CHAPTER TWO: the lying, the snitch and the wardrobe

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"what happened with Miss Dodds and you?" I asked percy his face going pale from the memory of it "nothing" percy said i could tell he was lying his poker face hadn't yet developed yet i could tell if i dug deeper he would get mad "alright we're about to leave can i get your number maybe?" I asked with a face that let him know it wasn't asking to go on a date "yeah sure" he gave Me his phone that was hella cracked and I typed in the numbers to a new contact right as they called us to get on the bus "okay I'll call you later percy" i found nora and this time me and her sat together instead of ted on the class ride back "do you remember Mr White?" I asked nora but she didn't seem to know who i was talking about "our principal Mr White" i asked once more "Lily, our principal's name is Mr Fogg" nora responded with a concerned tone "what, no our principal is Mr White" i said insisting that i know who i was talking about "he's tall really pale and skinny" i said, Nora didn't seem to believe me "no mr fogg is a chubby blind man, lily you should see a doctor he's been our principal for years now" i gave up, I wasn't gonna convince her this must have been what happened with Percy but what was it, i continued to talk to other people to see if they know who i was talking about throughout the year

Weird things like this has happened to me before but it only lasted like 40 seconds before it was over but this lasted the whole year

I would try to make Mr White references throughout the year to random people to try and trick them into remembering him but they would just look at me like i was crazy, i kept seeing storms wherever i went with Percy but otherwise i would be mostly fine, no one but coach hedge would look at me like i was sane the entire year and suddenly after ted called me a schizophrenic i punched him in the face and got sent to the deans office he was a short fat black man who wore those sunglasses made specifically for blind people "miss Lilith I regret to inform you that you are going to have to be suspended, indefinitely.. you're can finish your day here but you can't come back until we deem that you're not a threat to the school anymore" the dean said with a kind tone clearly not wanting to do this but he has no choice "you've been a great student if it were up to me I wouldn't do this" he would continue with the same face "i understand" i responded

At the end of the day i went home I didn't get to come back the whole year and on the last day i got a letter in the mail from the school "parents or guardian of Lilith Zolomon Jekyll we, regretfully inform you that lily will not be permitted to come back to the school next term have a wonderful day"

I got a call from coach hedge the next day "is this miss Zolomon?" the coach would yell into the phone

I was hesitant to reply "yes this is Lily"

The coach would have his face way to close to the phone and reply "listen tell your grandma i said, 'its time"

I looked confused and replied "time for what, you couldn't be less cryptic"

"Just do it." Coach hung up

A word about my mother before you meet her mom
Her name is Venus Zolomon she's a pretty good mother but she's stubborn and makes bad choices somehow she has the worst luck in the world her dad died when she was 13 and she's dead grandma said she lived at a friend's place most of her life and she had me at 16 then died at 18 her mother is the kindest woman in the world and loves to make sweets specifically pumpkin cookies

I rushed into the living room where grandma was and screamed "COACH HEDGE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU ITS TIME" grandma looked at me, finished her crochet elephant and made a face like she had sensed it "i figured as such" her very strong perfume had smelled a little less potent for a while "they never make it past sixth grade, coach hedge told me that when your mother died, and when you did i figured he was wrong, and i accepted full custody, i was really hoping he was wrong.. so its time then, at least you made it to twelfth.." she said looking sad "what else did he say" i asked frantically trying to get more information "all he did was give me an address 3.141 Farm Road, Montauk. Long island, coach hedge should be here shortly.." she said slowly "have a good life.." she said like she wasn't expecting to see me again. she handed me a baggy with pastries, money and a bracelet "one more thing, you're my favorite grand daughter." i was her only grand daughter... she ushered me out of the building and into the street

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