Life's Little Surprises

Chapter 4

Veronica's POV.

I sighed as I walked into school. Katie was walking down the hall with one of the teachers next to her. I raised my eyebrow. They were too close for my liking. Katie seemed to notice how close they were and took a few steps to the side to create a space between them. Ok. That's better. My thoughts were interrupted as I was tackled by Sammie.

"Hey Sammie, what's up?" I asked her.

"Nothing much. How are you? Have you seen Mariah yet?" She asked me.

"No. Have you?" I replied.

"Not yet. Come on. Justine and Justin are already on their way to Katie's room." She said, walking away.

"Race ya!" I yelled and took off down the hallway.

"I win!" I yelled.

"You’re on the track team!" Sammie yelled.

"And you could be too." I told her.

"Hey guys! I've missed you all so much!" It was Mariah.

"We didn't miss you." I said.

"I'm sorry babe." she said.

I glanced at Katie, who had an eyebrow raised and an amused look on her face.

"Oh Veronica. I didn't know you had a kid." Mariah said.

Now no way in hell did I want to say that Ana-rocket wasn’t mine. But for her safety I had to.

"She's not mine." I said.

"Oh. Is she yours?" She said it looking at Katie.

"Mhm." Katie said.

She still had that damn amused look on her face.

"Oh. So you two aren't a thing anymore?" She asked.

"We never were. Never will be." Katie said.

Ok. I know she's just saying that but.....ouch.

"So I can have Veronica?" Mariah smiled.

"No." Katie said it.

"Why not? You said you didn't want her. So I can have her." She said.

"Why are you in my class room?" Katie asked.

"Because this is my homeroom." Mariah replied, "And first period."

Fuck me.

"Oh. Ok." Katie said.

Mariah walked over to me and hugged me.

"Help!" I yelled.

"f**k off mutt face!" Sammie yelled and hit her.

"Ouch sis. That really hurt." Mariah said then walked out of the door.

"I'm scared." I said.

Katie looked at me but didn’t say anything.

"Come on guys. Let's let the lovebirds have their moment." Sammie said and the twins followed her out.

"So why were you and Miss Smith so close today?" I asked.

"I don't know. Ask her." Katie replied.

"Well. Your being cold today aren't you?" I asked.

"No." was all she said.

"Ok. So am I picking up Ana-rocket or are you?" I asked.

"If I can get out of the meeting today I will. You can go home and relax until we get there. Try to get homework done. If I can't get out of the meeting, do you mind picking her up?" Katie asked.

"Of course not." I said, "What's the meeting about?"

"I'm not sure actually. I think its about homework or somehting." She said.

I nodded.

She looked at me and sighed, "You know I love you right?"

Uh-oh. That never goes along with good news in my life. Maybe for once it might.

"Yeah." I slowly said, "Why?"

"Just making sure. You seemed hurt when I told Mariah that I wanted nothing to do with you. And trust me. I do. I love you so much." She said.

"I know. It just hurt hearing that. I know you didn’t mean it though. Like when I said that Ana-rocket wasn't mi-"

Riiiiinnnnggg!!

Katie grinned and I could tell she was trying not to laugh. I sighed and walked to my seat in the back and the others walked in followed by other random people. Finally, Mariah walked in. I sat down and took out my sketch pad and started to draw a picture of my family on the beach. Ana was running away from the waves and towards Katie and I. We were sitting on a blanket and Katie was in my arms. I was just putting the final touches on it when I heard my name.

"What?" I asked.

"Pay attention." Katie said, Can any one else answer my question?"

"I can!" Alex yelled.

"Thanks Alex. Veronica, stay after," Katie said, glancing at me.

"You would like that wouldn't you Miss Rivers?" Mariah asked.

"Shut up mutt." Sammie said.

"Ok. Enough. Mariah, I know its your first day back, so let me go over the rules of my classroom." Katie started.

I groaned. I hated it when she did this. She does it everytime someone talks back to her.

"1... you will not talk back to me. 2... Do not talk unless I call on you. 3... If you do talk out of line, you will stay behind. 4 If you continue to talk out of line, you get a detention. 5.... If you still wish to not follow my rules, you go to the pricipal and I give you extra homework. 6...Homework will be done every night. If its not you stay after school with me. Do you want me to continue? Because I will." Katie said.

No....that's okay babe. I'm already worked up. What? If you seen her giving orders you would be too!!

"No. That's okay. No one wants to her your mouth anymore than we f*****g have to Miss R." Mariah said.

"Oh shut up Mariah. No one in this school even likes you. Your the one that no one wants to hear. Your voice is so annoying. Its way to high pitched. And when you get mad it just gets higher. So shut the f**k up. Sit the f**k down. And shut the f**k up." I said.

"Yeah Veronica!" Nick roared, making the whole class erupt in cheers.

I smiled and took a little bow. When I looked at Katie, she was wearing that amused look again. I squirmed in my seat. Ok. You can go back to teaching now!

"Ok guys, settle down. Put your notes away. The bell is going to ring in about 5 minutes. You can talk amongst yourselves." Katie said.

I grabbed my stuff and walked over to her desk. She looked up at me and smiled.

"What was that about?" She asked me.

I shrugged, "No one talks to my Katie that way."

"Mhm. your going to do the homework tonight right? Since you didn't last night." Katie said.

"What are you talking about? I did the homework." I told her.

"I didn't get it." She said, looking through her pile again.

"You didn't collect it." I replied.

"I asked for you guys to hand it forward so I could get them collected fast and we could start class. You didn't listen to me."

"oh s**t. Sorry. Hang on."

I looked in my bag and took out my history homework. She smiled and took it. Mariah walked up and smiled at us.

"You two look so cute! Don't you wish she wanted you Veronica?" Mariah asked.

"What do you want, Mutt Face?" I asked.

"What I have always wanted." She replied with a smile.

"And what's that?" I asked.

"You silly. And I will have you. Even if I have to hurt someone." Mariah said.

"f**k you, you stupid bitch." I said and walked out of the room as soon as the bell rang.

Oh s**t. I was supposed to stay behind with Katie. Oh well. She won't care. I walked to my next class which was home economics. I loved this class because it helped me improve my cooking skills. Wait. What am I talking about? I have no cooking skills! I crack myself up sometimes.

I sighed and zoned out yet again. Before I knew it, it was break time. Oh great. Now I have to do this stupid pacet for homework. I was putting it in my bag when I spotted something that made my blood run cold.

Mariah was sitting in the front of the room. Holding a knife. Next to Justine. I stood up and walked over. Sammie wasn't here because she had gone to the nurse. It was my job to protect Justine when she wasn't around. I know it sounds stupid but Justine really can't hurt someone. Its not in her nature.

I stopped next to her desk and grabbed her books, putting them into her bag. Then I threw her bag over my shoulder and pulled on her arm. She stood up slowly and Mariah just gave us a sadistic grin. I pulled Justine away from Mariah and pushed her out of the door. No way in hell was she getting hurt if I could have stopped it.

"Are you ok?" I asked her.

"Yeah. Just a little shaken up." Justine said.

"What happened?" Sammie asked, taking Justine into her arms.

"Mariah freaked her out. Sammie, she has a knife. We need to get the hell out of here now. All of us." I said.

"What about Katie? We can't leave her alone here." Justine said.

"I know. Hang on. Let's find Justin and get the hell out of here. Now!" I said.

As we started walking, I took out my phone and texted Katie.

'Hey babe. Mariah has a knife in the school some where. I lost her. You need to leave now! We have to find Justin and we are out of here.'

Not even 5 minutes later I got a text back saying she was in her way to Mrs. Ross' office. I breathed a sigh of relief. My baby girl was gonna be alright. After half an hour of searching for Justin, I started to get worried. He wasn't answering our texts. Thats when I heard it. A blood curdling scream. It was Justin.

I ran to him as fast as I could. No, no, no,no! Not my Justin! She couldn't have gotten to him! I turned the corner just in time to see Mariah jam the knife into Justin's spine. Time froze. Justin screamed and fell. Sammie tackled Mariah and Justine ran to her brother. But I couldn't move. I was stuck. Teachers came running down the hallway and grabbed Sammie and Mariah. I felt arms go around me. I just let the persone hold me.

"Its gonna be okay." The person whispered.

"..." I couldn't say anything.

"I have you babe. I have you." It was Katie.

That's who was holding me. I was safe now. She was safe. Justine was safe. Sammie was safe. Justin.... I didn't know.

I just didn't know.