Alice took the rest of the week off school. The school had wrote to her dad telling him she was expected to be at school on Monday morning. Just to be facetious she decided to go back on Tuesday. They'd threatened legal action if she didn't attend. Like she cared if he got sent down! To be honest she really didn't care much about anything. She wasn't eating. Barely sleeping. Why had she done that to Danny. She should have just asked him to leave her alone. Let her calm down. He's stayed away. She supposed she should be grateful for that, she just missed him desperately. She spent most of her time looking through the photo's of her birthday part a month ago. They'd been so happy. So in love. She was walking along to school by herself. Her form tutor greeted her.
"Mrs Craig wants to speak to you." Mrs Hedley told her.
"So." Alice replied.
"You can cut the attitude!" Mrs Hedley said annoyed.
"This attitude is me, and I'm passed caring whether you are anyone else in this stupid school thinks." she then looked at Sarah. "And you don't think I've forgot what you've done. I swear to God that I'm gonna get you you fucking bitch. Just watch."
Sarah paled. The threat in Alice's voice obvious - the tone venomous. Her eyes promised vengeance.
"My friend's want a little word too. Just so you know. They were very fond of my mum. And as for me nothing is stopping me now!" she took a step forward and Mrs Hedley grabbed her arm.
"Well c'mon Sarah you weren't bothered last week, or is no one here to take the crutches?" Alice dropped them. "There gone now I'd call this a fair fight!"
"Right Alice I'm removing you from PSE." Mrs Hedley said.
She looked at her and disregarded her. "I don't care!" she said.
She escorted her outside. "Wait here for Mrs Craig."
Alice rolled her eyes.
"Where's the Alice from a few weeks ago. Who was happy. Who took everything which was thrown at her and ignored it. Who was getting along in school?" she asked.
Alice shrugged. "She wasn't real. This is the real Alice!" she said.
Mrs Hedley shook her head. "I don't believe you. You're a nice girl. This nasty violent person isn't you. And even though I don't know your mother I'll bet she'd be ashamed of the way you just acted."
Alice didn't answer. She just stood and waited. Why had she come in today? she wondered. She was gonna do her best to get herself expelled today. The only thing she could think of was to hit a teacher but she had her limits! The ones who were nasty to her she cheeked. Never the ones who treated her well. Except Mrs Hedley just there, she had to apologise for that! But she would never lay her hands on them she wasn't a violent person really unless badly provoked.
Mrs Craig walked towards her. "So you've returned." she pulled out a yellow report from a folder.
"Oh whoop de doo!" Alice said.
"I'm quickly losing patience with you! I want to restart the buddy system again." she said.
"NO!" Alice said sharply.
"Why?" Mrs Craig said and frowned. She spoke to Daniel earlier and he'd had the same reaction.
Alice didn't say a word. Well she couldn't force them to do it.
"Ok." she said. "I'm warning you no revenge on Sarah. She has had a severe punishment!"
"Oh really! Did you whack her head off some concrete a few times. Or maybe stamp on her broken keg numerous times?" she asked.
Mrs Craig frowned.
"Thought not let me guess she's on report and got some codes. Yeah big punishment. Well guess what that's not enough for me!" she said angrily.
"Well it will have to be!" she replied.
"I told you what I was going to do to her after she hit me. Just watch me!" she said.
Mrs Craig didn't know what to do. She didn't want to expel her but this was going too far!
"Alice please give me your word that you won't touch her!"
"No!"
"If you don't I will have you with me every minute of every day until your exams are over! That will be over a month!" she warned.
"Ok!" Alice relented. "I won't touch her."
"Promise me Alice. I know you're a honourable person." she said.
"Ok I promise." she said. She'd just have to get her revenge another way. God sometimes she wished her mother hadn't brought her up right.
Mrs Craig opened her tutors door and motioned for her to walk inside.
She walked over to Mrs Hedley. "Look Miss about before. I was out of order, my attitude was dis-respectful and I apologise. You're a great teacher. The best and you don't deserve my s.. crap. I just wanted to apologise for my behaviour." she said then quickly walked back over to her seat.
Mrs Hedley was touched. She looked at Mrs Craig and nodded. They were right about this girl. She wasn't a bad kid. She just didn't deal with her emotions or problems too well. Mrs Hedley walked over to Mrs Craig. Alice sat down in her usual chair by the door and pulled out her pencil case and started copying off the board.
"Keep an eye on her." Mrs Craig whispered. "I'm worried!"
"Me too! She's a good kid but her emotions get the better of her." Mrs Hedley replied.
"Would you mind speaking to both her and Daniel Trevanion at lunchtime break? He's the best chance we've got of keeping her calm."
Alice suddenly piped up. "I know your talking about me. It's bad manners to whisper about people while they are actually in the room." she then grinned a playful grin at them and got back to work.
Both teachers shook their heads and smiled. Mrs Craig left the room and Mrs Hedley went over to talk to Alice.
"Can you come up here at lunchtime. I want to talk to you."
Alice shrugged. "Yeah no problem."
"About your apology too."
"Don't worry about it. I am sorry for how I treated you. You're a nice person and I was brought up better than that. I blame my conscience on my mum."
"It's a good thing to have. Not many people in this day and age can admit when they are wrong Alice. I appreciate your apology." (A/N this was actually said to me by Mrs Hedley. Aw she was so nice coz I did apologise for being a bitch to her one day.)
Mrs Craig went to speak to Danny and told him he was wanted by Mrs Hedley at lunchtime.
"If this is about Alice." he started.
"Danny this is not a request." she replied.
"I suppose I've got no choice then." was his reply.
It was break time and she had grabbed a quick lunch. She was now sat in her tutors room. There was a knock on the door and Danny walked in.
"No way!" Alice said when she seen him. "I'm outta here!"
"Alice sit down - Daniel come in." she said.
Alice sat with her arms crossed and pretended disinterest. But she stole glances at him. She hadn't seen him in nearly a week. She'd missed his handsome face and endearing grin. It really was better this way she told herself. He deserved so much more. So much better than her. She still missed him though. Her heart still ached with the devastation of her loss. The gaping wound in her heart had not stopped gushing. She missed him like she would miss the air she needed to breath, he had been that important to her. Life sustaining. And she had just threw him away. Danny had the same stance, arms crossed. Not looking at her, they sat on practically opposite ends of the room.
"Ok you two, what's been going on?" she asked. "You were best friends. Inseparable. Ever since that little fiasco on Wednesday both of your attitudes have been appalling. And Daniel your teachers as well as Mrs Craig are worried about your sudden change in attitude, for a reasonable and level headed young man you have become surly, argumentative and aggressive.
Both Alice and Danny wore sullen and bored looks. They looked away from each other with arms tightly crossed, like protection.
The telephone rang. "I'll be right back, and I expect a answer!" she said and left the room.
The silence in the room was deafening. The monotonous tick of the clock grated on Alice's nerves. Neither person felt inclined to break the silence. She glanced over and saw Danny looking at her. Staring intently as if to figure her out. Her eyes were drawn involuntarily to his. God but she loved those soft green eyes. Those eyes were one of the reasons she'd fell for him
"What" she said softly.
"I was just wondering if I ever knew you." he replied in a equally soft tone.
"And what do you mean by that statement. Are you implying that everything I said and did was a lie?" she was angry.
"Well c'mon Alice - you SAY you love me but then dropped me pretty quickly. What happened. Did you find out that Josh and Sarah had broken up. Did you think you had a chance?" He asked viciously.
Alice's jaw dropped when she heard that her breath caught in her chest and her heart stopped. Yes literally stopped beating for a moment.
Danny realised what he said. "Look Alice I'm sorry I didn't…" Alice cut him off.
"Oh my god, I can't believe you just said that. YOU of all people! You know what I went through with him! God I was right to break up with you because you went too far." she was shocked at what he said. "I can't even be in the same room as you Danny. You know at this minute I really really dislike you. What I said Danny was mean but that…." she didn't finish she just walked out of the room. He'd wanted to hurt her but that was too far.
Danny knew he was out of order with what he'd said. God he was a bastard! He heard her footsteps receding then coming back. Was she gonna let him explain? Something whizzed passed his head. He ducked just in time! She then stormed away.
Danny placed his head on the desk. Something glittered by his chair. Ah so that's what Alice had thrown at him. He bent over and picked it up. It was his eternity ring. It lay in his hand. The baby blue gems reminded him of Alice's blue eyes. They way they usually were bright, clear and an endless shade of blue. The only colour he could see now was flat and lifeless with hurt in depths. Hurt he'd put there. He should really learn to think about what he was going to say before he said it. But even so he should never have mentioned that about Josh I mean talk about out of order!
Mrs Hedley entered the room and saw Danny's head rested on the desk.
"Where's Alice?" she asked.
"Gone." was his reply. "Don't blame her either." he said. His head still rested on the desk. He stayed there till the bell rang for the next lesson. He didn't say a word just thought about how he could have handled it better. He had to make this right. He had to make Alice forgive him. He couldn't imagine a world where she didn't love him - that was unthinkable.
Danny waited for Alice at the school gates. She couldn't escape him here. He'd tried to talk to her throughout the lesson but she'd ignored him or stopped him with a look. Her work was suffering. He'd heard the teachers say that her work was not even half of the standard that she usually completed. She spotted him at the gates and walked away from him. He ran over to her.
"Alice please stop and talk to me!" he asked.
She carried on walking and he carried on asking. He saw the seat next to Gregg's they sat on a couple on months ago when they first met.
"Look come sit here with me." he said.
She looked at the seat then him. "You being funny or something?" she asked.
His expression looked so pained she relented and sat down.
"Say what you wanna say then - don't think I'm gonna listen though." she said and looked away.
"Alice I'm sorry." he grabbed her hand and looked at her face but she grabbed her hand away and looked at the passing cars. "I said the first thing that came into my head. I just wanted to hurt you like you hurt me. I just needed to know that you were bothered that we broke up. I never meant…."
"You never meant what Danny? You never meant to say that I led him on."
"I never sai…" Danny tried to say but she carried on unhearing of him.
"Or maybe if I should let it happened next time BECAUSE I led him on? Or maybe even that I deserve to let it happen. I don't think so Danny. You know what I'm sorry I hurt you. I truly am. I never wanted to do that to you for the whole world. I honestly do love you. I don't know why I still do. I broke up with you because I didn't want you to end up hating me or my temper. But I suppose it was me who ended up hating you. I'm surprised you can feel 2 such strong emotions at the same time. I know you wanted to hurt me Danny but that…..God Danny why don't you just tear my heart out next time. It'll hurt less!" she said tears in her eyes. "You wanna know the saddest thing, I lost my boyfriend my heart and my best friend all at the same time! I don't know how I feel at the minute so please leave me alone!" she got up and he noticed a black mark on her cast where his Danny 4 Alice used to sit.
"What happened to our heart?" he asked pointing to her cast.
"It's gone Danny and I don't know whether we can get it back. She then walked away with purpose.
(X)
Alice was sat on her bed doodling on a pad. She heard a tap on her window. She ignored it until it became insistent. She got up and hopped over to her window and opened her blinds. She saw Danny balanced on a ladder.
"Go away!" she said.
"Not till you talk to me!" he replied.
"Climb down Danny please. I don't want you to fall and get hurt!" she said.
"Let me in then!" he said.
"No Danny I don't want to see you." she told him.
"Don't make me break your window!" he warned.
"You wouldn't!" she said incredulous.
He motioned to the rock on the edge of the window pane. She opened her window and grabbed his hand. Suddenly a gust of window blew and caught the ladder and caused it to shake. The ladder wobbled precariously then fell. His other arm grabbed onto her window sill. But with nothing holding his weight he half fell dragging her towards the window. His legs dangled above the ground. Alice tried to pull him towards her but he was too heavy. His hand was slipping. Her left leg was starting to hurt with the strain, the break was no where near healed but what she supposed to do let Danny fall? - like hell. She felt a renewed surge of energy and told Danny to pull as hard as he could. She heaved and he pulled and he tumbled through her window. The momentum made her topple backwards and Danny fell on top of her.
"We've got to stop meeting like this!" he said a little breathlessly. He laughed. Then she laughed. Soon they were both laughing like idiots on her bedroom floor for no reason. With both their faces so close both forgot to breath and they suddenly stopped laughing. Blue eyes looked into green. All thoughts were abandoned when he lowered his mouth to hers. It was the sweetest kiss she'd ever had. He removed his lips from hers and pressed his forehead to hers and closed his eyes.
"I miss you Alice." he said sadly.
"Me too." she admitted.
"I didn't mean what I said to you. It was stupid and I hit out at you the only way I knew."
"ssshhh!" she said. "Don't worry about it. I'm not going to tell you it didn't hurt coz I'd be lying. It hurt like hell! I understand you were only trying to hurt me though. I don't agree with how you did it but I understand." she told him
"I love you so much Alice. Can we go back to how it was? Please let's just forget that last week happened and me and you can go back to being happy?" he asked.
"I dunno Danny." she started.
The words of one of Alice's favourite songs popped into his head and he started to sing softly.
But I know it now
I wish I would have known before
How good we were
Is it too late to come back
Or is it really over
If its really over
Oh this is not the way that it should end
It's the way it should begin
It's the way it should begin, again
No - I never wanna fall apart
Never wanna break your heart
Never wanna let you break my own
Yes - I know we said a lot of things
That we probably didn't mean
But it's not to late to take them back
So before you say you gonna go
I should probably let you know
I never knew what I had
Alice smiled. "You have no shame using my own songs against me!" she said and grinned. "look we can't just forget what happened last week. Coz if we try it could happen again! But I do want to give us another try! I've got one condition though!"
"What?" he asked worried. "I bet you want me to run naked down the town or something."
She laughed. "Well that is actually a good idea but I really need to get up. My leg is falling asleep!" she said.
"I quite like having you here. It means I can do this when I want." he leans in and gives her the hottest most blistering kiss she'd ever had. "You know if you didn't agree to give us another try I was going to kiss you into submission!""That has got some appeal like!" she mused out loud.
He got up and grabbed her hand.
"O and something else!" she added. "You use the door in future. Do you realise how close you were to breaking your neck."
"I don't care if I nearly broke my neck." he pulled her into his embrace. "The only thing I cared about was seeing you again."
They sat on the floor and she rested her head against his chest. He leaned down and put his face in her hair . He kissed her softly.
"I'm so happy we don't hate each other anymore." he said. He then pulled the ring was his pocket and slipped it on her finger. "I never want anything to come between us again! Your too important for me to lose! When we've got problems we've got to work through them and talk. Not yelling at each other but reaching out and using each other for support!" he said.
She nodded.
"And don't worry about Sarah. I know she's gonna leave you alone now. You've got her running scared. She's really worried that your gonna kill her or maybe do some lasting damage!"
"Good! I really should kill her!" he said angrily
"Yeah but you won't!" he said.
"But I am gonna knock her block off one day!" she said and grinned.
He put his arms around her shoulders and hugged her close and chuckled. "Love you Alice." he said.
A/N i decided to upload these 2day as a little celebration 4 the fact that i had my eng lit test and it was gud :) the only prob i had was i kept calling jane alice lol :) hope u enjoyed it and please review x
