Crazy Circumstances

"I can't believe she made it."

"Who are you talking about?" Laverne turned to Zayn with her purse in hand, eyeing him concerningly.

"Oh that girl." Zayn pointed to Renee who was surrounded by a small party of people checking up on her and trying to get her ready to be on tv. "She went batshit today."

"What do you mean?"

"She harmed someone, she hit him in the back of the head with a metal water bottle." Laverne's eyes darted over to the girl who seemed to be acting normal.

"Doesn't seem like it."

"She bit two security guards and cursed everyone. She had to be sedated." She still had doubts. The girl sitting not too far from the siblings now seemed like an everyday student. Something about her seemed familiar like she had seen her before. "Wait hold up, I know her!"

"Wait what?" Zayn thought she knew about what they did and his eyes flashed with panic.

"She's n-"

"She's Roland's sister." Roland? Zayn felt faintly panicked when the thought of his sister knowing her. The name Roland rang a bell.

"Your ex?"

"Mhm." She said with a gleaming smile. "I wonder if he's here! We should say hi!" She pulled on him to follow her but he pulled off and stepped back apprehensively. She looked back at her brother and her eyes softened. "Something's up." She leaned down to be facial height with him. "What's up?" His eyes appeared to divert from her's. "Do you…" She pointed back and forth with her thumb. "Like…her?" He shook his head and sighed. "Then what is it? Fuck, I should know my brother better than this. Y'all slept together right?" He gazed up at her as if he was gonna deny it but he couldn't do that. "Speak."

"Yes."

"Gosh, I thought you said you own that shit. What's so different about this one? I feel like you have feelings for her."

"It's not that, just…" By habit his hands flew up to his mouth and he started biting on his finger in thought of how to put this. She waited for her brother to come clean with patience as she knew he had problems with admitting his feelings.

"I feel like you're discriminating against this girl for being in a psyche hold. You've been in one." He waved her off as he thought about what he was trying to say to his sister. He was embarrassed about the situation and he thought he would never have to mention it to his sister.

"She uh- filmed me…" He glanced up at her and she seemed to be confused about what he meant.

"What?" Her eyebrows creased confused and then just a speckle of a thought of what he meant came to mind. "Filmed as in nudes?" He nervously nodded and bit on his hard even harder. "And that made you embarrassed of what I would think?" He nodded again while she pushed her curls from her face. "Fuck, non-consensual? You didn't know she was filming you?" At this point he could have drawn blood. She pulled away his hand from the tight grip of his teeth and passed him a lollipop.

"I didn't know it was a set up." Laverne's face shifted from having the utmost sympathy for the girl to being terribly angry. She looked as if she could tear out her throat.

"Fuck that I don't care but I do want to see Roland." She walked over to the family while Zayn's mind reeled on whether or not he should go over but he didn't want to stand alone. "Hi!" Laverne waved fakely over to the parents of the girl who seemed to somewhat recognize her. Zayn glanced over at Renee who seemed to be having a similar freak out he felt when his sister wanted him to come over.

"Do we know you?" The older lady asked.

"Yes, yes, I could have been your daughter in law." She pointed at her face and the middle aged woman squinted her eyes trying to figure out who she was.

"The Snipes girl." She said it as if she was disappointed which made both the siblings twitch inside. "How are you? I assume you and your family still receive handouts." Zayn wasn't one to hide what made him irritated but for his sister's sake he tried to keep up a somewhat neutrally happy face. "Is this why you're here? Did your brother get invited here?"

"No, we're family friends with the Venices and I'm assistant to Kegan Kole Taylor, you know the designer who's attending." Laverne waved over to where her boss was speaking with Daniela's mom. The woman lowered her glasses and waved back. "What about you still holding on to that heiress title?" Laverne's warm smile cut through the glare the woman was staring back at her with.

"Yo-"

"Hey, what's going on?" A pleasant voice joined them and Laverne turned to it with a smile. "Laverne?" The man said surprised, taking her in. She glanced over at his mother with a smug smile. "It's been so long! How have you been?"

"Fine, living my best life with my siblings. She pointed to Zayn who was adjusting his suit he was wearing.

"That's good to hear. I've seen you've met my mother again, how about my sister? Renee say hi." Laverne glanced down at the girl annoyed but still with a smile. The girl squeaked a small hi and she made eye contact with Zayn and turned away.

"Zayn what school do you go to? I assume it's the magnet school." Zayn laughed at the assumption.

"No, I go to Ferris Hugh, like your sister and we know each other." He shifted uncomfortably but nodded. Laverne noted, he turned out just like his mother.

"So you're acquainted?" Zayn nodded and decided he was no longer interested in this conversation. "So are you two here to be interviewed?"

"No, Your mother assumed the same thing." She glanced over at his mother who went to talk with the organizers. "We're family friends." He tilted his head confused but caught on.

"Of the Venices?" She smiled as an answer. She was thinking when she saw him she would fall for him again but she wasn't feeling that.

"Is that why you're here?" She asked like it wasn't obvious.

"Uh, yeah. Well my sister got the invite, I got one from my girlfriend to attend." Girlfriend? It wasn't supposed to bother her as much as it was beginning to. He pointed over to Kegan's Stylist and Laverne gave an uncomfortable smile. She did not like that girl one bit and now this was a pile on. Shyla was a one upper and made Laverne uncomfortable anytime they were in the same space. She was a social climber that acted like she was better than all around her or pretended to be faithful to the one's above her. Zayn rolled his eyes once he saw who the man was referring to.

"Good for you then." She totally lost all interest in this man, he has poor taste. "Zayn, let's find our seats." She motioned for the boy to follow behind her. "Oh, Roland, it was nice meeting you again and your sister." He noticed the shift in her behavior. He chuckled to himself and chalked it up to jealousy.

The four siblings sat right next to Janae and Daniela as they looked over to where the interview was supposed to take place in front of an open crowd. Renee was more than nervous as of now. She felt like she was being provoked by everything from the clothes she was wearing to the stage hands to the mic she was wearing to her mother coaching her to smile, her brother complaining about his ex and just the all the eyes in the sea of people. She couldn't focus.

The bottle Mr. Spencer Matt Venice was drinking from looking mighty hefty as of now. She glanced at it and back at the crowd then to her mother and everyone who seemed to notice her weird behavior. She snatched the bottle from the speaking man and chucked it as hard as she could. It opened, drenching some members of the crowd but it hit her target in the eye. She was going to rejoice but she was tackled to the ground by security. Everyone was grasping and Spencer signaled to keep the cameras rolling.

"Um, was this supposed to go like this?" Laverne asked, watching the spectacle in front of her.

"No!"

"Oh my god! Get off my baby! Get off my baby!" Her mother screamed as the girl was placed in handcuffs. Saintclair was being escorted through the crowd to safety as he held his eye crying out in pain.

"Oh lord, My EYE!!! You see what she did to my eye!!! She hit me in my head just today!!" He said exaggeratedly. Spencer turned to the camera with an awkward smile at the situation. The other children who were to be interviewed as well seemed scared out of their minds as they looked back while being led from the stage.

"CUT THE CAMERAS!!"