A Degrassi Fanfic

Titled: "Why Me?"

Chapter 3: Lies, All Lies

"So can you all tell me what happened?" Officer McNabb asked the young ladies. He was thinking of just taking them down to the precinct and to find out what happened. Hazel and Theresa had to be home, so they wanted to leave badly. Manny and Paige didn't want to get in trouble. So the officer asked: "Could two of you come down to the precinct?" Manny and Paige nodded their yes "yes" in nuisance. As the officer got in the car waiting, Paige told hazel: "I won't tell him much, just that we were arguing, and we weren't the ones fighting. That it was another group of girls and we tried to break it up. So just go home and clean up Hun." It wasn't surprising that Manny and Paige didn't look like they even fought. Basically they didn't fight, they pushed and pulled hair. Then threw in a couple of slaps, and that was it.

Manny on the other hand just told Theresa that she would let them know that Paige and her friends tried to jump her, and her friends broke it up. This was basically true. But Theresa felt like the police wouldn't believe Manny since she didn't look like someone that was jumped. Now Ashley did look like somebody that was badly hurt. But Ashley was long gone; as soon as she heard sirens she headed the other direction. But all Theresa knew was that one way or another, she was dead.

Walking home slowly and full of anger, Theresa was feeling very nervous. She knew she shouldn't have helped out Manny, because in the end she was the one with a scratch on her neck, and mud on her clothes. Thank god her mother was at work. But Theresa knew that all this was going to go back to the school, and they would all be kicked out. But she was going to be in for a nice surprise…

The Next Day

Tiyanna walked into the school and everybody looked at her like she was savage or something. She had only been in the school for three months, and now she had people fearing her. It felt pretty good, but it seemed like word got around so quickly. But soon as she put her things in the locker Derrick walked over to her with this grin on his face. "Damn ma, I heard you beat Ashley's ass!" he exclaimed. Tiyanna knew that word must have got to the school and that really worried her. She just got really hot, and feared for her health. She was tired of bruises, and those were the things that would be on her body if her mother found out about the fight. Tiyanna just looked worried, and hoped nothing bad happened to Ashley. If her mother had to pay for some hospital bills, then Tiyanna would be in the hospital herself.

But nothing that serious could have happened to Ashley, except a few bruises, and muddy hair, and a headache for a couple hours. Just as she was getting ready to reply to Derrick, an announcement was made over the P.A system. "Good morning staff and students. Please pardon the interruption. Would the following students please report to the office: Manny Santos, Hazel Aden, Theresa Lopez-Garcia, Tiyanna Moore, Paige Michalchuk, and Ashley Kerwing. That is all"

"I gotta go then" Tiyanna said as she made her way to the office, where everybody but Ashley was. Everybody seemed to look very sad, everyone but Paige and Manny. Ashley then walked in with the saddest look on her face. When her mother came back from out of town, she would flip. Just a while ago Ashley flipped out on her father. She hit him upside the head with a pillow for kissing his lover, when he thought no one was around. Then Ashley really went crazy and started yelling at her father, and calling him names; from fruit cake, to fag.

So when her mother would find out about this, it would really be chaotic. Ashley would just be labeled a "rebellious" teenager. "Why the long faces, we aren't gonna get in any trouble." Paige said with a grin her face. Just then the counselor walked into the Office. "Would you guys follow me." She said as she walked in, holding the door for them. It was more of a statement then a question.

Walking into the office, she handed each girl a statement. They were asked to write about what happened. About 15 minutes later when everybody was done with their statements, Ms. Thompson-the counselor decided to read the statements. Manny and Paige's statements were exactly alike. Everybody else was saying different things. She decided to send them to class, and tell them her decision at the end of the day.

In the hall, the girls were walking to their classes. Manny looked at her friends and said: "It's cool guys, we aren't gonna get in trouble. Ya'll acting like somebody died or something." Theresa and Tiyanna just looked at her as if she was very stupid. Like they could just stop and jump her at that moment. They knew something wasn't right. Tiyanna knew as soon as Theresa informed her on what happened when she left.

Paige and Manny must have came up with a plan. They didn't even really fight, so of course they wouldn't get in trouble. Plus they wanted to stay in the spirit squad. Tiyanna now wished she would have stayed to her self. She didn't need to become friends with Manny, the friendship, just fucked her up. She was going to be in major trouble if she was getting kicked out of school. There wasn't an "if", Tiyanna was positive she was going home. Unlike the rest of the nervous girls, Tiyanna made sure she did her work, and lots of extra credit, and made sure she did them right. So at the end of the day when they were called to the office, Tiyanna was ready. But then again she hoped that Ms. Thompson shocked her.

They were then led to a small office inside the Main office were Ms. Thompson began talking. "Reading your statements, it seems to me that some of you have been lying. By reading Manny and Paige's statements, I saw that they were exactly alike. At the precinct they were in separate rooms, while writing the statements. Then they wrote one for me. Both copies are the same, so they must be telling the truth. By their story, it seems as if Theresa and Hazel had an argument in the cafeteria, that no teacher or administrator was informed of. The argument consisted of Hazel asking Theresa if she had beef, and Theresa responds by saying something about chicken." Ms. Thompson paused, and shrugged her shoulder. She didn't even understand what food had to do with anything. Both girls had lovely figures.

"So then after school Theresa and Hazel get into an argument and they just start attacking each other, then Ashley gets into the spirit of the fight, and launches towards Tiyanna with punches, and then Tiyanna goes ballistic. So Paige and Manny try to break up the fight and tell you all violence isn't the answer…"

While Ms. Thompson continues, no one is really even listening to her. None of the girls could even speak. Manny and Paige hung their heads in shame, while the others were in tears…all except for Tiyanna. This was something she was used to. They couldn't even try and defend their selves, it was useless. They already saw their papers. It was just sad, how the two people they believed were their friends lied like that.

They all felt a feeling of betrayal, mixed with regret. Why they would even try to break up the fight, or help the person they helped. Or in Hazel's case, have their friends "back". Tiyanna looked at every single person in that room, and didn't see not one person she could trust. None of them were considered her friend. Theresa wasn't even considered a friend. She seemed to be some sort of a fake. She was two-faced. Someone, who just ran her mouth about somebody and then smiled in their face the next minute, which wasn't being a true friend.

Theresa stared at Manny and Paige, and if looks could kill: Manny Santos and Paige Michalchuk would be six feet under. But then again, another person she could blame was herself. She got herself into this mess. So she had to face up to it. Looking at Tiyanna she wondered why she wasn't crying. She looked as if she didn't care. But little did she know what was going on in Tiyanna's head.

Later On…In Ms. Thompson's Office

Ms. Thompson then dismissed Paige and Manny and told them to go home and stay out of trouble. Then that's when the rest of the girls received their paperwork. It was shocking but Theresa and Hazel got suspended for a week while Ashley and Tiyanna got 3 weeks. They could have gone to juvenile for a week, but it was a school matter. Since all the students attended the same school, and no one was badly injured. They had all been written up for physically assaulting another student. They all headed out the door. Tiyanna just walked slowly and read her paper. Theresa was getting a bit jealous, because she couldn't keep herself calm like Tiyanna. She felt like wringing Manny and Paige's necks. She could understand why Paige would do this, since she hated them. But Manny was supposed to be her so called friend. But, what if Manny and Paige did this as a prank for; the "new" girls. Befriending them when they first got to the school, and then getting them kicked out 3 months later.

But it couldn't make sense, since Hazel and Ashley went down with them. They were both alike, Manny and Paige. They were just; evil, manipulating, and self centered bitches. That's probably all they'll ever be if they didn't stop what they were doing.

Theresa came back into reality, and just flipped out on Tiyanna. "Why the hell are you sitting there like everything is all "peachy" and shit, what you only got 3 days? Damn, you sittin' there all calm and shit but you got it worst then everybody. Yo mama don't even let you go out the door. So you know you gon be in some shit, but you wanna sit up there, and act like you aint gon have no consequence!" Theresa exclaimed., while drying her eyes with a Kleenex she got from Ms. Thompson.

Tiyanna just looked at her like she was stupid or something. Then she giggled, and shook her head. "No, I know how my life at home is better than you do. I can tell you about my life better than you can. I'm just smart enough not to let my enemies see me hurt. Something, you don't know how to do. You made Paige and Manny very happy by letting them see you hurt and in tears." With that said, Tiyanna walked away from Theresa, leaving her standing there crying.

But little did Theresa know that she just cursed out a person that could have been a very good friend. Tiyanna just shook her head, some people just lash out at the wrong people. But she just wanted to get home, and get this thing over with. So she had 3 weeks to be home. She would get make-up work and all so it was cool, but she should have just left them like that. She shouldn't have tried to break it up. Tiyanna wasn't going to sit there and let Manny and Paige see her cry. That wasn't something she would do. She doesn't even let her G-ma and mother see her cry. As much whoopings, tongue lashings and mistreatment that she gets Tiyanna just holds it in. She barely even cries at all.

The 15-year-old just feels that those people that hurt her weren't worth her tears. Making her way into the house she saw her mother lying on the couch sleeping, with the TV on. But let Tiyanna fall asleep while watching TV and she'd be wasting electricity. Sighing, Tiyanna just thought to herself. Let's get this over with…

Her heart was beating very rapidly, and she was scared out of her mind. Her head was banging as if she had a bad headache. Hands sweaty, with the long-term suspension papers in her hand, her mouth dry without words, and fear in her heart. Tiyanna tried to speak, but she had no words. So she just stood there for a good minute, until her mother awoke, and saw her standing over her.

"What the fuck you trynna do damn, you trynna curse me or something?" Ms. Winston said looking at her daughter as if she was a weirdo or something. That's when Tiyanna knew she was in for some trouble. "I got kicked out of school" Tiyanna stammered. "What, gimme that shit" her mother exclaimed as she read the paper. While she read the paper, Ms. Winston just got angrier and angrier. All of a sudden she just punched Tiyanna in the lip. "Oh, so yo punk ass wanna go to school and fight huh?" Ms. Winston rhetorically asked.

Tiyanna just stood there feeling her bottom lip trembling. She knew it was bleeding. She didn't even try and touch it, all her mother would do was hit her some more. Then her mother just started punching Tiyanna repeatedly. "You think you hard huh?" she exclaimed. Pushing Tiyanna to the ground, Ms. Winston then picked her up, and yelled at her. "Hit me then, fight me like you fought who eva you fought. You little simple bitch…hit me…come on hit me…" She added, slapping her oldest daughter over and over again.

Tiyanna just looked at her mother with hatred in her eyes. The beating and the name calling continued for like 30 minutes until Tiyanna got sent to her room. "Don't ask me for shit, don't ask me to take yo ass nowhere, don't even say shit to me, and act as if I'm not alive. You wanna go to school and fight and shit. You go there to get an education not fight!" She yelled as Tiyanna walked upstairs to her room.

As soon as Tiyanna got upstairs she dropped to her knees and cried. She let everything out. She had never cried this hard. She cried for all the things her mother had done to her, Tiyanna let out the pain from getting beat and everything. She just didn't understand, god did things for a reason, but why put her through so much pain. But Tiyanna knew if she suffered now, she wouldn't suffer much when she got older.

Lying on her bed, face in the pillow Tiyanna cried her eyes out. She'd suffered a lot, and always held it in. But realized this sort of made her feel better. Getting on her knees and putting her hands together, Tiyanna knew she had to pray. Shutting her eyes, she then prayed; "God, you allow me to go through so much pain, and allow these people to hurt me, and to lie on me. I know I'm not perfect god but I just want you to make these people stop god. My G-ma is a nice person, I know she is. She just isn't a nice person to me, she hurts me god. Please allow her to forgive me, for whatever wrong I've done her, allow her to forgive me god. You know I love her, she's my grandmother, and I know somewhere in her heart she loves me. I just want her to stop the abuse, help my mother, help her through her pregnancy, and help her and my G-ma to stop abusing me. God there is only so much I can do, I try so hard to make them happy, but it's never enough. I forgive them already, I don't hold grudges, and god please, help me learn how to keep to myself. I don't need anymore people to come into my life and hurt me…"

Tiyanna stopped and continued to sob. This was pretty much painful for her. She envied all the people who had such close family. She was just the white sheep. Tiyanna couldn't go to her mother and talk about anything. She's tried it a couple of times and her mother would shoo her off. Making comments like "Don't you have any homework to do? Get out of my face…damn". Forget talking to her grandma, that wouldn't work. Tiyanna couldn't run to anyone in that house and give them a hug, or get help with her homework…nothing. Tiyanna hadn't been hugged or complimented on anything since she was 10 years-old.

It was sad to just be in that house alone, with no one to make her feel good. No one understood her, not even her little sister. Chanell and Tiyanna never even really talked. Chanell would go out with her cousins and her friends, while Tiyanna stayed in the house. No one would tell her they loved her, no one but Derrick. So the little words he said made her very happy. It should, because no one else complimented her or talked to her.

Getting up off her bed, Tiyanna stared out the window. "I'm just tired god, there has to be a better way. I don't wish to be anyone else but me. But my life isn't the best. I just have to try and make it the best. I won't let them put me down"- Tiyanna said wiping tears off her face with the back of her hand. "I'm sorry for going ballistic on Ashley; I don't know what happened to me god. But maybe it's just so much I can take from people. But I know you'll make it better, I just gotta stop feeling sorry for myself. It does nothing but bring me down. But it just seems that all most people do is mention the negative things I do. Never the positive. They also tell lies, all lies."

Tiyanna went to the bathroom and washed her face. Changing into her PJ's and turning of her cell phone, Tiyanna jumped in bed and slowly fell asleep.