Chapter Three:
Naomi could no longer take it and slapped Annie across the face. "Take the last part back, you have no idea what you're talking about!" said Naomi with tears in her eyes. Annie, who was clutching her face, slapped Naomi back and Naomi threw herself at Annie. Navid tried to break the two girls up but was having trouble since both girls clung to one another. The others in the hall did nothing to help and only chanted the words fight over and over again while they formed a circle around them.
"Okay break it up, break it up!" said Brenda as she shoved her way into the crowd. With Brenda's help, Navid was able to separate the two, clinging to Naomi as Brenda clung to Annie. "Someone want to explain what the hell is going on here?" asked Brenda, still holding Annie tightly. No one answer and the crowd of students began to diminish as another teacher came and broke them up.
"Need help here?" he asked. "Not so much now Miles, but if you wouldn't mind helping me take these two to Kelly," said Brenda. "Sure why not," he said taking Naomi out of Navid's hands and into his own. "I got it from here Navid." "Okay, thanks Mr. Cannon, guess I'll go to class then."
Brenda and Annie were already ahead of Naomi and Mr. Cannon, her assaulter, leaving Naomi alone in the hall with him as Navid walked away. As they walked down to the principle's office Naomi's breathing got heavier. "What's wrong my dear, miss me?" Mr. Cannon whispered into Naomi's ear.
"Why did you do it?" asked Ivy while ignoring her Physics teacher. "Ivy it's not that bad, I only told Liam. And I didn't even tell him about the first attempt," said Dixon, trying to calm Ivy down. "Yeah like that makes it any better," said Ivy sarcastically. "I'm sorry, I just really need to talk about it." "And you couldn't talk to me about it?" "Ivy, Dixon, is there something you'd like to share with the class," asked their teacher. "No," they responded in unison. Dixon tried to grab Ivy's hand to comfort her, but she turned her away from him and retracted her hand.
Silver was sitting in her English when Mr. Matthews was interrupted by a knock at the door, which took Silver out of her daydream. "Come in," said Mr. Matthews. The door opened and Teddy walked in with a pass. "Sorry I'm late, they just changed my schedule," said Teddy, handing over a note to Mr. Mathews. "Another last minute addition," said Matthews, letting out a huge sigh, "there should be a seat in the back next to Silver." Oh crap, thought Silver as she straightened up in her seat as Teddy walked towards her.
Teddy took his seat next to Silver and when Silver attempted to talk to him, he turned away. "Can we just talk," she said, leaning to her left so he could hear her whisper. "Silver, there's nothing to talk about anymore. You made your choice during the summer. You could have stuck beside me and my dad and you didn't." Silver was in complete shock. "Teddy," she paused, "he killed a man. How would you have expected me to stand by that?" "Well sorry for thinking that my girlfriend would stand by me during a crisis." Teddy got up and took another empty seat in the class, leaving Silver speechless. "Whatever," said Mr. Matthew as he wrote on the board, "as long as it shuts you kids up," commenting on Teddy's actions.
In the principal's office, Annie and Naomi were seated on opposite ends of the room with Brenda and Mr. Cannon standing by them to ensure nothing went down. Kelly was seated at the moment, reading the girl's files before getting up. "Okay then, would someone care to explain why you were fighting and on the first day of classes," said Kelly in an angry tone. "She started it," mumbled Annie. "Yeah right," responded Naomi. "I don't care who started it," Kelly said, raising her voice. "I just want to know why it happened."
"It happened because Annie is a skank and a judgmental whore," said Naomi almost smiling despite the fact that Cannon was still next to her. "Naomi, there is nothing going on between me and Liam nor is there anything going on with Navid. All we were doing was talking," said Annie defending herself. "Annie, Naomi, that's enough. Are you really going to let boys come between friends? Don't you recall that conversation we had when you two were fighting over Ethan?"
"I don't think another plant talk is going to help here Kelly," said Brenda interjecting. "How about you stop acting like the damn guidance counselor and act like a principle for a minute?" suggested Naomi. Kelly walked forward towards Naomi and leaned on her chair. "You want bad cop then?" Naomi smiled. "Okay then, you're both suspended for the remained of the day as well as for the next three." "Seriously?" asked Annie. "You're both free to go." Annie and Naomi where both heading out when Annie was stopped by Kelly. "I actually need to have a word with you." "Fine," said Annie, sitting back down. "Kelly, can I have a word with you outside?" asked Brenda. "Sure."
"Kelly you sure suspension is the best thing for them? You said it yourself that both Annie and Naomi were dealing with things and I don't think that suspension is the right punishment for a childish cat fight." "Brenda, I appreciate your concern, but these girls need to learn this lesson sooner rather than later. Do you remember how we were because of boy?" asked Kelly. "Kelly of course I do and this isn't about us anymore, it's about them and doing what's right for them." Kelly walked away from Brenda and placed her hand on the doorknob. "I am doing what's best for them. Maybe you should head back to your students?" said Kelly as she entered her current office again to find Annie playing with the objects she had placed on the desk.
"Must be weird to be in this room with your dad gone?" said Kelly as she shut the door. "Yeah, kind of," said Annie in a soft voice, "So, what do you want to talk about?" Kelly walked back to her chair. "I just wanted to make sure you were doing okay. I had a talk with your brother earlier and he said he wasn't doing well handling your parents problems and I just wanted to see how you were handling them?" "You talked to Dixon?" "Briefly. But I was meaning to talk to both of you, your dad wanted me to make sure…" "Wait," said Annie interrupting Kelly, "He talked to you?"
"Yes, didn't he tell you?" Annie picked her bag up. "I should be going Ms. Taylor, thanks for the talk," said Annie rushing to the door and leaving without another word.
Silver was gathering her things, as the bell was about to ring, when she over heard Teddy talking with another girl in the class. From the corner of her eye, Silver could see a tall brunette, not much taller than Annie handing over a paper to Teddy. "So you think you'll come," said the brunette. Teddy looked at the paper she handed him and said, "Yeah, definitely. Don't have anything planned tonight and it'll be nice to catch up." The bell rung and Teddy left before Silver but unfortunately for Silver, the brunette stuck around and made herself know to Silver. "Eavesdrop much?" she said slamming her belongings on Silvers desk, preventing her from leaving the seat.
"Look, I don't know…" Silver paused and took a good look at the girl, "Do I know you? You look familiar." The girl stepped back and responded in a condescending tone, "I highly doubt that. I just transferred here." Silver could feel the girl's eyes scanning her and got up from the desk. "Okay then, I'm just going to go." Silver was heading for the door when the girl impeded her exit yet again. Silver tried to go around her but the brunette was quicker. "See you around then," she said, leaving with two other girls following her, without noticing she drop a paper. Silver noticed that the paper was similar to the one she had handed Teddy and read it.
Farris Welcoming Party at Beach Club
Tonight 7
Ivy was running away from Dixon but couldn't get away sooner because of the crowd in the hall. Much to Ivy's disappointment, Dixon caught up with her. "Look Dixon, I don't want to talk about it anymore." "Ivy please. I'm sorry that I told Liam," he said still running after her. Ivy stopped and turned around, making Dixon stop abruptly. "Why don't I tell Liam and Navid about how are first attempt went and beat you to it? You know, to save myself the embarrassment. Would you like that?" "Ivy come on, that was just as embarrassing for you as it was for me." Ivy turned again but Dixon stopped her by grabbing her hand and pulling her back gently. "Can I please just make it up to you somehow?" "Dixon…I don't know," Ivy responded. "Please?" Ivy hesitated for a second but ultimately answered yes. "Okay then, tonight. I'll pick you up," said Dixon. "Okay, I'll see you tonight," she said kissing him goodbye.
Silver found Annie in the parking lot and confronted her. "Hey, how did the audition go?" Annie was opening the door of her car when she responded, "I didn't audition. I instead got into a fight with Naomi outside the auditorium." Silver's eyes widened. "What? Why?" Annie put her bag in the car. "I don't want to talk about Silver. I just need to get out of here and find out how I'm going to tell my mom that I got suspended on the first day." "Do you want to come over to my place?" asked Silver. "Thanks but not really, I don't want to see Kelly." Silver was pensive and then responded, "How about we go to the Peach Pit and then we can talk if you're up to it and if you're not, how about we crash this party?" said Silver handing Annie the flier. "Who are the Farris'?" asked Annie reading the flier. "I want to say that maybe it was that bitch in my English class." Annie laughed. "Okay, we definitely need to talk. Peach Pit?" asked Annie. "Let's go," said Silver, jumping into the car.
Naomi was at her locker getting her things when Liam came up to her. "Naomi, I heard about the fight? Are you okay?" Naomi, not taking a look at Liam, responded, "Yes, I'm fine. Now go away, you're only making this day worse." Liam left Naomi to her business, walking pass the brunette that was in Silver's English class. Naomi got her things, closed her locker, and ran into the brunette. "Oh my god, watch were you're watching extensions," said Naomi, more ticked off than before. "First of all, sweetie, the name is Georgiana. Secondly, unlike your hair, this is all natural."
"Trust me," said Naomi hovering over Georgiana, "you don't want to mess with Naomi Clark, especially today of all days." Georgiana did nothing but smile at Naomi, humoring her. "And you don't want to mess with Georgiana Farris. Just ask the girls at Marymount." Naomi and Georgiana were locked in combat, neither girl backing down until… "Georgiana," said another girl who was taller than Georgiana but with the same brown hair, "let's go, the limo outside." "Coming sis," said Georgiana, "See you around Naomi." Naomi watched as Georgiana left, her heels clacking as she walked down the hall. As she was about to leave, Naomi saw a piece of paper on the floor and decided to pick it up. It was a flier to the party at the Beach Club. "Sounds like fun."
Outside in the Peach Pit's eating area, Annie and Silver were talking about the events that led up to the fight outside the auditorium as well as the consequences that followed. After Annie finished recounting the events, Silver remained quiet for a few minutes. "Can you please say something?" said Annie as she waited for a response. Silver took a sip of her latte and answered, "Naomi must have hit one of Kelly's tender spots if this small brawl led to a suspension." Annie laughed. "So you're okay with it?" "I'm not a big fan of you and Naomi fighting but I can't necessarily be mad at you or her for that matter." "Thanks Silver."
"So what are you going to tell your mom?" asked Silver. "The truth. I'll probably be grounded so I think that I won't go home until after the party," said Annie smiling at Silver. "So we're going?" asked Silver. "Yeah," responded Annie, "and hopefully that brunette bitch will be there and we can show her up." "Not completely necessary," said Silver, "but sounds like fun. Come on, I think new clothes are in order." Both girls got up and headed for the closest clothing store around.
Meanwhile at the Wilson house, Debbie was seated at the kitchen table holding the phone in her hand when Dixon walked in the back door. "Hey ma," said Dixon as he walked. "Did you have a good first day?" she asked. "It wasn't completely bad but it had its moments," he said while getting something from the refrigerator. "So where's your sister?" "She sent me a text saying that her and Silver were going to this party at the beach club." "Unbelievable," said Debbie laughing to herself, "She thinks after what she pulled that she'd be able to go to a party." "You heard about the fight?" "Yes, Kelly called and told me that Annie wouldn't be allowed back until Friday."
"Right, so I think me and Ivy might do something later…" said Dixon before being interrupted by Debbie. "Have you forgotten that you're still grounded because you ran off to Australia? Not to mention the gambling." "Oh right, I guess I'll just go upstairs then," said Dixon leaving the room. As he walked up the stairs, Dixon called Ivy. "Hey Ivy, small change of plan. Do you think that you could come pick me up?" He paused for an answer. "Great, see at eight."
Naomi had barley walked in her front door when her sister Jen, who was now six months pregnant, ambushed her. "What the hell do you think you were doing Naomi?" said Jen, placing one hand on her hip. "If you're talking about the fight, I was trying to teach a skank a lesson," she responded smiling. "Unbelievable." "Why the hell do you care so much Jen?" "I care because now I'm going to have you and all your suitors in here, instead of out there," said Jen while pointing in the direction of West Bev. "You know Jen, as much as I loved this heart to heart, I have a party to get ready for. Goodbye."