The Paperclip Scandal

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Chapter 3: One Week

One week later and the entire defense class incident was forgotten, because...well, you'll find out sooner or later. Meryl was sitting in her room, quietly reading by the window. She sighed and turned the page when the phone rang. She moaned and sat up, setting down her book and walked across her room to her desk. She picked up the phone off the desktop and droned into the receiver.

"Hello Milly..."

"Huh? How did you know it was me?" Milly asked. Meryl chuckled and answered back.

"You're the only girl on the block who keeps her bedroom blinds open all the time. I saw you as I was reading by the window."

"Oh?" Milly said, turning around and waving at Meryl through her window. Meryl waves back and smiles.

"So Milly, why'd ya call?"

"Can I come over? I have some news to tell you."

"Can't you tell over the phone, Milly?"

"I...Guess I can..." Milly said. She sounded kinda sad so Meryl broke down.

"Sure you can come over..."

"Yay! I'll see you in 15!"

"15? But you live just across-...the street." Meryl trailed off as Milly hung up halfway into Meryl's sentence.

Meryl sighed and put the phone back onto the cradle before heading downstairs.  She grabbed her CD player on the way out of the room. She sat down on the couch in her living room and picked out her three favorite songs, the time totaling 14 minutes and 36 seconds.

Well, 14 minutes and 36 seconds later Meryl turned off her CD player and waited. She only had to wait 24 seconds before the doorbell rang. She opened the door and invited her friend inside.  Meryl sat down across from her friend and started to play with the vase on the table next to her. (A/N: a Disaster WAITING to happen).

So, what's up?" Meryl asked.

"My brothers say a really pretty and rich girl is being put into OUR school!" she said with batted breath.

"Did you catch what her name was?" Meryl asked with mild interest, still fiddling with the vase.

"I think her name was...Isis Bloodgain I believe is what big brother said." Milly answered thoughtfully.

*CRASH*

"WHAT?!" Meryl almost yelled, dropping the vase and watching it crash into a few scattered pieces. Milly blinked and she gaped her mouth slightly.

"Close your mouth Milly, you look like a fish..." Meryl muttered, picking up the broken vase pieces.

"Everything ok Meryl?" Milly asked in concern. Meryl looked up, smiled and nodded.

"It's just, do you know who the Bloodgains are?" She asked, finishing her task and looked at the jagged ceramic pieces.

"No, I don't think I've ever heard of them."

"Mathew, Shaya and Isis. Mr. Bloodgain is our Mayor Milly. He has the most power in this dusty desert town!"

Meryl frowned and looked out the window as a small sandstorm blew past. After a long awkward pause, Milly broke the silence.

"I should go now. I have a lot of Homework to do and chores and stuff....."

Meryl nodded and watched her friend leave. Soon after, Meryl's mother, Jane, returned home.

"What happened to my vase?!?!" her mother asked angrily.

"Look! Mom, I can explain! The Mayor's daughter is going to be transferred to OUR school!"

*CRASH*

"Oh...My..."

Meryl's mother then began to clean up the remains or the remains of the vase.

*The very next day!*

"Did you hear?"

"Yeah, the mayor's daughter!"

"The Mayor!"

"Here? She's coming here?"

"Today, I hear she's coming here today!"

As you can tell, the ENTIRE defense class incident has been completely...totally...absolutely obliviated from the student's memories. Although the hole remains...

"Welcome class! In Biology this morning I thought we could start off with reviewing the Cell Chapter. But before we do, I'd like to introduce you to our new student, Isis Bloodgain!" Ms. Peterson announced to the class, eyeing the black cat as it meowed from its cage in the corner of the room.

A senior looking girl walks in, her extremely long butter yellow hair was put into a bun, with five delicate, small braids coming out, the braids only 1 inch from the floor.  She wore a gray a blue plaid short skirt and simple white blouse.  Her knee-high socks and Mary Jane shoes giving her the appearance of a perfect schoolgirl. Don't get me wrong, the entire school had to wear uniforms, but the whiteness and crispness of the girl's outfit was... Scary.  Her sparkling violet eyes scanned the room and she flashed a row of beautiful white teeth. She nodded and waved at the class before sitting. Meteora watched the new girl as she gazed around the class through the teacher's cell division lecture.

'I should talk to her after class...I mean...she IS the Mayor's daughter...' Meteora thought, and she turned back to her notes.

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