"can I interrupt but EWWW, no offense Mr. Dimitri."
"Mr. Dimitri I realize that the rumors are false but I had to come say that if you want to keep your real relaitionship
with Miss. Smith a secret. All contact should be kept professional."
"Mrs, Carey, I have a question." Amanda said.
"yes Amanda"
"say im having like the worst day, are you saying that I shouldn't go to my father whose right here at school for fear of someone saying that we are having an inappropiate relaitionship?"
"im not saying that. Im saying keep it behind closed doors."
"ok weird advice." Amanda said. " well I better get going I have another class."
"Ok. Ill write you a note."
"actually I'm going by that way so I could just go in and tell her teacher that I had to talk to her."
"ok . well see you at home amanda unless you want a ride."
"and be seen riding in a car with my teacher? No thanks."
They laugh and Amanda and Mrs. Carey walk out and down to her next class. They go in and Mrs. Carey tell the teacher that she had to talk to Amanda. Amanda just went to her desk and the principal walked out.
After school and Amanda is standing on the sidewalk looking for grace. Eli saw her first and was about to go over to her when grace was like "ELI LETS GO LIKE NOW."
"ok grace."
They got in the car and drove off. Amanda saw this and went back into the school. She found her father still at her desk.
She went and sat at the desk she usually sat at.
Amanda put her head on her desk and said
"grace hates me. Its all Alexa's fault, cant you suspend her or at least give her a failing grade, dad."
"sorry hun I cant do that. Not even for my favorite daughter."
"dad im your only daughter."
"doesn't mean you're automatically my favorite."
"ok. Dad whatever you say."
Outside the open window, Alexa had overheard the entire convo. After a couple of minutes, she said "I cant believe it.."
"cant believe what?" amanda said surprising Alexa.
"cant believe you're his daughter and that hes your dad."
"well it makes sense if im his daughter that hes my dad."
"so why didn't you tell anyone?"
"because I thought, we thought, it would be better and easier for me if noone knew and now you do and you cant tell Grace."
"why not?"
"because think about it she has a major crush on my father, which is ech, but I don't want her to spend time with me just to see my dad. You saw her at the play, she was bascially drooling."
"oh I see your point. Ok I wont tell grace."
"thanks."
"your welcome but remember you owe me."
"uh huh. You want to go to the mall and then to my house.then ill pay you back."
"ok," they started walking towards alexa's car in the parking lot. "how?"
"well having a teacher for a dad doesn't always bring out people's truest intentions."
"yeah I can see how that would happen."
"yeah. I accidently told one of my older friends who happened to have my dad as a teacher. Well she skipped school and tried to get me to change my dads attendence book so she didn't get in trouble and when I didn't she treatened to make my life a nightmare."
"did she?"
"no. she later got into a car crash and nobody's heard from her since."
"wow."
"yeah you don't mess with Amanda Smith and get away with it. That girl should have known better. But don't worry your only on my dislike list not hate list, yet."
"look im really sorry about telling grace I didn't know."
"you know what, its not grace, its that I was just getting to know eli and grace and now grace wont let eli look at me, and I really liked him. "
they turned onto Amanda's Street and pulled into her driveway. They got out and went inside. They walked down the hallway and into a black room. Amanda turned on the light and Alexa could see it was a bedroom fit for a queen.
"my dad thinks im a little princess so one summer while I was away he did the room all up and I havent had the heart to change it."
"so mr. Dimitri did this?"
"yeah."
"hey amanda can I, I know this might sound weird, can I see his room?"
"sure." They walked out of the room and down the hall, Amanda opened a door and turned on the light. Alexa could see a large bedroom with a king bed and a bookshelf, that was filled with books, that took up a whole wall. There were additional books on the nightstand and sitting on top of the tv.
"whoa that's a lot of books."
"yep, lets go back to my room. My dad should be home soon."
"ok."
Amanda turned off the light and they went out in the hallway and back to her room.
"so where do you keep all your books?"
"all my books?"
"yeah I figured since your dads a bookaholic you must be one too."
"ok."
Amanda walked over and open the doors to her closet and moved some clothes and showed Alexa a stack of five boxes.
"they're all in here."
"ok."
Alexa walked over and opened the top of the top box. It was filled with books and magazines. She could see that most of the titles she could read had to do with witchcraft.
"so your into witches?"
"yeah well ever since I was younger I been intrigued by it. It just been recently that ive tried some of the spells in the books."
"why recently?"
"well I guess you could say I was scared of what would happen but then my stepfather bought me a book sort of witchcraft for beginners. And I tried it and the results were positive so I figured why not. My family wasn't against it, my mom was used to people saying they were witches, she grew up in salem and that's where she met my dad, who wasn't against it, said if it made me happy and gave me something to believe in than good. My stepfather well he was cool about it, as long as I didn't try anything on him. Like put a spell on him to give me money."
"that's cool. I wish my family was like that."
"wait are you into witchcraft?"
"yeah sorta."
"you want to know something?"
"what?"
"you know how it seems weird that eli and all those guys suddenly like me.."
"yeah."
"I can honestlly say I had nothing to do with that. I didn't try any spell or anything. I thought maybe grace's weird stepsister did something but then it turns out she didn't."
"are you talking about jessie, eli's sis?"
"yeah you know her?"
"sorta I heard that she only got the role cuz mr. Dimitri, I mean your father felt sorry for her."
"yeah, but that could be some jealous person eyeing the role didn't get and started a rumor, now im not saying its not true or anything but you never know. Besides who knows what goes on inside my fathers head, not me, choosing grace for that role she can't even sing. I so wanted that role but no that would be too suspicious, because why would he give the role to someone who didn't audition."
"why didn't you, audition I mean?"
"busy, swimming lessons at the Y. I teach little kids every Tuesday and Thursday."
"that's cool."
"yeah and it looks great on college applications. I mean I like hanging out with the kids and all but sometimes it a little boring having to watch kids swimming so the college thing is a little incentive. Not that I wouldn't do it if it wasn't, I would."
"I know what you mean. Im interning at a law office for the same reason."
"you want to go the mall?"
"ok."
Half an hour later, in front of the bookstore.
"excuse me for a minute I have to go get a book."
"its ok ill go in with ya I want to look at magazines anyways."
"ok."
They walk in and Alexa goes to look at the latest issues while Amanda goes to get the book she told her father she would get he told her to get when she said she was going to the mall. She quickly finds the book and walks back to the front and sees Grace talking to Alexa. Grace's weird stepsis and Eli are standing by waiting for Grace. Jessie looks at her watch and yawns. She says something to Eli and goes to look at something.
Alexa sees Amanda standing there and gives her the 'help me' look.
Amanda holds up one finger and mouths 'one minute' she goes to pay for the book and pays and then walks over to Alexa.
"ok I got the book we should go, Alexa. I told Mr. Dimitri I would drop the book off before he left school." Grace looks at amanda and says nothing.
"Amanda its almost 8 at night." Alexa says.
"yeah so we should hurry."
"bye grace nice talking to you."
"bye Alexa." Grace says.
Alexa and Amanda walk out of the store and down the hallway.
"how rude of Grace to not even say hi to me."
"well you didn't say hi to her."
"yeah you have a point."
"yeah. So did you see Eli standing there aww when you walked over he looked like a love sick puppy who couldn't say anything because of grace."
"aww hes so cute sometimes."
"yeah. Too bad they cant clone him and give them away. Cuz I would love one."
"yeah too too bad. Guess we are just going to hafta wish that someday eli will notice us."
"us? He already notices you."
"oh yeah I forgot."
Both laugh.
a.n so does anyone else find out AMandas little secret and what happens when they do read to find out.
"Mr. Dimitri I realize that the rumors are false but I had to come say that if you want to keep your real relaitionship
with Miss. Smith a secret. All contact should be kept professional."
"Mrs, Carey, I have a question." Amanda said.
"yes Amanda"
"say im having like the worst day, are you saying that I shouldn't go to my father whose right here at school for fear of someone saying that we are having an inappropiate relaitionship?"
"im not saying that. Im saying keep it behind closed doors."
"ok weird advice." Amanda said. " well I better get going I have another class."
"Ok. Ill write you a note."
"actually I'm going by that way so I could just go in and tell her teacher that I had to talk to her."
"ok . well see you at home amanda unless you want a ride."
"and be seen riding in a car with my teacher? No thanks."
They laugh and Amanda and Mrs. Carey walk out and down to her next class. They go in and Mrs. Carey tell the teacher that she had to talk to Amanda. Amanda just went to her desk and the principal walked out.
After school and Amanda is standing on the sidewalk looking for grace. Eli saw her first and was about to go over to her when grace was like "ELI LETS GO LIKE NOW."
"ok grace."
They got in the car and drove off. Amanda saw this and went back into the school. She found her father still at her desk.
She went and sat at the desk she usually sat at.
Amanda put her head on her desk and said
"grace hates me. Its all Alexa's fault, cant you suspend her or at least give her a failing grade, dad."
"sorry hun I cant do that. Not even for my favorite daughter."
"dad im your only daughter."
"doesn't mean you're automatically my favorite."
"ok. Dad whatever you say."
Outside the open window, Alexa had overheard the entire convo. After a couple of minutes, she said "I cant believe it.."
"cant believe what?" amanda said surprising Alexa.
"cant believe you're his daughter and that hes your dad."
"well it makes sense if im his daughter that hes my dad."
"so why didn't you tell anyone?"
"because I thought, we thought, it would be better and easier for me if noone knew and now you do and you cant tell Grace."
"why not?"
"because think about it she has a major crush on my father, which is ech, but I don't want her to spend time with me just to see my dad. You saw her at the play, she was bascially drooling."
"oh I see your point. Ok I wont tell grace."
"thanks."
"your welcome but remember you owe me."
"uh huh. You want to go to the mall and then to my house.then ill pay you back."
"ok," they started walking towards alexa's car in the parking lot. "how?"
"well having a teacher for a dad doesn't always bring out people's truest intentions."
"yeah I can see how that would happen."
"yeah. I accidently told one of my older friends who happened to have my dad as a teacher. Well she skipped school and tried to get me to change my dads attendence book so she didn't get in trouble and when I didn't she treatened to make my life a nightmare."
"did she?"
"no. she later got into a car crash and nobody's heard from her since."
"wow."
"yeah you don't mess with Amanda Smith and get away with it. That girl should have known better. But don't worry your only on my dislike list not hate list, yet."
"look im really sorry about telling grace I didn't know."
"you know what, its not grace, its that I was just getting to know eli and grace and now grace wont let eli look at me, and I really liked him. "
they turned onto Amanda's Street and pulled into her driveway. They got out and went inside. They walked down the hallway and into a black room. Amanda turned on the light and Alexa could see it was a bedroom fit for a queen.
"my dad thinks im a little princess so one summer while I was away he did the room all up and I havent had the heart to change it."
"so mr. Dimitri did this?"
"yeah."
"hey amanda can I, I know this might sound weird, can I see his room?"
"sure." They walked out of the room and down the hall, Amanda opened a door and turned on the light. Alexa could see a large bedroom with a king bed and a bookshelf, that was filled with books, that took up a whole wall. There were additional books on the nightstand and sitting on top of the tv.
"whoa that's a lot of books."
"yep, lets go back to my room. My dad should be home soon."
"ok."
Amanda turned off the light and they went out in the hallway and back to her room.
"so where do you keep all your books?"
"all my books?"
"yeah I figured since your dads a bookaholic you must be one too."
"ok."
Amanda walked over and open the doors to her closet and moved some clothes and showed Alexa a stack of five boxes.
"they're all in here."
"ok."
Alexa walked over and opened the top of the top box. It was filled with books and magazines. She could see that most of the titles she could read had to do with witchcraft.
"so your into witches?"
"yeah well ever since I was younger I been intrigued by it. It just been recently that ive tried some of the spells in the books."
"why recently?"
"well I guess you could say I was scared of what would happen but then my stepfather bought me a book sort of witchcraft for beginners. And I tried it and the results were positive so I figured why not. My family wasn't against it, my mom was used to people saying they were witches, she grew up in salem and that's where she met my dad, who wasn't against it, said if it made me happy and gave me something to believe in than good. My stepfather well he was cool about it, as long as I didn't try anything on him. Like put a spell on him to give me money."
"that's cool. I wish my family was like that."
"wait are you into witchcraft?"
"yeah sorta."
"you want to know something?"
"what?"
"you know how it seems weird that eli and all those guys suddenly like me.."
"yeah."
"I can honestlly say I had nothing to do with that. I didn't try any spell or anything. I thought maybe grace's weird stepsister did something but then it turns out she didn't."
"are you talking about jessie, eli's sis?"
"yeah you know her?"
"sorta I heard that she only got the role cuz mr. Dimitri, I mean your father felt sorry for her."
"yeah, but that could be some jealous person eyeing the role didn't get and started a rumor, now im not saying its not true or anything but you never know. Besides who knows what goes on inside my fathers head, not me, choosing grace for that role she can't even sing. I so wanted that role but no that would be too suspicious, because why would he give the role to someone who didn't audition."
"why didn't you, audition I mean?"
"busy, swimming lessons at the Y. I teach little kids every Tuesday and Thursday."
"that's cool."
"yeah and it looks great on college applications. I mean I like hanging out with the kids and all but sometimes it a little boring having to watch kids swimming so the college thing is a little incentive. Not that I wouldn't do it if it wasn't, I would."
"I know what you mean. Im interning at a law office for the same reason."
"you want to go the mall?"
"ok."
Half an hour later, in front of the bookstore.
"excuse me for a minute I have to go get a book."
"its ok ill go in with ya I want to look at magazines anyways."
"ok."
They walk in and Alexa goes to look at the latest issues while Amanda goes to get the book she told her father she would get he told her to get when she said she was going to the mall. She quickly finds the book and walks back to the front and sees Grace talking to Alexa. Grace's weird stepsis and Eli are standing by waiting for Grace. Jessie looks at her watch and yawns. She says something to Eli and goes to look at something.
Alexa sees Amanda standing there and gives her the 'help me' look.
Amanda holds up one finger and mouths 'one minute' she goes to pay for the book and pays and then walks over to Alexa.
"ok I got the book we should go, Alexa. I told Mr. Dimitri I would drop the book off before he left school." Grace looks at amanda and says nothing.
"Amanda its almost 8 at night." Alexa says.
"yeah so we should hurry."
"bye grace nice talking to you."
"bye Alexa." Grace says.
Alexa and Amanda walk out of the store and down the hallway.
"how rude of Grace to not even say hi to me."
"well you didn't say hi to her."
"yeah you have a point."
"yeah. So did you see Eli standing there aww when you walked over he looked like a love sick puppy who couldn't say anything because of grace."
"aww hes so cute sometimes."
"yeah. Too bad they cant clone him and give them away. Cuz I would love one."
"yeah too too bad. Guess we are just going to hafta wish that someday eli will notice us."
"us? He already notices you."
"oh yeah I forgot."
Both laugh.
a.n so does anyone else find out AMandas little secret and what happens when they do read to find out.