Demi's Pov
I stormed into school the next day praying that someone pissed me off but unfortunately my prayers were not heard. Every cell in me was literally itching for a fight but the dumb as fuck school just had to so unusually peaceful! it also didn't help my case that every one avoided me
What was pissing me off was the fact that, though I went to bed with a smile last night, I woke up this morning and realized that I didn't get closure with that unfortunate addition to the human race, called Evan. God! Just the thought of his name sends hot blood to my brain.
That basta-... I quickly stopped myself calling him that because that'd also be an indirect insult to Mr Calman
That son of a bitc- once again I stopped myself. Because I don't even know his mom, I'd need to know her before I can decide if she was a bitch or not
Hmmm. I thought for a while of what to call him and ended up with lunatic
That lunatic thought I was an easy one. He's so darn lucky his father came just in time cause I was so ready to smash his face in.
After Mr Calman asked me to go in yesterday, I'm still having trouble believing I obeyed his order, something my parents couldn't get me to. Anyway, I stormed to the back of my aunt's house with my bike, washed it as I had initially planned and went back to my aunt's cactus filled front yard. I paced about as I waited for him
Mr Calman came out to meet me five minutes later. He walked towards me, motioned for me sit on the porch stairs beside him. He remained silent for a full minute and I remained silent too because I was suddenly at a loss for words.
"Demi" was all he said after a few minutes
"Yes?" I replied silently
"I never-" he started
"Never what?" I interrupted him knowing where he was headed "You never expected me to be so wild? Well, I'm sorry to burst the perfect little bubble you have about me because I'm the opposite of perfect" I finished roughly
He let out a sigh before saying "What I was going to say, young lady, was I never expected you to be the one to put my son in his place. He's been acting like he had this whole town in his pocket for a long while now and it's refreshing to know that someone could give a reality check" he ended with a smile
"what? really?" I gasped out because I couldn't believe what I was hearing
"yes, really. While I believe you should not always act so rashly sometimes, I believe a week in bed was the right punishment for Evan. The best thing about it all is that I'm sure he's more pissed that he was embarrassed in public by a girl!" This time Mr Calman burst into a feet of laughter
"I guess, your right" I replied with a chuckle of my own seeing the humor in what he said.
We both settled on the porch stairs and spoke for a while. He showed me pictures of the bike collection he and his friends had 'back in the day' as he put it. I brought out my phone and showed the recent models of those bike.
After seeing the pictures he just clicked his teeth and went on about how his looked more stylish. After he was done, I showed him the properties of his old bike versus the new models. I explained to him how much gas was saved in the newer model compared the old ones, also how easier the new models were to drive and finally how much faster the models could run than the ones in his day
After hearing all I had to say he remained silent for a long while before whispering "ours was still much cooler" to which I just rolled my eyes. Why do older generations always try to make it seem that their time was better when in actuality it wasn't?
Some time passed and he had to go back to his house. We both got on our feet and Mr Calman started walking away. He walked a few step before he stopped to speak to me
"Demi, if Evan ever bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. okay?"
"okay" I said with a nod knowing fully well that I would do no such thing
"Bye see you tomorrow" he said with a quick wave of his hand
"Bye" I replied and I stood exactly where I was, watching him
He turned to walk away but once again abruptly turned around to speak to me "One more thing, I know my telling you to inform me if Evan gives you trouble sounds like I don't think you can handle yourself. But it's honestly quite the opposite I think you're more capable than either of us realized. I mean you literally literally just crippled the boy for a week!"
"Anyway, what I'm trying to say is... I don't think I want him to spend another week in bed and I want you to be careful too" he ended, looking unsure of what he just said
"Alright" I said wanting the conversation to end so I could go in already
"Alright" he repeated after me with a nod and started walking away again
This time as soon as I saw him started to walk away, I turned and started doing the same.
"But on second thought..." I heard him start to say again
oh my goodness!!! this was beginning to get tiring! I could literally feel the start of an headache as I turned around with a forced smile. It was either that or yell him out of my aunt's house
"On second thought, Demi, I believe you're sensible enough to know between right and wrong. And honestly, I don't think my son has learnt any lesson so far. I've tried my best but I don't think it's worked so far" He paused to clear his throat "what I'm trying to say Demi is that I give you permission to teach Evan a lesson when he misbehave"
At this point, my fake smile had turned to a real one and didn't feel so irritated anymore. I felt like I was being given rulership over earth or something. This was a big fucking deal
"Wait, let me get this straight, Mr Calman, so we don't get anything mixed up. You're giving me permission... to fuck your son up" I asked.
I said that deliberately so that he knew what he was getting himself into. Not that I needed his permission to deal with Evan or anything because I would have done it either way. It just felt nice to get Mr Calman's approval
"Yes, Demi, I'm giving you permission to fuck my son up as you put it" He said with a chuckle
"Alright" I replied
"Alright" He repeat, once again. He turned around and completed the journey to his house, thankfully, without anymore stop.
The event last night was one of the coolest experience I'd ever had with a parent. It was official Mr Calman was dope. Just thinking about it, made my urge for a fight reduce a notch. I honestly had didn't think anything could ruin that memory for me
Just then my phone rang and it turns out I was wrong something could ruin the memory.
Or rather someone could... I sighed as I picked up the call
"Hello, mother" I answered with an eyeroll
"Hello, Demi. How are you doing? Hope you're not causing any trouble?" My mom asked
Yeah, that's the someone that can ruin the memory for me. Because her asking me that question made me realize that while someone else's parent trusted my judgement, my own mother didn't think I was responsible enough to not go out looking for trouble.
Story of my life.