Chapter 19

“You slimy snake!”

I bet Heather didn’t see the slap as my hand made contact with her face. The blow was resounding and silence that reigned after it was louder than the noise itself. For a moment Heather simply held her cheek and stared but not for long. She raised her hand to hit me but as she brought her hand down Christian held her hand and yanked it down with such force that she squeaked but my victory was short-lived as Dahlia and Lola both pounced on me. Suddenly all I could see was fists, hair was flying all over the place, buttons popped and in the midst of it all, I could feel Charlie holding me back as I tried to get a hold of Tyler’s smug face.

“Enough of this!”

The tone was commanding and authoritative and I was soon to find out that the voice belonged to our Principal Mr. Jorge.

Great. Just great.

I’m sure Mom would love this.

“Jessica, Heather, Christian, Tyler, Jordan, Charlie, Lola, and Dahlia to my office now!”

And so we found ourselves doing the walk of shame