After school Amanda sat in her father's office waiting for a ride home.
She had all ready been told she wasn't going to get out of there til four
thirty or five. Sighing she spun around in the chair she sat in as Scott
was on the phone with an angry parent. Amanda pushed herself away from the
desk on the chair and slide backwards on the wheels of the chair. She
grabbed the doorframe and pulled herself and chair out of the room and into
the main office. Pulling and dragging her way through she made it out of
the office and into the hall. Wheeling around she pushed herself off the
walls with her feet as she spun around and made it to the next wall.
"What a welfare school,"said Amanda to herself as she made to the end of the hall and looked around. It looked alot different without all the students in it, like it was going to fall down or something.
"It's not that bad."
Amanda spun around to see Harry at the top of the stairs. She blinked at him as she stared.
"It's admitably no Buckingham Palace but it's not that bad,"said Harry as he walked over to her.
"It's a dump,"said Amanda.
"Yeah you're right,"said Harry smiling,"So what are you doing here?"
"Waiting for a ride from pops,"said Amanda.
"So how was your first day at lovely Winslow High?"asked Harry.
"Not bad, I've seen worse. I think I'll survive,"said Amanda.
"Well you seem to have become quite popular, I'm sure you'll do fine,"said Harry.
"Yeah,"said Amanda nodding,"Don't really understand but hey whatever fits. Like what is it about my dad?"
"He's a stubborn force not everyone has the time and effort to deal with,"said Harry looking for words.
"I know but people seem afraid of him, like he's some evil guy,"said Amanda.
"Some students seem him that way,"said Harry.
"Well I don't know why, he's a dork,"said Amanda standing up,"It would be like being afraid of the chess team." Harry snickered slightly at her. Amanda suddenly started walking back down the hall dragging the chair with her. She walked backwards so she could still face Harry.
"Well you are the vice principal's daughter, an expert on him,"said Harry,"I guess I have to be nice and give you good grades?"
"Yeah Mr.Senate, you have to keep me happy or face the wrath of AJ Guber,"said Amanda smiling as he started walking towards also on his way to the office.
"And what keeps you happy?"asked Harry.
"Wouldn't you like to know,"teased Amanda before she walked into the office.
Harry walked into the office but found Amanda no where and Scott's office door shut. Lousia looked over at him and papers he held. She seen him looking over at Scott's door.
"I take it you've met Miss Guber,"said Lousia.
"She's in my class,"said Harry tearing his eyes from the door,"Real popular."
"Yeah? I woulda thought it'd be hard for the girl with being Scott's daughter and all,"said Lousia as Harry handed her the papers.
"No, I think that's what made her so popular. Just about every guy in my class with her wants to thank Guber for her,"said Harry.
"Wouldn't Scott just love that,"said Lousia.
"I bet,"said Harry walking over to check letter box.
"Kinda like a new Dana Poole,"said Lousia.
"That's the last thing we need,"said Harry before leaving the office and to get away from the comments of Dana Poole.
*****
At a quater to five Scott and Amanda walked out to his car in the parking lot. They were silent both caught up in their thoughts, Scott focusing on how he was going to get through this and Amanda was totally involved in thinking about Harry Senate. Once they were at home she went up to her room and picked up the white phone in her room and dialed.
"Hello."
"Hey Jessica,"said Amanda.
"Age, what's up girl? Where the hell have you been?"asked Jessica Laurence, Amanda's best friend.
"I'm at my Dad's,"said Amanda,"Mom kicked me out. She walked in on me and James and she flipped."
"Harsh, so where is your Dad's?"asked Jessica.
"Halifax street, in the town houses,"said Amanda.
"Oh yeah,"said Jessica,"So what's been going on? You shoulda called me."
"I know, I'm sorry,"said Amanda,"I'm back in school, my dad is the principal of Winslow so he wants me to graduate."
"Shitty,"said Jessica.
"Not really, Jess, you should see this guy, Harry. Damn it's like he's off the cover of GQ,"said Amanda.
"Girly, remember you're a year a head of these juniors,"said Jessica,"Don't get too attached Grandma."
"He's not a student,"said Amanda.
"No, no, no, no, you don't have a little crush on your teacher,"scolded Jessica.
"What? Trust me Jess, you gotta come to Winsow and check this guy out, he's mouth watering, totally delicious."
"So he attached?"asked Jessica.
"I dunno, there's no ring,"said Amanda.
"Then he's free game, no wife no rules. Girlfriends and fiances can be pushed out of the picture,"said Jessica.
"I'm his student,"said Amanda.
"You're also eighteen, it's all legal,"said Jessica,"Damn girl, you're the only one who's slugging out another year in hell make some fun of it."
"True,"said Amanda.
"Look I gotta go to work but Friday I'll pick you up from school, when do you have Mr.Lucisious?"asked Jessica.
"Last block,"said Amanda.
"So what room are you in?"asked Jessica.
"Double oh nine,"said Amanda,"Just ask someone where the dungeon is."
"Okay, I gotta go, see ya Friday,"said Jessica.
"Friday,"confirmed Amanda before hanging up the phone. Amanda sat back on her bed and looked around 'this place looks like an old lady room' thought Amanda. Rolling over she looked at the clock , it was just after six. She grabbed her purse and rooted through it until she found her house keys to her mom's house. She had until nine when her mom came home, after work Cate usually went for dinner with clients or partners. Amanda got up up and pulled on a pair of runners, she grabbed her purse then went down stairs where Scott was making dinner.
"Hey I'm gonna go out for an hour or two,"said Amanda sticking her head in the kitchen.
"Where are you going?"asked Scott.
"Out, I won't be late, I'll be back by nine,"said Amanda walking down the hall to the front door.
"Well who are you going with?"asked Scott following her.
"Don't worry I'll be okay,"said Amanda walking out the door. Once outside she lit up a cigarette and quickly walked down the street. She knew Scott was watching her but she needed out of his sight and dungeon for a while.
******* Two trains and a bus ride later Amanda walked into her mother's place it was dark and had that musky smell it always had. She flipped on the light and walked through the hall to her room, everything was the same nothing had been moved since Amanda had last been in it. Dropping her purse on the bed she left the room and went down to the small storage room they had off of the kitchen. Amanda went through it until she found a large box full of old pots and pans, she dumped them carelessly out in the room on the floor then walked out and back to her room. She went to work packing all the stuff she could into that box that she didn't get to take before like CDs, pictures, curlers, stuff that made it a girl room.
A hour later Amanda closed the box and looked around making sure she had everything. Sighing she picked up the box when the front door opened. 'Oh shit' thought Amanda as she heard her mother and a male voice conversing about why the lights where on. She heard footsteps coming towards her room and she grabbed her purse setting it on top of the box. Amanda went to step towards the door when her mother appeared with her boyfriend, Mark behind her.
"What the hell are you doing here?"demanded Cate.
"Getting the hell out of here,"said Amanda walking to the door and pushing through Cate and Mark.
"I told you never to come back,"said Cate as she followed Amanda down the hall.
"And I'm not, I'm getting the rest of my shit you bag,"said Amanda.
"I don't ever want you back in my house you little whore,"screamed Cate.
"Fuck you bitch,"said Amanda as she walked out of the door. As she walked down the front steps she threw the keys at the door and stormed away down the street to the bus stop.
"What a welfare school,"said Amanda to herself as she made to the end of the hall and looked around. It looked alot different without all the students in it, like it was going to fall down or something.
"It's not that bad."
Amanda spun around to see Harry at the top of the stairs. She blinked at him as she stared.
"It's admitably no Buckingham Palace but it's not that bad,"said Harry as he walked over to her.
"It's a dump,"said Amanda.
"Yeah you're right,"said Harry smiling,"So what are you doing here?"
"Waiting for a ride from pops,"said Amanda.
"So how was your first day at lovely Winslow High?"asked Harry.
"Not bad, I've seen worse. I think I'll survive,"said Amanda.
"Well you seem to have become quite popular, I'm sure you'll do fine,"said Harry.
"Yeah,"said Amanda nodding,"Don't really understand but hey whatever fits. Like what is it about my dad?"
"He's a stubborn force not everyone has the time and effort to deal with,"said Harry looking for words.
"I know but people seem afraid of him, like he's some evil guy,"said Amanda.
"Some students seem him that way,"said Harry.
"Well I don't know why, he's a dork,"said Amanda standing up,"It would be like being afraid of the chess team." Harry snickered slightly at her. Amanda suddenly started walking back down the hall dragging the chair with her. She walked backwards so she could still face Harry.
"Well you are the vice principal's daughter, an expert on him,"said Harry,"I guess I have to be nice and give you good grades?"
"Yeah Mr.Senate, you have to keep me happy or face the wrath of AJ Guber,"said Amanda smiling as he started walking towards also on his way to the office.
"And what keeps you happy?"asked Harry.
"Wouldn't you like to know,"teased Amanda before she walked into the office.
Harry walked into the office but found Amanda no where and Scott's office door shut. Lousia looked over at him and papers he held. She seen him looking over at Scott's door.
"I take it you've met Miss Guber,"said Lousia.
"She's in my class,"said Harry tearing his eyes from the door,"Real popular."
"Yeah? I woulda thought it'd be hard for the girl with being Scott's daughter and all,"said Lousia as Harry handed her the papers.
"No, I think that's what made her so popular. Just about every guy in my class with her wants to thank Guber for her,"said Harry.
"Wouldn't Scott just love that,"said Lousia.
"I bet,"said Harry walking over to check letter box.
"Kinda like a new Dana Poole,"said Lousia.
"That's the last thing we need,"said Harry before leaving the office and to get away from the comments of Dana Poole.
*****
At a quater to five Scott and Amanda walked out to his car in the parking lot. They were silent both caught up in their thoughts, Scott focusing on how he was going to get through this and Amanda was totally involved in thinking about Harry Senate. Once they were at home she went up to her room and picked up the white phone in her room and dialed.
"Hello."
"Hey Jessica,"said Amanda.
"Age, what's up girl? Where the hell have you been?"asked Jessica Laurence, Amanda's best friend.
"I'm at my Dad's,"said Amanda,"Mom kicked me out. She walked in on me and James and she flipped."
"Harsh, so where is your Dad's?"asked Jessica.
"Halifax street, in the town houses,"said Amanda.
"Oh yeah,"said Jessica,"So what's been going on? You shoulda called me."
"I know, I'm sorry,"said Amanda,"I'm back in school, my dad is the principal of Winslow so he wants me to graduate."
"Shitty,"said Jessica.
"Not really, Jess, you should see this guy, Harry. Damn it's like he's off the cover of GQ,"said Amanda.
"Girly, remember you're a year a head of these juniors,"said Jessica,"Don't get too attached Grandma."
"He's not a student,"said Amanda.
"No, no, no, no, you don't have a little crush on your teacher,"scolded Jessica.
"What? Trust me Jess, you gotta come to Winsow and check this guy out, he's mouth watering, totally delicious."
"So he attached?"asked Jessica.
"I dunno, there's no ring,"said Amanda.
"Then he's free game, no wife no rules. Girlfriends and fiances can be pushed out of the picture,"said Jessica.
"I'm his student,"said Amanda.
"You're also eighteen, it's all legal,"said Jessica,"Damn girl, you're the only one who's slugging out another year in hell make some fun of it."
"True,"said Amanda.
"Look I gotta go to work but Friday I'll pick you up from school, when do you have Mr.Lucisious?"asked Jessica.
"Last block,"said Amanda.
"So what room are you in?"asked Jessica.
"Double oh nine,"said Amanda,"Just ask someone where the dungeon is."
"Okay, I gotta go, see ya Friday,"said Jessica.
"Friday,"confirmed Amanda before hanging up the phone. Amanda sat back on her bed and looked around 'this place looks like an old lady room' thought Amanda. Rolling over she looked at the clock , it was just after six. She grabbed her purse and rooted through it until she found her house keys to her mom's house. She had until nine when her mom came home, after work Cate usually went for dinner with clients or partners. Amanda got up up and pulled on a pair of runners, she grabbed her purse then went down stairs where Scott was making dinner.
"Hey I'm gonna go out for an hour or two,"said Amanda sticking her head in the kitchen.
"Where are you going?"asked Scott.
"Out, I won't be late, I'll be back by nine,"said Amanda walking down the hall to the front door.
"Well who are you going with?"asked Scott following her.
"Don't worry I'll be okay,"said Amanda walking out the door. Once outside she lit up a cigarette and quickly walked down the street. She knew Scott was watching her but she needed out of his sight and dungeon for a while.
******* Two trains and a bus ride later Amanda walked into her mother's place it was dark and had that musky smell it always had. She flipped on the light and walked through the hall to her room, everything was the same nothing had been moved since Amanda had last been in it. Dropping her purse on the bed she left the room and went down to the small storage room they had off of the kitchen. Amanda went through it until she found a large box full of old pots and pans, she dumped them carelessly out in the room on the floor then walked out and back to her room. She went to work packing all the stuff she could into that box that she didn't get to take before like CDs, pictures, curlers, stuff that made it a girl room.
A hour later Amanda closed the box and looked around making sure she had everything. Sighing she picked up the box when the front door opened. 'Oh shit' thought Amanda as she heard her mother and a male voice conversing about why the lights where on. She heard footsteps coming towards her room and she grabbed her purse setting it on top of the box. Amanda went to step towards the door when her mother appeared with her boyfriend, Mark behind her.
"What the hell are you doing here?"demanded Cate.
"Getting the hell out of here,"said Amanda walking to the door and pushing through Cate and Mark.
"I told you never to come back,"said Cate as she followed Amanda down the hall.
"And I'm not, I'm getting the rest of my shit you bag,"said Amanda.
"I don't ever want you back in my house you little whore,"screamed Cate.
"Fuck you bitch,"said Amanda as she walked out of the door. As she walked down the front steps she threw the keys at the door and stormed away down the street to the bus stop.