Xandra with an X

Or Else?

"Please Boris, I just want to get this hair spray out." I sob, bursting through the front door. I let my helmet fall to the floor before I run upstairs. Of course at this very moment Xandra is walking out of her room.

"Vita what happened? What the hell are you wearing?"

She's coming towards me but I don't want her to look at me. I lock the bathroom door behind me and turn the shower on before I rip off my thick yellow headband. I'm trying to untie the bow in front of my dress but Boris and Xandra are still knocking on the door.

"We'll call the dean, V. He's can't talk to you like that!" Boris shouts through the door.

"Sweetheart, come on. Come out and tell me what happen?" Xandra's voice is soft and I wish she could hold me without seeing me. "Please baby."

"Vita, you did amazing and-"

"Please let me just get this shit out of my hair. Please god damn it!" I pound on the door and finally rip the dress off. My emotions are getting the better of me, but God I don't want anyone to see me every again. I want to disappear and I don't think I could bare going back to campus. If I could I'd just stay in this fucking bathroom till I die.

Sitting on the tub floor I brush the knots out of my hair. I'm practically ripping the hair out of my head until the headache from crying and pulling the brush forms. I try my best to brush softer after that, but end up just calling it quits. My legs are tucked to my chest while I cry, hiding my face in my arms.

I can't believe I made such a fool of myself, in front of the whole class! I can't believe Kaine hated my performance so much that he's giving me a zero. I've barley been attending this college for a month and I've already gotten a zero and royally fucked up.  The fact that I did the assignment and did it well, ugh! It's not like I didn't do it. I put my heart and soul into redeveloping that character and Kaine just shit all over it without a second thought. Asshole.

I just sit till the water starts to run cold then lazily wash my hair. Twice with the shampoo, twice with conditioner, then I wash my body. I usually only condition once but my hair is probably going to be crazy from all the hair spray and teasing. My body is starring to shiver from the ice cold water, but I still take my time. I don't want to go out there so after drying off I gel and defuse my hair. Looks like I didn't do too much damage with that brush. I'm guessing I've been in here for about an hour and forty five minutes once I finally leave.

Xandra and Boris are no longer outside the door so I sprint to my room, still in my towel, as fast as I can. I pull on some clean underwear, shorts, the first bra I see and a big t-shirt.

"You listen to me mother fucker-" I hear Xandra shout from the living room. I decide to sit against the wall to listen instead of going downstairs. I'm still not ready for her to ask me questions. "No I wasn't there, but I just saw the whole thing on video. Are you gonna tell me you let your professors talk to your students like that?... I don't care how well this asshole is educated, we didn't pay thousands of dollars for Vita to be humiliated in front of a classroom full of students and told her ideas are less because she's a woman. It's outrageous that an educator would even think to stay that to a student... I will be down there, in your office at 11 am tomorrow, and this Kaine better be there."

I think Xandra just told off the Dean of students.. fuck. I'm going to get kicked out of this god forsaken school. It's a pretty fucked up place if the professors really are allowed to talk to us like that, but you'd think they'd get in trouble. The college I went to before transferring was bullshit, but at least the professors respected our opinions and input in class. Shit what if Xandra just made things even worse? Damn it, I'm gonna cry again. What a weak bitch.

The door knob jiggles a bit before I hear a small click and the door opens. "Vita," Xandra closes the door behind her before joining me on the floor. "Sweetheart, that was so wrong of him."

"Yeah.." My voice is so high pitched, trying to hold back my cries.

"Come on." She pulls me into her lap.

"What about Larry?" I ask knowing he's home.

"Don't worry about that." She gently rocks me back and forth, shushing, in attempt to calm me down. "I called the Dean, I'm going down there tomorrow, and I'm gonna take care of it."

"Don't you have work though?" I ask, slightly panicked

"I said I'll take care of it." She repeats. "Thank you for the mixer by the way. It's beautiful." She says, brushing back my hair and kissing my forehead. "You really didn't have to though."

"I wanted to." I'm finally starting to calm down again.

"You're sweet, would you want to go downstairs and help me test it out?" I shake my head no. I still don't want to be seen. "Please?" She gives my cheek a few pecks before swiftly pinning me to the ground and smiling. "Or else?"

I can't believe she phrased that as a question. Almost as if she was asking permission to talk to me in a dominant tone. I can't hide my smile and against my own will I nod, but demand a kiss by puckering my lips. She happily obliges leaning down to give me a short open mouth kiss. God I missed her tongue! After we pull apart she helps me up and keeps her hand on the small of my back as we make our way downstairs.

Boris is at the table waiting for us smirking at his phone. "V, Kaine is most definitely getting fired." He laugh.

"What should we make?" Xandra asks, ignoring Boris' statement. Thank God.

"I don't know." I shrug and take a seat on the kitchen floor.

Popper instantly trots over and sets himself in my lap. I gladly pet him and accept the cuddles. He'll keep me calm for the rest of the night because I know I'm going to be up dreading tomorrow. Xandra is calmly baking cookies and I guess I should help, try to take my mind off of it. I just can't help feeling like this is going to end terribly.

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I definitely should've been doing homework but I wrote this instead! Also I updated the cover and a ton of stuff because I was awake till 3 am 😤 but its fine! Hopefully I can crank out another chapter tomorrow in between classes!

~Nel 💖