Disc: Don't own 'em!
"Everybody's looking for that something
One thing that makes it all complete
You'll find it in the strangest places
Places you never knew it could be"
-Flying without wings, Ruben Studdard
the next day, around 1 pm
"Hello?" Randy answered his phone
"Hi, this is Ms.De, Riley's religion teacher?" Ms. De said into the phone, which she had on speaker
"Is Riley ok?" Randy asked, worried
"She's fine. Well, I wouldn't know, because…"
"She's not talking to you" Randy completed the sentence
"Well, yes"
"You have me on speaker?" Randy a
sked, sitting down and stretching his legs out in front of him
"Yes, I do"
"Hi Santiago. Jameson" Riley's boyfriend said, trying to figure out how he could tell his girlfriend's teachers off, without getting her in trouble
"Hey" The two other teachers said
"Look, Riley…She feels betrayed. Marissa practically stabbed her in the back. Ms. Jameson and Ms. De can't take sides, but Mr. Santiago, you practically did, even if you didn't mean to."
"We figured that out" Ms. Jameson said
"Look, we miss having her around; my class is boring as….I don't know what, without her being a smart ass." Mr. Santiago said
"What do you want me to do?" Randy asked bluntly
"Help us fix this" Ms. De said
"I can't do that. Riley is her own person, who does and thinks what she wants. When and if she wants to talk to you she will. I am not going to force her to do anything. I'm sure you don't want me forcing her to do anything."
"No we don't" The Shakespeare teacher said, getting pissed at the thought of anyone forcing anyone of his 'kids' to do something they didn't want to.
"Look. My advice is to leave it. Maybe try to explain it to her. Riley's looking for a place where she can be happy and safe. A place where she feels complete. She thought she had it with ya'll and know she feels she doesn't. Seriously, just leave it and let her think." Randy said
"And if that doesn't work?" Ms. De asked
"Fuck off." Randy said
"Excuse me?" Ms. Jameson said
"I'm sick of people tearing Riley down. I can not wait until she graduates and gets the hell away from people who hurt her. It makes me sick to my stomach, and I want to kill every single person who has made her cry. And that includes you guys. So suck it up and deal with it, because you aren't going to get help from Stephanie, Jonathan or myself." Randy said, and hung up his phone and let his head fall back against the chair. 'Mother…I'm so gonna get my ass kicked' he said to himself
Ms. De's office
"Great now what?" Ms. Jameson asked, running her hands through her hair
"We made her cry?" Mr. Santiago asked
"I like Randy" Ms. De said
"Why?" Ms. Jameson asked
"At least we know, he doesn't wanna hurt her"
"True"
"We made her cry?" The male teacher repeated
"Are you ok?" Ms. De asked him
"We made her cry." He got up and left the room. Walking down the hallway he quickly spotted Riley walking towards him
He stopped in front of her. "I'm sorry I made you cry" he said
"Don't be nice to me in the hallways, you'll get fired." Riley said automatically, thinking of what he had said
"You're still looking out for my job?" He asked
"Yeah. I guess." She responded, looking down the hallway at Ms. De and Ms. Jameson
"I'm sorry"
"Quit apologizing, it doesn't suit you"
"So go back to be being mean to me in class."
"I don't want to"
"Why?"
"I'm sick of trusting people" Riley said and walked away from him
"So apology not accepted?" The teacher asked himself.
Madison and Jackie were walking down the hallway, and stopped when they saw their normally self-centered, cocky, teacher looking lost.
"You ok Santiago?" Madison asked
"Your friend is scaring me" He replied
"Jackie? She does that to a lot of people" Madison replied causing him to smile
"Actually Riley. She's scaring most of the faculty"
"I think she needs a vacation"
"Me too" Said Jackie
"Or her boyfriend" the teacher said
"Poor guy is never going to get to go home is he?" Madison asked
"Huh?"
"He lives in St. Louis. I think hes gonna have to relocate to the Bronx." Jackie said laughing
"Whatever" the teacher said and walked away
"See, now that's more like it" Madison said, happy that he was back to his old self
later
Riley sat in the auditorium waiting for play rehearsals to begin. She answered her phone as it began to ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi Bella" Randy said
"Hey baby"
"So I got an interesting phone call earlier?"
"From?" Riley asked, shifting in her seat.
"Your teachers"
"What the fuck?" Riley said
"Yea…Look they are concerned about you."
"What did you tell them?"
"I told them to fuck off"
"I love you" Riley said laughing as she looked over at Ms.De
"Same here. We have a show in New York next week"
"I'm there"
"Thought so"
"What are you doing?"
"Just relaxing. And you?"
"Waiting for play rehearsals to start"
"Ah yes. Lovely. How do you feel about Stacy Keibler?" Randy asked
"Well wasn't that a quick change of topic?"
"Sorry babe" Randy laughed
"She's cool I guess, I never met her." Riley responded
"I have to do a story line with her…"
"Oh…storyline…as long as…"
"Don't even think about it" Randy said
"Too late" Riley said giggling
"Fine don't say it."
"Aright… I gotta go, I'll talk to you later aight?"
"Alright. Bye Bella"
"Bye"
"Boyfriend?" Mr. Santiago asked
"Yes. And he told me of an interesting conversation you had with him" Riley said propping her head up with her hand.
"Actually, Ms. De did the talking"
"Look, I'm a chick, I over react. But dude…"
"Yea I know, I…"
"I know, I know, you're sorry"
"Yea"
"You need a girlfriend" Riley stated
"What?"
"I should hook you up with someone"
"Hows Stephanie?" Her teacher asked quickly
"Someone who isn't in love with John." Riley said, recalling how Stephanie and John had acted all weekend when they thought the other wasn't looking. That had been quite entertaining for herself and Randy.
"Damn. They're dating?"
"Not yet, I'm working on it."
"You are a weird one."
"Thanks"
"Still mad at everyone else?"
"Kinda"
"Did I mention you were weird?"
"Yes, but it's the truth, so you can keep saying it" Riley laughed as her phone rang again, just as Ms. De called her. She quickly glanced at the caller id, and tossed the phone at him.
"Here, answer that for me" She said and ran off to find out what Ms.De wanted, leaving Mr. Santiago to have a conversation with….Shane McMahon?