Danika

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'shes here and this time in no uniform at all..' rylan swallowed hard as Danika entered the school grounds. 'my fucking throat is still hurting from her hitting me. Boss stated I will be her formal partner but now he has no idea what to do. Shes in a deep red and black hood that I haven't seen before and deep grey and green cargo pants. Her arms are crossed over her front and she doesn't have her school bag. What is she going to do for her school work?. I need to contact my boss. Or not, he's here' Danika walked up the stairs to the front doors and walked in. "That was Danika?" "Yes" relief swept through xavion. "I will address her. No one else" "okay".
"Miss hart, your uniform is unacceptable. You will have an after school detention" Danika shrugged and kept walking. "your daughter.." "don't you dare speak about my daughter" "I was only stating, she will be having an after-school detention. When she enrolled here.." "I enrolled her here. She knows the uniform but hasn't been home" "your daughter has refused to wear the proper uniform for years" "cos its shit" "carter. You have only just started here.." "yeah. Not by choice. The uniform is dreadful" "it is the uniform young man" carter rolled his eyes "OI WHISPERER" Danika stopped "YEAH WHERE WERE YOU HUH? YOU HAVE MADE ME DEAL WITH THOSE SCRAGS ALL ON MY OWN" 'thats one of the guys' Danika only shrugged as carter approached her "talk about upping the stakes" "carter, do not follow her lead.." "Jesus. You cop it from those girls and the teachers huh?" "After school detention" "who is this?" "I am the assistant principal" "yeah so?" Danika held in her laughter. "So young man, you listen. Miss hart may not follow the rules but it only leads her to trouble" "what's going to happen to the bad little girl?" "In my office, immediately" Danika held in her laughter "if you don't mind, I have my schooling to do. It's really important ya know" "MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY" "what is the problem here?" Danika pointed at the assistant principal as xavions eyes widened "he has thrown attitude.." "nah she started it. Telling me I shouldn't follow danikas lead. That's rude and putting Danika down" "is this so?" "Yeah.." "she doesn't follow uniform.." "she does her work though right?" "I see. We know miss hart doesn't wear the uniform. You are right young man. She does her work. Her teachers are aware to let her do it in peace. It's nearly the end of the year. It's good to hear you stand by her but I won't tolerate you speaking down to your assistant principal" "then she should apologise too" "EXCUSE ME" "okay.." Danika held in her laughter "I will deal with this. Miss hart and mister Stanhope. I will speak with both of you" Danika stood by the wall with her arms crossed. "Danika, you are usually in your school pants. I understand you like to keep yourself hidden. Did you not stay at home?" Danika shook her head no "I see. You missed the information about the formal. Will you be attending?" Danika shook her head no. "I had a feeling that would be the case" "my daughter and I haven't discussed this" Danika rolled her eyes 'we have and I'm not fucking doing it' "don't want to dress like a princess?" Danika raised her lip in disdain making carter laugh "I don't blame you" "it is the same every year. If you choose not to attend, that's your choice. Mister Stanhope, thank you for backing Danika but you also need to respect your a.p. I will let you off with a warning today. Danika you don't have your bag?" Danika shook her head no. "I will give you a copy of each book. I take it, it wasn't in reach" Danika nodded "I will bring her bag in. I would like my daughter to finish her schooling" Danika rolled her eyes "very well" 'she bought a new hood. Maybe many' "off to class mister Stanhope. Miss hart, you will need to wait for your bag" Danika nodded and sat down on the plastic black chair by the principals office. Xavion sighed as he knelt down "I will leave you to speak with your daughter" "thanks".
"Danika, where did you go?" Danika turned her eyes "I only want you to open up. Your brother's hoods are in my room. Hiding away isn't good for you but I don't want you to leave. We have all been concerned about you. At home I know you are safe. My men were ordered to do that. I wanted you out of those hoods but if being in them means you will come home, then fine. This formal is important.." Danika turned her eyes 'shes not going to do it. Even if we try to force her she will fight every step of the way' "I will go get your bag" Danika stayed seated with her arms crossed over her front while xavion stood up. 'i don't know where she stayed last night. She's in brand new clothes and none of them are her uniform. I don't know if she has showered, had food.. but she's alive. That's a good thing'
"Boss?" "I need to go get her school bag" "she's staying at school?" "I can't force her to leave" vandal nodded 'where did you stay last night?. None of us have slept. We have been looking everywhere for you. Even in those paddocks that's private property' vandal walked in and looked around. 'there she is. Talk about a stand out. Who the fuck is that?' "aww the bitch is in trouble" "what was that little girl?" "Oh. Oh hey I'm.." "not interested" "don't worry about her, she is.." "FAMILY" Leeza ran off while Danika rolled her eyes "these are the bitches you have to deal with?" Danika shrugged "you don't care about them, do you?" Danika shook her head no. "they aren't worth it anyway. We have been looking for you all night. None of us have been able to get any sleep. He does worry about you, we all do. I don't agree with him wanting to change you. You prefer it in your own bubble. He just wants to see you open up. You never gave him a chance. You shut off as soon as you heard the news. Shut everyone out even your old friends. Being alone isn't that fun. I know he stops you doing a lot so you feel like you don't get to live. He doesn't know how to handle you growing up" 'let me live my fucking life how i want to' sitting in silence, Danika waited with vandal until her father brought her bag. "I will be here after school. We can gather your belongings" Danika grabbed the bag and walked off "any luck?" Vandal stood up "no. It's her birthday on Friday too" "I need to speak with her about that".
Entering the classroom, Danika looked at misses cubitt. "Our principal filled me in. You can go sit down" "right here" Danika held in her laughter as carter patted the seat beside him. Danika sat down beside carter and grabbed out her book. 'she doesn't mess around' "your dad is only worried" "how does he know your dad?" Rylan inhaled a deep breath "family" "family friends?" Danika shook her head no as Rylan said yes 'i will believe her over him. Those men that come everyday must be her security. She must look like her mom. She doesn't look like her father. He looks like he can be very arrogant' "so. Do we just play muck up on the formal. You aren't going and I'm sure as hell not going" rylans eyes widened as Danika shrugged "probably won't be allowed huh?" "Her father will want her to go to the formal" "and let me guess wants you to be her date" Danika rolled her eyes "he trusts me to be her date" "best you find another one" "crushing on her?" "Don't even know her but she's the least fucking annoying in this class" "ouch" "little girls" "she's not little" "they are" Shannon chuckled "you back her a lot" carter shrugged "she has balls and doesn't crave ones attention. She'd probably be good to have some fun with if it wasn't for others controlling her" 'danika has spoken to him. Boss will want to know'.