Pheonix and Patricia

Chapter Twelve

Patricia, Phoenix, and their new friend Aaron were walking down the school hall to their first class of the day. When they got there, they noticed Brittney sitting with a group of her friends. Tears were streaming down her face and her friends were all comforting her. Phoenix knew from experience that she was acting to get her way. When she looked up at the group of them she smiled for a moment before turning back to her friends. Phoenix, Patricia and Aaron took a seat on the opposite side of the room.

"What was wrong with Brittney?" Aaron questioned.

"She pretends to be sad to get her way," Phoenix said with no compassion.

"What's new?" Patricia replied in her usually cheery voice.

The bell rang for class to start but since the teacher still hasn't arrived yet, the class just kept talking.

Brittney stood up, went to the door and looked into the hallway. Satisfied with what she saw, she stepped back into the class and made sure that the door had locked behind her. Then with red eyes, she stood in front of the class and cleared her throat for attention. The class fell silent. Brittney stood on the teacher's desk to ensure all eyes would be on her.

"I was harassed yesterday by three people in this room. Before I release their names to the public, I would like to say that these people are criminals. One knocked me unconscious last week, the other broke my precious heart, and the other is a known murderer. I'm not going to say their names but Patricia, Phoenix and Aaron, you know who you are," Brittany said dramatically.

The class gasped and their heads turned to face the 3 "criminals."

Aaron laughed. "Am I the known murderer?" He asked after he stopped laughing.

Brittany glared at him before addressing the class, "I'm only telling you all this because you are all good friends of mine- besides the three criminals in the room. Other than them, I really care about all of you and I want you to be aware of the danger these hoodlums could put you in. Aaron is responsible for the murder of five innocent people. He killed them by stabbing them. With a knife."

Aaron stood up in front of the class and started to clap. "Wow, what a great story you've composed."

"I'm not done, pretty boy," Brittany said savagely. She turned her attention back to the class. "Now there are two more terrible, ignorant people in this room. This next one has ruined a poor girl's heart. He seduced her, he made her feel special, then ripped her heart right out of her lungs. This rude thug's name is..." Brittney added a pause for dramatic effect, "Phoenix."

Phoenix sighed loudly. "I ripped your heart out of your... lungs?"

Just then Patricia called out loudly, "Brittney? What about me? Don't I get a turn?"

Brittney smiled cruelly before continuing her speech. "I will get to you. But first I will explain to the whole class how Pheonix left me. He hurt me so bad. So so bad that I will make him feel the pain he brought upon me."

"Now, when I was younger, I had no idea who Pheonix was, but even then I knew. I knew that he was my soulmate, and now-"

At that moment, the door started to open and in walked the teacher.

Brittney froze, only then did see seem to realize that she was still on top of the teacher's desk. Blood rushed to Britney's face. She could feel the embarrassment rush down her spine. What would my parents do to me if they found out I was lying to my class? The teacher's face fell, he could not believe such well behaved student would act in such a manner.

"Brittney. Hallway please," the teacher said in disappointment. Brittney jumped down from the desk and followed the teacher back out of the room. When the door closed again, all the students in the class picked up their desks and moved them farther away from the three criminals.