Dear, My Thereafter

Chapter 17 | Principal's Office

James POV

" Tash and Claire are fighting" Nicholas, one of my friends I hang out with along with Markie came bursting in the library breathlessly, shouted out in an husky tone.

All I did was stare at him emotionlessly, not clearly comprehending what he had just said.

" What?" I asked absentminded. This time he took the time to make it even clearly, making his way as he stood beside me with his on one of my shoulders.

" Tash..... and..... Claire..... are..... fighting" he said between breaths.

" What?" I stood in stock after my two minutes of dumbness.

" I said Tash.....

" Shut up, I heard you this time" I snapped, cutting him off and placing a hand over his mouth while I eyed a wide eyed Markie, staring up at me in shock.

We both starting running through the library and onto the school's compound, trying to make our way to anywhere we see a big ground.

The minute we made it to the cafeteria, the sight I saw I was in utterly amazed. Ren was even there but Tash wasn't the one who was fighting Claire, Ren was and that caused me to shake my head at how bad a news carrier Nicholas is.

" Get Ren, I'll get Tash" I stated to Markie but instead he was there cheering on like a goddamn idiot.

" Hey" I shouted at him with a slap to the head.

" Get Ren, I'll get Tash." goddamn this guy is something else.

Grabbing Tash from underneath Sasha Perkins, who was just about to give her a full blow to the face. Don't get me wrong now she was kicking her ass minutes ago.

With all that have happened, not only today but from the past couple of days, I can't help but feel an extreme sympathetic heart towards Tash. Even though I know she doesn't like the term sympathy or anything that has to do with feeling sorry for her.

Anyways, as I eyed her face, I could see rage, fear and a slight embarrassment that's flashes a piece of disappointment as she viewed her surrounding.

" To my office NOW!" I hear principal Stanford demanded and I had to pretend I didn't hear when Tash cursed under her breath.

Come to think of it I haven't even informed her about the history behind everything that had happened. I've made a file, hoping to give it to her one day, cause I just knew telling her in person is just not gonna work out for me.

"Maybe now" I thought to myself.

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 Tash POV

" What are we going to do now? We're so toasted." Fear and nervousness present in my voice, as I trembled, fumbled and fidgeted in my seat.

" We're going to tell the truth." Ren answered with much more than confidence but my focus was now on Claire, who seems to be enjoying our rambling.

" Little Miss Williams is in big deep shit now, OH NO!." She teased, making a fake surprised face.

" Don't you think you have caused enough trouble for the day already?" Ren turned to answer but I stopped her before she could've said anything else. A repetition of what just happened is not needed.

" Leave her, let her tease. What we must do is try to figure out how we're going to get out of this mess, my Aunt can't know this happened."

" Yeah, you're right, my mother can't know neither." Ren complied. My nails became my meal, as I nibbled on them. Aunt can't know and I don't want to be the girl that begged the principal, that's too pathetic on my behalf.