Chapter 10
March 19, 1996.
On Tuesday, Selina arrived at school to find a rose sticky taped onto her locker door.
"Oh, Jerome." Selina gushed, picking the rose up.
"Who'd be interested in a slut like you?" Sonia Hammond sneered.
"Rack off, bitch face!" Selina snapped.
"At least I have class!" Sonia shouted.
"I have more class than you do in your little finger, Sonia!" Selina shouted back.
Before a physical altercation would erupt between the two girls, Jerome walked over and put his arm around Selina.
"Hey, babe." Jerome said, kissing Selina's cheek.
"Thanks for the rose." Selina said.
"You're welcome." Jerome said, smiling.
"You know something, Jerome. Sonia and Melanie could be long-lost sisters!" Selina said.
"You got that right, babe!" Jerome laughed.
Sonia scowled at Selina before storming off.
"Did that make her walk away?" Selina asked sarcastically.
"I think it did." Jerome said, still laughing.
"I love you, babe."
"I love you too, Selina Roberts."
Selina and Jerome started to kiss. Stephanie and Tiegan happened to walk past them.
"Get a room!" Tiegan said.
"We would, but we want our relationship out in the open." Jerome told her.
"Just don't let Melanie see you guys." Stephanie said.
"I don't care what that scrag thinks of me and Jerome." Selina told her. "We're happy with our relationship."
"That's good." Stephanie said.
"How was the party Saturday night?" Jerome asked Stephanie and Tiegan.
"It was the best." Tiegan replied. "We took lots of photos, caught up with some of our old friends and made some new ones."
"Selina tells me you met Louis and Corey." Jerome said.
"How do you know them?" Stephanie asked him.
"I used to play rugby with them." Jerome replied.
"Sweet." Stephanie said.
The bell started to ring.
"Come on, come on. Get to class." Donald said to the students, who were walking along the corridor.
"We have Art first." Tiegan said. "Come on, Steph."
"See youse in English." Selina said to them.
"Bye." Stephanie said.
Tiegan and Stephanie then went upstairs to go to their Visual Arts class. Just as they entered the classroom, Tiegan's phone went off.
"I just hope the teacher doesn't catch me." Tiegan said before answering the call. "Hello?"
"Hi, Tiegan. It's Kate." said the voice on the other end phone.
"Kate, how are you?" Tiegan asked her.
"I'm okay. I just wish my party didn't end so badly." Kate sighed.
"What happened?"
"After you and Stephanie left, these gatecrashers showed up and started a wild brawl. The police had to be called and ended up cancelling the party." Kate said.
"Are you okay?" Tiegan asked her.
"I'm fine. It's just that some of the Hartley gang were involved in that brawl." Kate said.
"I'm so sorry to hear that your party ended badly." Tiegan said.
"I wouldn't worry about it. I had a great time apart from those losers ruining it towards the end." Kate said.
Stephanie mouthed to Tiegan that the teacher was on her way.
"I better let you go, Kate. I'll ring you later." Tiegan told her.
"Okay. Bye."
Tiegan hung up her phone and slipped it back into her bag before Mrs Duggan entered the classroom.
"Good morning, class." Mrs Duggan said.
"Morning, Mrs Duggan." Tiegan said sweetly.
"Okay. Let's get started."
Stephanie and Tiegan gave each other a high-five.
Selina and Jerome went to the Bayside Diner for lunch. As they were snuggling with each other, Stephanie walked over to the counter and saw Melissa at the cash register.
"I got you that CD you wanted." Stephanie told her.
"Thanks, Steph. Really appreciate it." Melissa said, taking the How Bizarre CD from Stephanie.
"Thanks for covering for me and Tiegan."
"Did you want anything while I'm at it?" Melissa asked.
"I'll have a strawberry milkshake and a burger with the works." Stephanie replied.
"I'll let Irene know." Melissa said.
"Thanks, Melissa."
Stephanie then sat with Tiegan and two other girls. Meanwhile, Selina and Jerome started kissing.
"I love you so much." Jerome said.
"Same here." Selina said.
"What are you doing this weekend?" Jerome asked her.
"Nothing much." Selina said.
"I'm going to see my cousins in Liverpool this weekend." Jerome told her.
"Awesome."
Selina and Jerome drank their milkshake just as Sally walked in.
"Selina, I need to talk to you." Sally said.
"What is it, Sal?" Selina asked.
"Do you think Miss Brennan is acting strange?"
Selina snapped her attention and replied, "I saw her sell drugs to Peter Monahan last Friday when I was waiting for Jerome to finish rugby training."
Jerome almost spat out his milkshake in shock. "Dead set?!"
"I wouldn't lie about something like that, babe." Selina told him.
"I think she's got Chloe hooked on the stuff too." Sally said.
"You're joking!" Selina said, her anger rising. "Miss Brennan is such a cow!"
"I wonder who else she's been selling drugs to?" Jerome said, looking thoughtful.
"One way to find out." Selina said.
After school, Joanne was in a classroom waiting to sell drugs to students. She waited for Donald to leave before she did anything. Sure enough, Tiegan walked in.
"What are you doing here, Tiegan?" Joanne asked her, panicking.
"I want some speed, Miss." Tiegan responded.
"I don't have any on me at the moment, but I can give you some tonight." Joanne said. "Meet me behind the Surf Club."
"Thanks." Tiegan said before she walked out of the classroom and met with Selina, Sally, Jerome and Stephanie.
"How did it go?" Stephanie asked.
"She said she would give me some speed tonight. Don't worry, I intend on using it to set her up."
"I just hope this works." Sally said.
"She'll be sorry she ever dealt drugs to our friends." Selina said.
They saw Joanne leave the classroom. As she walked off, they noticed a small bag of speed on the ground.
"Gotcha!" Selina said, looking at the bag of speed. "I just hope Mr Fisher finds it and lets Miss Brennan have it!"
"I hope she gets prosecuted." Jerome said.
Stephanie, Tiegan, Sally and Selina nodded their heads in agreement.
NEXT TIME...
- When the bag of speed is discovered, Joanne is quick to accuse Chloe of dobbing her in
- Sonia starts spreading vicious rumours about Selina and Jerome's relationship
- Stephanie and Tiegan receive some surprise visitors