𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬

Chapter Twenty-One.

     

     THAT FOLLOWING WEEK after the protest, the SLTs students all sat together in the same classroom that Miss Woods last gathered them all together in, as Cash is the last one to arrive to class, quietly shutting the door and sitting down at the back of the class. Woodsy awkwardly clears her throat.

"As teachers, we are meant to teach." She began, looking at the students. "But we are also meant to learn. And I have learned something pretty valuable from all of you in the past week." She tells them, looking around. "I'm a slut." She catches them off guard, Missy turning to look at Romeo to her side who just squints his eyes at the woman and Stevie snorts. "Miss." Darren says, baffled.

"You're a slut." She points clearly at Spider, making Dusty look at the blond and Ant turn to look at his friends. "We're all sluts. So, uh, footage from your little protest has circulated and the press for our school has been positive for once. The Guardian writes, "the kids are alright, Hartley High students protest the resignation of their favorite teacher." Even have a little photo of Joan of Bark in there. So that's lovely." She says, showing her phone.

"So we're not in trouble?" Quinni asked her. "No. Well, yes, you're gonna have to get the cleaning bill, but your civil disobedience has captured the hearts of Australia, so well done." She says, looking around. "Okay, that's lovely, but Miss Obah hasn't agreed to come back, Miss." Enya says, crossing her arms.

"Well, I wouldn't say that, Enya." She says, smiling before making her way over to the door which made them all excitedly turn in their seats and watch her. She opens up the door to literally nothing, widely grinning before she glanced out the open door, stepping out. Jojo walks in, "hey, I'm back." She says to them.

The students all cheer and clap their hands for Miss Obah, who makes her way to the front of the classroom. "Wait, does this mean we have to keep doing SLTs?" Ant asked, raising his hand. "Yes, Anthony. The program was so successful that we will be doing it next term and maybe for the rest of the year. Isn't that exciting, Anthony?" Woodsy says, grinning.

Jojo claps her hands but no one else is, so she stops as Principal Woods now heads out the door, nodding at Miss Obah. "So, we have covered a lot so far. Consent, STIs, nudes, pleasure, and communication, how to frame your teacher..." Jojo chuckles, but then stops. "That last one was a joke. Don't do that again." She says, looking at the boys.

"You know, I could keep punishing you all for what's happened, or we could start a new chapter." She says, smiling. "I know you might hate this class, but it's important. I really hope you'll see that one day. Also, you all need to look out for each other more. These might be the worst years of your lives, but they might also be the best." She tells them.

The next day, during SLTs, Jojo takes their attendance as they all sat, just listening, or reading from their books before continuing on beginning the lesson of the day. "So, I'd like us to complete the following sentence. No wrong answers, okay?" Miss Obah says. "Some people might choose not to have sex because..." She waits for answers. "They're fugly." Spencer answers instantly, head down and eyes still focused on his phone.

"Oh, please, for the love of God, someone other than Spencer." Jojo begs. "Oi. It's Cash." Ant catches everyone's attention, all of them getting up to head to the windows, as cop cars pull up. "I didn't say you could leave your seats. Everyone please sit." Jojo says as Cash now runs into the classroom.

"Better late than never." Miss Obah tells the Piggott. "What did you do?" Darren asked Cash who just smiles. "I love you, Darren. I've loved you since Year 8. And the only good thing about coming to this shithole every day is seeing your face." Cash says. "Are you serious?" They ask, teary-eyed as Cash nods.

"Aw! Darren wants Cash's eshay baby." Spider says and Quinni turns to him. "Shut the fuck up, Spider!" She shouts at him. "I love you too." Darren sobs and Cash rushed over to them, the two meeting in a kiss. The cops come running in, pulling him off Darren. "Oh, my God!" They exclaim as the cops press Cash down onto one of the tables. "It's okay, Darren. I love you. I love you, Darren." He said before he was escorted out of the classroom and Darren is sobbing. "Idiot." They turn to Quinni who embraced them instantly.

After class was over, Romeo now walks down the hall with Enya and Stevie, the two girls holding hands. "Man, now I've become the third wheel." He says, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck and Stevie rolls her eyes, glancing back at him. "You could've been holding Missy's hand." She says and he sighs.

"Yeah, about that..."

"Why would you tell her that you only want to be friends?" Stevie asked, her arms crossed as Enya is also making a confused face. "I'm sorry, I'm a little lost... wasn't Missy your crush throughout Year 7, 8, 9 and 10?" She asked her brother who just looks down, putting his head into both of his hands now.

"She is. Or was... I'm really confused, maybe." He lifts his head to look at them and Stevie frowns. "Shit... it's Spider, isn't it?" She asked him and he just sighs. "Yes. No. Maybe?" He says and she rolls her eyes. "Oh my God." She says quietly, looking away.

"I don't really know. But... I've been so hung up over Spider this whole time, since the first time, and there was... this want that I had, I always wanted to kiss him, but he'd never let me. I thought I was cool with keeping things casual, but I really wanted to kiss him. And the more I thought about it... the more I realized that I actually grew feelings for him." He said quietly and Enya just sighs softly.

"Never thought I'd hear you actually say it. I knew this whole time..." She shook her head and he scrunched up his face. "What do you mean?" He asked her and she looks at him. "Oh, my God, Spencer is bragging about making team captain. Now he's bragging about his first kiss. He says he wants to play one-on-one. He's trying to get higher grades than me in Maths. Face it. You two were doomed from the start." She sheepishly shrugs.

"I'm not indulging into whatever these feelings are. He's out of my life and I want it that way." He says, crossing his arms and Stevie hums. "Oh, yeah, totally. We believe that." She says quietly and Romeo squints his eyes at her. "I'm serious. I'm done with him. I'm not letting myself give into these feelings." He says and she slowly nods head head. "Right."

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

authors note
next is part two 😈😈😈
i'm kind of happy the way this ending turned out, bc the completely different ending i had planned was missy and romeo ending up together, but like i couldn't do that to my girl. she deserves way better than that 🫶🏼