I hope you guys are doing well because I'm now back with Chapter 10. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
Thursday
4:35pm
Bridgette's House
According to Alejandro, there were a few people who knew a few things about the "trip" that happened before the exams. Little did they know that there is more than meets the eye to the whole "drunk" story. Heather and Bridgette are currently seated in the dining table right beside the stairs talking about it.
"...You're kidding me right?" Bridgette asked, she was really confused but she mostly didn't believe the story happened, Although Heather expected this type of reaction. "I know that trip happened but Alejandro getting drunk? really? I had a hard time believing that" She added.
"Look I know it sounds exaggerated, but this is the story according to Alejandro and I trust him" Heather stated, but the surfer girl just rolled her eyes.
"Yeah you trust him but do I trust him?" Bridgette scoffed. "Not in a million years, you seem to forget that the hispanic guy is the same person who literally caused that insane fight between me and Geoff because he manipulated us, not to mention YOU gave him moral support!" Bridgette exclaimed.
"Well yeah I did...but Bridgette even if you don't trust any of us think about it...Alejandro, Duncan and Geoff went on that trip the DAY BEFORE EXAMS, and then all three of them failed INCLUDING Alejandro, a long time honor student who NEVER failed an exam" Heather stated. "You think all of this is a coincidence? I think not" She added. The surfer girl began to think, at first she thought this is just another story made up for manipulation, that is until she remembered every single weird event that occured the day before the exams.( Alejandro's family calling her because he wasn't answering their calls, and then when she called Geoff, their response was that the Latino was "unavailable" not to mention both Geoff and Duncan were acting weird in their calls ). It's pretty obvious that they were clearly hiding something, and by that the dots connect.
"No, no, no...this can't be right...Geoff wouldn't lie to me...I...augh" Bridgette said as everything is starting to make sense. "...I...I'm just gonna go to the bathroom for a while" She said as she stood up and headed towards the bathroom, the raven haired girl was left in the dining room when all off a sudden a hand grabbed her shoulder. She was startled and turn to see the party boy putting hid finger on his lips indicating a "be quiet" sign.
"Geoff?" Heather whisphered. The party boy quickly grabbed her by the arm as they went to one corner of the living room. "What are you doing here?" She whisphered.
"How did you know about the trip?!" Geoff asked in shock. The raven haired girl just gave an evil smirk.
"So the trip DID happen" Heather said. "Oh and if you're wondering yes Alejandro did tell me EVERYTHING" She added. Geoff widened his eyes in fear. "Is this the reason why you were acting weird a while ago?...Because you knew some stuff behind Alejandro's mysterious failure, I mean it makes completely sense now thinking about it" She stated.
"Uh..." The party boy began to sweat nervously. "Okay fine I did, but YOU CANNOT tell Bridgette about this" He said.
"Too late, I already told her the story. She's probably in the bathroom now, processing every true thing that I told her" She stated.
"Then convince her that everything you said was false, you're good at manipulating people. Try to cover up the fact that the trip really did happen and that Alejandro really was drunk" Geoff begged.
"Oh and if I managed to do that, then what are we gonna do about this incident?" She asked.
"We'll talk about it, you cannot let anyone know about this especially Bridg...oh crap" Geoff refrained from talking when he noticed his girlfriend was actually behind them listening the entire time, she's now glaring and has her arms crossed. "Uh...Hi babe hehehe" Geoff awkwardly said, as he started sweating nervously.
"Yeah...the party is over party boy" Heather whisphered as she gave a smirk. Geoff gulped in fear, he quickly ran towards the front door to leave until Bridgette managed to beat him to it and locked the front door. He backed away in fear as the surfer girl angrily approached him.
"Uh...Bridge...look I can explain" He said.
"SO ALL THIS TIME YOU GUYS WERE LYING TO US?!?" Bridgette barked. "All this time I thought you were just having difficulty-"
"I do have difficulty Bridge, I really did!" Geoff said.
"Oh don't worry, I know you had difficulty in Chemistry, I just didn't know that INSTEAD of practicing the day before the exams...it's just Augh HOW COULD YOU LIE TO US?!?" She exclaimed.
"...Ok fine, The trip did happen..." Geoff admitted. "I know Alejandro was drunk, so I'll tell you guys my side of the story" He added, the two girls raised an eyebrow.
Sometime later...
The story was told once again, only this time there were several details that are revealed considering that it's Geoff's side of the story.
"...and yeah, we got back to Wawanakwa, dropped Duncan and Alejandro by their houses and dropped Izzy by Noah's house" Geoff finished telling the whole story, the two girls just sat in complete surprise and dissapointment
"Well that trip went well" Heather sarcastically remarked.
"So all this time this so called "bros trip" ended up being a freaking rescue mission towards Toronto...NO WONDER ALL THREE OF YOU FAILED!" Bridgette exclaimed.
"Not to mention this could be the reason Alejandro failed the test" Heather thought.
"Woah Hold up, Alejandro FINISHED FIRST...If Alejandro could've been hungover then he wouldn't have finished early, you guys know the dude, he knows what he's doing every exam!" Geoff pointed out.
"That actually was my first theory until I asked him for more information...Before he told me the story he showed me a picture of his failed exam, 31 mistakes and he showed me another picture of all the questions within those items...all those 31 wrong items are ALL number related or solution related" Heather explained.
"What do you mean?" Geoff questioned.
"It means that all the numbers that Alejandro got wrong are all the items that involved writing a solution, he knew the formula but still he got the wrong answer, I mean there is literally nothing else that could've done it...Harold prevented Ryan's assistant from exchanging the papers during the exam day, and it was pretty clear that it was Alejandro's original paper, so the only thing that leads up to this is what happened to him himself thus it leads up to the situation you and Duncan were involved" Heather explained. Bridgette gave a glare towards the party boy.
"You mean, IT'S OUR FAULT HE FAILED?!?" Geoff exclaimed.
"It could be, could be not...look the point is you guys were the only ones present when he got drunk" Heather stated.
"But I have nothing to do it, Swearzies. I would never do something like that to Alejandro...not even after he caused drama between me and Bridge" Geoff said.
"What about Duncan?...I mean he is a delinquent and you guys all know that he worked for the popular girls and tried to sbaotage me and Ezekiel" Heather mentioned.
"He could be the one behind this" Bridgette agreed to her point.
"So you guys are saying that...Duncan could be possibly behind all of this?" Geoff asked.
"Not saying he is, well I mean it obviously could be him...but we need more story, clues, evidences" Heather stated.
"Well, we could just ask Duncan" Geoff suggested.
"Can we really get the truth out of him?" Bridgette questioned, unsure of the idea.
"I don't know...we don't have any other evidence against him besides this story, and this story obviously needs proof" Heather remarked. "Geoff, what do you think is the reason Alejandro got drunk?" She asked.
"I don't know dude...I guess he must've ate or drank something. I literally had no idea what happened back at the arcade, I was just sleeping in my pick up truck. Literally we were just shocked that he started acting crazy" Geoff stated.
"And according to Alejandro, the only thing they drank were a couple of energy drinks. I need more clues...(snaps her finger), that's it, I'll just investigate the arcade!" Heather thought.
"What do you mean investigate? Are you even gonna find a clue there, I mean the exam day happened last week" Bridgette reminded.
"Yeah, but there's a CCTV room there, If I could just sneak towards there I can find some clues, the arcade is still probably open right now" Heather thought.
"...and you're gonna go there by yourself? As in right now?" Geoff questioned.
"Well...technically yeah, I can handle it. I'll inform you guys about the clues I find when I come back here" Heather said.
"Well if you're going there right now, then I'm going to!" Bridgette volunteered, much to the raven haired girl's surprise that someone actually wanted to help her.
"Wait...you wanna help...ME?" Heather asked in shock.
"Well yeah, I just tutored my BOYFRIEND WHO LIED TO ME...but other than that I have nothing else to do so yeah I'll help you find evidence" Bridgette said.
"If Bridge is helping you, then I'm gonna help too" Geoff volunteered.
"Oh, don't y-" Bridgette was interrupted by Heather.
"Look Bridgette, I know your boyfriend here needs to study but he is a witness, he could be useful" Heather said. The surfer girl just gave a glare to Geoff, who smiled sheepishly. She took a deep breath to clam herself.
"Okay fine, Geoff will go" Bridgette then turned to Geoff. "YOU BETTER BRING THOSE TEXTBOOKS WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE WILL STUDY ON THE WAY THERE, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!" She barked before walking away to grab something. The party boy gave a look towards the raven haired girl.
"Hey, it's your fault she's pissed at you" Heather pointed out.
"I know" Geoff replied in annoyance.
"Want to redeem yourself?...then impress her by helping us with this situation" Heather said. The surfer girl came back with everything she needs(cellphone, wallet, keys).
"You guys ready to go?" Bridgette asked, the other two nodded as they left the house.
Meanwhile Alejandro's House...
The Latino was obviously not going too well in redeeming himself with his family. His parents already told their other family members about him commiting violence towards Scott earlier. He nervously waits in the living room, clasping his hands together, figuring what's gonna happen or what he should do. This is until his older brother slowly approached him with an evil smirk, he rolled his eyes in response.
"Augh, what do you want?" He questioned in annoyance.
"Nothing, just here to update myself and the next idiotic thing you did" His older brother taunted. "Tsk Tsk Tsk, my goodness Al, first you failed the exams, then you forge...and now you're commiting violence?...Oh goodness Al, all these things you committed are such insults to the family" Jose stated, Alejandro growled in anger. "Don't be so jealous Al, it's not my fault you were a failure" He taunted again, his younger brother stood up in response.
"Listen here estupido, what I did a while ago is NONE of your business, If the only thing you're gonna do here is seek for "gossip" then you're completely wasting your time. So do me a favor and get away from me!" Alejandro exclaimed.
"Wow disrespecting you're older brother, that's another trait a Burromuerto shouldn't do" Jose fired back. Alejandro's eye twitched. "Oh Al, no matter what you do or what you say against me, Take note that I ALWAYS WIN, AND THAT YOU ALWAYS LOSE" He putted emphasis on those words, Alejandro's eyes turned in a new shade of red. Jose just chuckled before walking away, that is until his younger brother lunged at him from behind bringing both to the ground.
"Hey, what da..." The two brothers began to wrestle each other, grabbing their hair, yankijg their arms, pushing their faces.
"J*DER/EMB*C*L/HIJO DE P*TA/ESTUPIDO/GILL*POLAS!!!!" The two cursed each other in unison.
Their parents noticed this and quickly approached them, yanking the two of them off the ground. Their mother grabbed Alejandro while their father grabbed Jose.
"AY, AY, AY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!?!?" Their mother angrily asked as the two continue to glare at each other.
"What happened here?" Their father asked.
"Alejandro lunged at me" Jose confidently replied.
"YOU WERE BULLYING ME!" The younger brother exclaimed.
"I wasn't bullying you, I was just telling the truth" He flatly replied. Alejandro hissed at him until his mother slapped him.
"ENOUGH ALEJANDRO!!! YOU ALREADY PUNCHED YOUR FELLOW STUDENT A WHILE AGO, NOW YOU'RE ATTACKING YOUR OLDER BROTHER?!? WHY ARE YOU SO DISRESPECTFUL?!?!?!?" His mother exlcaimed.
"But ma-"
"NO BUTS ALEJANDRO" His mother cuts him. "You have gone way too far, We didn't raise you just so that you can be a delinquent! If only you were just like your older brother!" She added, this is Alejandro's final straw, he couldn't take it anymore.
"AUGH!!! WHY DO YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAVE TO COMPARE ME TO MY BROTHER?!?" He unknowingly yelled in front of his mother, covering his mouth. "Oh crap...I'm so sorry Mama" He immediately apologized. Jose, His father and his mother just stood there in complete shock as Alejandro completely just did that, his mother grabbed him by the ear in response.
"HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT?!?" His father barked.
"No I didn't mean to do that papa, I-..aaaahhh" Alejandro's mother pinched his ear even harder.
"Oh I don't know what to do with you anymore Alejandro, WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH YOU?!?" His father just couldn't believe it. Alejandro felt another weight if guilt inside that is until he noticed his borther hiding his smile from all of this happening.
"You found this funny Jose?" He questioned. Before anyone can speak, he spoke first. "Do you even know why I punched a person earlier this day? Why I became suspended and why a fight happened?!? IT'S BECAUSE THEY KEEP COMPARING ME TO YOU!!! Ever since I entered remedial class, many kept teasing me to the point that I felt like an outcast in this family! I couldn't even hear the teacher teaching the lesson because everything that goes into my mind is how I'm always just like a shadow of my own brother. Jose, you always beat me in eveything! Academics, Social Life and even personal grooming...It seems like all my life living here, it always felt like a competition on who gets appreciated more but guess who always wins? YOU JOSE, even when it's really my time to shine, you always make sure that I fail because you fear that I might take your spotlight! This is why I literally question myself whether If I could still continue my goals in life if not even my older brother can appreaciate it!" Alejandro just spilled it completelu before running away sobbing towards his bedroom and locking the door. The three were left in complete shock, mostly his parents because they had no idea that Alejandro is feeling this way the entire time. For the first time ever, Jose felt a hint of guilt inside him
Back at the streets...
The trio is currently headed towards the town arcade. Bridgette is leading the way, currently studying Geoff who was behind her. At the back of the group was Heather.
The trio is currently walking on the streets on the way to the arcade. Bridgette is currently leading the group, she was holding a notebook while she tests Geoff, who was following next to her. Heather is following behind them.
"Alright this is an easy one, what is the quantitative relation between the number of moles(and therefore mass) of various products and reactants in a chemical reaction?" The surfer girl asked another questioned, the party boy started to think.
"Uhhh...aha I got it...it's Stoicomedy!" He replied confidently only to receive a slap in the face from the surfer girl.
"IT'S STOICHIOMETRY!!!, CHIOMETRY!!!...Not comedy...Stoichiometry...AUGHHH, How could you mess up that part, that's literally the easiest question in the Chemistry section!!!" Bridgette exclaimed.
"Well sorry about it, sheesh" Geoff replied in annoyance.
"Don't sheesh me like that, you got yourself into this mess" Bridgette mentioned.
"Well sorry for failing the exams miss Surfer girl" Geoff replied while rolling his eyes.
"Apology not accepted" Bridgette replied flatly.
"Augh!!! Why are you still angry at me, you're acting like I'm the one who caused Alrjandro to be crazy!" Geoff angrily said.
"I'm angry because you lied to us, I wouldn't even know about this secret if it wasn't for Alejandro telling it to Heather!" She mentioned.
"That's because you do not have the right to know about it, because you're gonna end up acting like this" Geoff replied.
"Literally anyone would act like this if they found out that their boyfriend was involved in a rescue mission and that rescue mission caused someone to fail an exam AND they all decided to kept it a secret...literally I'm surprised Alejandro only shared this with Heather, because if he shared this secret with the principal worst case scenario, he would've gotten you suspended!" Bridgette explained.
"Couldn't agree more" Heather agreed from behind. Geoff just sighed in defeat.
"Alright...do we have a plan once we get to the arcade?" Geoff asked the raven haired girl.
"Well the plan is we go to the arcade, play some games as a distraction while some sneak into the CCTV room. I volunteer for the sneaking part" Heather stated.
"Okay...I guess the VR Room would do" Geoff said, the other two nodded.
Soon they finally reached the arcade. There was only the same guard who guarded them last week for the cancelled tournament and a kid and a babysitter. The three went for the VR game they were gonna play, and they selected a time of 40 minutes maximum. They were now gathered in the VR Room, it was a grey roomz with three big mats. Each mat has it's own flat screen, controller, desk and a set of goggles. They were all separated by a wooden partition.
"You sure you can do this in only 45 minutes?" Bridgette asked as the raven haired girl prepares to sneak out.
"I have to or else were all gonna be in trouble and I do not want that to happen again" Heather said. "Try to distract the guard in case" She added, the surfer girl nodded. The raven haired girl slowly opened the door and took a peek, the guard is currently at his desk, reading a book. She sneakily hid behind a few coin game machines before finally reaching a short hallway consisting of two doors on oppsite sides of the walls. One door leads to the restroom while the other leads to the employees room. She went for the employees room and entered a small office with a desk and multiple storages. There is also another door in the room, which leads to the CCTV room. She noticed that there are three cameras(one for the entire interior of the arcade, one outside by thr entrance of the arcade, and one in the short hallway she just passed). She quickly rewinded the footage of one of the cameras to the same day the bros trip took place. By nearly 5 in the morning, Duncan and Alejandrk were seen entering the arcade. She forwarded it by minutes, it took a while as she is trying to find the next time the two went out of the VR room. Finally until she forwarded it in an hour of the footage was when the two were currently taking a break, they were in front if a vending machine of the arcade, the two got energy drinks as they placed it in a small table nearby. Alejandro was then seen headed towards the restroom leaving Duncan behind. It wasn't until the delinqent was seen receiving a call from somebody as he left the scene. Heather quickly went for the camera outside the arcade, and rewinded it at the same day and time. Duncan was seen going outside the arcade and meeting someone, it was a guy in a black hoodie, he handed the delinquent a sort of small box(Heather couldn't tell if it's yellow or white due to the quality of the footage), she did notice that there is a letter P on top of the box. He went back to the arcade just as the guy in the hoodie left. Back to the other camera, Duncan finally went towards the table they placed their drinks in. Without the guard looking, he finally opened the small box, it contained a small bottle that looks like a medicine bottle(she couldn't really tell the type of medicine again because of the quality). The delinquent drank one of the energy drinks by half before grabbing the medicine bottle and pouring all of it's content into the energy drink bottle as it fills up the drink again. He closed the enrgy drink bottle and gave it a little shake, before grabbing both drinks and started heading towards the VR room, when the Latino came back from the restroom. This is when the delinquent handed him one of the two energy drink bottles. Due to the quality, Heather have to rewind the footage again and even slowed it down, carefully watching every move. This is when she finally noticed that the energy drink Duncan gave is the same bottle he added the medicine in. Heather widened her eyes at this as everything is now starting to make sense.
Back at the VR room...
The surfer girl is currently peeking through the window, checking if the guard is about to go to the employees room. Meanwhile the party boy is literally enjoying his time, he was the only one playing the VR game.
"Oh yeah...take that aliens...yes...and take that!...woohoo!" He cheered as he continued playing the game. She just rolled her eyes before approaching him. She just casually turned off the goggles by a switch from the outside. "Hey, hey...what the...dudes what happened" He took off his goggles before noticing his girlfriend just staring at him in a very bored way. "Oh come on, I was playing that game" He dissappintedly said.
"I think it would be better if we just focus for awhile" Bridgette said. "May I remind you that you need atleast 95 percent to pass the remedial test on Wednesday right?" She mentioned, the party boy just groaned. "Alright let's go back to Chemistry" The party boy groaned more.
"Augh, Chemistry again? Why is it always the difficult ones?" Geoff questioned.
"That's the point, the difficult ones are the one you're supposed to practice especially since you have a lot of trouble with chemistry names...alright the question is what is the formula for ammonium?" She asked. The party boy noticed a slingshot and a small tennis ball in a shelf, he grabs it as he started to answer the question.
"Formula for ammonium..." He started targeting a specific bottle from afar. "Is it N...H...3?" As he prepares to fire the slingshot.
"Wrong, it's actually NH4" Bridgette corrected.
"Wait, what?" Geoff was distracted as he fired the tennis ball in a different direction, immediately hitting one corner of the ceiling. They noticed it caused a small square part of the ceiling to be detached. "Woah...is it me or...is that like a secret compartment" He said as he used a chair and removed the completely detached part of the corner ceiling. He took a peek inside.
"What are you doing?" Bridgette questioned.
"Woah it's like a secret attic..." He said as he scanned the dark area, until he noticed an object, he quickly grabbed it and wiped the dust off of it. It was a small white box, with a letter P on top. "Woah dude a small box" He said as he opened it, and noticed a small empty medicine bottle in it, with a label that says "Pon-Thwang". "...Pon...Thwang?" He read.
"What is that?" Bridgette asked.
"I don't know...some sort of medicine named Pon Thwang, the name is interesting though" Geoff replied that is untjl out if nowhere a hige rat lunged on his face. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed as he fell off the chair, trying to get the rat out.
"Geoff!" Bridgette went to help until she noticed that more rats are entering the room by the detached part of the ceiling. "Crap!" She helped Geoff stood up(the party boy is still holding the medicine) as the two quickly exited the room and closing it. The guard quickly noticed this.
"Uh, what happened?" He asked.
"RATS!" Geoff screamed in fear, still recovering from the shock when the rat fell on his face.
"Not again, okay wait here...I'm gonna go to my office to get the sleeping gas for rats" The guard is about to head towards the employees room when Bridgette stopped him.
"Wait uh...shouldn't you be like uh calling the exterminator for this situation, I mean it looks pretty bad" Bridgette tried to distract the guard.
"I don't need an exterminator for this, plus the only times this rat comes here is like three times-" The guard continued to talk, only looking at the VR room, Bridgette quickly texted the raven haired girl.
Back at CCTV room...
Heather has nearly finished recording all the evidences of the footage when she got the text from Bridgette. "Oh crap!" Heather quickly reseted the footage back to the present as she skiddled across from the employees room to the short hallway.
"-and that's why it's better to just use the gas I have for the rats instead of calling the exterminator" The guard finally finished explaining.
"Oh, okay then" Bridgette said as he smiled awkwardly. The guard turned only to bump to Heather.
"Woah, easy there student" He said before walking away and heading towards the employees room. The three sighed in relief as to not getting caught.
"So, did you find any evidence?" Bridgette asked.
"Oh, I found enough evidence" Heather confidently said. "...What's going on here?" She questioned in the current situation.
"Oh...rats" Bridgette said as she jerked her finger to thr VR room, now infested with rats. Heather was completely disgusted by this.
"Not to mention one jumped on my face!" Geoff said, cringing at it. Heather noticed the box he was holding, a white box with a P on top. The same box Duncan used on the footages.
"Uh...where did you find that box?" She asked.
"Oh, Geoff found it on the compartment by the corner of the ceiling, which is also where the rats came from" Bridgette replied. Heather grabbed the box and looked at the two of them.
"This...this is another evidence!" She replied.
"What, how do you know it's an evidence?" Geoff asked.
"I'll explain it to you guys later" Heather happily said. The two blondes looked at each other but at the same time totally interested where this is going.
5:45pm
Lennicks Mansion
A car pulled up the driveway, Taylor's parents stepped put of the car as one guard drove the car back to it's proper parking garage. Both are completely frustrated especially the father.
"So what are we gonna do now?" Kelly asked.
"I could just enroll her into another school" Eric said. "Besides, it would be better if we just move out of town...and move much closer to where I'm actually working" He added.
"You know...you're the reason your daughter is like this" Kelly said in annoyance.
"My fault?...Hey, you spoiled your own daughter as well, so it's basically our faults that our daughter turned out like a monster" Eric fired back.
"Yeah but you were the one she always looked up to, like literally OUR DAUGHTER IS ONLY SAVED BY YOUR BRIBING!" She mentioned.
"I had to do it for Taylor!" Eric replied angrily.
"Yeah, and did it save your daughter? Nope it didn't, it only made her worse because SHE thinks that anything in this world can only be solved by manipulation and money" Kelly replied as she stomped towards the entrance of their mansion. They were greeted by their spoiled daughter in the grand staircase.
"Good evening father, good evening mother. How are you guys doing today?" She politely greeted. The two parents where a bit confused and surprised by their daughter being "nice".
"Um, well we just came to your school and talked to your principal" Eric replied.
"Hmmm, Let me guess. He decided to finally let me and my other popular friends to keep me in their school" She thought confidently.
"Uh...about that..." Eric was cut off by Kelly.
"No you're not honey, you and your popular friends are completely expelled" Kelly said. Taylor's "friendly" expression quickly turned into an arrogant one in seconds.
"WHAT?!?" She exclaimed in shock.
"Oh don't be surprised Taylor, you and your popular friends caused PHYSICAL ASSAULTA, CYBERBULLYING. Not to mention you even made fun of a person with a disability! WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?" Kelly angrily exclaimed.
"Pfftttt, so what If I made fun of a person with a disability? I don't care, it's not my fault he looks and acts weird and annoying!" Taylor said, not caring a single bit. This literally annoyed Kelly so much.
"Okay that is OUT of the line missy!" Kelly exclaimed.
"Oh what are you gonna do? Slap me? You already did that...(gasps) you're gonna abuse me are you(gasps even more), what kind of mother does that?!?" Taylor said, pretending to be a victim again. Kelly just twitched her eyes as her daughter smirked evily.
"Look Taylor, we couldn't do anything about you getting expelled" Eric calmly said much to the spoiled brat's annoyance.
"COULD'NT DO ANYTHING?!? WHY DIDN'T YOU BRIBE MCLEAN?!? WHY NOT SUE HIM?!? BUY THE SCHOOL?!? GET HIM FIRED?!? THAT PRINCIPAL LITERALLY BELIEVED A BUNCH OF LOSERS-"
"Losers who HAVE EVIDENCE" Kelly cuts Taylor.
"Shut up mom!" Taylor yelled.
"Don't you dare yell at me like that!" Kelly replied back.
"ENOUGH!" Eric yelled before turning back to her daughter. "Look Taylor, I know you're upset about this, but we're gonna make up to you" He said in a very calm voice, much to Kelly's annoyance.
"Make up to me? YOU COULDN'T EVEN SAVE YOUR OWN DAUGHTER FROM GETTING EXPELLED! You and Mom are BAD PARENTS!" Taylor yelled, before walking away and stomping hard on the stairs.
"I'll throw a party for you!" Eric called back, catching the attention of the spoiled brat. She turned back to her dad, now in a very happy tone.
"Really dad?" She excitedly asked.
"Yes, for your 18th birthday next Wednesday. We'll invite all of your popular friends and-" Before Eric could finish, Taylor suddenly hugged him in delight.
"EEEEEE, THANKS DADDY!" Taylor happily said before kissing his father on the cheek, she then turned away and walked happily across the stairs. This attitude change is literally annoying Kelly, as his dad once again gave him a price instead of giving her a punishment. Once the spoiled brat reached her room, the mother turned to her husband.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?" She asked in disbelief.
"What?" Eric questioned.
"Throwing a party?!? Do you even remember that RYAN, WHO BY THE WAY IS A RAPIST, IS STILL OUT THERE?!?" She stated.
"Just relax, I'll hire more guards around the area" He assured, Kelly rolled her eyes.
"Augh!!!" Kelly crossed her arms as she walked away.
6:00pm
Bridgette's House
The three students sat in the living room, watching the recorded footage from Heather's phone. All three were now shocked about the evidence found in the arcade.
"I can't believe Duncan did this..." Geoff said in complete disbelief.
"You can't believe? No offense, but Duncan is pretty much the obvious choice since he is the only person capable of doing something like this" Heather stated.
"I know that but...damn that was just...COLD" Geoff said. "Like seriously, this type of thing is like...Popular girls level insane, I mean this footage literally tells that he was the one that caused Alejandro to be drunk!" He stated.
"Drunk? More like drugged" Heather corrected.
"Um...guys" Bridgette called as she approached the two, holding her laptop. "You might wanna see this" She said, the two immediately turned to her laptop, showing a website. The website shows an article titled. "Pon-Thwang: Illegal Chinese Herbal Medicine", along with the picture of the medicine bottle.
"Hold up...Is that-" Geoff was cut off.
"Yes" Bridgette replied as she handed back the empty Pon-Thwang bottle Geoff found. "I researched about this, and it turns out that this bottle isn't just any medicine, it turns out that this was actually intended to be a helping drug. According to this article 'This medicine is made in order to help the consumers have better concentration and a stronger memory' " Bridgette explained. The other two began reading the article as well.
"...Bruh...this medicine has been banned in over 20 countries...including Canada" Geoff mentioned as he read the article.
"Wait...it says here that one must only use a teaspoon of this medicine and mix it in a glass of water" Heather mentioned before widening her eyes. "Wait a minute, Duncan used all of the bottle" She mentioned.
"Yep" Bridgette said as she scrolled down the article. "...and if more than a teaspoon of this medicine are consumed...there will be side effects" She said as she pointed the list of symptoms in the article.
"Increased Heart rate, Mood Swings, Hallucinations, Erratic behaviour, Sudden Activeness, Drowsiness, Loss of Coordination, Memory Loss...yo, these all describe Alejandro's behaviour when he got crazy! So Duncan really did drug him" Geoff mentioned.
"...aha...the symptoms also include Temporary Dyscalculia...according to this 'symptoms may last for 24-30 hours, that explains why he only got number related questions wrong...hence the reason he failed, OOOHHHH, Duncan is so dead" Heather said as she came to the realization.
"Man...so not only Duncan caused Alejandro's craziness...he also caused him to fail the exam..." Geoff concluded.
"Which is very unsurprising" Heather stated.
"Hold on, the thing I'm questioning here is...Pon-Thwang was a herbal medicine made in order to help a person concentrate better...why didn't Duncan just you know...added a teaspoon and...helped himself?" Bridgette questioned. "I mean if you think about it...Duncan had an advantage, he could've just helped himself with the medicine instead of siding with the popular girls in order to pass the exam" She stated.
"True...but the thing is Duncan dumped ALL of the medicine in one of the drinks...it's either he really knows what his doing or he..." Heather refrained from talking when she started to think.
"He what?" Geoff questioned.
"Oh crap. There's a possibility Duncan doesn't know about the side effects of the medicine" Heather realized.
"But Duncan's a delinquent...he doesn't trust anyone easily and he always makes sure he knows what his doing, so he must've known about the side effects" Geoff said.
"Exactly, that is why the conclusion of him sabotaging Alejandro on purpose is also plausible" Heather said. "...we need more information" She thought.
"Well...we already checked the arcade, where else can we find information?" Geoff questioned.
"Obviosly Duncan...I mean we don't have the full information, but we have the information we need. All we need to do is use these evidences against Duncan, I'm pretty sure he won't be going anywhere and escape it, he just needs to reveal the whole truth" Heather explained.
"How are we gonna do that?" Geoff asked.
"Hmmmm...we could tell his parents about this" Heather said as she smirked vengefully.
"Hmmm, that sounds like a plan though" Bridgette agreed.
"Duncan is so dead right now" Heather said while smirking vengefully. This is when they suddenly heard footsteps coming from the front porch.
"Oh crap, It's my mom! Quick, hide the medicine" Bridgette said as Geoff quickly hid the medicine underneath his hat. The door opened revealing Bridgette's mom, who was actually surprised to see guests in her house.
"Hi mom!" Bridgette greeted.
"Hey sweetie!" Her mom greeted back. "You seem to have guests" She pointed out.
"Oh um, I'm currently tutoring Geoff here, and uh Heather is helping me" Bridgette said as the two waved back at her mom.
"Oh good for you guys, Oh and Geoff goodluck" She said.
"Thanks aunty" Geoff thanked as the surfer girl's mom nodded and walked away. Once she was far enough, the three went back to talking.
"Okay, so about the plan...which day do you guys think we should tell Duncan's parents?" Heather asked.
"Hmm, Geoff have remedial classes tomorrow and on saturday, as well as on Monday...Does he really need to go with this plan?" Bridgette questioned.
"Yep, he has to since he is a witness. To make it more fun, I'm also bringing Alejandro with this plan" Heather said. Geoff widened his eyes.
"Woah, you can't be serious?" Geoff said.
"...why? Alejandro is the victim here, so it's pretty much reasonable to bring him" Heather replied.
"Yeah but...it's gonna be chaos!" Geoff stated.
"There's gonna be more chaos, the longer we keep this secret. It's better to reveal it at the right time" Heather said.
"Should I tell Courtney about this?" Bridgette asked.
"Dude, she will FLIP" Geoff said.
"True but considering that Courtney already knew about Duncan's suspension, she won't be surprised about it...but she will be really pissed that's one thing we can all assure" Heather stated, the two nodded.
"How about tomorrow after my remedial class?" Geoff asked.
"Hmmm, we can do that...any objections?" Heather asked, there were no objections. "Good...by the way, who can keep the Pon-Thwang bottle?" She asked. "I can't keep it, my brother Damien will probably find it and use it against me" She mentioned.
"I'll do it" Bridgette volunteered as Geoff handed her the medicine bottle.
"Great...well I better go now" Heather said as she is about to head towards the front door. "Oh and uh...Geoff and Bridgette...Thanks for you know, helping me" She awkwardly said.
"No probs bro" Geoff said.
"Hey, I mean to be fair if it wasn't for you then we wouldn't even have found this evidences so...Thanks Heather" Bridgette thanked. This made the raven haired girl feel better as she nodded and left the surfer girl's house.
"Man...what a long day" Geoff said as he lied down the couch.
7:30pm
Alejandro's House
The Latino is laying in bed, his door is locked. He lost his appetite for obvious reasons, he just wants to go to sleep but all these thoughts are messing with his head. He is just so tired for the long day. A knock was then heard from his door.
"Alejandro" His father called, there was no response. His father just sighed as he knows what his son is facing right now. "Look Alejandro...I...I...I'm sorry hijo...I...I just...I know you're listening right now Alejandro, but...I just want to apologize to you...for putting most of our attention towards your older brother to the point that we never knew that you were actually feeling left out...I'm really sorry son. You're mother is actually not angry with you right now because...well we kinda blame ourselves for it...But if you're wondering Alejandro, despite everything...we still love you. I know me and your mom have high expectations for you but...just because you fail doesn't mean that we hate you...because we can never disown you...no matter what happens you will always be my son...and I love you and Jose equally" His father said, Alejandro heard all of this, he started to tear up again. "So...if you're hungry...then there's always dinner at the table son" His father said before giving a sigh and walking away from the door.
8:35pm
Lenniks mansion
Taylor sneaked into the office again to meet Anderson, who is now using his laptop again.
"So...what now?" He asked.
"It's time for the main plan to start" Taylor said as she smirked evily. Anderson sighed.
And that will be all for Chapter 10, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a review.
I'll see you guys in the next chapter :)