Your New Father(A Benedict Cumberbatch Fan Fiction)

Chapter 14

"Scarlet! Edmund! What on earth are you doing with Linda's phone?!" Mrs. Jany, our school's dicipline teacher said.

"See Mrs Jany! I said they were here!" Linda said while grinning at me.

"You two, to my office now! You too Linda..." Mrs. Jany said and walked away.

"You know you cvan never trick me..." Linda said.

"Who told you?" Edmund asked.

"I found out myself of course. I mean you know my reputation in school now is temporaly lower due to you The Blacks so yea, time for me to talke revenge. The good thing is there is only one person here and Four person there. Cecil is the quite but smart, Edmund as the thinker, Scarlet as the evil one and Lilz as the smart and Noisy one while here, only me but I can still beat you people. The next thing is, see you in detention..." then she walked right ahead of us. Lilz? I thought. Something felt weird when Linda said her name. Usually when others said her name I feel nothing but Linda, why did she made Lilz sounded weird.

"Tell me Scarlet, why did you do it?" by then I had already admitted that it was my idea so Edmund was let go bvut he still had one detention during Saturday. Imagine what punnishment would I get.

"I was just trying to get my rights back. The thing she's doing to me on the Internet, in real life, all lies. She said that I was the one that cut her, actually she poured flour on me, cut herself and acted as if I cut her that was why she poured the flour. The worst part was people believes her but not me even though I did not do anything but she did a lot of evil things to me!" I said.

"Well Scarlet, you are one of my best students but I can't believe you fully unloess you have evidence. Dentention for you this Saturday and Sunday."

"But Mrs!"

"No buts, get back to class, we'll talk about this when you have proove."

I knew I wasn't able to talk back so I juist went out of the office and went back to class. Everyone started staring at me once I walked into class, including my English teacher.

"Just ignore them Scarlet." Lilz said when I sat down on my seat. The rest of the day was not any better. People started following me to the swimming pool during training, random strangers asking me about what that had happened. Why not they ask Linda since everyone believed her? She's the angle.

Dad was already back by the time I got home from school. Cecil had went back to his house after so many months of staying here since Chris had went out to live with his girlfriend. Funny how a guy like him could get a girl.

"Explain what happened today." dad said when he was seating down in the living room reading his book.

"What do you want me to explain? Nothing happened." I escaped to the kitchen, same time also to get some water.

"Your school emailed me saying that you gang up with Edmund to steal Linda's phone. I had already called Lind to ask whether it was true but sadly, it was." he walked into the kitchen to look for me.

"Well dad I would always tell you why I'm doing something but the problem is you never believe me so what's the point?" I went to the living room trying to get away from him but he just kept on following me.

"It's hard to believe you when so many people are against you!"

"A true parent will first believe their child before being influnced by others. Oh wait, you not my dad, just my foster parent!" I said as I ran up to my room. Dad followed me but didn't get to come in as I already locked the door.

"Scarlet open the door now." he kocked the door.

"I need some time alone."

"Scarlet..." I couldn't take it so I jumped out of the window, it was just three story high and I didn't really jumped down, I jumped to the tree and climbed down, dad probably saw me but gave up. I walked all the way to Lilz house which was 10 minutes away. On the way I saw some kids from my school, they looked at me, then looked at each other then started whispering. Bitch I'm like right here you know!

"Wow why are you here?" Lilz asked.

"Can I come in?" I asked not looking up.

"Actually my father is sick, better if you not come in."

"Oh... Okay I'll just go to Cecil's house." I walked off without even saying bye. I felt like the friendship between Lilz and I are slowly tearing apart.

Linda POV

"Who was that?" I was in Lilz house planning our second plan.

"It's Scarlet, looks like someone's daddy know about it. Now when is the next time you'll meet up?"

"Saturday night."

Scarlet POV

I didn't walked to Cecil's house after that, I walked back home. I thought that something was going on with Lilz. Something very weird. First, how did she get Linda's phone? Second, why does she always have something to do in school? Third, why was she acting so strange when I went and visit her.

"Oh you're finally back, nope not hurt anything, got bullied or anything? Nope?" dad spoke to me as if I had been gone for a week even though it was only lest than an hour.

"Benedict Cumberbatch what is wrong with you?!" I pulled off from the hug.

"Look Scarlet I'm sorry okay, I don't mean to do all this. I'll try to trust you next time."

"Dad I know it's hard that my enemy is you girlfriend's daughter but... fine I'll forgive you."

"Thank you Scarlet!" he gave me a hug. He was a good hugger, probably cause he is really tall.

"Oh yea before you go anywhere cause I found out you like to escape me."

"Yea me escapiong from an actor like you. Never dad!" I said.

"As I was saying, I had decided that I should not be your parents. Only your guardian. So that means I can't decide eveything for you and you can call me Ben." I was shocked. What did he meant by guardian?

"Guardian? As in you will give me back to the orphanage?" he looked at me right after I said this. 

"No Scarlet, I'll keep you. Just taht I'll treat you differently.... Oh Gosh I thought you're smart..."

"Hey I am okay..." immediately I smiled.

At about 7pm, I changed into my red missy dress and pink flats, went to the Italian restaurant near my house for dinner with Cecil and Edmund.

"Sad you two have detention this weekend..." Cecil said probably waiting for Edmund to tackle him.

"Oh shut up..." Edmund hit him on the shoulder.

"Maybe we should forget about that?" I said. They stared at me. 

"I expected someone to say this but not from you Scarlet..." Edmund said.

"Yea what's wrong babe?"

"I mean, we should just forget about her. I mean I won't give up but just stop for now...." they looked at each other.

"What ever you say girl." I went back home right after the dinner but Cecil went to Edmund's house to watch the game of soccer.

"So how was the dinner?" dad said after he came back.

"Usual, how about yours?"

"Usual too, by the way why was your friend Lilz there with Linda? I thought Lilz hated Linda?" Lilz? Linda? House? Together?

"What do you mean?" I walked to him staring at him hungry for answers.

"Well.... Lilz was there having dinner with us and they seem to be pretty happy together..." immediately, I texted Edmund and Cecil about it. No wonder she had been acting weird.