Chapter 5

The school bell rings and all students rush to their classrooms. The English teacher enters the class labelled 'Class One'.

"Sit up and pay attention" she urges them as she writes on the board.

As always Blake sits at the back pressing his phone and no teacher bothers to stop him.

"Miss Ivy"he calls. She then turns swiftly sweeping her blonde hair across"Yes?"she responds stressing the 's'. A big warm smile run across her oval shaped face."Whoa"the boys in the class sync in amusement.

"Could you please tell the girl behind the door to come in?"Blake bossily says.

As if she heard it,she enters."Good morning Miss Ivy" Irye greets. Dressed in jeans as usual and a plain shirt,she walks to her seat. Her ponytail dancing along in motion. She ridiculously has a long hair.

"Next time consider coming in a bit earlier than today alright?"Miss Ivy urges her sweetly."Yes, Miss Ivy"Irye agrees as her thoughts drift back to earlier that morning.

"Irye McVenus"a voice barks through the hallway.Mirabel still seems not to know her place in the house. Sometimes though,she dominates Irye and other times,she just gets scared living under the same roof with her. She stops in front of Irye's room and snorts."Get the hell outta that dump you call a room!"she orders.The door suddenly whips open. Her sleepy eyes scans the hall as if she couldn't see the person in front of her. She glances back at the big clock hanging on the wall in her room. "6:00"it reads. She is just about to close the door when she feels a spark of pain rush to her scalp. Her face turns red from rage and she turns around. That one person responsible for ruining her life as hell, Mirabel,stands there with a frown.

A glint of darkness covers those aquarium eyes in in half a second as she speaks "I think I've been too close to you lately so you must think am losing my touch".She holds Mirabel's dress"it's living in me alright" Irye says smirking. "It never goes off".She wipes invisible dirt off Mirabel's shoulder.

Those simple words sends chills down Mirabel's spine but she refuses to give in and throws her hand at Irye."How dare you?"She says in anger. The pain from the slap pushes Irye to get hold of Mirabel's neck. Anger rushing in. Mirabel's choking voice does not seem to shake her but only encourages her to tighten her grip further. She does not notice Mirabel on the verge of death. A tears runs down then another. Soon,she is sniffling. Being unconscious of herself, She tightens her grip even more making Mirabel struggle to ease herself form it. With a sharp breath, Irye let's go of Mirabel not sure what just insured between them.She notices Mirabel heaving and coughing, holding her neck.

Time passed fast and soon it is break. The students rush out of the class leaving Irye who puts her head on her desk and sleeps. After some time, she wakes to the voice of a man.

"Sorry ma'am,this is not a hotel"he jokes. The class booms with laughter."Sorry sir"Irye apologises and reforms herself. "Let's continue" the teacher walks back the the board.

RING RING..the school bell sounds and within a minute almost everyone is out of sight.The school's hallway is filled with people either chatting and laughing or walking their way out the building. Irye stops in front of her car to unlock it. Someone taps her from behind and she turns to face a familiar guy. She recognizes him to be Amber. He gives her a friendly smile"Sorry for what happened the last time"he apologizes."Am again, Amber".He says smiling. He totally looks like a smiling freak. Irye just nods.

"I know Blake will cause you trouble but don't pay attention to him"he tells her."You should just..."

"Urm.. I gotta go"Irye interrupts."Sorry Amber". She opens the door and it forcibly closes. The car's window reflects two other boys aside Amber. She takes counting steps in turning.She sighs"what do you want?".

"Hey, Irye"says Blake leaning on the car. She rolls her eyes at him and scoffs.

"I remember telling you not to walk out on me. I also remember not making you pay for your attitude last time"he smirks. Irye sends out a glare an speaks in the softest way she can."Could you please allow me go home?". Blake closes the car door again after Irye tries to open it.

"What do you want?"she yells at him and takes a deep breath.

"Teaching you your place. Are you that dense not to know?"Blake sneers as he leans in.

Irye scoffs"So what? You are like the school bully huh" She opens the car again and turns to look at him once more. "Teaching you your place. Are you that dense not to know?"she mimicks him and laughs mockingly. Then with a smirk she enters and drives away. She thinks to herself that she has to face it with him if she has to.

At home, she changes into a new attire and goes down for dinner. Something she unusually does. Her father announces that her Grandma will be coming in a few weeks. The last time she saw her was on her birthday. She is one of the people who make her smile and she is eager to see her. With happiness drawn on her face, she abruptly stands making the furniture squeak

"Am full"she announces and carries her plate along to the kitchen. Memories of her Grandma pampering her run across her mind and she grins. Still grinning, she takes a shower for the night and goes to bed early. At least another family member will be coming in. She feels like some parts of her broken world will mend.