A/N: Okay, two chapters in one day! (For most of you guys anyway) I updated quicker because I had already written most of this chapter when I uploaded the other one, having written a bit on my road trip. There were quite a few mistakes in previous chapters, I noticed, and I went back multiple times after uploading to fix them. I don't proof read before I upload because I'm too excited! And thanks to my usual three reviewers – you know who you are! I get so excited when I see a new review! And now Sexy Sadie has 30 reviews! Yay! Glad to know people liked the previous chapter! What's going on with Patrick? Max and Sadie have superpowers? Tim hit a teacher? Enjoy!

Chapter 13 – Carry That Weight

Tim, Patrick, Ms Garth and I did a walk of shame to the office, our classmates whispering behind us. This would be all over the school by tomorrow - actually, probably within the next hour. At the office, we waited in silence to see Mrs Milton. We finally went inside where we sat down around the desk. Everyone but Mrs Milton and I had battle scars.
"Right, would anyone mind telling me what happened?" Mrs Milton asked, leaning forwards with her elbows on the desk.
No one said anything so I spoke up.
"Tim and Patrick were fighting about something, I mean physically fighting, and Ms Garth got in the way and Tim hit her."
"Do you know that's an offence that is not tolerated in the education system?" she asked a shameful Tim.
"Yes, ma'am," he replied softly, not looking up at her. His words were mumbled by his dislocated jaw.
"May I ask what the disagreement was about?"
Tim, Patrick and I looked at each other. Patrick spoke up this time.
"You may've heard, Mrs Milton, that we were arrested on Saturday," he told her ashamedly.
"No, I did not hear that. Why were you arrested?"
"There was an… incident… in Woolworths. The three of us happened to be there at the same time. I was by myself but Sadie and Tim were with their mothers. As some people would know, Sadie extremely dislikes Tim but Tim likes Sadie… a bit too much, if you catch my drift."
"Yes, I think I know what you mean."
"Yes, well, Tim approached Sadie, much to her and her mother's disgust. He, in fact…" Patrick looked at me, hesitant to say it.
"He what?"
"He kissed Sadie."

Patrick said it very seriously. Mrs Milton exhaled and sat back.
"Well, I still don't see how you got arrested."
"There's more. Sadie… retaliated. She punched Tim, hence one of the reasons for his black eye."
Mrs Milton nodded, quickly glancing at Tim.
"I heard them from the next aisle and went to investigate. When I got there, Tim was calling Sadie a not very nice name and was about to hit her back. But I pushed in front of Sadie, knocking her unconscious on the ground. Then I hit Tim in protection of Sadie. He hit me and I hit him back, again. But this time Tim was knocked to the ground and he crawled away. I went over to Sadie, and all of a sudden her… friend, Max, was there and he hated what Tim had done to her so he went after him and… did some damage, you could say. Sadie woke up and went after him, finding Tim and Max in the next aisle. Tim was rude again so she kicked him… making him squeal."
"This is all quite unbelievable. Are you expecting me to believe that all of this happened?"
"It did, Mrs Milton! We have quite a few witnesses. I would be too ashamed to make this up. Anyway, I wasn't finished. Sadie's mum and I heard the squeals and went into the next aisle. Then a police officer was suddenly standing there and arrested the four of us."
"So he arrested this Max character too?"
"Yes."
"Well, I don't know how to believe you. And I don't know what this has to do with the fight this afternoon."
"My Mum has video evidence!" I suddenly interjected, remembering.

"Well, what happened that day doesn't really have anything to do with today's events. What happens outside of school hours is not my concern."
"Well, the fight today started with Tim spreading rumours about Sadie and telling the whole class that we were arrested."
"That is not on, Timothy," Mrs Milton scolded, turning her gaze to Tim, "Events like that should not be rumoured around a school. You're asking for trouble by doing that. Just by telling a few people, you've jeopardised Sadie and Patrick's reputation."
"Not to mention he posted it on Facebook," I added.
"Your actions are very foolish and dangerous. I might have to take serious action. Also considering the fact that you hit a teacher, your punishment will be worse than it would be."
Tim groaned.
"I'm sorry Patrick, but you were involved in the violent attacks in the classroom today, so I will have to punish you too."
My expression changed to complete pity for Patrick as I looked at him sadly. Great, now I was guilty as well. This was all my fault! The fight was about me! I had gotten Patrick punished when all he was doing was defending me! Poor Patrick looked very upset.

"However, your sentence will be lighter than Timothy's, seeing as how you did not hit a member of staff or initiate the fight."
"Great, I get two sentences! Not only do I have to go to court, but now I have whatever you're giving me."
"You mean that you have to go to court?" she asked, a bit taken aback and pointing her finger between the three of us.
"Yes."
"What a shame. Well, your parents will be contacted, but not yours, Sadie. You may go now."
"Thank you," I 'thanked.' I got up and walked out of the office, still in shock. I felt so bad about Patrick. Not at all about Tim, but definitely Patrick. It was not fair to him. He didn't do anything! School was finished for the day, so I got my bag from my locker and went to sit with my group who waited for buses and parents, only to be faced with a million questions.

No one said anything at first, they just looked at me awkwardly. I didn't like this! I wanted everything back to normal! NONE of this would've happened if Tim hadn't kissed me. I wouldn't have my awesome powers that I do. That was the only upside, apart from the fact that Max and I are closer, but it's still a mystery. I couldn't take their stares anymore.
"Guys, come on! Say something!" I barked.
"Uh, well, we heard, Sadie," Anna told me.
"Of course you did," I sighed.
"It's spreading quickly. I can't believe you got arrested!"
"Yeah, well it's Tim, what do you expect?"
"So what happened at Milton's office?" Prudence leaned forwards.
"Tim and Patrick are getting punished," I sighed sadly.
"Oh no, poor Patrick!"
"I know, and all of this is my fault!"
"No it's not, it's Tim's fault!" Molly interjected.
"Thanks," I smiled at them. Just then, I saw Patrick storming down the ramp that led towards the administration block.
"If you'll excuse me," I excused myself.

I stood up and walked over to an upset Patrick, who was marching towards me. We both stopped when we reached each other.
"Sadie -," he started before I cut him off.
"Patrick, look, I am so sorry about all this," I desperately apologised, "All of this is my fault!"
"No it's not," he looked amused, "We all know who's to blame for this."
"But you didn't have to defend me!"
"Yes I did. That's what good friends do."
I didn't know if he was mocking my terminology or not.
"I heard you and Tim talking at morning tea."
I realised then that he was the figure I could see behind the pole.
"Sadie, is it true?"
"Is what true?"
"What Tim said about you and Max."
"No, it isn't," I sighed, fed up with Tim and everything to do with him, "We haven't even kissed yet."
He looked surprised and amused.
"But don't make fun of me!"
"I would never."
"So, what's the sentence?"
"I get two weeks' afternoon detention," he answered in disgust.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"That's okay. But Tim got a worse one."
"What?"
"He's suspended for three weeks."
"Bastard deserves it."

We stood there looking at each other.
"It's my fault that you have to carry that weight on your shoulders," I went on another guilt trip.
"Sadie, none of this is your fault," I think he was getting fed up with my constant apologising.
"It is! You didn't have to protect me in the shops that day!"
"I didn't want Tim to hurt you!"
I looked into his eyes. We both started crying all of a sudden. I wrapped my arms around him and we were soon wrapped in a tight hug. It was nice. I sniffled onto his shoulder – he was only a few centimetres taller than me.
"Shh," he crooned, stroking my hair.
We eventually pulled away from each other. Then I realised what time it was. I had to catch my bus!
"I'm sorry Patrick, I have to go!" I announced.
"Okay," he said kind of sadly, "I'll see you later."
"Bye!"
I rushed back over to Anna, Prudence and Molly, who were watching the whole thing. I swung my backpack onto my shoulder and reminded Prudence that we had to go. She stood up and we said goodbye to Anna and Molly and started to walk away.
"Sadie?" I heard Patrick call my name. I turned around to find him standing in the same spot – he hadn't moved.
"Yes?" I asked. He hesitated before answering.
"Nothing."

Prudence and I left the school grounds, me wondering about Patrick the whole time. What did he want to say to me? On the bus I was faced with Daniel, the person who had revealed that I had three people who liked me.

I hadn't seen Daniel in a while. The only time I ever really see him is when we catch the bus, and I hadn't done that since his revelation last Friday. It was Thursday now. A LOT had happened since then. I sat next to Prudence on the bus, as usual. Daniel looked like he was trying to ignore me, but I kept catching him looking at me. He just sat with his friend James, who witnessed the events the other day. About ten minutes into the ride, he approached me.
"Sadie, can I talk to you?" he asked, leaning on the back of Prudence's aisle seat.
"What about?" I asked.
"You know what about."
I sighed and nodded to Prudence, who got up so I could get out. I followed Daniel to an empty double seat. He motioned for me to go in first and I did, sitting with my arms crossed and looking straight ahead. He sat down next to me.
"I heard… about everything," he started.
"What's everything?" I asked.
"The fight in the supermarket… the fight in HPE."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Well, I kind of initiated this whole thing. I told you that Patrick and Tim liked you."
"I knew before you told me."
"Yeah, but I revealed our plan."
"Daniel, none of this is your fault. Tim would've done what he did, regardless of whether you told me about your plan or not."
"How can you be sure?"
"Well…" I thought about my answer, "He didn't even know that I knew about the plan!"
"Really? I thought he knew…"

I didn't feel like talking to Daniel anymore. I went back to sit with Prudence, sighing.
"What'd he want?" she asked.
"He wanted to apologise."
"That was nice of him."
"Yeah, but I told him it wasn't his fault. Tim did it off his own accord."
"True."
The rest of the bus ride was mostly in silence. As soon as I got home, I went straight onto Facebook. And what horror was gracing my newsfeed? A picture.

A/N: Hoped you liked this one! It was an awfully short filler chapter. It was intended to be longer but I wanted to leave it with a 'horrifying' picture. What's Sadie feeling for Patrick? Find out soon! Oh, and no one told me what their favourite chapter so far was!