The Keys to My Heart

Chapter Fourteen - Four Things That Can Go Wrong In One Day

Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, but if you want to see the pictures of most of the characters, it's on the first  few pages. :D

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Chapter Fourteen - Four Things That Can Go Wrong In One Day

“Good, no more lice or nits in your hair,” commented the nurse. “You can head to class now.”

It was exactly four days after Nicolette’s run through with the head lice problem. Not only was she glad to be lice free, but she was also glad to be able to go to classes now. She wasn’t sure how much more she could stand being Devon’s ‘personal slave’. For the past four days, he had been making her scrub their dorm (although she didn’t know why), wash his clothes, bring food for him and other excess stuff that he manages to torture her with. To make matters worse, it seemed that the ‘kiss’ he had forced upon her a few days ago was giving him ideas that he could kiss her whenever he wanted to.

As she exited the nurse’s office, Devon came hurrying along after her.

“Hey! Have you forgotten already? This week isn’t over! You’re still my—”

“What do you want this time?!” snapped Nicolette angrily.

“Well, I’m pretty sure I’m behind on so many things, as well as note taking, so…”

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Note taking isn’t fun, especially if you’re copying down PowerPoint after PowerPoint in the wrong class for someone else’s use. So that was exactly what Nicolette was doing. Her hand was starting to cramp up after fifteen minutes of non-stop copying, and the worst part was that Devon and his group friends weren’t doing anything! Fortunately, though, the teacher finally manages to take notice of her.

“You there, stop taking down notes for some else!” snapped the teacher, all the while glaring at Devon. “And you should be in another class.” he added.

Nicolette’s face broke into a smile, “Yeah, I should… in fact, I should get going—”

“Hey, old man! In case you haven’t realized it yet, she’s with me.” stated Devon with a sneer.

Suddenly, he got the whole class’s attention. No one had ever dared to be rude to Mr. Elliot until now, and there was a reason for it too.

The teacher narrowed his eyes at him. “Detention—”

“May I remind you that my father supports this school financially? He can get you fired with a snap of my fingers.” he cut in.

 Mr. Elliot wasn’t left with many options, so he decided to go along with Devon and continued teaching.

By the time the bell rang, Nicolette was the first to rush out the door. She didn’t want to be controlled by a jerk any longer and was literally about to break. As she continued to run down the hallway, a hand suddenly shot out and grabbed her by the arm.

“Nicolette…” said Skyler, his face holding an expression of concern. “Are you okay? How come I haven’t seen you around these last few days?”

She looked at him before sighing. “Yeah, I think so and I had head lice.” she muttered.

Skyler frowned slightly, before chuckling. “I don’t want to know how you got that…and you don’t look okay to me. Tell me what’s wrong?” he pleaded

Nicolette absentmindedly bit the bottom of her lips in deep thought. She couldn’t tell him the truth, but she wanted to at the same time. After a minute of thinking, she opened her mouth to speak, however was cut off by Skyler.