"I want you to
need me, need me
Like I need you"
-I want you to need me, Celine Dion
A/N: Sorry it took so long, mid-terms, and English papers, and all that fun stuff. Read and review!
"Ms. Smith what have I told you about hanging out in the halls?" Mr. Santiago said, coming to a stop in front of his student and her friend
"Meh. I pay tuition"
"You pay tuition?"
"My daddy does"
"So he can stand around in the halls." He said to her
"Whatever. Mr. Santiago, this is my friend Stephanie, Stephie, Mr. Santiago, the idiot who is trying to kill me" Riley said
"Hey" Steph said and smiled at him
"Nice to meet you" he responded and grabbed Riley's elbow yanking her into Ms. De's office. Riley reached out and grabbed Steph pulling her with her.
"Ms. De, I found her loitering in the halls again" The male teacher said
"So?" Ms.De asked raising an eyebrow
"That will lead to her loitering on street corners, and she'll die. On second thought…" He said, and pushed her out the door.
"Hey now!" Steph said, being pushed out the door also
"Oh sorry." The teacher said and let her back in the room
"Actually, we just need to get her stuff" Stephanie laughed, and pulled her friend back into the room
"Jesus Christ, would ya'll make up your mind!" Riley said, frustrated from being yanked around
"Sorry Ri" Steph apologized and looked at Mr. Santiago
"What?" He asked
"Apologize!" Steph said
"Me? To her?"
"Yes! Do it!" Steph said and hit him upside the head
"Oh crap, there's another Riley! Fine, fine I'm sorry!" the teacher said holding his head, making Stephanie laugh
"It's cool" Riley said giggling
"So why are you here?" Ms. De asked Stephanie
"Because Randy came up with an idea that involves Ri and I came down to talk to her about it" Stephanie answered, leaning against the door
"Stephie, where's John at?"
"Oh he should be here soon" Stephanie said, her eyes lighting up
"Are my ears burning?" John asked stopping at the door, he quickly leaned over and kissed Stephanie on the cheek
"Hitting on the boss Jonathan?" Stephanie asked him, as he walked over and kissed Riley's cheek.
"Hell I would too" Mr. Santiago said
"Ewwwww" the students in the room said, imagining the teacher kissing the nun.
"I meant…"
"Sure you did" Riley cut him off
"Madison?" John asked
"Yea?" She answered
"Randy sent these for you" He said and handed her a pair of gloves.
"GLOVES!" Madison squealed and hugged him
"Ok, get off my best friend!" Riley said
"Who are you talking to?" Jackie laughed
"Oh…OK BOTH OF YOU GET OFF EACH OTHER!" Riley said laughing
John laughed, and patted Riley on her head then stood next to Stephanie
"So whats this big idea?" Ms. Jameson said
"Basically, Riley is going to be a storyline writer." Stephanie said, not wanting to be that blunt about the whole thing
"Awesome!" Madison said
"Yea" Stephanie said
"Shouldn't you at least see some of her writing first?" Missy asked
"I don't need to" Stephanie said, looking at the girl annoyed.
"Why not?" Missy asked
"Oh for the love of…" Stephanie began and launched into a tirade that meant absolutely nothing. Riley stopped listening after a while and looked around the room. Ms. De going through papers on her desk. Jackie and Madison playing with the radio. Crystal and Chrystal dancing to the radio. Jenny on the phone. Missy looking annoyed. Stephanie ranting. John and Mr. Santiago talking. Ms. Jameso….WAIT JOHN WAS TALKING TO MR.SANTIAGO. Riley launched herself off the couch and slid over to where John was standing. She wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at her teacher.
"Wrong guy, Bella" John said, sliding an arm around her waist anyway
"Who cares?" Riley responded
"Got scared didn't you Ms.Smith" her teacher said
"Damn straight. You aren't allowed to talk to anyone important to me, who doesn't go to this school." Riley said raising her eyebrow at Mr. Santiago
"Then you shouldn't bring them to our school" he said
"Well they came!" Riley protested
"That was weak Riley" her teacher said
"Quit calling me Riley!" She said
"Didn't you try to bribe me with cookies so that I would call you Riley, Riley?" Mr. Santiago recalled
"Well, that was then and this was now" She replied
"Is she still talking?" John said, looking at Stephanie
"They're gonna be great friends" Mr. Santiago said
"Why's that?" John asked
"Because neither of them shut up!" Ms. Jameson grinned
"Ok. You know what?" Riley said looking at her math teacher. "I don't love you anymore Ms.Jameson!"
"Awww Riley!" the teacher responded
"Oh don't pretend Ms. Jameson! Ain't no one in this school love Riley!" Mr. Santiago said, his face serious.
"AMEN!" Missy exclaimed
"And even fewer people love you!" Riley responded and then looked at her teacher, upset, because well, HE WAS HER TEACHER! HE WAS SUPPOSED TO STICK UP FOR HER! "And you!" She started looking at him. John straightened up and grabbed Riley's jacket and bag. Stephanie slid her coat on and started for the door. "You are supposed to be an English teacher! How about you speak proper English?" she said to him, her anger evident. Riley inhaled, and the English teacher took a step back and glanced at Ms.De, a plea for help on his face. This was his student. His violent student yes, but his student. He didn't want her mad at him. He would kind of miss it if she stopped talking to him.
"Riley…" Ms. De started
"No. No, not going to happen." Riley said, not taking her eyes off of him. "What…who…the hell do you think…" She continued only to be cut off by Stephanie.
"Right, I wanna go shopping!" Stephanie said, and grabbed Riley and John and pulled them out of the room.
John tossed Riley her coat, and exchanged a glance with Stephanie. Riley was pissed beyond belief and he was kind of scared to talk to her. Him, the United States Champ, a wrestler, over 6 feet tall, was scared of a 5'2, 18 year old teenager. Wait. Correction. Female teenager. That kind of made him feel better. 'Just remember that', he said to himself. 'She's a teenager.'
"Riley" he began, after Stephanie gave him a look. "Riley" He started again. "Are you ok?"
"No" Riley responded, opening John's car door, and sitting in the backseat.
"Why are you upset?" He said sliding into the drivers seat
"Because"
"Why?"
"because"
"Right" John said to himself. "Never having a daughter" He looked at Stephanie in the seat next to him.
"Riley, where's the closest mall?"
"In New Jersey" Riley responded
"Wait! You say three words to her, and one word to me!" John said honestly hurt
"I'm a girl" Stephanie explained. "Right now, Riley is mad at the whole male race. And you didn't correct the idiot in there"
"Oh." John said and started for New Jersey.
In Ms. De's office
"What the hell was that?" Mr. Santiago said, looking at both of his female coworkers
"That was a girl pissed off" Ms. Jameson said
"But what did I do?" He asked, genuinely upset
"You united with Missy against her" Madison said, knowing how much that would hurt Riley.
See the thing was, the way Madison figured, Riley had to share her teachers with Missy, for the most part, EXCEPT, for Mr. Santiago. Missy had Ms. Harris as her teacher. So none of the teachers they had in common would take sides. Well, maybe the would, but it would be in their minds. Ms. Harris was obviously on Missy's side, basically cause Missy was Ms. Harris' mini-me. Looks and everything. Riley thought that Mr. Santiago would be on her side, which hell, he should be in Madison's opinion.
"But I was kidding!" Mr. Santiago said
"Hey!" Missy said from her corner where she was standing
"Riley didn't see it that way" Ms. De said
"So what do I do?"
"I don't think you can do anything. You are her teacher first and foremost." Ms. Jameson said, knowing that Riley was also pissed at her.
"She's going to act different in class and stuff?" He asked, thinking how…weird his class was going to be, if Riley stopped her antics.
"Probably. I'd be surprised if she didn't." Madison said, gathering her stuff and proceeded to leave the room, the rest of the girls quickly following, including Missy.
"You really are bothered by this, aren't you?" Ms. De said
"Well yes." He responded
"I know what you mean. Those girls, because it is an all girls school, we are close to them, and for the most part, we as teachers don't take sides when there is war. I mean, especially when we teach both of them. Ms. Harris did take Marissa's side. So Riley probably assumed you were on her side" Ms. De said
"I am on her side…I think…if I knew what the fuck was going on….damned teenage drama. How did I get involved in this again?" Mr. Santiago said looking lost.
"You cared. And don't look at me like that, you care about them." Ms. Jameson said
"Hey, she's mad at you too!" He replied trying to get someone to share in the blame with him, just like kids often do.
"I know." Both young teachers looked at Ms. De
"Samantha" She said looking at the female teacher "You can fix this .Call her." Ms. De then shifted her gaze to the male teacher. "Antonio. You can't fix this. You are a male teacher; therefore you do not call your female teachers. You have to deal with this until I can explain to her what happened." Mr. Santiago slouched in his chair and sighed, as he watched Ms. Jameson get out her phone. She searched for Riley's number, which she had due to Riley being one of her clubs. She pressed send on her phone.
Riley sat in John's car laughing at something Stephanie said. She glanced down at her phone as it began to ring. She quickly pressed the silence button when her math teacher's picture came up
"Who was it?" Stephanie asked
"Ms. Jameson" Riley responded and changed the subject
"Well?" Mr. Santiago asked
"She didn't answer" Ms. Jameson said concerned.
"Drama with her teachers, Drama with her best friend. Man Randy better step up this weekend." Ms. De said worry evident on her face