Professional Disaster

Chapter 9

"Do you really think that's smart?" Izzy shook her head, eyes wide with worry. Arabella had just told her best friend of her plan to finally shut Jasmine up, and Isabella being herself hated it. She wished she was the type for confrontation, she wanted to be the person who could shut someone down with one awesome remark, but the closest she usually found herself was standing beside her best friend begging her to let the snide comments go - and usually Arabella would if they were aimed at her, but she never did if anything was said towards Izzy.

"Let's just see what she does. What I do depends on what she says or does." Arabella shook her head and took a bite of her pasta. It was lunchtime and the girls were eating their lunch on the benches on the field, thirty feet from Jasmine, waiting for her to strut her happy ass over and say something totally unnecessary in an attempt to offend Arabella.

"Maybe she won't-"

"Arabella." Jasmine's shrill voice sounded. She reminds me of Natalie. "I'm so sorry about yesterday, I guess you'll be without-"

"A phone?Like you say, 'Daddy' can get me a new one." Arabella lifted you her new phone and waved it in Jasmine's face with a smile. If she wants to think I believe I'm better than everyone else, I'll act it.

Jasmine's eyes widened. "B-but it was literally yes-"

"Yesterday, I know."Arabella shook her head and relaxed back in her seat.

"You aren't better than everyone else, I don't know why you act like it!" Jasmine huffed, she didn't know what to say. This wasn't how it usually went for her. An avid bully, she spent most of her time picking on girls her age, and not many ever picked back.

"No no, I know I'm not better than everyone, I'm just better than you." Ari smirked, a small laugh leaving her lips.

"You're a little bitch, you know that?" Jasmine seethed.

"If that's how you view me." Arabella shot up from her seat, taking Jasmine's shoulders in her hands and smacked her forehead against Jasmine's.

"Bells!" Isabella gasped.

Jasmine tripped over her feet and fell on her ass, her right hand grasping at the bridge of her nose. "What the hell?!"

"I won't kick a bitch while down so if I were you I'd stay right where you are." She squatted down beside the girl. Jasmine refused to make eye contact. "Try being more likeable, your attitude fucking reeks."

Arabella truly felt like she had her mic-drop moment, that was until she looked up and her English teacher was storming out towards her.

*****

"I can't believe she did it." Kimberly stifled a laugh as Milo's car pulled up outside of the large public school.

"Well, you told her to, what did you expect?" Milo couldn't help but chuckle. When he had dropped her off that morning she had been telling him all about what Jasmine had done just a day earlier and how her parents had told her to deal with it.

"He has a point, we did point-blank tell her to hit her." Robert also couldn't wipe the smirk off his face. He opened the car door and wiped his hands down his trousers and re-buttoned his blazer jacket. Kimberly told Milo that they shouldn't be long as she stepped out of the car.

"She head-butted the child!" Kimberly covered her mouth and laughed.

Robert nudged his wife to stop the laughter. "I wish we had time to change."

"You're telling me. We'll blend in as teachers in these clothes." Having to come straight from the main office neither were in particularly comfortable attire.

"I don't think I've seen a teacher as attractive as myself before." Robert spoke smugly.

"Steady-on grandad." Kim winked.

After getting checked in at the reception the teacher came downstairs to fetch the two into the meeting room. The moment her parents entered the room Arabella's face lit up. "I did it." She smiled.

"I know," Kim whispered back with a small smile.

"Please, take a seat." He gestured. Kimberly took the seat besides her daughter on the left while Robert took the right. "As you know, Arabella has used an act of violence on school premises today. Now we're sure you're very disappoin-"

"Not particularly." Kimberly shook her head.

Robert bit the inside of his lip.

"Wha-what do you mean, Mrs. Mitchell? You aren't disappointed that your daughter has hurt another pupil?" Richard Reece didn't know what to say, he hadn't gotten this reaction before.

Kim shook her head making Arabella smile. "Not at all, Jasmine Prescott has been picking on my Arabella ever since she joined the school. Her friend Isabella has informed me that she had told teachers plenty of times but nobody has sorted it, so I told Arabella to sort things the way I would have when I was her age."

Mr Reece's eyes grew wider. "But violence is never the answer."

"Violence may be the only thing that stops that child from being mean to mine." Robert chimed in.

Mr Reece looked from Kimberley to Robert, trying his best to stay professional. "But-"

"And I hope you wouldn't be punishing Arabella for this, all she was doing was defending herself. I won't be punishing my daughter for something I told her to do and neither should you be." Kimberly wasn't an intimidating person to many, but she could be when she wanted to be. Richard Reece knew the Mitchell's had a lot of money and could ruin the school in an instant if something went wrong. (Ever since Arabella joined the school the family gave a substantial amount of money for supplies every month.) If the family stopped the help the school would most likely have to close and that wasn't what they needed.

"Is that clear?" Robert raised a brow.

"Uh-umm, yes yes there will be no punishment for Arabella. Sorry for calling you in today." The deputy head mumbled.

"Great. Now, Ari love, come home with us, you'll be back in tomorrow." Robert stood from his seat and opened the door for his daughter and wife to leave, he followed behind the two, not saying anything else.

"I can't believe you stuck up for me." Arabella spoke in shock as they exited down the stairs back to reception.

"Why wouldn't we?" Kim raised a brow.

"I thought you were going to tell him I was wrong and irresponsible."

Robert shook his head. "We aren't going to tell you to do something and then belittle you over it, Bella. We aren't suck-ups."

"I can't believe you head-butted her of all things." Kimberly burst into laughter once again.