The Bad Girls of Hallandale High School

Veronica

Matt made us dinner, but all we did was talk about Vixen while she stayed in Matt's room. We all could clearly hear her crying, she threw a fit after awhile, deciding that screaming her voice raw would get Matt to give in, it got Dad to get up and walk to the door but he didn't even open it. He just stood there, whispering to her but when he came back, he was on the verge of tears.

Matt knew what Vixen had said and wasn't letting any of us in on it. Eventually, dad got up again and entered the bedroom with Vixen. At first it was calm but then a crashing sound came and we all hightailed it into the room too see Vixen on the floor, hacking hard. Dad was beside her, holding her hair back as she hacked whatever was in her system up.

"She went to through the book at me when out of nowhere she tossed it aside and went to head to the door. Then this happened," dad explained, brushing Vixen's cheek as she laid against him like a lifeless animal. Matt scooped her up and laid her on his bed. It was hard to see the once strong girl limp as could be, letting two grown men move her around like a rag doll. In and out, dad and Matt frantically collected things in hopes of making her comfortable.

Eventually it was decided to give her a bath and dad offered to bathe her, which Matt allowed as he began to get the medicine Vixen had to take ready. Mom watched Dad like a hawk, unsure of the situation, but the two fathers seemed to know exactly what was happening.

Mom attempted to get in and wash Vixen, but Dad would stop her and send her to get Matt. She wouldn't so I did, Matt stepped in and quickly undressed and got into the tub with the limp girl. He held her against him as Dad worked on the water. As dad had that taken care of, I watched Matt look over her body then he went cold.

"Fuck the bath, she's got and infection!" He didn't wait for dad to take Vixen, he got up and sprinted into Vixen's room to dress her. Isaiah came over with Matt's clothes and took over Vixen while Matt got dressed. The two of them frantically got ready before Matt scooped up his daughter and they raced into the truck. Both mom and I stood still as we watched them.

"An infection, like a dirty needle?" Mom asked and I shook my head.

"Needles scare her, cutting herself is another story. Matt found a slash mark, knowing Vixen, she didn't clean the knife before or after cutting." I say, looking up at mom, she seemed in utter shock but sat down on the couch to look at me. "She started cutting after her mom died, since then, this version of Vixen as become the norm."

"How did Mary die?" Mom asked and I shrugged, those who knew were Matt, Isaiah, Vixen, and Mary's family. No one else, and Vixen wanted it that way. I knew that Vixen would grow vicious if someone were to find out. "Does Isaiah know?"

"Yes, but Vixen threaten him and told him if he told anyone, she'd kill him. Vixen doesn't want people to know how her mother died, I never asked or cared to know. As long as Vixen was at peace with it, I'd be fine." Mom looked at me with shock before nodding to me.

When Isaiah came home, he sat down on the couch for a bit to explain that Vixen had an infection in two places, she had an infection from her knife wound, but also an ectopic pregnancy. Mom was shocked and slapped Isaiah but it didn't stop Isaiah from speaking. "They rushed her into surgery, unsure of how much blood she lost, they have a bunch of donor blood on standby for her. I gave a pint of mine since she had the same blood type as me."

"Would you do what you've done now for your own family's?" Mom asked and Isaiah nodded.

"Vixen and Matt are my family as well, when Mary died, I took over raising Vixen while Matt was bouncing between here and Mary's folks place." Isaiah said, brushing his arm gently before he stood up. "I told Matt I'd pack up his laptop and a change of clothes for him and take it to him, will you two be fine putting the food away until I get back?"

"Of course," mom said, smiling. "I understand now why you leaped into action to help Vixen. She totally needs you as support right now, as does Matt." Mom pecked his lips before leading me to the kitchen. Since I knew where everything was, I handed the tubs to mom and she'd put the food into it while I put the dishes into the dishwasher.

After it was finished, mom sat down on the couch but I went into Vixen's room to find the knife. There were a few obvious spots, but they weren't in the spots anymore. I looked in many different places before deciding to clean up her room.

As I cleaned it, I found the knife wrapped up in a towel in the hamper. I pulled out my phone and called Dad. He answered it as though he was trying to be quiet. "I found the knife, wrapped in a bloodied towel," I say and dad gave a sigh. "It was in her hamper, which she normally doesn't put anything in there in less she wants to wash it."

"I'll let Matt know and see if he wants me to bring it to him, thanks for snooping, but don't go overboard, okay?" Dad said and I giggled, letting him know I was done snooping and gonna leave the knife on Vixen's bed. Hanging up from the call with my father, I walked into the living room and sat down by mom, looking at the wall to see the pictures that were hung up.

Mom eyed them as well before she looked at her hands, "does Vixen love Isaiah, like more than a father daughter type of love?" I looked at mom before shrugging.

"Clearly I don't know that at all, we had a pact, a vow to never date one another's dads, or even have sex with them. That's why they fucked us as punishment once, they fucked us and broke our vow, which meant the world to us." I say and mom looked at us before looking at her feet. "But she probably did, Vixen doesn't get that way in less it deals with love."

Maybe she did love dad, maybe she wanted him to herself but now he's made his choice and she's made hers. I just hope she doesn't cause herself to die, that would make everything worse.

"I hope she doesn't die, Matt would be devastated," mom muttered and bit her lip. "But his ass, though, did you see how sexy Matt's ass was?"

"Mom!" I snapped, giggling, "keep your head out of the gutter, we don't know when daddy's getting home!" But she was right, that ass was hot!