Chapter eleven Back to normal
"What are you doing up?" Vaughn questioned as Scarlet made her way into the kitchen dressed on a Monday morning.
"Going to school, is that a crime?" Scarlet questioned "Although you dressed like that is an even bigger crime"
"I don't think that's a good idea" Vaughn frowned
"What am I a prisoner in my own home now?" Scarlet asked
"No" Vaughn said "Alright fine, I guess I'll have to drive in then" Vaughn said
"I can walk, if you want to where are Justin and Leo?" Scarlet replied pulling her converse on,
"They've already left, come on lets go" Vaughn said getting his bike,
"I'm not walking with you," Scarlet argued
"If you want to go in that's fine, but your not going in on your own,"
"Oh my god your so annoying" Scarlet said "I didn't remember that part," Scarlet said Vaughan laughed,
Soon they arrived at school and saw Olga at the car park,
"Look before you start, I just go where the agency sends me" Olga added "And also I'm not going to turn down a weeks work"
"A week?" Vaughn asked
"I can stay longer if you like" Olga said "Vaughn I thought we agreed, that Scarlet would be staying at home,"
"She wouldn't stay at home" Vaughn looked at Scarlet
"I'm fine!" Scarlet protested "Really, come on please"
"You're not fine," Olga replied
"Yes I am, there's nothing to do at home and I'm not staying there on my own anyways," Scarlet refused,
"Well its good to see you" Olga gave Scarlet a hug she hugged back
"And you, although feel sorry for me, I had to walk in with dad dressed like that" Scarlet said,
"Yes why are you dressed up like a walking turtle did you crash the car again?" Olga questioned
"Its for our bike campaign...gets us involved in the community" Vaughn said Scarlet rolled her eyes
"Mum," Leo came along, and hugged her
"Glad someone's happy to see me" Olga said and walked off
"We best get you a timetable" Vaughn said as they walked up the stairs "You should take it easy today and I don't want you doing PE if you have it"
"Alright," Scarlet nodded "Just glad to be here, around people"
The next hour or so Scarlet saw Justin flirting with the new girl Kenzie there's a surprise.
"Oh look what the cat dragged in" a girl smirked when she walked in the canteen "Like literally from the street,"
"I didn't live on the street" Scarlet hissed
"Oh really where was you then?" Shazney asked
"That's none of your business" Justin interrupted them
"Well it is if my health is at concern," Shazney said, Scarlet went for Shazney but Justin stopped her
"I wouldn't" Justin shook his head,
"Who the hell are you anyway?" Scarlet questioned
"My names Elizabeth, and believe me I sleep on no streets," Elizabeth smirked,
"I didn't sleep on the streets!" Scarlet hissed
"Scarlet come on" Justin said and moved her out of the canteen, "I'd leave it if I were you..."
"I have no friends" Scarlet said to him
"Of course you do, you have me and Leo" Justin replied
"Your my brothers," Scarlet replied "Everyone thinks I'm weird, even mum and dad think I'm weird"
"I don't" Justin shrugged they came across a fight between Kevin and Scott Fairchild
"Leave it Kevin" Justin stopped him in mid sentence, Scott caught a glimpse of Scarlet for a second,
"He's not happy unless he's spoiling it for everybody else," Kevin replied
"I'm just trying to make the day go by, do you know what your problem is? you can't take a joke"
"Your the joke Scott you can't even ride a bike,"
"Who can't ride a bike?"
"You, you fell flat on your face like a Muppet,"
"I'd rather be a muppet, than a stuck up geek," Scott replied, Kevin went for Scott once again but got held back by Justin and Darren.
"There's no way your fighting him!" Darren shouted
"Just because he can actually get a life," Scarlet rolled her eyes, "You act like you own this place but you don't my dad does,"
"Oh is this your sister Justin?" Scott smirked, "Take it, your little sister then"
"Shut up!" Justin shouted
"Quite nice isn't she?" Scott laughed "I heard you'd go out with anything on legs,"
"Well I have better standards other than you" Scarlet replied, she could see Justin was about to burst "Leave it, Justin,"
"Anyway, Kevin no contest you can't be right all up there," Scott said
"Oh lets see shall we after school?" Kevin challenged him,
"Bring it on, I'll enilate you" Scott replied walking off
"I better go," Scarlet said to Justin and walked the other way
"Scarlet, if Scott gives you any grief just tell me" Justin said and walked away,
The next lesson she had Geography which was interesting as her mother was teaching.
"Scarlet, how are you finding today?" Olga questioned
"Um fine, thanks" Scarlet shrugged
"Good, Justin told me there was a little bit of bother at lunch earlier?" she questioned
"Just some kid saying stuff" Scarlet replied "I don't mind they think I've lived on the streets for the past month"
"Well why don't you tell them where you've been" she replied
"No because then they'll call me other names, and I'd have to tell them what happened," Scarlet said "I don't want Justin and Leo finding out about it"
"Your going to have to tell someone at some point Scarlet," Olga said as Vaughn walked into the theatre
"Your mum's right you will at some point, its not healthy to keep things bottled up in side," Vaughn added4
"I'm not" Scarlet said briefly,
"You haven't even told us what happened," Vaughn replied "We only found out through the test and what the doctor's said,"
Scarlet looked away and thought a second she couldn't talk, about what had happened to them, it was too much to face. "But you already have an idea so I don't see what the problem is,"
"That's not the point, the point is, you need to talk to someone about this Scarlet, and we know you don't want to but you need to at some point," Olga replied
"I don't see why everyone can't just mind there own business anyway, what's it to them?" Scarlet questioned
"Nothing but people will be asking questions" Vaughn said
"And you know the only friends I have at this school are Justin and Leo" Scarlet added
"That's not true," Vaughan argued "You and Kevin got up to some trouble last term,"
"Trouble what trouble?" Olga asked
"She hacked into some international company and got the whole school into trouble, nearly got arrested" Vaughn informed
"Well thanks for telling me, that was very stupid of you how did you even know how to do that anyway?"
"What is this stitch me up?!" Scarlet looked at her dad, "I have a class now, bye" Scarlet said and walked out leaving the two adults.
"So then you gonna tell us why you were living on the streets?" Elizabeth smirked in Lorna's lesson
"U'm Elizabeth" Miss Hudson warned her off, Scarlet looked and glared but got down to her work stupid kid she thought.
"Ignore her" Harley whispered behind her,
"But seriously, just because she's the head teacher's daughter doesn't mean that we shouldn't let just anyone in!" Elizabeth said, Scarlet looked over at her she was sitting next to Leo who was concentrating on some game,
"Shut up!" Scarlet banged the table and went over to her
"You know something you remind me of when I train horses..." Elizabeth began
"Should've know you were a rich bitch" Scarlet said
"That is enough!" Miss Hudson said "Sit down Scarlet, now,"
"You know training a horse isn't hard, you have to work with the animal baiting its will until it knows your its master, taking all the fight out of it until its broken that's how your gonna feel Scarlet, when I'm through with you," Elizabeth finished everybody looked shocked, Scarlet launched at her and the two girls started fighting, Scarlet pulling at Elizabeth's hair but she, pushed her back easily. Lorna came over and stood between them and Scarlet fell backwards injuring herself in the process, by pulling on her own stitches from a previous knife wound.
"Scarlet Fitzgerald!" Lorna warned her, Leo looked shocked at them both
"She started this did you hear what she said to me!" Scarlet said in disbelief
"I don't care Scarlet, cooler now!" Lorna shouted,
"Fuck you" Scarlet said and everyone laughed she picked up her bag and left.
It was soon the end of the day Olga and Vaughn found Scarlet in the cooler, Leo tagged along to.
"Fighting? Really?" Vaughn questioned her "You got into enough fights last term and I don't think your body can handle it anymore"
"She started it!" Scarlet accused her "Leo was there,!"
"That doesn't make it alright though" Olga said
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"That girl was really mean to her," Leo backed her up
"Thank you Leo, I'm glad someone agrees with me," Scarlet said and smiled at her brother.
"Well you can apologise to Miss Hudson, and you can have detention for a week" Vaughn said
"What? What about Elizabeth is she not getting any punishment?" Scarlet asked getting up off the chair
"She will be" Vaughn said, "Come on lets all go home,"
Scarlet smiled as they went home, feeling a little better but what was she going to do about Elizabeth?
Hope you liked it guys! Leading onto the next storyline of bullying,