Chapter 4
Sunday passed in a blur; with Nevra spending time out in her backyard, meditating and doing some writing. After Bethany's return late Saturday night, Nevra had avoided her all of Sunday. She didn't want Bethany to know that she'd seen anything, but she didn't want her dad getting played either. She had no idea what to do and she just hoped that maybe her dad would find it out on his own.
The normal blaring of an N-Dubz song, which was Nevra's alarm, woke her up early that Monday morning. She shut her phone off then sat up, groaning as she realized that it was indeed Monday morning, which meant a long, torturous day at Stiles High School. Sighing to herself, she hopped out of bed and went over to her closet, wondering what in God's name she would wear today.
She decided to keep it completely laid back and comfortable today, so she pulled out her pink Juicy Coture sweatpants and matching jacket, then pulled out a white spaghetti strap top. She pulled out her pink and white Converse, before grabbing her essentials and going off down the hall..
...After a shower, she put the undergarments on and pulled on her fluffy bath robe before heading back down the hall. Just as she was approaching her room, Bethany emerged from the room she shared with Mark, wearing just Mark's t-shirt. Nevra stopped, glaring at her. Bethany looked up, smirking.
"Morning kid." she greeted. Nevra rolled her eyes, brushing past her.
"Not gonna speak back eh? Mark didn't teach you some manners." Bethany remarked.
"Go to hell." Nevra mumbled loud enough for her to hear, going to her room and slamming the door.
"I vacation there." Bethany replied in a sing song voice. Nevra heard the stairs creak, which meant that she was going downstairs. She rolled her eyes again and undid her robe, then got dressed for the day. She zipped the jacket up, then fixed her hair up into a messy yet neat ponytail for the day. After putting on a bit of mascara and some clear lip gloss, she grabbed her purse and put other essentials in, along with her phone, then she grabbed her back pack and threw it over her shoulder. She checked herself over, then wandered off down the hall to her dad's room. She poked her head in, seeing that her dad was now getting out of bed.
"Yo dad.." she said, opening the door the rest of the way. Mark looked up as he pulled on a t-shirt.
"Yo kiddo.." he replied, giving her a fist bump. She giggled, shaking her head.
"Can I take your car today?" she asked. Mark nodded, handing over the keys to his 2012 Volkswagen Jetta.
"Be safe with her; she doesn't like speeding." he joked, making her laugh as they walked out of the room.
"Dad I'm a safe kid so chill." she said, nudging him. They got to the bottom of the stairs, then Mark gave her a warm hug.
"Have a good day, Nevy Nev. Stay smart." he said.
"Alright pops; stay old." she joked, making him laugh as he shoved her out of the house. She giggled, closing the door before going off to his car and getting in. She threw her backpack and purse onto the back seat, then pulled out her phone. She quickly text Cloe, praying that she hadn't left home yet.
'Nevra: Angel face! Got dad's car 2day; do u want a ride?'
She put her phone aside and started the engine, smiling to herself as the car roared to life. She loved her dad's car and she felt honored that he actually trusted her with it. As she sat there, waiting for Cloe's reply, her mind suddenly drifted back to the earlier encounter with her mother. Why was Bethany like that? She was cheating on Mark sure, but Nevra was sure there was something else. There had to be.
Her phone chimed, snapping her out of her thoughts. She picked it up and tapped the 'Messages' icon to read her new message from Cloe.
'Cloe: Holy crap! Heck yea I want a ride; b ready n 10 mins.'
'Nevra: Okay girl!'
Nevra then reversed out of the driveway and onto the road, before driving off down the street. After about ten minutes, she was pulling into Cloe's neatly paved driveway. She looked up at the two story brick home, then looked towards the front door as it opened. Cloe stepped outside; dressed in a dark blue skirt, a white tank top with a dark blue denim vest over, and a pair of black ankle boots. Her long golden locks had been straightened and were flowing down her back and around her shoulders, bouncing slightly as she strutted down the walkway to the car with her backpack and her purse over her shoulder.
"Dude this is totally sick!" she remarked as soon as she opened the door. She put her stuff into the backseat, then buckled her seat belt up.
"Hold on; we need a picture first." she said excitedly as she reached into her purse. She pulled out her own cheetah-print cased Droid DNA phone. She and Nevra both poked their tongues out at the camera, then Cloe snapped the picture.
"So going on Instagram." she replied. Nevra laughed, leaning over and looking on as Cloe put the picture on Instagram with the caption; 'Best friend is driving to school today! We rollin' yo! :)'
"You're so silly." Nevra commented, shaking her head as she drove on Cloe's wrap around driveway, before pulling out onto the road and heading towards the school...
"Holy crap; Yasmin's car!" Cloe's eyes widened as Nevra pulled into he student parking lot. They watched as Yasmin got out of the black Mustang, then hit the button to lock it up. Nevra hit the horn, making Yasmin look up. She immediately started waving, making Nevra laugh as she parked the car. She and Cloe grabbed their bags and purses, then got out themselves. Nevra hit the button and locked up her car before wandering up to her friend.
"Why you not riding with your football player today?" Cloe teased, nudging Yasmin gently. Yasmin smirked.
"And miss up on driving my new car that I just got yesterday; get lost Angel..." she replied before turning to Nevra and going, "Dude; a Jetta?!"
"It's dad's!" Nevra chuckled as the three of them began walking towards the entrance.
"I didn't even find a decent looking Jetta yesterday when I went so I settled on the Mustang, which is just as amazing." Yasmin remarked.
"I'm going car shopping this weekend; definitely feeling the Scions." Cloe said. Yasmin and Nevra both stopped and stared at her, their mouths open.
"That's only the car I wanted in the first place but then there were no more which led to my Jetta search." Yasmin finally said, making Cloe laugh.
"Did you go to the one farther out going towards LA or the one near the mall?" she asked.
"The mall one." Yasmin replied. Cloe patted her on the back, shaking her head.
"Problem is there my friend." she winked as Yasmin pouted. Nevra was cracking up laughing. Right now, she was actually not even thinking about her psycho mother.
"Come on you clowns, we need to get inside." she laughed, pulling them along with her...
The first few classes passed by in a complete blur, and now the girls had reached the most popular part of the day; lunch. After going through the cafeteria and getting their lunch, they wandered off outside to the courtyard and headed to their usual table that was located under a rather large oak tree, shielding them from the sun.
"Nevra; you still don't want a party?" Dana asked as they sat down. Nevra shook her head, rolling her eyes again.
"No; and don't you dare ask again." she replied, sending them into a fit of giggles. Even Nevra had to laugh a little as she realized that Dana had only asked to wind her up.
"You're such a little wind up; soften up you cow." Dana smirked, causing Nevra to throw her straw wrapper at her.
"Alright kids, play nice." they all heard a male voice, making them look up; the boys were coming over to them.
"We are playing nice; well you know, apart from Dana and Nevra." Yasmin pointed out as Cameron sat himself down beside her. His arms immediately found her waist and he pulled her closer, gently pecking her cheek.
"So you guys think I can pull Vinessa?" Shawn asked out of the blue, making them all look at him. They all looked across the courtyard to Vinessa, who was sitting around with some other girls, laughing and joking and flipping her hair as if she was the best thing in the world. They then all looked back at Shawn, and Sasha had to speak up about that question.
"Excuse me, Shawn, but why do you even want that little bottle blonde tramp?" he asked, making them all laugh as they knew exactly how much Sasha couldn't stand Vinessa.
"Hey she's hotter than hell." Shawn commented, before fist bumping Eitan as he'd agreed.
"You guys are such dogs." Cloe remarked, rolling her eyes as she took a sip of her juice.
"But you love us though." Eitan pointed out. Cloe pouted her lips, trying to keep a straight face. The others around them were giggling as Eitan came over and put Cloe in a headlock.
"You love me don't you, Angel?!" he jokingly yelled as he started messing her hair up. By now, the others were crying with laughter and Cloe was giggling, hitting his arm over and over as she was surrendering.
"Alright Bonez I love you; chill!" she finally squealed. Eitan smirked and let her go before returning to his seat beside Cameron. Cloe pulled out her mirror and fixed her hair, pouting her lips again as everyone continued laughing.
"Oh Angel; you okay girl?" Fianna asked, reaching across the table and fixing a bit of her hair that she'd missed.
"I hate him.." she replied before looking down at Eitan and going; "Yo Bonez; take a trip to hell!"
"Alright, I heard there's a nice beach there so come with me." he joked back, sending them all into laughter; even Cloe had to laugh as she stuck her middle fingers up at him..
The girls and boys carried on with their lunch, chatting and laughing and having a good time, just like normal. Nevra hadn't even thought once about her mother, not until Meygan started telling the story about her mother and grandmother's recent argument.
"I swear; they argued for like an hour about Nana freaking having a new boyfriend; me and Mikey were just watching them and trying not to laugh." she explained through a mouthful of food, making them all laugh.
"Oh yeah speaking of moms, Nev what's the deal with your mom? You guys getting along yet?" Cade asked. Nevra rolled her eyes as she took a swig of her Mountain Dew soda.
"No me and the heartless witch aren't getting along. She's cheating on my dad; I'm not even joking, and oh yeah she slapped me the other night, and then we had a run in this morning. Yeah, she can do one." she spoke, rolling her eyes again. The crew was staring at her.
"Whoa whoa; she slapped you?" Jade asked.
"She's cheating on your dad? How do you know?" Yasmin chimed in. Nevra sighed slightly, then explained all events from Friday night after she'd gotten home up until this morning. She told about her mother slapping her, how she'd seen her mother all hugged up with some guy on Saturday while she was walking home, then she told about the little run in she'd had with her this morning. Once she was all finished explaining, they were staring back at her in shock.
"She's a cow." Sasha remarked, pulling a disgusted face.
"Don't I know it." Nevra sighed, shaking her head.
"So your dad doesn't see a problem with all this?" Jade asked. Nevra shrugged, rolling her eyes and letting out a huge sigh.
"He's blinded by love; he must be. I'm not falling for her stuff though; a leopard can't change it's spots. There's something about her; I can feel it." she said, shaking her head as she looked down at her drink...
The rest of the day passed quickly, much to the girls liking as they hated Mondays and were just ready to go home and sleep. However, the Bratz girls had rehearsals, so Nevra didn't have to take Cloe home today as she was riding with Yasmin. After saying goodbye to everyone, Nevra slipped into her car and started the engine. As she let it run for a bit, she pulled out her phone. She had a text message waiting from her dad.
'Dad: Hey Nev! Went out 2 LA w/ ur mom! Linda is at the house! Luv u'
Nevra read the message again, rolling her eyes. She didn't know what to do about her mother, but she knew something had to be done.
But she was only a kid, so what would she do?
Nevra pulled into the driveway of her home and shut off the engine. She sighed slightly to herself before grabbing her things and getting out. She locked up the car, then walked up the walkway and straight up to the large, shiny wooden door. She unlocked the door and walked inside before shutting the door back and locking up.
"Linda!" she called as she put her bags down onto the chair and put the key onto the key rack.
"In here!" she heard a cheerful reply, so she wandered through to the kitchen. Dressed in a pair of khaki pants, a blue t-shirt and a pair of black flip flops, was Linda. She had a yellow, floral print apron tied around her waist and was spreading some cheese over the already made up dough, signaling that tonight was a homemade pizza night.
"How was school, dolly dimples?" she asked, giving Nevra a warm smile. Nevra couldn't help but smile back. She had to admit that since her mother had been back and her father was spending most of his time with her, she and Linda had become quite close and were the best of friends now.
"Eh; school was school, Lin. Only good thing about today was the fact that no one gave out homework, oh and that I got a nice ninety-five A on my Bio two test from Friday." she replied as Linda let out a little squeal, her eyes twinkling with happiness for Nevra's academic achievement.
"See; I told you that you'd do fine. You stress out about them tests every Friday but you're a little smarty pants; you have absolutely nothing to worry about." she said, making Nevra grin widely as she nudged her gently with her arm.
"Eh well; whatever; you suck for being right." she joked, making Linda chuckle as she shook her head.
"Alright; calm yourself little girl." she joked back, making Nevra laugh and shake her head even more.
"Oh yeah; and see we didn't do much in Culinary Arts class today so my teacher let me go the library and work on my paper right.." Nevra started explaining, making Linda nod to show that she was listening as Nevra carried on..
"So I go, and I actually retyped it and all and printed it out, then took it down to Mr. Kaligaria's class to show him, and-" she was explaining but Linda cut in.
"That's your super hot English teacher yes?" she asked, making sure she was talking about the right guy. Nevra rolled her eyes, nodding as she giggled.
"Yes that's him;" she responded, poking Linda's arm before carrying on explaining; "Anyway I showed it to him and he said to not tell a soul, but he can already see that it's an A paper because it's got everything he's looking for, and he can't wait to read it through properly when I turn it in on Wednesday."
"I told you girl; I told you that the paper was absolutely perfect and that Mr. Hotty Pants would love it! Ah sweetie I'm so proud of you!" Linda said excitedly, looking at her. Nevra nodded, pouting her lips together in an adorable manner.
"Well I hate to brag but I am the baddest female alive." she joked, unable to keep a straight face as the two of them burst into a fit of giggles...