AN: Disclaimer in earlier chapters. I own Chris and a few other OCs.
Chris and Carrie get into a bit of trouble in this episode.
CHAPTER 13
The next few days at school were chill. Except that Chris tried to avoid Shay the best to her ability. She even ate lunch with Carrie in the Jeep. She took the long way to class and cursed seating charts every day during second and fifth period.
After school she hung around with her coach in her office with Carrie till she knew the parking lot would be empty before leaving.
Chris was sitting in second period that Friday waiting for class to begin when the teacher's phone rang and he answered and had a quick conversation.
The bell rang and Shay turned to say something to Chris.
"Christian?"
"Yes?" Chris asked looking at the teacher thankful.
"The principal would like to see you."
Chris thanked whatever god that was looking after her and gathered her things.
Chris walked into the principal's office to see Emily and JJ.
"Whatever it is I didn't do it." Chris was quick to defend herself.
"That makes you seem guilty, but the only thing you are guilty of is being able to skip your senior year." The principal said as Chris stared at him shocked.
"What?" Chris asked.
"With the new semester coming up we check over records, yours just happens to have the required credits to graduate." The principal said as Chris fell into the chair that wasn't occupied.
"What?"
"You can graduate at the end of this school year." Emily said as Chris stared.
"Your SAT scores can guarantee you a scholarship somewhere as well as your athletics and academics."
"How?" Chris asked.
"The courses you took during the summer of your eighth, ninth and tenth grade years, you took two online and two at the school." The principal said handing over a transcript.
Chris read it over and sighed. "Do I have to graduate early?" Chris asked.
"That is entirely up to you." The principal said as Chris nodded.
"Can I think about it?" Chris asked as Emily stared in confusion.
"Of course, I don't see why you would want to; many kids would take this offer the second it was offered."
"I have things that complicate it." Chris said as the principal nodded in understanding.
"I understand, give me your answer as soon as you can; college apps go out in November." The principal said as Chris nodded and stood with Emily and JJ.
Once out in the hall Emily asked.
"Why didn't you accept?"
"Carrie." Chris answered automatically.
"Chris, graduation is in June, you have till November to think this over." Emily said.
"Mom, I know that, I'm thinking about Carrie, I leave and all she has is Tara and the twins and a few people that hate her because of me." Chris sighed aggravatingly.
"Who hates you?" Emily asked.
"Our soon to be former soccer captain and ex volleyball captain and a few players on the basketball team." Chris answered.
"Why?"
"They got kicked off because the coach found out they were on drugs, the soccer captain believes that I've been after her spot when I really haven't and the ex volleyball captain because I humiliated her one on one." Chris sighed wiping her face with her hands.
"That's all?" Emily asked.
"Yeah, I can only protect her if I'm here." Chris stressed. "Tara and the twins can only do so much with the authority they have. Damian's on the swim team, Devin's second in command of the boy's basketball team and Tara's co-captain of the girl's varsity soccer team."
"If they hold more authority how come they can only do so much?" JJ asked.
"I have the band, choir and theater behind me and most of them are involved in different activities, I even have the debate team behind me." Chris exclaimed. "All because I'm nice to people and willing to help them out when they needed."
Emily sighed. "Just think about it before the ambassador gets wind." Emily said as Chris nodded.
Somehow that woman always found a way to get into their personal affairs.
"When do you return to work?" Chris asked.
"In a week." Emily answered as Chris nodded.
"I should get back to class." Chris said as Emily and JJ hugged her.
Chris sat down in her seat to see the teacher gave them book work. Which meant they could talk and do whatever as long as their work got done and it looked like actual work when an administrator walked in.
"What did the principal want?" Shay asked as Chris shook her head.
"Nothing, what page?" Chris asked as Shay turned to it for her. "Thanks."
"The fall formal is coming up, we're going right?" Shay asked as Chris looked at her.
"Just because we hooked up Monday doesn't mean we're back together." Chris said as Shay frowned.
"I thought…"
"You thought wrong, you broke me Shay, it took awhile for the pieces to come back together, but they're getting there." Chris said getting started on her work. "Without you." She finished.
Shay glared at the clock waiting for class to end.
Once the bell rang Shay waited for Chris outside of class and once she walked out grabbed her arm. Shay dragged Chris to the second floor and pushed her into the janitor's closet they used to hide in.
"What the hell?" Chris asked rubbing her shoulder.
"I come back hoping for us to be together again and you're saying there's no chance for us?" Shay asked.
"Yes." Chris said simply.
"Why?" Chris looked away. "Look me in the eye and tell me you don't care about me anymore and I'll leave." Shay said as Chris looked her in the eye but couldn't get the words out. Her mouth opened and closed before she cried out in frustration and crashed their lips together.
Shay smirked into the kiss and returned it shoving Chris into the closed door pinning her to it.
The kiss was angry and needy. They both had frustrations to get out.
"I'm gonna guess by the look you got laid." Damian said as Chris began to bang her head on the table like she did that Monday.
"What's wrong with her?" Tara asked walking up with Carrie.
"She got laid." Devin said as Chris banged her head again.
"By who?" Tara asked sitting down.
"Who do you think?" Devin asked as Chris banged her head again harder this time.
"How do you know that?" Carrie asked.
"She wasn't in third Carrie." Devin pointed out as Chris glared.
"None of us have her for her band class." Damian added.
"Why do you let her do this to you?" Tara asked as Chris shrugged.
"I don't know."
"I for one think you need to stop getting laid on school ground." Carrie put in but there was something in the tone Chris found curious. Was that jealousy? She shook it off and went back to banging her head.
Shay walked up and tapped Chris' shoulder. "Are you ok?" Chris just banged her head.
"No, she isn't thanks to you." Carrie said.
"Who are you?"
"Her foster sister." Carrie said. "And I'm telling you to back off, you can't leave like you did and come back thinking everything's fine." Carrie said as Chris ceased the banging and looked up interested in the altercation.
"She loves me."
"But she isn't in love with you!" Carrie sniped. Shay looked at Chris expectantly.
"Aren't you gonna say something?" Shay asked.
"She's right." Chris said.
"What!"
People were staring now.
"Calm down Shay." Tara interjected.
"You stay out of this."
"Don't snap at her." Carrie stood.
"Mind your own business!" Shay shouted shoving Carrie.
Carrie looked at her in disbelief and Chris was shocked as well as Tara, Damian and Devin. Not because Shay shoved Carrie because Carrie shoved Shay back.
"You didn't just shove me."
"You shoved first." Carrie retorted.
"Chris only sticks to your side because she pities you." Shay spat. "She's afraid you'll break and maybe she should let you, who would want to carry your baggage?" Shay said with venom in her voice.
"Hey!" Chris shouted standing between the two. "Shay, stop and Carrie, let's go." Chris said.
"Yeah, run, that's why your family died right?" Shay spat out and Chris was too shocked to even bother stopping Carrie from attacking Shay.
"You stupid bitch! I didn't kill my family! Some assholes beat them to death!" Carrie punctuated every word with a punch to whatever part of Shay's body she could hit.
"Carrie stop!" Chris said trying to pry Carrie off of Shay only to stumble back when Carrie's elbow connected to her cheek. Tara and Devin grabbed Carrie while Damian pulled Shay away from her.
"Carrie, stop it, you hurt Chris." Tara said and that seemed to snap Carrie out of her rage. She turned to see Chris holding her bruising cheek. She broke away from the two and rushed to Chris.
"I am so sorry." Chris waved it off. It was the least of their problems at the moment.
"Prentiss, Carter, Ortiz! My office!"
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