Hey, it's Charity, long time- no see! Sorry guys, we have been busy and it was Calamity birthday, you know how much effort birthdays are. Anyway, hope you enjoy.
Updated much faster this time however. Be proud.
Just in case you weren't aware; we are, at the current point of time, in Fang's P.o.V
'Max was called into the principal's office,' Iggy informed me. 'Do you know anything about this?'
I shook my head negatively. 'Unless it refers to Opal, then no, I don't.'
'What about Opal?' he replied tersely, his eyes flickering and searching my face for an answer. 'What do you know about Opal that pertains Max?'
'I just heard Opal and Grey having a conversation that went along the lines of blaming Max for something,' I shrugged nonchalantly.
Iggy frowned. 'Opal has gotten into trouble so many times. It's understandable why she may not want another suspension because I think her next one leads to expulsion.'
'She should've warned Max,' I spoke, taking a deep breath.
'I doubt she'll actually tell Max.' Iggy sighed. 'She's pulled this one off on me before. Grey told me, maybe he'll tell Max too?'
'It sounded serious.' Iggy huffed. 'You know, the principal's got a degree of tone for the amount of trouble you're in. You wouldn't understand, but it's a system that Opal and I use. Basically Max is facing suspension.'
'How do you know, suspension?' An eye twitched. Studying mannerisms, although an interesting hobby, couldn't always be relied on. 'You can determine that from his voice?'
He nodded proudly, sitting up that much straighter.
'Won't that go on her record?' I scowled. 'Is she the sort of person who gets frantic over a clean record?'
'Why do you care so much?' he furrowed his eyes at me, clearly thinking of the schemes that I was potentially planning. 'Oh shit, you're right though.'
Shrugging, I turned. I wasn't a big fan of Max, but it wasn't fair that she was getting into trouble. And I'd already delved into this problem because I eavesdropped.
'What can I do to help her?' I sighed.
Iggy looked at me, clearly confused.
'Max and her apparent suspension?' I clarified.
'Only thing that I can think of is taking the blame upon yourself.'
I groaned. 'Can't we just expose her?'
He shook his head frantically. 'You seem like you really want to die.'
Rolling my eyes, I turned suddenly, in the direction of the principal's office.
'Where are you going?' Iggy called after me.
'To take the blame.' I replied flatly, raising an eyebrow.
Iggy's face scrunched up again, a sure sign of his idiocy and inability to understand. 'But – why would you do that for her?'
'I'm a nice person?' I offered softly
He shook his head in denial, laughing at my pathetic expression. 'Go on then. Can you actually do it?'
'What?' I protested futilely. 'You don't think I have guts?'
He smirked in satisfaction.
I squinted at him, before making a continuation of my walk to the principal's office. He trailed behind me, muttering softly to himself as we walked along the corridors.
Raising my hand lightly to knock on the door, I heard Max shriek angrily. 'I don't know what you're talking about!'
Iggy whimpered behind me. 'Oh dear.'
I agreed with him. This wasn't going to be a pretty sight. Forgoing the knock, I just stormed into the room, hitting the unsuspecting principal who was backing away from an ominous, angry and frustrated Max. I snorted in exasperation, shutting the door on Iggy's unknowing face before crossing my arms and facing the two people in front of me.
'How dare you just enter?' The principal spluttered at me. 'I'm doing something important here.'
'Fang?' Max spoke incredulously.
'The one and only.' I snickered. 'I just wanted to tell you that I'm the guilty one. I framed Max.'
'What?' Max screeched furiously.
The principal looked at her nervously before turning to me. 'Now, Fang. This is a serious decision you have made to tell me about this. Why did you frame her in the first place and why are you confessing about it now?'
The first question was ignored as I pasted a grin upon my face. 'I just felt bad for Max. A bit guilty if I tried to think about it closely.' My fingers were crossed behind my back, hoping that he would mention the crime that Opal had framed Max for. If he asked me, I would have no idea what to say and this little performance of mine had to be decent enough for Max to believe in it. Although it didn't look like she was having a hard time doing exactly that.
'Are you absolutely sure?' he asked sternly, wagging his finger at me. I looked at it dubiously, wondering if I should start getting worried with his lack of ideas towards personal space.
I nodded, rolling my shoulders back and shooting him with another grin.
'Why do you seem so happy?' he huffed at me. 'You're going to get into trouble.'
'A suspension, I know.' I waved it off. 'That's quite fine with me.'
'For a week.' He notified me. 'And this is your last warning until an expulsion. Do something as bad as this again and you'll be out of this school before you can count to three.'
I scratched the back of my neck nervously, looking at him with suspicion on my face. 'I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know it was a bad thing, matter of fact. Apologies all around.'
'Stealing my car? How can you not know that that's a bad thing?'
'Er – you see. I've had a very tough childhood, sir.' I nodded quickly, attempting to convince him. 'My senses of morals aren't good at all. I was planning on letting Max take the blame, since you so easily believed it was her over the other kid but then I remember one thing that my old man always told me.'
'And what might that be?' he replied snidely.
'That I should always respect the females.' I sniffed indignantly, weaving a not so intricate story. 'And that's what I'm doing. I'm not letting Max get into any trouble because she doesn't deserve it.'
'Oh son.' The principal smiled at me lightly. 'You're such a good boy. Max, note this. You'll never get a guy who would know how to treat a female correctly easily.'
'He framed me.' She spoke slowly, sounding unhappy.
I gave him a hesitant smile and shrugged. 'So? What is it?'
'What is what?' he demanded.
'My punishment.' I slumped. 'Ma's not going to be happy that her golden boy got into trouble. I really am sorry.'
'What was the purpose of your crime?' the principal leant forward, all business again.
'I was just giving it a wash.' I winced, knowing that I shouldn't have said that. Yet I ploughed on. 'I wanted to make sure that you had a brilliant car and that you were happy. You're always scowling whenever I see you.'
'Your intentions are so genuine, young man.' He smiled at me, eyes sparkling. 'That is so kind of you! Apologies for interrupting you – did you ever get it done, by chance?'
'No.' I sighed sadly.
'Well that can be your punishment.' He proclaimed. 'You can take my car out for a wash. I want it sparkly, all right?'
'Oh thank you sir.' I looked up with a determined face. 'It will be absolutely brilliant. Mind if I take it out now? With your keys, of course. I'll do it legally this time.'
He nodded in satisfaction. 'You both may leave.' Reaching back, he tossed me his keys which I caught smoothly.
'Thank you.' I all but ran to the door. My acting skills were ridiculous but I supposedly fooled the principal. I didn't know how I did it, but I wasn't planning on risking anything by sticking around to chat.
'How did it go?' Iggy yelled, bouncing up to me as I finally exhaled and relaxed the smile on my face.
'Well.' I looked at him. 'We got his car for an afternoon; as long as we clean it up, it'll be fine.' I dangled the keys in front of his awe-struck face.
'But… how?'
'That was the apparent crime.' I spoke quietly. 'Opal took his car out for a ride. I spun some bullshit about how dedicated I was to this school and how females meant the world to me or something.'
'Neat.' He drawled casually.
'So that was some good pretending.' Max uttered smoothly startling us both, looking at Iggy and I with a malicious scowl on her face. 'Care to tell me who you're covering for? I've got some ass to kick.'
'What?' I cringed. 'I did it. I just confessed.'
'You're a horrible liar, Fang.' Max shook her head in shame. 'I can't believe he fell for that. Thank you for not letting me get in trouble however. But do you know who the culprit is?'
Iggy looked at me, suddenly speechless.
'How about we take a spin?' I called out suddenly. 'The three of us. We'll just have a field day out or something like that.'
'You're avoiding my question.' Max hissed, poking me.
'You in, Igs?' I asked him, tilting my head in desperation.
'Sure.' He replied smoothly. 'Come on Max. Do you want to get Lissa or someone else, Fang?'
'Nah.' I shook my head. 'Let's get Opal to come along. She might feel left out, whatever emotional crap that it is.'
Looking at me knowingly, Iggy nodded in excitement. 'It'll be like the good old days!'
'Good, good.' I murmured softly, rubbing my hands together like the awful conspirator I was.
'Time to have some fun!' Iggy crowed, pumping his hands in the air.
Max just regarded us with an apparent amusement amid her eyes. 'Alright then.'
'Time for an exposé.' I nudged Iggy gently.
Sorry for the late update guys, school year has been hard. And I got bad reports, so I can't promise that these updates will get faster, but the story is taking shape now. That itself is great news for me. Thanks for the reviews. We're doing pretty well, I'm thinking. Catch you all later. Hopefully.
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