A/N: okay so here's what I promised!!!! Chapter 15!!!!

Disclaimer: A Series of Unfortunate Events is not mine. It belongs solely to Mr. Lemony Snicket a.k.a…. uhhh… wait I forgot his name. Oh never mind.

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Chapter 15: Duncan's Feelings

Duncan looked across the person sitting glumly beside him.

A stick was on her hand and she was drawing swivels on the dirt.

"You all right Violet?" Duncan asked placing his hand on top of Violet's shoulder.

She looked up and smiled at him. "I'm fine. Just a bit dazed that's all." She replied throwing the stick away and brushing her hands together.

"Sure??" Duncan asked squeezing her shoulder.

"Positive."

"All right."

Suddenly, running footsteps came from outside and Isadora and Klaus—who had Sunny in his arms—appeared in the entrance of the Orphan Shack.

"There you guys are!!!" Isadora cried as she walked over to Violet's side and sat beside her. "Told you they'd be here." Klaus said as he placed down Sunny beside his sister and sat on the other side of Isadora.

"Faztoyia?" Sunny said, which probably meant "What happened?", and tugged the hem of her older sister's dress.

"Nothing really." Violet replied. "I just didn't like being around that Victor guy any longer."

"You should have called me!!!" Isadora cried as she placed her arms around Violet.

"That way, I can finally beat the crap—"

"Isadora." Duncan suddenly said, cutting her sister off.

"No really I'm okay." Violet said standing up. Everyone else followed. This made her laugh a little. Duncan smiled as he saw this gentle happy expression form on Violet's face.

"You sure?" Klaus asked.

"Yes."  Violet replied once more. "If you guys keep on asking me if I'm okay, we all won't be if we're late for class."

"Oh right." Klaus said. He picked up Sunny and said, "C'mon Sunny I still have to take you to Nero's office." Isadora gave a last nod to Duncan and Violet before following Klaus and Sunny and shouting "Wait for me!!!"

Duncan looked over at Violet and smiled. She nodded and smiled back.

"Let's go."

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"Okay class, today I have a new set of stories to tell you."

Violet looked up and stifled a yawn.

"So make sure you'll be writing good details!"

She then flipped her notebook open and started taking down notes. As she wrote on and fighting the urge to fall asleep in the process, something suddenly came flying and a piece of paper found its way to her table. Violet looked around, looking for the one who threw it. But seeing no one met her eyes, she picked up the paper and opened it.

Violet

Hey

Duncan

Violet smiled and scribbled down:

What? ): )

She threw it back. After a few second it came again.

Boring isn't it???

Violet smiled.

Tell me about it.

She was about to throw it back when she suddenly felt a shadow lower itself from behind. When she looked up…

"Ms. Baudelaire?"

Mr. Remora was standing behind her.       

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Uh oh.

"What is that you are writing?" Mr. Remora asked. He was standing behind Violet, a banana in his hand and the other placed angrily against his waist. Some of the students around were giggling in a sardonic tone and whispering at each other. Duncan looked over at Violet and saw her looking back at their teacher with a mortified expression on her face.

"Give me that, thank you." Mr. Remora grabbed the letter in Violet's hand and opened it. His eyes scanned through it, speaking some lines as he read on.

"…What...Boring…Tell me about it…" he muttered on loud enough for the whole class to hear. "What is this???"

"Uh, well…" Violet started saying.

"It seems, Ms. Baudelaire that you're not listening to my discussion. Not enough to start passing notes around. Isn't it?"

Duncan's fist clenched from under his table.

This is not right. He thought. Why is she getting blamed???

"You know the punishment Ms. Baudelaire." Mr. Remora said talking a bite in his banana.

No. Violet is not getting punished because of me. There's got to be something I could do…

Violet stood up.

Not unless…

 "No Mr. Remora."

Duncan stood up too.

"It's not her fault." He said as everyone looked at his direction. Violet was giving her a sign to sit down and an expression saying I-can-do-this. Duncan shook his head. "The letter came from me."

"Excuse me?" Mr. Remora said his eyebrow rising up.

"I passed it to her." Duncan continued. "It should be me being punished."

"No it's really my fault." Violet cut in.

"Don't believe her Sir. Honestly, it was me."

"Duncan I—"

"STOP!!!" Mr. Remora glared at the two. "Since you two liked getting punished that much why don't both of you go?!? You're wasting my time!"

Everyone started laughing as Duncan and Violet went quiet.

"Well??? What are you waiting for???"

Duncan, his head raised down, stepped out to the lane and started walking towards the door. Violet, on the other hand, did the same and followed him. As they stepped out of the classroom, a small grunt came from Mr. Remora and he continued talking.   

An awkward silence was present between the two as they walked on to Nero's office. Duncan was about to say something when Violet suddenly talked first.

"Why?" she asked looking up at him.

"Well, uh, I don't think there's an appropriate reason." Duncan replied, a chuckling tone in his voice. Violet looked back at him with a confused expression.

"I just had to Violet that's why, since it was really my fault." He added as they turned a corner and walked over to the stairs.

"But I was already leaving and you were already free from fault, and…"

"I can't do that Violet."

Violet stopped.

"Just being able to see you getting embarrassed liked that is bad enough. I can't bear thinking what Nero would do to you because of me."

Duncan saw, as Violet looked down, that she was turning red.

"Oh c'mon now." He said placing his arm around her shoulder. "It's okay." He smiled.

"Now, you ready to face Nero?"

Violet looked up.

She smiled back at him and nodded.   

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"Hey, you guys all right?"

Violet looked up. Isadora sat in front of her. Klaus followed and sat beside her while Sunny came crawling to her side. It was finally dinnertime and they were all at the cafeteria, waiting for the commencing of their nightly tortures.

"Yeah just fine." Duncan replied. "We just got nailed by Nero again."

"What?!" the three cried in unison.

"Yeah, Duncan right." Violet said. "Remora caught us passing notes and now we're stuck to eternity cleaning after him."

Isadora grimaced while Klaus laughed. Sunny shook her head and started nibbling on her carrot stick.

"A wonderful assessment right?" Duncan said, stirring his spoon through his soup.

"Let's be thankful it's only that." Violet said leaning her head against the palm of her hand. "By the way, what time is it???" she added. Isadora pointed upwards and Violet looked up at the wall. The old, dirty clock hanging against it said it was 5 minutes to 6.

"Oh shoot it's almost 6:00!!!" Violet stood up. "C'mon Klaus, Sunny. I just want to get this over with."

"Darn." Klaus said standing up. Sunny crawled over to Violet and she picked her up.

"Well, uh, we'll see you guys tomorrow." Klaus said as he waved at the Quagmires.

"Oh yeah, S.O.R.E.s." Isadora said. "Be careful okay? Keep watch. Remember, it's Olaf."

"Yeah Baudelaires, careful now okay?" Duncan said. He smiled over at Violet and gave her a short wave. Violet smiled back and nodded.

And soon after that the Baudelaire started walking towards the door, preparing themselves for the torture ahead.     

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A/N: ahhaa finally!!! Chapter 15 is done!!!!! Yes!!!! Uhm, sorry if it's a bit corny/cheesy… but hope you did like it… I'm sort of having mental block today… but don't forget to REVIEW okay??? Okay!!! Onwards then!!!!