Naia's POV

As soon as the words left my mouth, Ms. Wells' lips pursed together and she stopped talking to me, which I was perfectly okay with. Moments later, Mrs. Holmes walked into the office from the hallway and when she spotted me in a seat, she stopped in her tracks.

"How can I help you Naia?" She asked me.

I shrugged, "I don't know, I was sent to the office."

"Ah, I see," Mrs. Holmes nodded and was going to go on when Ms. Wells interrupted her.

"Can I have a word, Mrs. Holmes?" She asked and Mrs. Holmes nodded once again.

She looked down at me, "Give me a moment please Naia."

"I can give you a few if you want," I replied and returned my gaze back at the broken clock on the wall.

Even though I wasn't looking at them, I could hear Mrs. Holmes and Ms. Wells mumbling quietly, probably about my outburst at Ms. Wells earlier.

"Alright, why don't you come into my office and we can have a little chat," Mrs. Holmes told me and I knew that wasn't actually a question so I followed her into the office, shutting the door behind me.

"Take a seat," Mrs. Holmes gestured to the chair across from the one she had taken a seat in and I nodded before stiffly sitting down.

"I actually was talking to Mr. Osgood just now," She told me, "He told me what happened so why don't you tell me what your side of the story is."

I narrowed my eyes, "Why."

"I think it could help you out," Mrs. Holmes replied calmly.

I shrugged, "I was tuning out his lesson and then he started asking me a bunch of questions and I answered them truthfully."

"And is that the same thing that happened with Ms. Wells?" Mrs. Holmes asked and I nodded.

"Did you want me to lie?" I questioned, curious on how my principal was going to answer that.

Mrs. Holmes seemed to be careful when choosing her words.

"No, of course not, but do you think it was necessary to say those things?"

"I guess not," I replied, only really because I just wanted to get this over with.

Mrs. Holmes nodded, "This is a warning, no detention but I'm making a call to your parents. You can go now."

Without another word, I got up and left her office and then the office in general. I figured it was no use to return to science class so I gathered my books for my next class and figured I'd just wander the halls for a bit.

"Look at you go," Nate nudged me jokingly as we walked to math class together. I had met him in the halls once science was over. "Contradicting teachers."

I rolled my eyes, "I wasn't contradicting them. I was telling the truth."

"You should have seen the look on his face," Nate said excitedly, "It was everything!"

I laughed, "Of course I saw the look on his face! I was talking to him."

"It was like," Nate then tried to make the face Mr. Osgood had made but it ended up looking so goofy I burst into giggles.

I shook my head, "No, you're doing it wrong! It was like this."

I then raised my eyebrows and puckered my lips slightly while pulling them back into somewhat of a straight line. Realizing how stupid I must have looked, I cracked up, making Nate laugh as well.

"I think that was spot on," Nate told me.

I chuckled, "Yes it was thank you very much."

"Seems like you're becoming a rebel," Nate commented as we walked the halls, "Going through a rebellious phase huh?"

I snorted, "Yeah right. So rebellious."

Nate shrugged, "Well I mean, you punched Olivia in the face, then you get sent to the office for smart-talking Mr. Osgood."

"I got in trouble for calling Ms. Wells a dingus too," I added and Nate's eyes widened.

"Really?"

I nodded, "Yeah, she was bugging me."

"See, that's just my point," Nate said. "You're a rebel now!"

I shook my head, "No. I punched Olivia because she deserved it and she had it coming when she opened her mouth about Jane. I was just speaking the truth when talking to Mr. Osgood and Ms. Wells."

"So you really think she's a dingus?" Nate asked.

A sly smile grew on my face.

"She was acting like one at that moment."

Nate just shook his head but I could tell he was biting back more laughter.

"How was school?" Shay asked me as I walked into the firehouse.

I thought back to how I had gotten into trouble and shrugged.

"It was fine," I replied, dropping my bag on the couch and shaking off my jacket.

I wasn't sure where Matt and Gabby were but I was sure they would want to have a chat with me about my behaviour at school if Mrs. Holmes did call them like she said she would.

Deciding that I should get this over with, I wandered around the firehouse, searching for Matt and Gabby. I couldn't find them and ended up returning to the common room.

"There she is, I told you she was here," Shay said as I walked into the room.

Matt and Gabby were standing by the counter.

"How was school?" Gabby asked the question Shay had asked just moments ago but I knew this time I couldn't respond with the same answer. The look on both their faces told me that my principal had lived up to her word.

I bit my lip, "Can I at least explain my side of the story?"

Matt and Gabby looked at each other before nodding.

"Why don't you have a seat," Matt told me, gesturing towards the couch and I flopped down.

"I was just being honest. He asked me why I wasn't listening and I told him the truth. His lessons are painful and boring. What was I supposed to say? I know I should have kept my mouth shut but he asked and then he kept making me more annoyed. I'd say he had it coming for him," I rambled, letting out a big breath of air once I was done.

Gabby and Matt both took a seat on either side of me.

"Were you being honest too when you called your secretary a dingus?" Matt questioned.

"You called your secretary a dingus?" Shay looked over at me from her seat at the table, a shocked expression on her face. "Look at you go!"

Gabby shot her a "really?" look and Shay just shrugged back but managed to wink at me before returning back to her business.

"I told her the clock was broken and that they should fix it. She asked me why we should fix it," I said as if that explained everything.

"So where does calling her a dingus come in?" Matt asked me and I had to force myself to keep a straight face as the memory came back to me.

I looked up at them, an innocent face in play, "I answered with 'because then they're better you dingus', or something along those lines."

I could tell that Gabby and Matt were amused by what had happened.

"I know I shouldn't have called her that or said anything of what got me into trouble," I acknowledged, "I just got annoyed."

Gabby nodded, "We know that. Just for future reference though, maybe calling your secretary a dingus isn't the best thing to do."

A grin formed on my face and I nodded.

"Okay, but it could have been worse. I could have called my principal a dingus."