The next day at School
“Jess a word!” Mrs Shaw snapped
Jess got up and walked outside the classroom
“Did you even try and fix this assessment? It’s worse than the first one, you’ve clearly not understood the question, it’s a fail again!”
Jess looked shocked; she had to bite her tongue.
“Cool guess it’s a fail then” Jess snapped going back into the classroom
“Everything okay?” Lisa asked concerned
“She’s failed it again” Jess whispered
“You’re kidding” Lisa said horrified
The lunchtime bell went and they all left the classroom.

Lindsay was standing near Jess’s locker.
“This is me and Carmen snuggled up watching a movie, I love this photo” Lindsay smirked
Jess slammed her locker closed walking over to Lindsay and grabbing the picture. She looked at it and was taken by surprise it was an actual picture of Carmen and Lindsay cuddled up. Carmen and Lisa walked over.
“Do you always snuggle up with your ex?” Jess snapped showing Carmen the picture
“That’s from before we were together, infact that’s the only picture ever took of me and her!” Carmen laughed
“Plenty more to come” Lindsay smirked
“In your fucking dreams!” Carmen stated “Look when you going to grow the fuck up, you’re beginning to really irritate all of us now!”
“Your right fucking dreams are amazing, especially when it’s you I’m fucking!” Lindsay winked
Jess punched Lindsay straight in the face knocking her to the floor.
“No No No Jess leave it, Mama will kill you” Lisa said pulling her sister back
“What happened to you holding her back?” Jace snapped at Carmen
“I’m done holding her back, If Lindsay is going to annoy her then Lindsay can enjoy facial construction”
“Last night’s dream was amazing, cream, strawberries” Lindsay said coughing
Jess got out of Lisa’s grip and launched for Lindsay again.
Bette and Louise ran over to the girls pulling them apart.
“What in the blue moon is going on?” Bette snapped
“Were waiting girls?” Louise said clearly as annoyed as Bette
“No comments brilliant well see you all in detention!” Bette snapped
“What we never did anything!” Lee snapped “We have basketball practice!”
“NOT TODAY YOU DON’T!” Bette snapped
“Can you let me go please?” Jess said
“Can you be trusted?” Bette asked still keeping her arms wrapped around Jess
“If she’s taken out my sight!” Jess stated
“Oh don’t worry Jess, she’s getting took out your sight, broken nose and possibly concussion, only place she’s going is hospital” Louise said
“Oh yeah she’s lucky it’s not the funeral parlour!” Jess stated
“Everyone my classroom right now!” Bette said
Lisa, Jace, Carmen, Lee, Mark, Erin, Emma all took of walking to Bette’s classroom.
“She needs to go see the school nurse” Louise said leading Lindsay away “I’ll be back in a second”
Bette let go of Jess and turned her to face her.
“You better start talking Jess!” Bette snapped
Jess held her wrist and hand clearly in pain.
“She deserved it!” Jess snapped “I’ve said for weeks I’d had enough, she attacked me a few weeks ago yet she still gets to torment me every bloody day Mama its ridiculous!”
“Go to the school office, sit there, calm down and I’ll come speak to you once I’ve spoken to your ticket holders”
Jess shook her head walking off to the office.
Bette walked into her classroom.
Erin and Emma sat at the other side of the classroom.
Louise walked in.
“What the hell was that all about?” Bette snapped
“Tell you something Jess deserves a high five, she’s taken so much crap and yet you all choose to ignore it, now she actually does something and you take a friggen interest!” Lisa snapped
“Oh fuck off! She thinks she’s god’s gift because she has a record contract!” Erin hissed
“LANGUAGE!” Bette shouted “Or you’ll find yourself suspended!”
“Oh yeah!” Lisa snapped getting up “She’s never once mentioned her record contract nor does she walk about like she owns the flipping school like you lot do”
Jace pulled Lisa back down.
“Carmen come speak to me” Louise said
“Erin you come speak to me” Bette said
“I can save you the grief of interviewing us all!” Lee said getting up
He walked down to Bette and Louise, pressed play and handed them his IPhone.
“Lee I’ll give you this back after school is that okay?” Bette said
“Sure” Lee said
“You lot go to class” Bette said
“What about Jess?” Lisa asked
“Well deal with Jess” Louise said “Go”
Louise turned to face Bette. “Bette I’m not being funny but if someone said that to me about my other half I’d have most likely did the same”
“I would have done the same, this has gone on far enough” Bette said “Eddie needs to see this!”
Bette walked through the office and straight into the principal’s office. Jess watched her.
Bette played the video for him and then sat down.
“I don’t even know what to say to this!” Eddie said horrified
“I’m not condoling Jess fighting one bit, but this girl is harassing my daughter and has been for weeks on end, you need to make a decision or I will transfer my girls!” Bette snapped “I’m taking my daughter to get her wrist x-rayed, I want a decision by the end of the day Eddie”
“I need to suspend Jess for fighting”
“That’s absolutely fine” Bette said “Lindsay?”
“I’m going to expel her” Eddie stated “This has gone on far enough, I need a copy of that video to show the school board”
“Not a problem” Bette said
“Bette make sure that video is deleted afterwards” Eddie instructed
“And she gets suspended! No Bette I think it’s absolutely unfair! I’d have done more than punch her a few times!” Tina said
“Knew I shouldn’t have shown you that video” Bette mumbled
“Not to mention the fact Jess now has a broken wrist the press will have a field day with that”
“T I’m not happy about the situation either, look at it this way Jess has a few days to calm down and Lindsay is now expelled” Bette explained handing Tina a mug of tea
“It’s not the point!” Tina snapped “Have you even spoken to Jess”
“She’s not in a talking mood at the minute” Bette admitted “But I will speak to her!”
Lisa, Jace and Carmen walked into the house.
“How’s Jess?”
“She has a broken wrist” Bette stated
“This is bad This is very bad” Jace panic’d “I can’t play guitar to the same standard of her?”
“That’s the least of her worries” Lisa sighed
“Can I go see her?” Carmen asked
“She’s not in the best of moods honey” Bette said
“That’s fine” Carmen said going up the stairs
She knocked on Jess’s door and then went in, Jess was lying on her bed with her iPod in. Carmen walked over and lay beside Jess.
“You okay?” Jess asked
“Am I okay? I should be asking you if you’re okay” Carmen laughed
“I’m fine just annoyed”
“You have every right to be annoyed, and everyone knows that” Carmen stated
“Yeah for once I’m not grounded”
“Anyone would have reacted like that” Carmen stated “Have you told your Mama about your assessment?”
“No time like the present right?” Jess said getting up off the bed
Carmen followed her down stairs. Bette and Tina stopped talking.
“So on top of me being suspended and having a broken wrist I might as well throw this into the mix” Jess said “Mrs Shaw failed my assessment again, said it looked as if I didn’t even attempt to fix it”
“Oh she did, did she?” Bette said “There was nothing wrong with that assessment”
“In all fairness Mama you’re not my psychology teacher she is so yeah I failed” Jess said
“How’s your wrist?” Tina asked
“Sore, but serves me right” Jess said
“Jess I don’t condole fighting you know that, but after hearing what she said and seeing the video I’d have punched her too” Tina said “I’m absolutely furious you’ve been suspended”
“I’m not, I think it’s a good opportunity for you to calm down and get some breathing space”
“The full school is talking about it” Carmen said
“Exactly” Bette said
“That’s all I need” Jess sighed
“What did that idiot say about the assessment other than what you’ve said?”
“It was rubbish!” Jess said “I give up, I’m more confused than anything, she said I clearly didn’t understand the question”
“I’ll speak to her tomorrow”
“No Mama just leave it, I don’t need my Mama fighting my battles”
“It’s the principle, I want it cross marked” Bette said
“What does that mean?”
“A different teacher marks it, without knowing whose assessment it is” Carmen explained
“Yeah do that” Jess said
“What’s happening with Lindsay?” Carmen asked
“She’s getting expelled, I’ve also involved the police so we can look into getting restraining order” Bette said
“Oh brilliant, because that will do great for my career, I’ll end up getting charged for assault!” Jess snapped
“Actually no, you were provoked, we have evidence to that affect, you will receive a warning, however I do want measures put into place so I feel comfortable with you walking about the street without getting into trouble” Bette stated