2. Detention

 

I'm not gonna lie and say I wasn't nervous as I knocked on the Principal's office door and asked for permission. 

 

Although I was used to being called to the principal's office once in a while in my previous schools, this was a totally different case. This was my first day in a new school, that too a school so many miles away from my home, and I know it was so much trouble for Dad to get me admission here. 

 

"Come in," the Principal, Mr. Morris said in a not-so-pleasant voice. And I felt more nervous. What have I managed to do within the first hour of my first day in this school? 

 

I slowly walked in. A girl and a guy were standing there in front of Mr. Morris, facing their back to me. The guy had his arms crossed over his chest. 

 

Wait! I have seen this green t-shirt somewhere. And Blonde hair! Is he the Snow prince? 

 

Yes, he is! 

 

I confirmed it after I reached near him and looked at his side profile. Who is the girl? His girlfriend? So did he just complain to the principal that I collided with him and ruined his surprise for his girlfriend? What is happening? I frowned at him but then the Principal started speaking to me in a cold voice. 

 

"Caroline Turner. New student, right?" 

 

"Yes sir," I nodded. 

 

"Where is the money?" Mr. Morris growled at me angrily. 

 

"Money? What money?" I uttered confused and nervous at the harsh look Mr. Morris was giving me. He was looking at me as if I pickpocketed him on my way to the classroom. Oh! Did I do that by any chance? 

 

"Miss Turner, stop acting and confess already. Or I'm going to call your parents right now! How dare you do such a thing on the first day itself? You can't continue here one more second. We don't want thieves inside this campus," Mr. Morris sneered. I was more than shocked. 

 

"Sir...I can't understand what you are talking about. I didn't steal any money," I voiced nervously. I can't even understand what is happening. What am I gonna tell my parents if I get dismissed on the first day itself? 

 

"That's it. I'm calling your parents." Mr. Morris said and stood up from his chair but then the Snow prince uncrossed his hands and started talking. 

 

"Sir, please wait a minute before you call her parents. I'll ask her," Mr unknown guy said in such a sweet and calm tone, which was opposite from the attitude he presented in front of me less than half an hour ago. Then he tilted his face and looked at me. 

 

"Where is the envelope and pen I gave you? Why didn't you give it to her?" he asked pointing at the girl. 

 

"You gave it to me ?" I questioned." You walked away dropping those..." I was cut by him before I could complete my sentence. 

 

"You agreed you'll safely take the envelope and deliver it to Claire. I was ready to take it to her but you insisted you'll deliver it so that I can reach the meeting of Science club members on time. I didn't know your intention was to steal the money." 

 

"What!?" I gasped. Look how efficiently he is lying. This bitch! 

 

I turned to the principal. "Sir, he is lying. I thought it was a love letter and he is asking me to deliver the letter to his girlfriend. I refused to deliver it and he just walked away leaving the things on the floor." 

 

"I told you clearly that it was the prize money and gift for the second prize winner in the Maths riddle competition," the bitch said calmly. 

 

"You! Why are you lying!?" I sneered at him before looking at Mr. Morris. "Sir, this boy is lying. I honestly didn't know there was money inside it. Please believe me.", I said. 

 

"I know who is lying," Mr. Morris growled. "I know Mr. Carter very well. He is the top student in this school. He has never done a bad thing. So you don't need to try to convince me that he is lying. Now, where is the money and the gift prize?" he asked. 

 

I was awestruck. Also, I realized he was the new villain in the freshly started chapter of my story. And he is a villain with standards and is definitely gonna be trouble. Look how much trust the principal has in him. It's better I don't try to contradict him right now. Cause It's clear I won't be able to convince my innocence to the principal. 

 

So, I quickly fished the cover and the pen out of my pocket. The principal yanked it from my hands, angrily. 

 

"Sir, I wasn't planning to steal or anything. I just thought it was a love letter. Because he even had a red rose poking out of his bag. And I didn't hear him properly when he spoke to me. He was talking fast and was in a hurry, probably to go to the meeting. And I didn't know where to take this. I was actually thinking to find him during the break. I'm really sorry." 

 

Mr. Morris furrowed his eyebrows and looked at the Malfoy of my story who was gawking at me, looking kinda impressed. He quickly wiped away the stupid smirk from his pale face and uncrossed his hands. "Yeah, I had a rose with me. I received it from someone this morning." 

 

Mr. Morris didn't say anything and went on checking the money inside the envelope. He left an annoyed sigh once he found there wasn't any money missing. 

 

The jerk beside me then cleared his throat, again crossing his hands. "I think there was a chocolate along with it." Oh, bitch! 

 

" Sorry...I'll pay its cash," I said. 

 

"You ate it ?" The bastard chuckled and raised an eyebrow. I didn't say anything as I figured it was best for me to keep my mouth shut. 

 

The principal again sighed. "Anyway, I need to talk to your parent because I don't believe you. This is your first day and if you did such a thing on your first day, I don't know what all things you are gonna do next," he said and bent down to look at his computer. 

 

Oh no! I can't let this happen. Currently, my guardian is my uncle and I can't let the principal call him on my first day itself. He'll be so disappointed in me. Moreover, my parents will be so disappointed. 

 

"Sir..please don't. I promise I won't do something like this again. I'm really sorry. Give me any punishment. Please just don't call my parents." 

 

"No..! I need to.." Mr. Morris commenced but was cut by the jerk. 

 

"Sir, I request you to forgive her this time. Maybe she didn't hear me properly. I was indeed in a hurry. There's fault on my side too. It was my responsibility to take the prize to Claire Wilson. I shouldn't have asked her to deliver it. I'm sorry. I didn't know she was a new student. 

 

"Oh you shouldn't apologize for her mistake," Mr. Morris said affectionately. "So what do you think I should do about this ?" 

 

"Sir, I think you shouldn't call her parents on the first day itself. Please just give her a smaller punishment," he replied politely. 

 

"Miss Wilson, what do you think about this?" he asked the girl who was staying quiet the whole time. "I think he is right," she replied timidly whilst looking at the guy. 

 

"Okay," Mr. Morris nodded before looking at me. "Miss Turner, I'm letting it slide for once since Mr. Carter requested me. But it won't happen again. If I happen to hear a complaint about you again, you'll be dismissed. Understood?" 

 

"Yes sir," I nodded. 

 

"However you will be having one-hour detention for one week starting from today," he said. I thought for a moment about arguing but then I nodded. 

 

"Come here evening and I'll give you a list of topics to write about during your detention." 

 

"Okay Sir," I nodded. 

 

"You may leave now," Mr. Morris scoffed. I nodded and walked out of the office, not before shooting a glare at the bastard who was standing beside me. I decided he is currently the person I hate the most in the world. 

 

The bell rang soon after I got out of the office. So I walked towards the Maths class angrily, cursing the Carter guy in my head. I got detention on the first day at this school without doing anything. Just because of him! Ahh! I hate him so much. Why did he do this to me? What an arrogant jerk! 

 

But why does Mr. Morris like him so much? He seems to be an evil bitch who pretends to be really good and kind in front of teachers. He doesn’t really know whom he messed up with! He will surely pay for this! 

 

I was still very angry when I reached the maths class. I saw Ty sitting at a desk in the third row. He had reserved the seat near him, obviously for me. I walked in and again a few people looked at me in confusion. I didn't bother to smile or explain I'm the new student. I just walked towards Ty and slumped down on the chair next to him. 

 

"Carrie...Is everything alright?" Ty asked me. So he already understood there was something wrong with me. He always does. I don't know whether I should tell him about this or not. He won't be very happy about this. He is just gonna scold me. But still, I need to tell him. 

 

"I got one-week detention starting from today," I blurted out. 

 

"You got what ?" Ty asked in bewilderment, his mouth wide open. 

 

"DETENTION! Are you deaf?" I scoffed gaining attention from a few people sitting around. The boy who was sitting behind me tapped on my shoulder. 

 

I turned around annoyed to meet with attractive blue eyes. I couldn’t help but freeze for a second and admire those blue eyes. But those blue eyes looked at me with a cold expression. "What you want ?" I asked narrowing my eyes. 

 

"Who are you? Why are you yelling at him?" the owner of blue eyes asked glaring at me with scrunched-up eyebrows. 

 

"Aaron, you don't need to interfere in this. What if she yells at me? You don't need to fucking care. And why are you sitting here? Go sit somewhere else," Ty said angrily. Oh, why is he angry now? I rarely see him talking rudely to someone. And he just cursed. 

 

"What's the problem with you if I sit here? I like to sit here, so I sit here. And who are you to tell me to change my seat?" The guy asked. 

 

Ty sighed and then looked at me. He stood up grabbing my hands. "Come..let's go sit somewhere else," then he practically dragged me towards an empty desk in the back. I wonder what's the problem with Ty and this Aaron guy. 

 

"So you are telling me, you got detention on the first day itself? And for one week? What did you do?" Ty asked me once we made ourselves comfortable on the seats. 

 

"Ty, please..it's not my fault," I said giving him a hurt look. 

 

"Okay, tell me what happened," Ty said calmly, giving me an understanding nod. I then quickly explained to him the whole thing and he too was angry once I finished. 

 

"Carrie...why couldn't you explain the truth to the principal ?" he asked me. 

 

"I tried but he had endless trust in that bastard," I said. "Ty, please don't tell this to your or my parents." 

 

"Okay, I won't," Ty nodded. "But who is that guy? Is he a senior? How does he look?" Ty asked. I was about to explain his appearance but then the teacher walked in. I didn't want to get one more detention or punishment. So I quickly stood up and greeted the teacher. 

 

After that, I kept quiet in the class. Ty too kept silent and he was carefully doing the problems Mr. Jacob had written down on the board. I looked at his book and simply copied the answers. I was not in a mood to work my brain on the stupid maths problems. 

 

But anyway I was less frustrated after telling the things to Ty. And then I noticed one interesting thing. The Aaron guy was occasionally turning around and looking at us. I frowned at him once and he glared back at me. 

 

And to admit honestly, I thought he was really handsome. I decided to surely ask Ty about him during the break. There's something definitely going on between him and this cute blue-eyed guy. 

 

After the maths period, I had Geography. Coincidentally I shared the class with Aaron. He was sitting in the back when I reached there. I too walked to the back and occupied a one-seat desk on the other side, near the window. 

 

After a moment, I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned to find Aaron now sitting on the desk beside me. 

 

"You joined school today?" he asked. 

 

"Yeah.." I nodded. 

 

"How do you know Ty? Are you friends?", he demanded to know. 

 

"Yeah..best friends. Also, I’m his sister," I replied. 

 

"Sister?" he scrunched his eyebrows. 

 

"Cousin sister. And what do you want ?" I asked. 

 

"You are Ty's cousin sister?" Aaron asked suddenly smiling, a pair of cute dimples forming on his both cheeks. And he looked like a cute bunny as he smiled. I mean his two front teeth were sticking out a bit, making him look like a human bunny. "Hi, I'm Aaron Miller," he extended his hand. 

 

"Caroline Ann," I said taking his hands. 

 

"Oh, I think I have heard your name before. Yeah, Ty has told me about you," he said. 

 

"You are friends?" I asked. His smile faded. He was about to say something but then we were interrupted by two girls fighting for the chair beside him. 

 

"C'mon get up! This is my seat," one of the girls scoffed. 

 

"Shut Up! I sat here first. And how is this your seat? You can't make the seat beside Aaron, your seat every day. Now, get lost!" the other girl who was currently sitting on the seat said. So I guess Aaron is the heartthrob of a lot of girls here. No wonder. He is really handsome. 

 

"Hello..can you two please stop quarreling?" Aaron asked before the other girl opened her mouth to say something. “Gianna, please go sit somewhere else." 

 

"Aaron, it’s not that I want to...," the girl sighed pausing her speech halfway. Then she walked away after shooting a glare at the other girl. 

 

We were about to go back to our conversation but then the teacher arrived. He started teaching about the longitudes and I listened, although Geography isn’t one of my favorite subjects. 

 

"Hey Ann..," Aaron called while Mr. Williams was writing something on the board. I tilted my head to him. 

 

“Shall I call you Ann?”, he asked. 

 

“Yeah..,” I nodded. 

 

“So you got a detention?” he asked. 

 

"Yeah.." I mumbled feeling annoyed at the mention of detention. 

 

"I too have detention today," he chuckled. 

 

"Oh..really ?" I asked. 

 

"Yeah.." he nodded. "Between how you managed to get a detention on the first day itself?" 

 

"Long story," I sighed. 

 

"Oh then tell me later. Between you stay at Ty's home?" 

 

"Yeah.." I nodded. Also, then I found the girl sitting beside Aaron glaring at me. 

 

"Where is your home actually?" He asked. 

 

"Perellard," I replied before shooting a glare back at the girl. 

 

"Oh...”, Aaron scrunched his eyebrows. “Then why you transferred to here?" 

 

"Mr. Miller!" Mr. Williams shouted in an annoyed tone. "What great wisdom are you sharing with the new student over there?" 

 

"Sorry sir," Aaron mumbled. Mr. Williams sighed and continued his teaching. We didn't talk after that. He dedicated his whole attention to the class. He might be a top student judging by the way he listens carefully to the class and nods to the teacher. 

 

But I was surprised to find him sleeping peacefully after five minutes, resting his head on the desk. Sorry, my bad. He just said he has a detention today. I should have judged better. 

 

The girl beside Aaron had her whole attention on him now. She was staring at his side profile with a light smile on her face. I sighed and averted my attention to Mr. Williams. 

 

After an hour, the bell rang indicating lunch break. Mr. Williams walked out of the class after leaving a sigh, looking at the still sleeping Aaron. I chuckled and was about to wake him but the girl who was sitting near him had already done the task. 

 

"Class ended?" he asked the girl, rubbing his eyes. It was kind of cute. 

 

"Yeah..it's lunch break," the girl smiled brightly. "Uhm...Aaron, Can I join you guys for lunch?" 

 

"Yeah..okay..." Aaron nodded yawning. Then he looked at me. "You are having lunch with Ty, right?" 

 

"Hmm..yeah," I nodded. 

 

"Then bye," he waved, standing up. "Have a nice meal with the basketballers. See you at detention." Then he walked away with the girl. 

 

So, Aaron Miller. Interesting Character. Is he a playboy? Or just a friendly guy? I'll better ask Ty.