Sitting in her AP English class Viola came to a conclusion. Vi wasn't off Olivia's bad list and she wanted off that list, in a bad way. The best way for that to happen was probably to tell Olivia, but that meant breaking her double cross pinky promise. How do you make a decision like that, girlfriend or best friend?
Only the fact that she was in class and it would raise awkward questions, kept Vi from banging her head on the desk in front of her. Maybe she could get away with it, Viola contemplated looking around. All the people around her were reading, silent reading for the novel the class was reading, miss one day and you are already behind. "Its too bad I can't," Vi muttered, both about the head smashing and breaking her promise.
"I need a way to make it better," she mumbled, and she stopping talking because the kid next to her was looking at her like he used to look at Eunice. Speaking of Eunice, it was surprising how much more normal she had become since dating Toby.
Vi opened her book to a random page, pretending to read since that would be impossible today. While she was 'reading' Vi had a breakthrough, she'd promised not to tell anyone, but that didn't stop other people from finding out. She could hint to Olivia, then she didn't break her promise and she was 'telling' Olivia what was wrong, "Yes!"
It was only when everyone in the classroom turned to stare at her did she realize that she had shouted. "Sorry, I just, uh really love this part, can't a girl love reading?" Viola asked, acting insulted. She sat deeper in to her seat and pretended that she was not here.
When the bell rang Viola jetted down the hall, to escort Olivia to Physics. Olivia was rushing to get her things together. Viola zipped Olivia's bag, which confused Olivia when she turned back to the bag. And Olivia still had apparently seen Viola and tried to pick up her backpack when Vi did.
"Sorry, I thought I'd walk with you to Physics, is that ok?" Vi said when Olivia turned to her, confused at the resistance on the bag.
"Sure Vi," Olivia replied, looking surprised to see her girlfriend there.
"Physics awaits," Viola said, leading Olivia out of the classroom to the Physics classroom. "Calc good?"
"It was Calculus, but it was good," Olivia said shrugging, "How was English?"
"I speak up in class for once and everyone looks at me like I grew another head and was speaking Pig Latin," Vi told Olivia, skipping over the fact that she had been talking to herself in the class. "So I need to talk to you."
"Sure Vi, what is it?" Olivia asked as they walked in to the classroom together. The pair walked to their lab table, the same one that they had shared last year for Biology. Unfortunately for Viola as soon as they sat down the teacher began take roll.
And almost immediately following that the class began a group experiment. Things like that always seem to happen, when you need to talk to someone about something private there are, naturally, people around. "We'll talk at lunch," Vi said, wanting for the second time today to bang her head on the desk.
An hour later both girls gathered up their things to head to lunch. "Would you mind if we went outside, Liv?" Vi asked as they walked toward the cafeteria.
"Sure Vi," Liv said with a smile. Then the two of them turned away from the cafeteria and went out a nearby door. Together the climbed up the bleachers circling the track. "What is it Vi?"
"You know that thing, the one I couldn't tell you about? Well," Viola said before being cut off.
"Now you can tell me?" Olivia asked.
"Ah, no." At this Olivia frowned and she opened her mouth to say something but Vi continued. "But I can let you guess it! Then I don't break my promise!" Viola said delightedly, waiting to be applauded for her genius.
"That's real good Vi," Olivia said hesitantly.
"Hey! I worked really hard on the plan!" Vi said in a pout.
"Don't you remember the Catch Phrase fiasco?" Olivia asked patiently. The one time they'd played Catch Phrase Viola found out why Olivia hadn't figured out her masquerade sooner. Olivia was horrible at putting clues together.
Vi's eyes unfocused for a minute and her eye twitched a little. Vi hated loosing, and it was even worse because they lost to Duke and Monique. "Oh, yeah," the brunette said. "We can try though; I have faith in you this time."
"Alright Vi, whatever you say."
"My best friends," Vi said to get the ball rolling.
"Kia, Paul, Yvonne," Olivia named some Vi's best friends.
"Ok, the first one and the third one."
"Yvonne and Kia?" Olivia asked.
"Yes! See you can do this," Vi told Olivia. Before she had thought her beautiful plan was going to fail miserably but this gave her hope.
"What about Yvonne and Kia?" Olivia asked intrigued.
"I'm getting there," Vi said trying to think of the best way to clue Olivia in to the next part of the situation. "Yvonne said something she regretted and everyone at Cornwall knows. And there could be lots of drama with this."
"Yvonne said she loved someone?" Olivia asked after a moment to run Viola's hints through her mind.
"Yes!" Vi said, nearly crowing with excitement. "Someone she shouldn't and Kia found out, which made Yvonne freak out. And Kia feels the same way that Yvonne does, possibly."
"Oh. My. God." Olivia said slowly, the wheels in her brain turning almost audibly.
"Yes? Just say it," Vi pleaded, about to burst because of how close to the matter Olivia was getting.
"Yvonne is in love with Justin? And Kia is too?" Olivia asked, shocked.
"Yeah and I…wait what? What did you say?" Vi asked. She had thought that Olivia would get the picture and the deflated when Justin's name clicked. "No, that is not it. Not even close."
Then the bell that ended lunch rang. "Let me try again Vi?" Olivia asked.
"We'll try in PE," Vi said shortly. She was attempting, for the third time today, not to smash her head in to the nearest surface. She began to walk down the bleachers "Its time for class."
"Vi?" Olivia said walking after her girlfriend. "Come on I can guess again, or you could tell me."
"We can try again in PE," Vi reiterated. "But right now you have to get to History and I have Problem Solving."
The two walked back in to the building, where the halls were crowded with students leaving lunch. "See you in PE," Olivia said when Vi had walked her to her history class.
"For sure, I'll be there," Vi said, this time instead of giving Olivia's hand a squeeze she pulled the blonde in to a side hug. Which was a convenient cover for her to whisper "I love you," in to Olivia's ear. The Vi left with a wink.
Vi walked to her class, still irked that Olivia couldn't figure out the hints, and mad at herself for not remembering that her girlfriend couldn't guess well.
In her Problem Solving class a pop quiz took her mind off the drama. Not surprisingly Viola was the first one done, she really liked math. But it was ironic that she did well in Problem Solving class but she couldn't solve her own problems.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I was done with this for a while but I have crappy internet connection. Hope you like it and I hope you stick with me, even in my not able to post all that often time. And there will be a time skip to Wednesday afternoon. *Announcer Voice* Will Olivia guess what Vi is hinting at? What will the girls do over Labor Day? And can Mrs. Lennox be more of a BADWORD? Find out on the next episode of How The Chips Fell.
Unfortunately due to unforeseeable circumstances there has been a writers' strike. New episodes will be few and far between.