Amanda puts her stuff down and sits back down on her desk and starts crying.
Mrs. Carey is walking by and see Amanda alone in the classroom with her head in her hands crying. she walks over and asks whats wrong.
"everything, grace manning is mad at me and just said some really hurtful things and to think she used to be one of my best friends."
Mrs. carey sits next to Amanda and gives her a big hug.
"tell you what why dont you go home get some sleep and take tomorrow off?"
"are you telling me to ditch? cuz as principal i thought you were supposed to do the oppisite."
"i know but i also know the stress you been under i mean it cant be easy to be a teenager this day and age and add to that the whole keeping your father a secret much be torture so take a mental health day."
"ok but can you tell my father i dont think hell believe me if i said the principal told me to take the day off."
"ok i will. so you go home watch the tv."
amanda gets up and hugs the principal and packs up the rest of her stuff.
mrs. Carey turns and starts to walk towards the door
"and mrs Carey you totally get some brownie points from my dad."
"what?"
"you know since you like him so much, doing something like this for his daughter will make him like you even more."
"ok whatever you say."
"hey all i know is guys like it when your nice to their kid. well i better be going see you later and thanks."
"bye and your welcome."
Amanda picks up her bag while Mrs. Carey leaves the room. Amanda walks past Mr. Dimitri, whose stops her.
"Amanda have you been crying?"
"yeah."
"why?"
"why dont you ask grace manning? i hafta go home."
"what the day isnt over?"
"i know but the principal gave me the rest of the day and tomorrow off ask her if you dont believe me."
"ok i will but you better be going if she said so.
"ok bye see ya in two days."
in the classroom the next day, Mr. Dimitri has just finished the lesson and was dismissing everyone but Grace Manning.
Tad and Alexa go up to Dimitri's desk.
"why is Amanda here?" Tad asks.
"umm something about a mental health day."
"oh ok." Alexa asks and Tad and Alexa leave the room.
Grace walks up to Dimitri's desk.
"you wanted to see me?"
"yes i wanted to know what you did or said to Amanda Smith?"
"i didnt do anything."
"hmm when i asked Principal Carey yesterday why she let Amanda go home early yesterday she said that she found Amanda in here crying because of something you said but she didnt say what."
"oh."
"oh?"
"yeah i sorta said somestuff that i probably shouldnt have said."
"like?"
"like she was a ugly brat and i made up that tad said she was easy in bed."
"hmm and why did you say that?"
"because i guess i was jealous of her getting attention from all the guys i liked, yourself included."
"you were jealous of the attention i was giving a fellow student?"
"yes. and Tad."
"hmm well I wish you wouldn't because I try to like all students equally espy after what happened between us. About Tad, from what I've heard you wrote some mean things about Amanda and I'm guessing from what Tad has said he isnt into people who talk mean about other people." Dimitri said while trying not to mention the connection between himself and Amanda.
Mrs Carey stuck her head in the door.
"Mr. Dimitri hope im not interrupting anything but can I speak to you for a few minutes?"
"sure, um Miss Manning we can continue this tomorrow."
"ok." Grace said and quickly grabbed her bag and left the room.
"you wanted to talk?"
"actually no but I was guessing that you were about to lose it. I mean I know what she said and if someone said that about my kid I would lose it."
"yeah I was close and thanks."
"no problem.well ill see you tomorrow at the staff meeting at 5."
"yep see you then."
Mrs. Carey walked out of the room, leaving Dimitri there to clean up. When he was finished he picked up his satchel and walked out of the room, turning off the light and closing the door.
Two hours later at the mannings house, graces room. Grace was sitting at her desk, typing her homework assignment on her computer. She was supposed to be writing a short story involving real people in fake situations. She decided to write about her and Eli leaving the house together to go live in New York for different reasons. Hers to be a writer and his to be a famous lead in a band. She included Amanda in the story as a witch who could make Grace and Eli's dreams come true, but what they don't know is that Amanda is only doing it in return for Eli's heart to add to her collection.
Grace keeps typing for an hour and finally gets up to go eat dinner. She finds out it is stuffed peppers which she hates so she goes back up to her room and looks for the bag of chip she bought but never got around to eating. She finds the bag of sour cream and onion chips in a desk drawer. She opens it up and eats a few and then goes back to writing her story.
Someone knocks on the door.
"whose there?"
"its Eli, Grace."
"come in."
eli opens the door and comes in and sits on her bed.
"whatcha doing?"
"writing a story for english."
"ok is it boring?"
"no well not to me cuz I wrote it but hopefully its not boring to anyone else."
"are you almost done?"
"yeah why?"
"well when your done let me read it."
"ok. Well I better get back to work."
"ok I'll leave you to it." And he leaves.
Two hours later shes finished and prints a copy and then remembers Eli wanted to read it so she prints off another copy. She takes it off the printer when its finished and arranges the pages so they are in order. She walks down to Eli's room and knocks on the door and when he opens it hes only wearing a pair of boxers. Graces looks down.
"miss Grace Manning are you checking me out?" Eli says startling Grace out of her daze.
"um no ….umm what?" she stutters
"ok hold on a minute." He closes the door. Few seconds past and Eli opens the door again, this time fully dressed.
"um here." Handing him the paper.
"what is it?"
"my story you said you wanted to read it."
"ok thanks. Umm wanna come in and sit down?"
"sure."
They go in and he sits on his bed reading the story to himself while she sits on his desk chair.
Ten minutes later. She looking on the internet when he puts the paper down and says done.
"so be honest what do you think?"
"honestly….."
Mrs. Carey is walking by and see Amanda alone in the classroom with her head in her hands crying. she walks over and asks whats wrong.
"everything, grace manning is mad at me and just said some really hurtful things and to think she used to be one of my best friends."
Mrs. carey sits next to Amanda and gives her a big hug.
"tell you what why dont you go home get some sleep and take tomorrow off?"
"are you telling me to ditch? cuz as principal i thought you were supposed to do the oppisite."
"i know but i also know the stress you been under i mean it cant be easy to be a teenager this day and age and add to that the whole keeping your father a secret much be torture so take a mental health day."
"ok but can you tell my father i dont think hell believe me if i said the principal told me to take the day off."
"ok i will. so you go home watch the tv."
amanda gets up and hugs the principal and packs up the rest of her stuff.
mrs. Carey turns and starts to walk towards the door
"and mrs Carey you totally get some brownie points from my dad."
"what?"
"you know since you like him so much, doing something like this for his daughter will make him like you even more."
"ok whatever you say."
"hey all i know is guys like it when your nice to their kid. well i better be going see you later and thanks."
"bye and your welcome."
Amanda picks up her bag while Mrs. Carey leaves the room. Amanda walks past Mr. Dimitri, whose stops her.
"Amanda have you been crying?"
"yeah."
"why?"
"why dont you ask grace manning? i hafta go home."
"what the day isnt over?"
"i know but the principal gave me the rest of the day and tomorrow off ask her if you dont believe me."
"ok i will but you better be going if she said so.
"ok bye see ya in two days."
in the classroom the next day, Mr. Dimitri has just finished the lesson and was dismissing everyone but Grace Manning.
Tad and Alexa go up to Dimitri's desk.
"why is Amanda here?" Tad asks.
"umm something about a mental health day."
"oh ok." Alexa asks and Tad and Alexa leave the room.
Grace walks up to Dimitri's desk.
"you wanted to see me?"
"yes i wanted to know what you did or said to Amanda Smith?"
"i didnt do anything."
"hmm when i asked Principal Carey yesterday why she let Amanda go home early yesterday she said that she found Amanda in here crying because of something you said but she didnt say what."
"oh."
"oh?"
"yeah i sorta said somestuff that i probably shouldnt have said."
"like?"
"like she was a ugly brat and i made up that tad said she was easy in bed."
"hmm and why did you say that?"
"because i guess i was jealous of her getting attention from all the guys i liked, yourself included."
"you were jealous of the attention i was giving a fellow student?"
"yes. and Tad."
"hmm well I wish you wouldn't because I try to like all students equally espy after what happened between us. About Tad, from what I've heard you wrote some mean things about Amanda and I'm guessing from what Tad has said he isnt into people who talk mean about other people." Dimitri said while trying not to mention the connection between himself and Amanda.
Mrs Carey stuck her head in the door.
"Mr. Dimitri hope im not interrupting anything but can I speak to you for a few minutes?"
"sure, um Miss Manning we can continue this tomorrow."
"ok." Grace said and quickly grabbed her bag and left the room.
"you wanted to talk?"
"actually no but I was guessing that you were about to lose it. I mean I know what she said and if someone said that about my kid I would lose it."
"yeah I was close and thanks."
"no problem.well ill see you tomorrow at the staff meeting at 5."
"yep see you then."
Mrs. Carey walked out of the room, leaving Dimitri there to clean up. When he was finished he picked up his satchel and walked out of the room, turning off the light and closing the door.
Two hours later at the mannings house, graces room. Grace was sitting at her desk, typing her homework assignment on her computer. She was supposed to be writing a short story involving real people in fake situations. She decided to write about her and Eli leaving the house together to go live in New York for different reasons. Hers to be a writer and his to be a famous lead in a band. She included Amanda in the story as a witch who could make Grace and Eli's dreams come true, but what they don't know is that Amanda is only doing it in return for Eli's heart to add to her collection.
Grace keeps typing for an hour and finally gets up to go eat dinner. She finds out it is stuffed peppers which she hates so she goes back up to her room and looks for the bag of chip she bought but never got around to eating. She finds the bag of sour cream and onion chips in a desk drawer. She opens it up and eats a few and then goes back to writing her story.
Someone knocks on the door.
"whose there?"
"its Eli, Grace."
"come in."
eli opens the door and comes in and sits on her bed.
"whatcha doing?"
"writing a story for english."
"ok is it boring?"
"no well not to me cuz I wrote it but hopefully its not boring to anyone else."
"are you almost done?"
"yeah why?"
"well when your done let me read it."
"ok. Well I better get back to work."
"ok I'll leave you to it." And he leaves.
Two hours later shes finished and prints a copy and then remembers Eli wanted to read it so she prints off another copy. She takes it off the printer when its finished and arranges the pages so they are in order. She walks down to Eli's room and knocks on the door and when he opens it hes only wearing a pair of boxers. Graces looks down.
"miss Grace Manning are you checking me out?" Eli says startling Grace out of her daze.
"um no ….umm what?" she stutters
"ok hold on a minute." He closes the door. Few seconds past and Eli opens the door again, this time fully dressed.
"um here." Handing him the paper.
"what is it?"
"my story you said you wanted to read it."
"ok thanks. Umm wanna come in and sit down?"
"sure."
They go in and he sits on his bed reading the story to himself while she sits on his desk chair.
Ten minutes later. She looking on the internet when he puts the paper down and says done.
"so be honest what do you think?"
"honestly….."