Your New Father(A Benedict Cumberbatch Fan Fiction)

Chapter 10

My mouth opened wide but no words came out. Cecil snatched my phone to see what I saw.

"I swear this is fake!" I knew it was photoshop. I wasn't mad at Cecil. I was mad at Linda. She did this picture to get attention. She did this so that it seemed as if Cecil cheated on me.

"Scarlet I swear...."

"I know, I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at her." I ran up to my room, took out my laptop and videochated with Edmund. Cecil was there too.

"Yes I saw that picture and cool down Scarlet. That picture was photoshopped."

"Yes I know! I'm not mad at Cecil! I'm mad at her! She's doing this so people would think even my boyfriend hates me!"

"As long as you know that I still love you everything's going to be just find Scarlet...." Cecil said while giving me a hug.

"Hey I'm still here guys." Edmund said.

We decided to go with the flow after that. On Thrusday morning, I wore something that I would never wear, a pink jersey dress, a hazel brown cardigan and some pink ballet flats. Once I walked into school almost everyone looked at me. First, because of how I wore, two, because of that picture. Edmund was still on to trying to hook up with Linda so if anything happened, I'll have to try and ignored it.

"Scarlet is that picture real?! Scarlet what happened?! Scarlet are you jealous of what Linda did to your ex and your boyfriend?!" these people are basically like paparazzies. It was really annoying. All I could hear during lunch were all these questions. Even during swimming practice, some people even went and asked Lilz about this.

"Man these people are so annoying..." Lilz said when we were talking through the phone.

"Agreed. By the way, did you see Linda today?"

"Nope. Some people said she's skipping a day of school."

"Oh..."

"So why did you even wear like that today? It's just so not you..."

"Just felt like wearing something different."

All the way until Sunday when dad came home, nothing happened until we had dinner with Lind and Linda in their house. Cecil wasn't there as he wanted to have dinner with his family.

"So how's the cut Linda?" dad asked.

"It's getting better and better but of course, it will never heal..." Linda said acting all sad and stuff.

"So Scarlet do you know this guy called Edmund?" Lind asked me. I knew they were going to talk aboout either him or Cecil.

"Of course dear Scarlet knows him! They use to date until one day when Edmund suddenly kissed me... Boy it sure didn't felt good cheated huh Scarlet??" Linda said.

"Oh My Gosh sorry Scarlet... I shouldn't have mention him then..." Lind said. I knew she was fake, she wasn't any better than Linda.

"It's okay Lind, at least we're still friends."

"Awww that's nice to hear. Ben why are you being so quiet today? You're never like that!" Lind said.

"Well I can't be speaking 24/7 you know..." dad replied.

"So Scarlet, strange things are happening you know, I think Edmund is hooking up on me again!" that was when dad looked up at Linda.

"Oh are you planning to accept him if he asks??" I said trying to be nice.

"Oh yes of course! I regret, I really shouldn't had dump him..." she was lying, as usual. Edmund was the one who dumped her.

"Oh Edmund would be proud to have a girlfriend like you." I grinned at her.

Cecil was back before us. Of course once we reached home, dad asked me all about what we were talking juat now during the dinner. 

"What did she lie about just now?"

"It was Edmund who dumped her. That's all that she lied about jyst now."

"That's strange, why would she lie?" I just said I didn't know. I couldn't tell dad that they are trying to destroy my life.

The next day on Monday, Linda went back to school and this time, people asked about the cut, the picture, my dad. It was all just so annoying but of course, Linda loved it.

"Wow pretty girl how was dinner with her?" Edmund asked.

"Well she sort of talked about you. Wanna listen?"

"Tell me." so then I explained everything to him until I was called to the priciple's office. Too bad for me it was the police, again.