren't as vicious as ones like Chris Hargensen or Sue Snell. The worst had to be Carrie White, easily the meanest which made her the ring leader. Carrie talked behind her friends' backs, insulted her peers and adults and on more than one occasion would dress like a total tramp.

Rita was told that Carrie was actually a normal, well behaved girl but something changed that. Some say it was the sickness, an urban legend about a chemical that was released into the town's water supply and that it had symptoms that only effected women; there was some kind of chemical that did pollute the water but that was back in the 80's and that mess was cleaned up and everyone was assured it was harmless. But who knows maybe nuclear waste would explain today's generation.

The scotch really didn't help that day, mornings were the worst because they told her exactly what the rest of the day would be like. Sure some students would pretend to be nice but there was always one; usually Carrie, she led them astray and they wouldn't listen to a single word she had to say.

Her class with the mean girls was outside on the soccer field. Rita was waiting for the girls to arrive on one of the benches. "Move, bitch!" Carrie pushed one of the shy girls in class aside, "Move out the way!" She nearly knocked the poor girl over.

Rita blew her whistle, "I saw that, Carrie!"

"It was an accident, yo! " the girls around her laughed.

Rita rolled her eyes, she was so sick of this overused lingo and attitude. Then Carrie said under her breath, "You old, bitch!"

Rita stood up, "Excuse me?"

Carrie acted oblivious of course, "What? I didn't say anything," she looked around at the other girls, "Sue, did you say anything? No? Chris? Kimmy? No?" She put on this sickening smile, "See, Miss D, nobody said anything."

Rita glared at her briefly, "Must be old age catching up with her," someone in the far back whispered. "

"Alright! No more fooling around! Let's do some laps!" She blew her whistle. None of the girls liked doing runs of course especially not this early in the day; Rita was going to go easy on them that day for her own sake but doing a few drills couldn't hurt.

They played soccer for the majority of class. When Carrie wasn't slacking off and letting someone else take the ball in her place so she could text, she was being very agressive with the ball. Rita called to her countless times to slow it down. Pushing Kimmy deliberately into the goal post was the last straw.

She blew her whistle and benched Carrie but not before Carrie made a snide remark, "Don't hate the playa, hate the game!"

Carrie sat there close to Rita for the remainder of class and by the end she found she wasn't out of the woods yet. "Come with me." Carrie reluctantly followed Rita inside the school while the other girls laughed and teased Carrie for getting in trouble.

Rita took her into her her office where they sat facing each other. Rita wasn't saying anything for a minute which would make anyone uneasy but Carrie was annoyed. "Are you going to say anything or just stare at me?"

"Carrie...," Rita began, "Why do you do this?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Everyday you disrupt class. Why do you have to be so mean to Kimmy and the others?"

"Why is it always my fault? You should see what Chris and Sue do!"

"Carrie, please keep your voice down...now I'm going to have to give you detention..."

"Detention? Nah, Miss D, I don't do detention."

"You don't have a choice, Carrie!"

Carrie stood up and slammed her hands down on the desk, "You don't know my mom, she's crazy! I can't get anymore detention!"

"Carrie, settle down! It's just an hour after school."

"Fuck you, bitch!"

Rita was shocked, "Ok, then do you want a month suspension?"

"Cash me outside, how bout that?"

"Cash you outside?"

"Yeah!"

"What the hell does that mean?"

"What I just said!"

Rita's patience was worn thin, if anything she was fighting the urge to slap her across the face. "Carrie! Leave! OK! Go cool off!"

Carrie stormed out of there, pushing down a file cabinet in the process. Rita reached into the desk for her bottle but found it empty. "Fuck!" She decided to go into girls locker room which should've been empty at this time.

To her shock she found police tape on the door. A paper sign simply said out of order, it wasn't there when she arrived that morning so seemed suspicious. She opened the door and went past the tape. Everything appeared fine. She went over to a sink and splashed her face with the cold water. She still wished she had a stiff drink but the water fountain would have to do. There was something off about the water when she drank it, not a chlorine taste but something peculiar.

She was so thankful for the end of the day, she had surprising amounts of energy after visiting the locker room. She almost forgot about Carrie until she nearly bumped into her when she was leaving.

"Watch it fat ass!" Rita couldn't believe her.

"You better watch your mouth!"

"Me?" Carrie scowled.

"Yeah!"

"B-but...," she was taken aback briefly, Rita didn't know whatever for.

"Do you want to be in any more trouble?" Rita walked up to her, Carrie backed into a wall, feeling awfully small right about now with this woman easily towering over her. Carrie looked rattled up, she shook her head without taking her eyes off Rita. "Good." She turned and walked away, unaware that Carrie was still up against the wall in shock.

Rita went back to her office; she'd never felt that kind of power before. "You told her!" This scared Rita s little because this was the voice she heard say 'Fat ass'. She looked around but there was no Carrie or anyone. Rita had the realization that it was her all along that said these words. Carrie was shocked because no one had said this to her before; even for an attractive blonde girl she did have a rather large behind. Rita laughed at the thought of Carrie being even a little bit intimidated.

She finished up in her office and went ventured out into the parking lot. It was getting dark out already and it wasn't even 6 o'clock yet. She was on so much of confidence high that she didn't pay any attention to her rear view mirror when backing out of her space.

THUD!

She hit the brakes and when she looked in her mirror her heart stopped. She saw a girl lying on her stomach, a mess of blonde hair covering her face.

"NO! NO! NO! NO!"

Rita got out of the car and ran over to the girl she hit, she was trying so hard not to freak out. She got closer to the body, fearing the worst.

The still body started to move, she lifted her head, moaning and looking groggy. It was Carrie White! Blood trickled down her face in a thin line. "Ugh...what...the fuck?" She face planted the pavement again and passed out.

Rita couldn't believe this, she was in complete shock. Her shock turned to joy and that open mouth turned into a huge smile.

"We're going to have some fun!"

To be continued...