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Note: This chapter was written a little… differently. I might go back and change it when the story is finished. I apologize if people out there don't like it, and though I know it's a lame excuse, I have been having writer's block lately. Don't forget to review and tell me how much you like (or hate) it!
Chapter Fourteen, AKA: Privacy
Weeks had gone by unnoticed by Rachel; time went by too fast at Garfield's place, like someone had pressed fast forward on a remote. At least she got to see Kori and Richard again last weekend, she had missed them.
She stepped into the school building ten minutes late, thanks to the kids on her bus that wouldn't stop throwing things at the driver. How could they be so hyper at eight in the morning? She sat down in her seat at the back of the classroom after receiving the standard lecture from Garfield about being late, adding another detention. They did have to keep up appearances, even if she would have stayed whether he had given her a detention or not.
She had been staying at his place like they had discussed, she had insisted on going home, saying that she was stronger than she looked. Garfield wouldn't take no for an answer, and now she was stuck with him, not that it was a bad thing. But living with a guy like him didn't leave much time for anything, homework included, not that she cared all that much. Her time with Kori and Richard was spent over the phone for the most part; they had been so buys lately. She did her best to talk to them when she could during school.
The relationship had gone unnoticed by everyone, and everything seemed to be going perfect. She only had four more months left before school was over for her, and that meant that they wouldn't have to worry about school rules anymore. The relationship had progressed well, and Rachel even smiled at him every once in a while, which was a big improvement. The physical aspect of the relationship hadn't gone farther than what it had that night a few weeks ago, and that hadn't been a big issue for either of them.
However, in the blink of an eye everything can change, one foolhardy mistake can be the downfall of an entire empire… or relationship. No one can prevent change, and Rachel couldn't honestly say she didn't see it coming. Her father was bound to notice her missing sooner or later; she just wished it had been later then when he did. Everything started out normal and calm, as it often do before something disastrous. Garfield seemed to be oblivious to the ominous feeling that Rachel was dealing with, so she did her best to ignore it.
School was over faster then it usually was, or so it seemed. Rachel's steps quickened as she made her way to room fifty-four, her breathing faster than her pounding heart, something was wrong, not to mention she felt like she was being watched. She was nearly sprinting by the time she got to Garfield's and slammed the door behind her. His head snapped up to give her a questioning look.
"Sorry about the door, it's just that I have the strangest feeling we're being watched." Garfield shrugged.
"Don't you think that's a little paranoid? The security cameras in the hallways don't even work, and neither do the one's in the classrooms."
"Are you sure?" She asked, letting out a sigh of relief.
"Positive." He smiled at her, and she graced him with a nervous smile of her own. Rachel sat down next to where he was seated at his desk, grading papers. He continued grading papers and she was getting impatient. Normally they would be doing something together at this point. She leaned forward, trying to get his attention. He pointedly looked away, and Rachel rolled her eyes, so that's how he wants to play? She leaned forward again; close enough to make him shiver as her breath tickled his ear.
"Didn't you miss me today?" Under no circumstances before a few months ago did Rachel ever, ever think she would say that, but if it would get his attention…
Garfield dropped his red pen and pulled his work off of the desk and into an overly stuffed and messy cabinet.
"Is there something you wanted, Raven?" He asked with a straight face. She couldn't resist the urge to roll her eyes and kissed him before he could get another word out. She fell back on his desk, him on top of her, and her words disappeared into the air, remaining private, and for his ears only. Completely oblivious to the world, neither paid attention the blinking red dot on the camera in the corner of the room. So much for privacy.
Student guidance counselor Terra Markov was lost in her own thoughts when she left her classroom, locking the door behind her. She hummed a tune and listened to the click of her own heels on the hard tile floor of the school hallways. She flicked off the lights in empty classrooms, taking only a second to make sure no one was in them. She passed the two school security guards on their way out and waved, they always went home early, and no one ever seemed to notice. The door they had walked out of was open, light on. She walked towards it, taking a glance inside only to realize that it was the security room, camera screens and all. Any person would want to take a look inside, what could the harm be?
Terra sat down in the large comfy armchair that sat in the center of what must have been a wall of a hundred screens. Several switches and knobs could be seen along a desk, all of them labeled with a room number and some with ways to fix lighting and turn the sound on. The cameras were almost never turned on, despite the fact that there were two cameras in every classroom, something to do with student's cheating on their exams. Terra gnawed at her bottom lip as her eyes came across the switches for the two cameras in Garfield's room.
She really shouldn't, it would be an invasion of privacy, and he already thought she was a stalker. Still… if he was only grading papers, what could be the harm? Without giving herself time to rethink her decision, she flipped both switches upwards, the cameras immediately recording the room. Terra cocked her head the side and swiveled her chair a little, Rachel was there, probably for detention. She watched as Rachel sat down on the desk next to Garfield, and glanced at the papers he was grading. Terra frowned; students weren't allowed to see the test grades of other students. She grabbed the headphones and yanked them on, flipping the switch for sound on.
At first neither was talking, which was usual behavior for student's when they got detention. Then she saw that Rachel was growing impatient, and heard her sigh through the headphones. Finally, as if fed up with getting no attention, she leaned forward, trying to get his attention. Terra turned the volume up until all of the words would come out clear.
"Didn't you miss me today?" Terra was confused, that sounded sort of… flirtatious, but surely Garfield wouldn't… She watched as he threw his papers in a cabinet, and pressed the headphones against her ears, in case she would miss something.
"Is there something you wanted, Raven?" Raven? Terra had never heard anyone call Rachel that, except her two friends, did that mean that Garfield and 'Raven' were friends? She tensed, something was wrong. And then Rachel spoke again, her breathless whisper barely audible through Terra's own blood pounding in her head, and as she comprehended the word, the blood that had been racing around madly came to an abrupt stop, freezing in her veins. The word seemed to echo in her ears…"You…"
Terra tried in vain to find the button to turn off the camera, and just ejected it instead. She was in a daze, what was going on? Her thoughts were jumbled; things weren't making sense at all. She walked faster than she knew she could in heels, and didn't notice anything as she made her way to her car. She didn't notice that she had left security camera two for room fifty- four on, she didn't realize that she left the door open, she didn't realize the video tape from camera one was still in her hands, and she didn't notice the muscular, red faced man stomp into the building with a glare that on any other day might have had her intimidated.
Trigon was mad, no, he was furious. Who did his daughter think she was, running away like that? He passed a skinny blond girl on his way in, but barely took notice. His huge form lumbered down the hallway, too angry to notice anything. Well, almost anything. A small, almost whispering sound caught his attention. He wondered why this particular sound got him interested. But then he knew the answer; that sounded like his daughter. He followed the sound into a large room, filled with television screens, security cameras, and a desk that was decorated with buttons and switches. There was one thing wrong with this room; it was empty. So where was the noise coming from?
He stepped towards a pair of headphones sitting on the desk, and it was at that moment that he realized that one of the screens was on. To say he was surprised was an understatement, the voice was indeed his daughters, but she wasn't talking, she was… Trigon slipped the headphones on and stared intently at the screen, suddenly a grin spread across his face, and he knew the perfect punishment for his daughter's absence. He flipped the switch labeled 'sound' down, if his plan was going to work, no on could hear what they were saying. He let the tape run for two more minutes before ejecting it, his grin widening again. Without any sound, no one would know if Rachel was willing or not. As Trigon thought of what he would say to the police, his smile reached his ears. Today he had found out that his daughter was being 'molested', as he would later put it, and by this weekend, so would Rachel.
A/N: I hope it wasn't too horrible or confusing. If it was then ask whatever questions you want in your reviews and I'll do my best to answer them. Oh, and sorry it took so long. Like I said before, severe writer's block.
