Chapter 11

March 20, 1996

The next morning, Stephanie and Selina arrived at Summer Bay High to hear Joanne and Donald having an argument from his office.

"I'm telling you that I don't know who the bag of speed belongs to!" Joanne shouted.

"I find that very hard to believe, Miss Brennan!" Donald shouted back.

Selina and Stephanie laughed quietly as they listened in on the conversation.

"Why would I sell drugs to students? My secretary job at the school is more important!" Joanne whined.

"Joanne, this is a very serious matter." Donald sternly reminded her. "You are hereby suspended from your duties while the police and education department hold an investigation into the matter."

Stephanie and Selina tried very hard not to laugh when hearing this. They quickly headed back to the lockers when they heard Joanne storm out of Donald's office. At that moment, Chloe arrived.

"You little brat!" Joanne shouted at Chloe.

"What have I done?" Chloe asked, looking confused.

"You dobbed me in to Mr Fisher! I thought I could trust you!" Joanne yelled.

"Take a hike, drug dealer!" Selina snarled.

"How dare you speak to me like that?!" Joanne shouted at Selina.

"Oh, I dare. I DARE!" Selina shouted back.

"You'll be sorry, Chloe!" Joanne threatened.

Chloe looked upset as Joanne stormed away.

"Come here, Chloe." Selina said.

Chloe and Selina hugged just as Tiegan arrived.

"What's going on?" Tiegan asked her friends.

"That drug dealer got caught out." Selina said.

"Miss Brennan?"

"That's right." Stephanie said. "Good riddance, too."

Later that day, Selina and Jerome were hanging out behind the back of the school during lunch when Tiegan approached her.

"Selina, is it true?" Tiegan asked.

"What?"

"That you and Jerome are having a baby." Tiegan said

Selina got up really quickly and asked angrily, "Who's been saying that?!"

"One guess." Tiegan replied.

"Melanie Dolan!" Selina snarled.

"Not her." Tiegan said.

"Then who?" Jerome asked.

"Sonia Hammond." Tiegan responded.

"What else has she been saying about me?" Selina asked.

Tiegan looked uncomfortable but she managed to reply, "She's basically saying that you're going to use Jerome for one thing and that you're a dirty slut. Oh and she also said that Jerome has no taste when it comes to dating girls."

"Where is she?!" Selina snarled.

"Calm down, babe." Jerome said.

"If I find Sonia, she's dead meat!" Selina shouted.

"I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but..." Tiegan said.

"Thank you for telling me, Tiegan. I really appreciate it." Selina said, giving her friend a hug.

"No worries." Tiegan said.

Just before lunch ended, Selina happened to find Sonia with her two bitchy friends near the bicycle rack. She stormed over to Sonia.

"You BITCH!" Selina screamed.

"Me?" Sonia asked innocently.

"Yes, you! How dare you spread rumours about me and Jerome!" Selina continued screaming.

"Take a chill pill, slut!" Amy sneered.

An already fired up Selina smacked Amy square in the face!

"If I EVER hear that you spread more rumours about me you are going to regret it, Sonia Hammond!" Selina yelled.

Unrepentant, Sonia just laughed.

"It's not funny!" Selina shouted.

"You are the biggest slut Summer Bay High has to offer!" Sonia said, still laughing.

Selina grabbed Sonia by her hair and started attacking her. Kim tried to get Selina off by pulling her hair, while Amy slapped her. However, a duty teacher saw what was happening and broke up the fight.

"Why doesn't it surprise me that you and your friends cause drama, Sonia!" he snapped at Sonia.

"She attacked me!" Sonia protested.

"You, Lee and Hardy can report to Mr Fisher's office!"

"But..." Amy started to say.

"RIGHT NOW!" the teacher yelled.

Sonia, Amy and Kim stalked off.

"Are you okay, Selina?" the teacher asked her.

"I'll live." Selina said, holding her cheek from where Amy slapped her.

That afternoon, Stephanie and Tiegan were walking to the Bayside Diner when they saw two people get off the bus.

"They look familiar." Tiegan said.

"It's Louis and Corey!" Stephanie said, pointing at them.

"No way!" Tiegan said, looking shocked.

Louis and Corey soon noticed them.

"Girls!" Corey called out. "We're here to visit!"

"Hey guys!" Stephanie said, racing over to them.

"Surprised to see us?" Louis asked the girls.

"Yeah, definitely!" Tiegan replied.

After exchanging hugs, Stephanie asked the boys, "How are you guys getting home?"

"We're taking the train back to the city tonight." Louis replied. "Corey and I thought we'd come down and visit you and Tiegan."

"That's so nice." Tiegan said.

"Where do you guys live?" Corey asked.

"I live in a caravan park." Tiegan replied.

"And I live not far from Tiegan." Stephanie also replied.

"Sweet." Louis said, smiling.

"We were going to go to the diner and grab something to eat." Stephanie said. "You guys hungry?"

"I sure am." Corey said.

"Me too." Louis said.

"Then let's go." Tiegan said.

The four them then started walking to the diner. When they arrived, they were greeted by Melissa.

"Louis and Corey, how have you guys been?" Melissa asked before kissing both of them on the cheek.

"How do you know these guys?" Stephanie asked Melissa.

"I went to primary school with Corey, while I met Louis at a party in the city." Melissa responded.

"Did you guys go to Summer Bay Public School together?" Tiegan asked.

"No, our public school was over at Busby." Melissa said.

"Cool." Tiegan said.

"Did Melissa tell you that she used to be a model?" Corey asked them.

"Really?" Stephanie responded.

"Yeah, I used to model for fashion catalogues and I even appeared in a few TV commercials." Melissa said.

"Why did you stop?" Stephanie asked.

"I got sick of it." Melissa replied. "I'm happy working here in the diner, anyway."

"That's good." Tiegan said.

"Can I get you guys anything?" Melissa asked.

Stephanie, Tiegan, Louis and Corey soon put in their order and sat at an empty booth.

"Thanks for coming and visiting Steph and I." Tiegan told the boys.

"You're most welcome." Corey said.

"You can come visit us in the city one Saturday." Louis said.

"I think we can arrange that." Stephanie said.

"Definitely." Tiegan said.

"Sweet!" Louis said before he and Corey bumped fists.

Stephanie and Tiegan just laughed.

Meanwhile, Joanne is at the local police station.

"What seems to be the problem, ma'am?" Senior Constable Janet Walsh asked her.

"I'm being sexually harassed." Joanne cried.

"By who?"

"The principal of Summer Bay High School - Donald Fisher." Joanne continued to cry.

"I'll get you to write out a report on what happened. I won't be long."

Once Senior Constable Walsh left, Joanne wiped away her tears and started to smirk.

"That'll teach you to mess with me, Fisher." Joanne said to herself.

NEXT TIME...
- Will Chloe's guilty conscience get the better of her?
- Stephanie and Tiegan ask their respective foster parents if they can visit Louis and Corey
- Despite Selina's warning, Melanie tries desperately to get Jerome back