(( Just in case it's confusing since there are three of them. Mr Vargas is referring to Rome, not either of the Italies. ))
Elskendes Feud - Chapter 2.
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Tiina giggled at her boyfriend, until she heard Ludwig's voice and she decided to run for her lift, dragging the confused Dane with her. Mathine turned to Tiina.
"Hah, Berwald is so soft when it comes to you~" she chimed, Tiina just blushed a bit and pulled her along until they got to the gym.
They had a much easier lesson than the boys and as soon as it was over all the girls happily got to their changing rooms and changed.
"So, it's Chemistry next, right?" Mathine asked Tiina. The Finn nodded.
"Yes, and we have a new teacher this year" was the reply.
"A new teacher? Really? What's their name?"
"Mr. Braginski. He's Russian."
Mathine nodded, and grabbed her bag to go to the next lesson.
When they arrived in the room, the desks were rearranged and people were all stood around the outer walls. "Girls, please stand by the walls until everyone is here~" the new teacher ordered in his sweet sounding voice, but he had a weird creepy aura.
Mathine and Tiina exchanged looks. They normally sat next to each other in this lesson at the back because this was one lesson where Berwald wasn't sharing it with Tiina. They had a bad feeling that they wouldn't be sat by each other any more, which would ruin all love of the lesson that they previously had.
A few minutes later the new teacher, Mr. Braginski, coughed to get the class's attention and surely everyone turned to him. "Okay, time to go to your new seats~" he chimed and pointed to the very front desk on the right, he tapped the left seat. "Lukas Bondevik" he said. Lukas looked up at the sound of his name. Mr. Braginski then tapped the seat next to it. "Mathine Densen". This cause the class to all exchange glances, and a few shushed conversations went on about their families' rivalries.
Neither student could argue against the Russian's power as teacher, and they both sat in their seats as if it was no big deal. They had never even exchanged a word to each other before, to try to cover up the awkward silence that occurred while the teacher was assigning the rest of their class seats, Mathine decided to try to strike up a conversation. "So...how was your holidays?" she asked him nervously.
Lukas looked back blankly, "Boring as usual, hearing my mother talking about our new sales plans for this year." Mathine was taken aback, his voice was deeper than she expected, and he was basically saying that their sales were going to be better. She knew their companies were in rivalry, but Mathine never really did anything to do with her parents' company, she normally just watched and pretended to listen.
"Ah..that's cool. So, you think you're going to beat us this year or something?" she asked, generally curious.
The Norwegian boy nodded.
Mathine snickered. "Good luck with that~"
Lukas blinked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing"
"No, you're saying you're better than us."
Mathine looked blankly, "We are, aren't we?"
Lukas sighed, "No, of course not."
Mathine glared, and poked his shoulder. With that Lukas shoved her off.
Tiina was sat on the other side of the classroom, watching the spectacle. She sighed to herself, like everyone else, she knew of their families' arguments and she assumed that both sides were probably taught biased assumptions by their families. Although, she though, that it was strange that they were arguing already, since neither Mathine or Lukas had ever met, yet they knew who each other were. Meanwhile their argument was becoming more heated. By this time, everyone (including the teacher) was watching them. It seemed Mr. Braginski was happily watching them argue, having no desire to stop them.
Then it happened, the first hit. Lukas honestly didn't mean to hit her face, and looked at her for a few seconds, his mouth agape. Before he could defend himself, the Dane grabbed his shirt and pulled him away from the desk and shoved him against the wall hard. Unfortunately for Mathine, this meant game on for Lukas, and despite his appearance he was a lot stronger than Mathine. She was punched in the jaw, and again in the face and chin before she had the will to push the Norwegian off of her. This caused Lukas to be throws back, and Mathine kicked him in the stomach, he fought back however with another punch to her face. This continued for a while, until Lukas pushed Mathine back into the table, and she fell to the floor, too weak to get up.
Tiina watched them ran up to her friend, "Mathine!" she screamed at her, then looked at Lukas. "You both are so stupid!" she helped Mathine stand, who was holding her face. Lukas also received quite a beating too, he had a split lip and was holding his stomach, looking uncomfortable. Mathine removed her hand from her face to show lots of minor cuts and very red, that would soon turn into bruises. She felt weak and held onto Tiina for dear life, Lukas just leaned against the wall.
"I guess I'll just have to call the parents~" Mr. Braginski sighed and took them down to the office.
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Both sets of parents were called in to see to their children's behaviour.
"Mr and Mrs Densen, please come in" Mr Vargas commanded, not sternly though, to the two Danes. They nodded and took a place in the room. In the room were the Bondeviks and the Densens. It had been a long time since they had to share a room, and it was obvious that both families were uncomfortable about it. As soon as she saw her daughter, Mrs Densen ran up to her and hugged her close, kissing all over her face.
Mathine could only wince at the pain on her tender face and push her mother away, Lukas was about to snicker until his mother did the same to him. As soon as the parents looked at each other, a greater amount of tension entered the room. Mr Vargas, the headteacher, nervously looked at both families, thinking of what to do.
"Now come on, and sit down. We need to discuss your children's behaviour." he told them, sitting at his desk. The parents turned away from each other but kept an eye on Mr Vargas.
"Now, I hope you know that behaviour like this at our school is just not acceptable. I realize that your families have had...difficulties in the past, but you have to set them aside or both of your children will have to leave" At that the two families glanced at each other, they knew that their children would have to be punished, no matter how much the parents didn't mind them fighting each other (as long as their own child won).
Mrs. Densen wasn't having any of it, she took her daughter by the arm and stood at the door. "Please just discuss the punishment with my husband, I'm taking Mathine to the hospital!" she exclaimed and slammed the door in their faces. Lukas's parents looked at each other, "What a waste of money" his mother started, "as if that girl needs medical care." Mr. Densen didn't really have a reply. It was true.
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Lukas sat on the sofa in his house, holding his throbbing stomach and watching T.V. He and Mathine has been sent home from school and for all he knew she could be dead somewhere. His family didn't even bother talking to the Densens, why should they? It was obviously Mathine's fault and the school would argue both of them started it. Of course. Lukas also had a split lip, which explained why he was holding a bag of frozen peas to his lower lip. He had been sat there for God-knows-how-long until Eyríður came in. The younger one looked at her older brother, raising an eyebrow.
"What happened to you?" she asked , upon seeing his beaten frame.
"I got in a fight" was all the reply she got.