It's Complicated - Chapter 4

Really Mom? Two days in a row she forgets to wake me up. I bet this all Zack's fault. I don't have any solid evidence yet, but I get some I'm going to shove it in his face and shout 'TAKE THAT!' OK, I think I've been playing too much Phoenix Wright…

You know, I'm almost positive I set my alarm clock the last cha-I mean, just last night. I bet Zack turned it off last night to piss me off! TAKE THAT! OK I better stop that. Let's not worry about how this happened, let's just resolve it. Brush my clothes, put on my hair – wait, GWAH! No time to sort thoughts! Just hurry!

I dashed to the fruit bowl and grabbed an apple; a green one to be exact since they rock so much. I nearly – no, I did - rammed into my front door and in flung open. The summer sun got in my eyes and practically blinded me. I just want it to be the end of the year already. And I want to the End of the Year Dance on Friday. Usually dances made me hurl, but now that I actually have someone to go to it with I'm actually excited.

I was horrified to find that the bus had already left without me. I ran toward and screamed, "Wait! I'm here! STOP!" It was too late. Like I said, the bus driver doesn't pay attention to anything, so he just kept driving. I saw Stella looking at me, feeling sorry for me (not sorry enough to do crap apparently) and Angela having a smug look on her face. In a fit of rage I threw my apple on the floor and started swearing.

I heard a car start right behind me and my mood brightened. Surely it had to be my mom who would feel sorry for not waking me up and drive to school. I turned around and my mood soured when I saw retarded Zack and the Afro Ninja in the car. He drove up to me and brought the car window down. "Aren't you supposed to on your way by now?" he said.

"My alarm clock was turned off by someone so I missed the bus." As soon I said that, Jeremy started to snicker. Aha! The witness breaks down on the witness stand and admits his guilt! Then the judge gives us a 'Not Guilty,' Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth chooses death and Maya and I get burgers. End of Episode 4. I just glared at him and decided I'd punish him later. "Can you give me a ride?"

Zack mulled this over for a bit, which pissed me off. "Is your school anywhere near Manded Road?"

"No."

Zack completely blows me off after that and starts to drive away. Of course I am now beyond angry. I take the apple I recently threw on the ground and throw at his car, but he speeds up at the last minute and I miss. Damn! I could've thrown my backpack, but then I'd be without my books and then we both lose. Actually, I think he'd still win, but…Whatever! I take out my Twizzler bag, stuff some in my face and run to school.

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Oh man, this is one for the record books! I ran 5 miles to school in 30 minutes! That is something only true athletes can accomplish! Well, in fiction, anything is possible I guess…I should stop breaking the fourth wall, it's getting old. Anyway, needless to say, I was sweating buckets and trudging to my locker. Trent saw me and gave me a weird look. "Yeesh, what happened to you?"

"My retarded family happened," I told him, getting my things ready. OK, not all of my family is retarded. My mom isn't that retarded, and…Anyway the point is I was furious. When I got my stuff ready I closed my locker and spotted Stella, who stopped me. She looked scared and I was giving her the biggest death glare ever. She started to run, but I was too fast for her. "You…" I grunted.

"I-I'm sorry!" she shouted, try to pry herself from the death grip I had on her arm. "You know the bus driver wouldn't have listened to me anyway! Please don't kill me!"

I continued to death glare at her for a few more seconds before letting go. She was right, it's not her fault. It's everybody else's. Except Trent and Duncan, they're still awesome. I wiped the sweat off my face and gathered my stuff, only to bump into Angela and Aiden and WHY THE HELL WAS DUNCAN DOING HOLDING HER BOOKS?

"I paid Duncan fifty bucks to hold my books," Angela told me like she could read my mind. I hate when she does that. She took Aiden's books and stacked them on the books Duncan was already carrying, and Duncan dropped all of them, causing people to snicker, especially Angela and Aiden. She's getting me mad.

I took my Twizzler bag out and the bitch immediately snatched them from my hand and threw them in the trash. My friends looked horrified, and even some people stopped in horror. You see, they knew the things that made me want to beat the shit out of someone: One, messing with my Twizzlers, two, messing with my friends, three, beating the shit out of me first, and four, the combination of the top three. Luckily four had not happened, but two out of four was enough to make me slap this bitch.

So I swung at her. Needless to say a lot of people were either scared or pumped to watch a fight. Angela got up and swung and me, but it wasn't a critical hit like my punch. We broke out into a really big fight. A bigger fight than I was hoping for. People were chanting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" No, you dumbasses! Teachers are going to hear you and you'll get us in trouble!

Of course since I am a huge genius my prediction came true and the Vice Principal came and broke us up. He brought us to the principal's office and, well, guess what happens next. No, we don't get expelled you idiots we get suspended! THINK! Sorry to diss you like that, keep reading. Anyway, it was effective immediately, so we had to take our stuff and go. Thank God I was still on for the dance.

Stella, Trent and Duncan watched as I packed my things in anger. "Hey, great fight Jasmine!" Someone commented. It was Chris, and Saarah, Luna, Kyuubi and Cori were with him. I hate those guys. They're always talking about Snow Danny and a St. Patrick's Day massacre and a bunch of other bullshit. Rachel was there too. She's weird, but I heard she takes that as a compliment.

Once I got home it was about 10 A.M. Good, I had about six hours left of freedom. That's when Mom and Zack come home. I ran up to the kitchen and saw the Afro Ninja eating chicken and watermelon. Jeremy got out of school not a few days ago. He was also drinking grape juice, which I thought was odd. "I didn't know we had grape juice," I commented.

He looked at me like I was the biggest retard ever. "Nigga what the heck is juice?" he said to me. "I'm drinking grape drink, baby."(A/N: Feel free to jump in and call me racist anytime.) Now I looked at him like he was a retard.  "Aren't you supposed to be in school now?"

"Like I need to answer to you, ninja," I told him. I was still pissed at him for his little prank this morning. I opened the fridge and grabbed some Sunny D. It was next to the purple stuff. I didn't know what the hell it was. Grape something.

When my Mom got home I got a long lecture from her. Zack was next to her looking bored as hell. Parenting wasn't his thing. He just wanted to get it on with my Mom and that was it. We could rot in a hole for all he cares. "…you're grounded until Sunday," was all I heard from her.

Now, you'd think I'd be all like, "What!? Mom that is so unfair!" No, it wasn't. Sunday was the day of the dance, and my Mom knew that was all that was important to me. Zack tried to extend my jail sentence, which I gave him a death glare for, but my Mom said Sunday was fine. Way to grow a spine Mom!

I quietly went to my room. Stephanie gave me a mischievous smile on the way to my room but I didn't care. I stayed in my room and went to school until the big night.