Chapter 4

'And not to mention, the constable
And his proposition, for that virgin
Yes, the one the lawyer met with on strictly business
As he said to the Mrs.

Well, only hours before
After he had left, she was fixing her face in a compact
There was a terrible crash, between her and the badge
(There was a terrible crash)
She spilled her purse and her bag
And held a purse of a different kind

Along with the people inside
What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy

There are no raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses
It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things..'

A strong arm reached out from the pile of blankets and pressed the off button of the alarm clock. The room was quiet until…

"SHIT! Aaron get up it's 8:00. We have 20 minutes!" Jackie exclaimed hopping out of the bed and rushing towards the dresser. Aaron groaned and rolled over.

"AARON!" Jackie yelled shoving him.

"I'm up, I'm up" the teen groaned getting up.

After a lot of struggles, a missing knee high, and some falling the two teens rushed put of Aaron's dorm room and towards their Psychology class.

The two ran in with five minutes to spare. Ronnie and Brian took one look at the disheveled two and burst out laughing.

Aaron's tie was loose, his too small jacket was hanging off one arm, his shirt was buttoned wrong, and his shoes were untied.

Jackie was worse. Her knee-highs weren't pulled up; her shirt was un-tucked, her tie hanging loosely around her neck, her skirt was crooked, and her blazer was huge. And on top of that she looked pissed.

"Oh, yeah, yeah laugh it up guys." Jackie grumbled darkly as she moved towards her seat, grabbing the bag Veronica offered. The two continued laughing as Aaron and Jackie attempted to fix themselves.

"It's all your fault." Jackie snapped twisting her skirt around and tucking her shirt in.

"Me?" he asked incredulously as he fixed his buttons and tied his tie.

"Yes, you. You're the one who kept pressing the fucking snooze button." Jackie sneered pulling up her socks.

"Oh, shut up." The boy grumbled ignoring his friend's dark mood. Jackie was never happy in the morning unless she's had her coffee.

"This is the last time I sleep over with you. You always make me late." Jackie said glaring.

"You always say that." Brian said. Jackie paused in tying her tie to give him the finger.

"Well that's because the only reason I ever have to go in there is when Ronnie has a fuck-buddy over and you three jackasses are God knows where." she spat.

"I resent that and here." Veronica said holding out two pieces of toast and a cup.

"You are Godsend Ron." Jackie squealed, mood changing swiftly, and snatching up the piece of bread and caffeine.

"I try." the blond said handing Aaron his.

The two sons sat behind the girls whispering. Tyler leaned back watching Jackie and Aaron.

"Should I say something? I mean she's kinda family and Abbott is a dickhead." Tyler said quietly to Reid.

Reid sighed bored. "Why should you care if a whore's daughter takes after her mother?"

Jackie tensed. Aaron stood up.

"You really wanna go there, Garwin? Danvers isn't here to protect you." Aaron said leaning down on Reid's desk getting in his face.

"Abbott, you are nothing. No one actually gives a fuck about you least of all your family and so-called friends." Reid sneered. Jackie stood up.

"Aar (pronounce air), leave it. He's trying to start fight. He wants to make a scene." She said getting between Aaron and Reid.

"Oh, c'mon Jack, I mean you're hot you could do so much better than Abbott." Reid taunted.

Jackie ignored him. "Aaron, please we have to sit down before you get suspended again." Aaron shot one last glare at the blond before listening to the younger girl's instructions.

"That's right Abbot listen to your little slut." Reid said. Aaron tensed again but the door opened and Ms. Chase walked in and Aaron rushed to his seat. The day had officially begun.

The day had officially sucked. Jackie had never noticed before, but she had at least one of the Sons in each of her classes. And today every teacher decided to partner her up with one of them

For Psychology it was Tyler, British Literature it was Pogue, AP Trig. it was Reid (I know who knew), AP Chem. it was Caleb, Journalism it was Caleb again, AP American History it was Tyler, and Latin it was Pogue. She also had Free Period and lunch with all of them. But free she spent in the dance studio and lunch she was with her friends.

"I fucking hate this school." Jackie muttered darkly walking out the cafeteria and heading to the old records room. She approached the bench where she normally sulked. But today Caleb Danvers just had to plant his, incredibly tight ass on it and read some big, smart looking book.

"Really? Really?" She practically screamed at him.

Caleb looked up startled. "I'm sorry, what?"

Jackie sighed and plopped down next to him. "You and your…..hair-flipping synchronized dancing boy band! I can't escape you guys!" She accused waving her arms around frantically.

Caleb stared at her slightly amused, confused, and though he would never admit it a bit frightened.

"Hair flipping?" he questioned chuckling.

"That's all you got?" she snorted.

He smirked. "No but it seemed the safest."

"What's with you all being in every single one of my classes? Seriously stalkers." Jackie muttered. He looked confused.

"I have at least one 'Son of Ipswich' in all of my classes." Jackie informed him.

"Oh, you can always fight with administration to change your classes." He offered.

"Why would I do that? You guys should get out of my classes." Jacked scoffed. "I mean I am smarter than you all."

Caleb raised an eyebrow. "What makes you say that?"

"Hello, registered child genius in two countries." She said in a 'duh' tone.

"Are you serious?" he asked.

"Do you want to see the certificates?"

"Never mind, so I guess you are pretty smart," he replied.

" Gasp! Was that a compliment from a 'Son of Ipswich' I'm shocked. I thought you all hated me," she said.

"Hey, you started our "hateship"!" Caleb defended.

"Nuh uh, you guys all picked on me from elementary school and up." Jackie told him.

Caleb scoffed. "If I remember correctly you were the girl with the pig tails who followed after me and the guys in kindergarten."

"Hey, you're the one who proposed to me with a plastic batman ring." Jackie cried smiling for the first time all day.

"Hey I spent $1.50 in the machine trying to get that ring. You should have appreciated it more." Caleb informed her smugly. Jackie rolled her eyes.

"Oh, I do. In fact I have it in a special place in my jewelry box, wrapped in a special cloth to protect it from dust and thieves." she said exaggeratingly. The two chuckled for a few moments before the infamous awkward silence descended on them. Jackie fidgeted as Caleb glanced at their surroundings.

"So… how 'bout them Red Sox?" Jackie asked.

Caleb chuckled. "Yeah, isn't baseball season over?"

Jackie looked panicked. "It is? Damn Aaron, what did I bet on last night then?"

Caleb let out a full-blown laugh. "You bet on a baseball game after the World Series finished two weeks ago? It was the first World Series that the White Sox won in 88 years."

Jackie grimaced. "The Red Sox didn't even make the Series, did they?"

"Nope." Caleb grinned.

"Crap. Aaron owes me a lap dance. And I want my supply of red bulls back." She huffed before whipping out her cell phone.

"Dickhead," she yelled into it when she heard someone answer. "I want my Red Bull back and you owe me a lap dance. The Red Sox didn't even make the fucking World Series, which was two weeks ago!"

Caleb stifled his laughter.

"I expect them at my house by 5 o'clock." Jackie yelled into the phone before hanging up.

"Thanks. I have to kick his ass."

"What did he win?" Caleb asked curious.

"You definitely don't wanna know. Lets say it had to do with Red Bull, jell-o, and synchronized dancing to 'You're the One That I Want' in lime green hot pants." Jackie said calmly. "I gotta go and beat the retard outta him. Thanks again Cal." she said before skipping away, leaving the dark haired teen laughing.