Page 92 of Unspoken Truths

“What good will that do?” she whimpers. “The only thing I had going for me here were my good grades. I’m scared to find out that I’m wrong about that.”

“You know you’re too smart to be an ostrich,” I reprimand, wrapping my arm around her waist in a hug. “Don’t stick your head in the sand.”

“God,” Kayla says, seeing us, “are the lesbians having a fight?”

She acts as if we’re the only same sex couple in the school, which is a lie. There are quite a few, including the Kings in their polycule, yet Rachelle and I seem to be the only ones who get grief over it.

“You wish we were because you think you’d have a chance,” I tell her. “Rachelle wouldn’t be interested if you were the last girl in the world.”

“I still wouldn’t be that thirsty,” my girl mutters. “I have a feeling Kayla may be harboring hidden sexually transmitted diseases.”

“You bitch,” Kayla hisses, but we’ve already forgotten about her.

“Okay, let’s see how many teachers I can hunt down,” Rachelle rasps, swiping away at her tears.

“Good girl,” I murmur.

“Why is that so sexy when you say it?” Elijah mutters as he passes by us in the hallway. “My dick just got hard, Lili. Any chance you’d take care of that for me?”

“I wouldn’t touch it with someone else’s mouth,” I say sweetly, rolling my eyes.

There’s no way I could be interested in someone who treats Rachelle so badly. Especially if the Kings are behind this. Fuck, does Nacio know about this?

My cell phone is locked up in my locker still, or I’d send the twatwaffle a photo of my foot with an invitation for him to sit on it. It’s probably for the best that I don’t have my phone on me.

“Your girlfriend looks like she’s got some shit in her eye. Maybe you should check that out,” Elijah says, his lips tightening into a thin line.

Rachelle is trying to keep it together as she tries to wrap her head around how she’s failing civics, of course she’s upset. My hand desperately wants to slide into her hidden pocket and steal her stun gun. Maybe Elijah needs a reminder about how to properly behave.

He must see my intentions in my eyes, because he curses under his breath, turning down a hallway to effectively disappear from my sight.

Idiot.

Rachelle’s footsteps take us to her English class, and she takes a deep breath before knocking on the door. The tears are still tracked across her cheeks, but there’s not much she can do about that without washing her face.

“Miss Thomas,” her teacher says when she sees her. “Are you here about your grade? I meant to catch you earlier, but today was so busy.”

“What do you mean?” she asks, stepping into the room tentatively. “Is there something wrong with it?”

“Well, I was going through my grade book this morning, and I found a lot of incomplete information in it,” her teacher says. “I wanted to confirm it with you, since I remember talking about how well you’re doing. However, my book doesn't reflect that.”

“I’ve turned in all of my assignments,” Rachelle says, swallowing hard. “I know I’m new, but?—”

“No buts, you do put your best foot forward,” her teacher reassures her. “I simply don’t understand how this is happening. I keep very good track of my book.”

“It’s all digital, isn’t it?” I ask gently. “Is it possible the files aren’t properly protected?”

“I trust the school to ensure they are,” she says, wrinkling her nose. “I checked all of my other students, and they’re all correct. It seems silly that there’s a glitch just for Rachelle.”

“Is there anything that can be done?” Rachelle asks, her hands clenched.

“I don’t remember what your grades would be,” the teacher says apologetically. “I don’t keep a back up of everything, which means this is all I have for you.”

“Can I do makeup work or something?” Rachelle squeaks. “I have all of my papers on my computer.”

I have to hold back a growl, because I wouldn’t put it past Theo not to also wipe her computer somehow. We need to check it. It would figure this is why they’ve been so damn quiet.

“This is highly irregular,” her teacher murmurs. “Let me think about how we can amend this. Has this happened in any other classes?”

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