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''-Speaking through their mental link
Chapter One: Schadenfreude
"I trust that these
misunderstandings can be worked out Principal Fadley."
"Oh, I
very much doubt that Mrs. Pierce! They caused and started a fight,
seriously injuring five of our students!" sneered a very greasy man
from behind the huge desk in front of them that could have easily
been three times his size. "These two girls are menaces! Both of
them! You should be thankful I put up with their shenanigans as long
as I have!"
The shorter of the two girls scoffed, as the other
nudged her to quiet her sister. Their mother turned slightly in her
chair, to glance at the two of them with a narrowing of her eyes
before turning back around to face the weasel-like visage of the man
in front of her, which contorted as his eyes thinned into a glare. He
indicated toward the girls with his finger and got up from his chair,
which, to the humor of the girls was actually taller than him.
"I
think everything has been said," Principal Fadley's features
warped into a victorious grin as he looked at the three. "These two
EX-students may clean out their lockers and depart the premises.
Immediately."
The taller of the two stepped forward raising her
hand in an unsure manner.
"So does that mean we aren't coming
back after the weekend?"
This was merely answered by a glower
from the miniscule man and a snort from her sister.
"Yes! That's
exactly what it means!" hissed Principal Fadley.
As their mother
got up, they all made their way to the door knowing they were gonna
hear it when they got in the car.
"Ungrateful children!" was
the last thing they heard as the door closed behind them with a
deafening 'click'.
……
--A few hours earlier--
Jayde
looked over to her sister's desk as the teacher droned on about…
whatever the class was. Her sister was doodling again, though what it
was Jayde couldn't exactly figure out. After a few minutes of
trying new angles to see what Talulah was doodling she gave up and
went back to her new Stephen King book.
"Psst!"
Jayde
looked up to see the whole class looking at her. Inwardly, she
blanched. Dammit, the teachers always did this to her. "What?"
Mr.
Lain looked towards her with his arms crosses waiting.
"Did you
need something or did you just call on me for no reason? 'Cause
honestly I was just getting to a really interesting part where this
guy was threatening another guy with a gun in his an…"
The
rest of Jayde's sentence was cut off by a red-faced, Mr. Lain
telling her to leave class.
Winking at her sister, she picked up
her backpack and left, Talulah shaking her head annoyed to see her
twin get kicked out of class once again. This was becoming a
tradition with Jayde throughout the years of high school.
………
Waiting for next period, and her sister to get out
of class, she went to the library to get some more reading done.
Before she knew it, Tilly (as her twin preferred to be named) was
in front of her. "Did you have to do that Firefly? You know it's
just gonna get you in more trouble." She said slightly
disappointed.
"Oh come-on Sprite! Did you see his face? It was
totally worth it! I mean really, it's not like they can expel me
for something I'm reading." Jayde thought for a second before
adding with a grin, "Unless of course I brought one of our
'romance' novels to school and read it aloud."
Tilly turned
bright red and swatted her sister's arm. "You are absolutely
horrid!"
"What can I say? I'm a bad ass." Jayde winked
playfully, packing her book into her bag before getting up and
putting her arm around Tilly's shoulders. "C'mon baby girl, we
gotta get to class."
"Wait!" Tilly said as her feet stopped
moving.
Jayde's eyebrows went up in a silent question.
"I
promised I'd meet with someone during break…" Tilly explained
somewhat ashamedly, not meeting her sister's eyes.
"You
didn't…" Jayde looked at her and her silence spoke for her.
"Talula Lillian Parry! You swore!"
Tilly winced at her
sister's tone. "I know! I know. I'm sorry. I just… and then…
he just… grr…and it happened." She explained with half hand
gestures and weird faces. Then, chancing a look at Jayde's eyes,
she could only grimace at the look of 'you are the biggest
ridiculous half-wit with all those bodice rippers' kind of face her
sister was wearing.
"I don't want to hear it. I've got
class." With that she turned on her heel and left the library,
leaving Tilly in uncertainty as she walked down the halls.
"Lula?"
Tilly was so immersed in her thoughts, she jumped
at the voice. Putting her hand to her chest, she tried to calm her
heartbeat. "Katherine! You scared me! Why are you in library? I
thought you had Chem class next?"
Katherine grinned maniacally,
"I'm sorry. Were you looking for someone else?"
She forced a
small smile, her mind still on Jayde. "No, I was heading to
Government actually." With that, Tilly tried stepping around
Katherine but out of nowhere, Crystal stepped in her path. These two
wouldn't go anywhere without the other. They were both bitches in
crime; and see as how they were there together could only mean the
addition to the debris they always left in their wake, but never got
the boot for.
"See, now I don't believe that. Do you?"
Katherine asked Crystal, who replied with a "No." along with a giggle.
"So you don't have Chem class next?" Tilly asked backing up to try and scoot around the library tables. "Well, my mistake. I better go before I miss that big government test I've got."
"Oh and I guess you wouldn't want to miss that." Crystal was eyeing the door.
"Course not." Tilly couldn't see how she deserved their menacing attentions, and would rather just move on with her day.
"That's
what I thought." Katherine put an arm around Tilly's shoulders in
a way that spoke that there was really no way of getting out of this.
Tilly saw other girls come around her and swore silently to
herself, opening up her mental link that, as twins, the girls shared.'Trouble. By the History classroom.'
A snarky reply came
back, 'So you ditched me to get your ass stomped socially?', but
Tilly ignored her knowing she deserved it. All that mattered was she
was on her way. Her attention was brought back to her situation when
Katherine started talking again.
"See, someone brought it to my
attention that Brian was supposed to meet you today." Her voice was
full of hinted malice, and the other five girls around her in turn
glared even harder toward Tilly.
"I was, but…" But Tilly was
cut off by a sharp slap to her right cheek.
"Learn a good
lesson girls. Sluts never prosper." Her hand reeled back for
another hit but was stopped by another voice entering the
hallway.
"Now that's a different twist. Teaching about
yourself now-a-days KittyKat?" Jayde's sarcastic voice filled the
corridor and Tilly sighed in relief that she wasn't alone.
"How
dare you!" Katherine screeching voice made the twins eyes twitch
slightly.
Jayde walked around, never staying in one spot as she
took in the girls Katherine had at her disposal this week. "Is it
daring to tell the truth? Guess that would make sense since I know
you never do it."
Tilly had to bite her tongue to stop a
snicker from escaping the confines of her mouth. They were still in
trouble, and it was doubtful the worst that could happen was Tilly's
red cheek.
If Katherine's eyes were flaming before, they were
absolutely blazing now. She walked up to Jayde and slapped her
soundly on her cheek, causing her head to turn.
Jayde brought her
hand up to her cheek, rubbing it slightly, her eyes sparkling and a
small grin playing on her lips.
Tilly's eyes widened in
recognition, 'Bad!
Only badness!' was the message sent to Jayde.
To which her sister just turned around and gave her an innocent look.
'You
really think I am going to let you pull me into this?' Tilly turned
a pointed look to her sister.
'You know you wanna…' And with
that thought, Jayde faced Katherine, who, although she was at least a good
half-foot shorter than her, rose herself to her height. "Oh, I
was so hoping you'd do that." And with those words, her fist flew up
and hit Katherine directly in the nose, causing a crack to echo
through the hall.
