Principal Shermansky was walking towards her office with Lydia following her angrily. Well, to be honest, they were both very angry. Lydia didn't regret what she did though, Amber deserved it.
The small (yet very infuriated) old lady opened the door to her office and waited for Lydia to get inside before going in herself. The red-head sat down, crossed her arms and waited for hell to break lose.
"Now, miss Stewart" the principal said surprisingly calmly as she sat down "Do you mind telling me what happened"
"Why don't you ask the Queen of Hearts? Though I don't think she will remember it all, all of that hairspray must have affected her brain."
"You must not insult other students young lady! And I know very well what happened, I just want to know why!"
Lydia looked at the principal in disbelief before gesturing at her coffee stained clothes with a look that said isn't it obvious?
"It was an accident, miss Stewart"
"Look Margaret-"
"PRINCIPAL Shermansky"
"Whatever. Anyway, I don't know if you've ever seen a Starbucks coffee cup, but they have a lid on for a reason. So tell me Margaret, why did Amber's coincidently didn't have the lid on just when she was passing by me?"
"If you are saying she did it on purpose, you don't have proofs, okay? Amber is daughter of the richest man in town, who just so happen to support all of our school's events and is constantly donating generous amounts of money for the school. He won't be pleased to know about what you did to his daughter"
"Yeah, I don't care"
"Detention. Today after class"
"What? I've been inside the school for 15 minutes and I've already got detention?"
"15 minutes that you used to punch a girl in the face. And that's not only it. We're going to organise a play next month and you will help with the scenery. First reunion will be the 17th March after school"
"What?! Nononono Fall out Boy's concert is that day!"
"Well, I'm sorry but it's already decided. So... that would be all. You should go to class now"
Classes took forever to pass, but then, when they did, Lydia still had to stay in school because of the Amber incident. She had to change to some of Rosa's extra clothes that were a little bit too big and very different from her style.
"Wow, nice clothes Lydia" Amber said ironically as they passed each other in the hall.
"Thank you. I really like your hand-me-down clothes as well, they match your yes. Well, black matches anything really, and right now there's a big black mark on your left eye"
When Lydia got to the detention classroom, there was no one there yet. She sat down and put her feet on the table.
'I could skip detention if I wanted to. I mean, there's nobody here...'
"Feet off the table please" Someone said just as she pondered walking away and ditching detention. Lydia looked up and grunted. With her luck, of course it had to be him.
"God dammit Nathaniel, since when are you the one in charge of detention?!"
"Since today. Mr Turner's wife went into labour this morning and because today is my only afternoon without any school club activities or student cousil reunion this week, the principal asked me to come here. Thank you, really" he complained, literally throwing his books on the teacher's table and sitting down "It's not like I wanted to study for tomorrow's test peacefully at home or take care of my sister that will be complaining the entire week about the black eye that you gave her"
Nathaniel took out his Physics text book and started studying. Lydia felt actually sorry for him. There, sitting down studying Physics, stressed out for everything that went wrong today and with that common "I-don't-know-what-the-fuck-is-this-but-it-threatens-me" look that almost everyone gets when they're studying that ungodly subject, he looked like any other teenager. One that Lydia didn't hate. One that Lydia felt sorry for. One that maybe was just a little bit attractive.
"I can help you if you want" Physics was her best subject. The blond looked up confused as she walked towards him "It's actually very simple, you just need to-"
"I don't need your help" He scoffed.
"Look, I'm sorry that I made you lose your day off, I really am, but I'm trying to make it up for you, okay?" The anger inside her was growing. In Nathaniel, it was already boiling. He stood up, facing her.
"I don't need your help. I don't want your help. You don't like me, I don't like you, why don't we just pretend that the other one doesn't exist?!"
"I was just trying to help, Prez! No need to tell me to stop pretending you don't exist, because it won't work, believe me, I tried!"
They stood there staring at each other. Nathaniel was trying to figure out why she had already tried to forget he existed. Maybe out of hate... or, maybe not? He looked at her eyes. Castiel was always commenting out loud for anyone who wanted to hear about how pretty her eyes were. Nathaniel didn't think so. Sure, their colour were beautiful, that reddish-brown colour similar to her hair. But those were sad eyes. Always Sad. Always empty. Always in contrast with the usually angry face.
Who started it was a mystery. Why they did it, not so much of a mystery. All they knew is that they kissed. Just a peck. Just lightly. Just before they realised what they did and Lydia stormed out of the school.
She met with Castiel that night to watch a movie, and when she called him Strawberry Shortcake, he chuckled and kissed her. It was a simple kiss, but it didn't send shivers down Lydia's spine, and her smile faded.
There you go, I hope you liked it. Trouble in paradise! Is Castiel going to find out? What does destiny hold for Lydia and Nathan? Wait until next chapter to find out! God, I sound like a bad soap opera.
