Chapter 14: THE GIRL BROUGHT WHIPS AND CHAINS

R Y A N

Math class has always been one of my favourite classes. Not because it was one of the most complicated subjects, but because my dad loved it. My dad was a high school math teacher and he loved his job. Every day, after he came from work; he would always play math games with me. At first, I hated those games, but then I grew to love them. My dad has always been that guy who would drink and merry to any kind of things. Be it a birthday or a silly thing like getting your first paycheck. He was loved by everyone. The day he died was the gloomiest day I have ever seen in my neighbourhood. 

To this day, I made sure to excel in this subject. It made me feel more closer to him. But right now, there was someone literally about to make me explode. Mr Todd was yelling-as usual. He was talking about some nonsense things that did not make sense.

And which teacher gives fifty questions for homework? Oh yes, Mr Todd. He was being unreasonable and the students were getting mad. Some murmuring that they hated math. 

Oh, well. My father used to say, "Do not hate the subject, hate the bad teacher teaching it." I was not going to let Mr Todd ruin mathematics for me. 

"If you want to pass my class, then you have to do the assignment." He narrowed his eyes at us. 

Gosh, who pissed in his coffee today? Cause he was extra cranky. 

"Okay, that is way too many questions for an assignment that is due tomorrow." A student voiced out. 

Ugh! I groaned. Now, he was going to give us more work.

As he was about to open his mouth, probably to punish us even more; the door was suddenly slammed open. 

Gesu! (Jesus!) What was that? 

I craned my neck to get a glimpse of what was happening. The class stopped their whining and they all looked up to the door. 

And it was the last person I thought I would see coming in my class: Mike's sister- Valentina. Some rumours were going around the school that she did a prank on Mr Todd. Her first day has not even ended and she was already causing troubles.

She had some strange things on her hand and she placed them on the teacher's table. Mr Todd turned to face her and whatever he saw must have shocked him because his hand was stuck in the air.

The students that were sitting in the front started gasping. Geez...what the heck did she bring? Maybe some snacks. God! I hope so. I was so hungry today because I did not go to the cafeteria. After my little episode in the class, I was afraid to go to a place that had so many people. 

I know that was pathetic and coward of me. My conscience never failed to remind me.

"Sir, I am ready for detention, so how many hits do I get?" She frowned.

Excuse me? Say what again? 

The entire class was quite...way too quite. They all stared at her in shock. What the actual fuck did she brought?

"What the actual fuck?!"

The students gasped upon hearing Mr Todd curse. Mr Todd had never cursed. There was a source that revealed that this man hated cursing. He does not even allow any student to curse in his class or front of him.  So whatever he saw must have been so shocking that it made him break his own moral.

Valentina smiled, but it did not reach her eyes. I saw her smiling three times today and all those times, they reached her eyes and she was glowing. Not that I counted or noticed it. 

"Sir, you told me that I have lunch detention. There are only two minutes left before the bell rang for my next class. So, here is the whip and hit me." She took the object from the table and gestured him to take it from her hand.

Wait...wait! A whip? It seemed that I was not only one shocked because once again, but they also gasped. 

I pushed my glass to my nose and got closer so that I could see if she brought a whip. 

Oh mio Dio! Ha davvero portato una frusta in classe! (Oh my God! She really brought a whip to class!) My eyes and mouth were opened wide, the eyebrows raised. 

Mr Todd looked paled. Even paler than the white shirt he was wearing. Every one started murmuring and that seemed to remove him from his shocked state.

He turned around and faced us with a glare. "Shut up! Start doing the assignment or else I will give you more work." And with that, everyone started opening their textbooks, but still stealthily listening to the commotion. 

He whirled around and faced her again. "Now, tell me, young lady. Do you think I am a joke?" 

She frowned and tilted her head. "Why do you keep on saying that? I am telling you. I am not a clown. Look at my nose, I do not have a red nose."

Everyone erupted into a peal of laughter, well except for Mike- who was still sleeping despite the noise- and I. Speaking of Mike, I should probably wake him up so that he could help out his sister. I just think that she was confusing America's Education system to Australia's. 

I leaned towards his desk and shook his arm. "Pss! Wake up, Idiot."

"I have never met anyone as rude as you. Why do you keep on trolling me? And what is with these chains and whip?" 

"Once again, I will repeat it. I am not a troll. Trolls are small and cute. Do I look small? No, right?" She blew out her cheeks and glared at him. She was getting offended. Yep! That face does not look like someone who was joking. Oh, she was serious, alright. I could tell from her expression about how serious she was about this. 

"And secondly," She continued. "I brought these items because you said that I had a detention. How was detention going to work without them? Are you dumb?"

Oh-oh! She was now going to get it. 

I started shaking Mike even more violently than before. He needed to help her before she got in more trouble, but this idiot was sleeping like a log. I bet even if school shooting happened, he would have continued sleeping.

"Ugh! Is the class over?" He groaned, ruffling his hair. 

"Thank you, Han Solo, for waking up this idiot!"

"Why are you thanking Han Solo for? He did not wake me up. You did." He frowned. 

"I was just being extra."

"You are su-" He stopped talking when he heard Mr Todd yell. 

"You know what, that's it! You will go to meet the principal." He pointed at her. His shoulders were stiff and she was glaring back at him. She looked like she was about to jump and strangle him any time soon. What happened when I was trying to wake this idiot up?

"Valentina!" Mike jumped out of his seat and ran to where she was standing. Her widened when she saw her brother. 

"Oh, and who gave you permission to yell?" He glared at Mike. This teacher was a tyranny. We could not do anything without his permission. I feel bad for anyone that has to live with him. 

Mike ignored him and grabbed Valentina’s shoulders. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

She smiled and shook her head.

He sighed in relief. "Then what is happening here?"

She frowned again and pointed at the teacher. "This sir told me that I had detention and I brought the items for him so that I can have the detention he gave me. I don't know why he keeps on saying that I am trolling and that I am a clown. I am not a clown. I don't know how many times I have to tell him for him to understand this simple fact." She kept on rumbling and pointing at the teacher.

Mike faced the table and his eyes widened. He faced her again and glared at her. They were silent, but at the same time, it felt that they were communicating. 

Maybe he was talking to her through the eyes. They were siblings. Of course, they were able to understand each other without the need to talk. Sadly, that was not the same case with my sister. I could never understand that girl. 

"Hey, you two. Since you guys like to treat my class as a joke, you both are going with me to the Principal's office."

Mike pinched the bridge of his nose." Now, what the fuck did I do?" 

"You were sleeping in my class- do not think that I did not see you and you just cursed. Most importantly, I think you are part of this prank that this girl is doing to me." He pointed at her.

Mike faced me. "Oh come on, Ryan! I told you to watch out so that he cannot see me."

I slapped my forehead. Great! Now, this idiot has dragged me into this mess. 

"Oh! So Ryan was also part of this? Ryan, you are coming too." He crossed his arms across his chest. 

What the actual fuck? Why did I keep on getting trouble after another trouble today? First, my panic attack caused me to have an imagination of a naked woman trying to kill that led me to be unconsciousness. Now, I was going to the principal's office for a thing that I was never part of. All because of a pretty girl brought whips and chains to class, and a boy slept and accidentally mentioned my name.

"Oh shit! My bad, dude. I was not supposed to say your name."

 No shit, Sherlock.

We all sat, the clock making the ticking sound in the background. The principal kept on staring at us; not saying anything which kind of made us anxious. 

The silence was deadly. Especially when it came from a woman. You would never guess what she was thinking.

"So." She leaned forward, lacing her finger together. "Tell me, why you took them out of my room and how did you even find that room?" She glanced at Valentina who was busy admiring the candy jar on the desk. 

I chuckled. She looked adorable staring at the candies like that.

"Anything funny, Mr Marino?" Ms Jones put on a sarcastic smile. 

My face paled and I shook my head rapidly. 

She turned back to Valentina who was now trying to open the candy jar. When did she even take it from the desk?

Ms Jones frowned. "Ms Echethier, please try to refrain taking things from my desk without permission."

Ms Eche-what? Now, how do you pronounce that? 

Mike immediately took the jar out of her hand and placed it back on its rightful place.

She glared at him and he also did the same. What an interesting duo.

"Tick-tock, Ms Echethier. We don't have much time."

She turned her gaze back at the principal. "Sorry, I just wanted one. What are those if I may ask?"

Ms Jones scrunched her nose. 

Doesn't this girl know what candy was? Maybe, Australia did not have candies. If that was true, then that was tragic. Candies were the best thing to graze the world after Star Wars and Overwatch.

Mike laughed nervously. "She is just a prankster. Stop pranking, Val." He pinched her nose.

"Ouch! That hurt, you asswipe!" She swatted his arm and whined. 

"You kids are wasting my time. Now, answer my questions." Her forehead creased and her mouth set in a hard line. She was getting annoyed.

"Once again, I am going to say this. The Mr. gave me lunch detention, but I thought, he wanted me to bring weapons. So I come to your office to ask you if you had some, but you were not here. I accidentally touched a book and it opened a door that is hidden between that wall. That is where I found all these items. In fact, you have all kinds of weapon including a handcuff. I think you like punishing people." 

Wow! That was a lot. She talked without stopping for one second. 

Haha! Did she just say that the principal had handcuffs in there? This school needed prayers.

Ms Jones's face reddened and she stood up. "That did not permit you to touch my stuff. You have after-school detention for a week, Ms Echethier."

"Not again." She groaned.

She was about to say something, but Mike held his palm on her mouth. "Can I get detention too? I was part of this also."

Wait, what?

"Oh, lovely! Since you asked, you will get two weeks because of helping her." She clasped her hands together.

"Why is he getting two weeks though?" I asked.

"Oh, don't worry. I did not forget you, Mr Marino. You will get the two days of after- school detention." 

"Bu-"

"Keep on talking and I will add more." She grinned.

"Now, you can go back to your classes." She gave a dismissive wave of her hand.

"Before we go, can I ask you something?" I faced her. 

"Sure."

"Why do you have a secret room full of BDSM items in your office?"

Her expression dulled. "None of your business and you know what else, Ryan? "

Oh, no! My jaws clenched. 

"You have earned yourself one week of detention."

I fucking hated this school at times.

If there was one place that I would have never imagined to find myself in; that would have been a detention class. I tried my best to make sure that I never got in trouble so that my mom does not have to worry about me. She was already having stress about how to pay my college bills. I was not going to let her pay for it though. I would earn myself a scholarship or a grant so that I could pay for it. 

Currently, we were in the detention room with no teacher with us-how pathetic. This school system sucked. Thank God that I was graduating soon! Miya and Valentina were sitting on the left corner doing some chatting while Mike-

"And then, he thought that it will be funny to touch my dick? Like who does that?"

Oh yes! I zoned out; missing whatever he said. What was he talking about? I should start paying attention. I have been zoning out a lot lately and it was taking a toll on me. 

Mike snapped his fingers on my face. "Dude! Have you been listening to me? I am here telling you that I have been groped by this weird guy and you are here zoning out."

I covered my eyes with my hand and sighed. "Man, I am sorry. I am not feeling that well today." I gave him an apologetic look. "Whoever did that to you; I am very sure you did not leave them without unharmed." 

He grinned. Not that 'I am innocent grin', but the grin that said, 'Yeah, I fucked him up bad'. Out of the three of us, Mike was the most dangerous one because he was so silent that you will not get what he was thinking. It was easy to get David and I riled up, but not Mike. 

"Anyways, dude- I have something to tell y-" He stopped and looked at the girls before he gestured me to follow him outside. 

Now, what was this boy up to? I cannot afford any more problems.

I raised my brow and pinched the bridge of my nose. "Why did you call me out here?"

He looked around before, he leaned near me. "In two days, it is Valentina's birthday and I need your help." He spoke quietly, but ecstatic.

"Sure. What help do you need?"

"I need you to take her away for sometime on that day so that she does not suspect anything."

Say what now? You have got to be kidding me. I mentally sighed.