"What's up with Ivy? She seems to have been avoiding me since you returned from school yesterday, now she is not here for breakfast" Mrs Meyers asked Kaitlyn at the dining the next morning
"It's nothing mom, I guess she is feeling a little ill because she visited the school clinic yesterday during lunch" Kaitlyn cooked up a fat lie just to cover up for their actions and she earnestly hoped her mother would buy into it.
"Really? She shouldn't get ill now that her competition is fast approaching, I need to get her to the doctor immediately" Mrs Meyers said as she stood up to go meet Ivy in the room. Shit! Kaitlyn thought, her plans had gone wrong
"No mom, I think that would be after we return from school because we have an important test today and she also have music class today and I'm sure you wouldn't want her to miss it and she can visit the school clinic too if she feels too weak in school" Kaitlyn quickly stopped her
"Are you sure she would be fine?" Mrs Meyers' worries could be clearly seen on her face
"Of course mom, it is not that bad" Kaitlyn replied as she quickly went upstairs to get Ivy. "Ivy, please let's go, mom must not see your face o, I already lied to her that you are feeling ill but you can still manage through today because you have to attend music class and do the test we have today" Kaitlyn explained hurriedly
"Which test is that?" Ivy asked confused.
"Moron, it was just to cover up, let's go" Kaitlyn snapped and they both left the room hurriedly. Luckily, Mrs Meyers was in the kitchen when they got downstairs
"Bye mom!" They yelled as soon as they got to the door and slammed the door behind them.
"Hey! Ivy, I hope you can cope with your health for today, if not I can get you to the hospital" Mrs Meyers said as she approached the living room and behold there was no one to answer her, the girls were gone. "These girls! I hope they aren't hiding something" she said to herself with a big sigh
In the car
"We were almost caught, we need to put ice packs on your face so that it would be better by evening, mom must not know what happened, she'll skin us alive" Kaitlyn said, heaving a sigh of relief that they were able to bypass her mother.
"Honestly, I do not like what I got us into and the Ryan I am fighting over is nowhere to be found, that alone is bothering me" Ivy replied
"We should be thinking about ourselves now, not Ryan" Kaitlyn said, resting her back on the car seat. The rest of the journey to school was silent as they both pondered on things that were bothering them. Soon, Oscar (the driver) drove into the school and parked the car in front of the hallway, they both got down from the car while Oscar drove off.
To their surprise, the students were standing in small groups muttering inaudible words amongst themselves. "What is going on?" Kaitlyn asked Ivy in a low voice. "How do I know" Ivy replied as confused as Kaitlyn. They both found their way to the class and to their greatest surprise, the same thing happened in their class. Jocelyn quickly walked up to them as they entered the class.
"Did you check the school site this morning?" Jocelyn asked
"The school site?" Kaitlyn and Ivy chorused. They quickly brought out their phones to check, strange enough, they hadn't opened their phones today.
"What?" Kaitlyn screamed, "oh my God" Ivy opened her mouth in awe. The video of their fight was all over the school site with different captions, 'POP STAR IN A FIGHT', 'THE CRYSTALS FIGHT DIRTY WITH POP STAR', 'POP STAR GENG VERSUS THE CRYSTALS GENG' and lots more. The videos had different angles of the fight, it was obvious the videos were recorded by different people at different locations. "We are fucked" Kaitlyn added.
"It's all good, the reason for the fight is not stated in any of the captions, it's still all good" Ivy heaved a sigh of little relief when she noticed the fight was not linked to anything in particular. She had to think about what to tell her aunt before evening and she must carry Kaitlyn along too.
"Even at that, it's just a matter of time before we would be summoned by the school authority and that would not be good, what would we tell them led to the fight?" Jocelyn asked.
"We'll think of something" Ivy answered, while they were at it, the teacher came into the class and they all had to retire to their seats. Each of them had classes throughout the morning and they were only able to discuss during lunch.
At the cafeteria
"Do you girls mind us sitting with you?" Eston, Adrian and Liam asked while at the girls' (Ivy, Jocelyn and Kaitlyn) table.
"Sure, please sit" Kaitlyn replied on their behalf.
"You girls are now celebrities you know, you are all over the school site" Adrian joked
"Should you joke about everything?" Liam asked with a scornful look. "So what do you girls plan doing?" He asked
"I am so confused now, does make any sense to say that I fought over a guy?" Ivy asked worried. "My aunt must not even get a clue of what caused the fight, she'll just ask me to continue my online classes" she added
"I should have seen this coming, I should have curbed this when I saw the students with their phones yesterday, but we'll find a way around it" Eston said as they ate.
Several gossips went around the school about what really caused the fight, students raised different speculations about the cause of the fight. The most annoying thing was that students muttered inaudibly whenever Ivy and her friends passed amongst them. This really broke Ivy, the students respected her so much and she should have respected herself too. This caused Ivy to pick on her food and as expected Eston noticed it.
"What's wrong with you? You aren't eating" Eston jolted Ivy out of her thoughts.
"It's nothing, I just don't feel like eating this food" Ivy replied and Eston knew it was a blatant lie, he sensed her discomfort, looking around the cafeteria, he saw all eyes on their table. He got up to address the students. As soon as he was on his feet, the students murmur increased, "Enough!" He banged the table, "haven't you all done enough? I'll get the bitch that started the upload of the videos online, I thought I instructed all phones be taken away yesterday, I have been so cold lately. I do not want to hear anything about the fight anywhere in this school and those videos should be deleted ASAP, tell them or else I'll fish them out" He turned to the table, "Guys, let's get out of here" he said and they all stood up leaving their food halfway and left the cafeteria.
As soon as they were out of sight, the murmurings continued, 'why is Eston taking sides with Ivy? I guess they are hiding something' one student said, 'he has not stopped his bossy attitude' another one said, 'is it because he owns the school?' another student asked. Several other as comments were made but it didn't change the fact that they had to delete the videos, they dared not because if Eston fishes out the students behind the upload, they would be done for. The students adhered and deleted the videos but it was too late by the time they did, the videos had gotten to the principals sight and she had saved it for disciplinary actions.
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"I don't think there is anything good about this evening, Kaitlyn" Mrs Meyers blurted at Kaitlyn's greetings when they returned from school, "And where is Ivy?" She asked really impatient.
"She is coming, but what is it mom?" Kaitlyn asked confused. Since the videos went down on the school site following Eston's threat to the students, Kaitlyn and Ivy were happy that at least they didn't have to deal with the school and their parents. Ivy took a while before coming inside and the atmosphere was tensed when she entered.
"Good evening aunt" she greeted and almost immediately, Mrs Meyers retorted, "keep your greetings to yourself"
"But ma, what is the problem?" Ivy asked looking at Kaitlyn for answers but Kaitlyn's face was as confused as hers.
"You girls got into a fight in school and Kaitlyn had the guts to tell me a fat lie that you were avoiding me because you were feeling ill and you wouldn't be going to the hospital, so this was it, what led to the fight" Mrs Meyers asked and she expected answers immediately
"Erm…Erm..e..r..m…" Ivy shuttered
"You both had better started talking!!!" Mrs Meyers yelled angrily
"Mom, that girl slapped Ivy first and started hitting her so we had to step in" Kaitlyn managed to put up something
"Interesting, she just came in to the cafeteria and slapped Ivy without any argument or without any offense, and stepping in means fighting each other, you couldn't step in through other means?, do you think I am a baby? Or a fool to give such flimsy excuse and I would digest it?" Mrs Meyers sparked.
"Mom, that girl does not like Ivy and I since we got to that school and she has been beefing us" Kaitlyn replied with yet another lie. Ivy wondered how Kaitlyn could come up with those words comfortably while she was still thinking of what to say.
"Good speech, brilliant one" Mrs Meyers said, laughing and clapping her hands at the lie Kaitlyn told again. "You know, I like listening to lies when I know they are lies, and you, Ivy, why are you not saying anything?" Mrs Meyers turned to Ivy
"I…I am sorry ma, I shouldn't have fought no matter what the case may be, I am so sorry ma" that was the only thing Ivy could say since she was blank
"Who is the girl? And I saw six of you in the videos, fighting each other in pairs, so why am I hearing of one girl?" Mrs Meyers asked
"Stacey Williams, that's her name, the other two are her friends and we had our friend Jocelyn with us. Her friends were helping her to beat me while Kaitlyn and Jocelyn was trying to separate us, so they had to fight their friends too" Ivy explained and this caused Mrs Meyers to laugh harder
"Girls, I just pray all these are the truth, I'll know the truth at your school tomorrow" She said and went up to her room
"We're sorry mom!" The girls cried after her, but she didn't even turn around let alone answer them. They didn't see her again until the following morning.
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At Stacey's House
"How are you angel?" Mr Lewis greeted as he opened the door to his daughter's room. "I hope you are better" he asked
"I'm better dad" Stacey replied sitting up on her bed. She had told her daddy she needed some painkiller and rest when she returned from school yesterday, she couldn't tell her dad that she fought in school. So, her father had told her to skip school so as to get well rested.
"That's good to hear" He said as he sad with her on her bed and putting her head on his shoulder
"Knock, knock" Mrs Lewis knocked the door to the room and entered. "Stacey, what happened in your school yesterday?" She asked
"Wouldn't you let her rest?" Mr Lewis snapped
"See this" Mrs Lewis replied showing Mr Lewis the videos sent to her by the principal of the school. "We have been summoned for a meeting tomorrow due to this.
"My angel, why did you get into a fight?" Mr Lewis asked
"Dad, it's Ivy Spencer, she is about taking Ryan away from me, he will dump me for her" Stacey cried
"Who is this Ivy Spencer?, And what is Ryan's parents doing about it?" Mrs Lewis asked
"Get to the school tomorrow and know what exactly happened, no one must hurt my angel and go Scot free" Mr Lewis ordered. Stacey was now weeping profusely. "No Stacey, nobody is worth your tears, you know I have told you that, I will meet this Ivy Spencer and warn her off your business, okay?" Mr Lewis assured
"Okay dad, thank you dad" Stacey replied trying hard to calm herself down. Mrs Lewis moved closer to her and pet her for a while before leaving the room with Mr Lewis.