Chapter 22: Chapter 22

Daisy's POV

I sighed immediately after I heard the bell for lunch break, I quickly stood up with my lunch bag, I was starving, I hadn't eaten the day before nor did I have any breakfast, and the thought of having to start living with Celine under the same roof in a few weeks from now is enough to make me lose appetite but mum was determined to go ahead with the wedding, she doesn't wanna listen to me, what do I matter to her anyways? She's fixated on getting married and of all the men she chose, it has to be Celine's dad, the thought of it always makes me wanna scream in frustration but as time goes by, I thought long and hard about it and decided that my mother can do whatever she wants, all I have to do is to study hard and if I do well enough, I just might be able to get into college sooner than I ought to, I will choose a college that is very far from home and once I gain admission, I will never show my face to my mother ever again.

I sighed, bringing out my lunch box from my lunch bag, I frowned, it was a pretty new lunch box, perhaps, mum is thinking that she would be able to buy my forgiveness by getting me a new lunch box, not gonna work, I opened the box and my mouth watered when I saw that she had also prepared my favorite meal, fried rice with salads and chicken wings,

I almost forgave her when I saw the meal, I took a spoonful into my mouth and I almost groaned aloud in sheer satisfaction, for a moment, I forgot about my anger, I was just about to take another spoonful when my lunch was wrenched away and to my mortification, an empty lunch box fell on my thighs with its contents in the floor, I glanced up to see Celine smiling belligerently, I soon felt the spur of anger in my heart and I stood up,

"How could you pour my food away" I whispered, fighting the urge to scratch that evil grin off her face,

"I see that my dad went shopping and bought the same brand of lunch box for the both of us, well, I will not accept that, I will not accept having to share anything with you or having the same thing as you"

Celine replied, her eyes flashing, that was when I noticed her lunch box, it was exactly the same as mine, it became obvious that mum and her dad had gone shopping and had decided to buy similar things for the both of us, well, bad idea,

"You shouldn't have taken your anger out on my food" I replied, not wanting to give her an edge over me

"This is just the beginning, you haven't seen anything yet, if your mum gets married to my dad, I will make sure I give you hell".

I took a deep breath, not wanting to get into argument with her, picking up my now empty lunch box, I decided to leave.

"Everyone, pay attention" Celine shouted and everyone paused and stared at her, but I wasn't going to stay and listen to whatever she had to say,

"As you all know, Daisy's mother is getting married to my dad" I paused when I heard her mention my mum and narrowed my eyes at her,

"Do you know that her mum is just a gold digger?"

"That's a lie and you know it" I clenched out and she turned to face me

"All I know I know is that your mother cannot keep her pussy in one place, always looking for who to shine it for her,"

everyone laughed, I even heard someone mockingly say, "is that so? I want a piece of her too" there were more laughter

"Stop it Celine" I warned, my heart boiling over in anger,

She slowly walked to where I am, standing right in front of me, she stared right into my eyes, her gaze showing defiance

"she's just like you, cheap slut, like mother like daughter" she yelled and I couldn't take it anymore, my hand connected with her cheeks and she screamed in pain and retaliated by grabbing my hair, pulling it hard, I immediately felt a bit dizzy, I haven't eaten for days now and I was already feeling weak but I would not let her get away with her taunts, shoving her away from me, I grabbed my empty lunch box and threw at her with all my might, unfortunately, Aires had chosen that moment to enter and interfere in our fight, so, instead of the box hitting Celine, it landed on Aires' head, giving him a fine cut and blood trickled out,

"The three of you, to the principal's office now".

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We all sat in the principal's office and watched her call each of our parents, I had tried explaining to her what happened but she was not ready to listen, and to top it all, Celine kept centering on the fact that I hit her first and that I even involved Aires by throwing my lunch box at him,

only Aires has been quiet since we got to the office, he was standing in a corner, his arms crossed over his chest, and his expression was unreadable, after calling our parents, the principal decided to place each of us in detention and for the next one week, I am to clean the library and make sure that all books are at their proper position, this isn't fair, I started the fight but Celine was saying such hurtful things about me and mum.

The two of us sat quietly in detention while Aires kept standing, I felt sorry that I dragged him into this and wondered why he didn't even try to defend himself to the principal,

"Let me clean the cut on your head" Celine offered and the teacher that was assigned to watch over us glowered at her, she quickly sat back and glowered at me instead, the teacher went back to reading his novel,

"I am sorry" I mouthed to Aires when his gaze met mine and he shrugged before shifting his gaze, I felt guilty the more and stared at his turned-away face, I frowned when I noticed a very faint mark at the side of his face, it was as if someone hit him, was he being abused by anyone? I shook my head, what was I thinking? Who would dare to abuse him? It's high time I stop imagining things, I glanced once more at him and he slowly turned up his collar, I quickly removed my gaze, he had caught me staring, Celine was still glowering at me and I carefully avoided her stare.

It seems to me like we weren't ever going to get out of detention, just as soon as I thought that, the teacher assigned to us deemed it fit to raise his head from his book and stared at his time,

"It's time, off you go"

I quickly left the detention room, not ready to face Celine right now, I don't need to serve more punishment when I am not even through with the one I'm in right now.

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"I got a call from your principal, why the hell did you get into a fight with Celine?" My mum reprimanded me as soon as I got in, she was standing in the living room obviously waiting for me,

"Do you care to know what she did?"

"Oh please, I don't care what she did, you should never have gotten into a fight with her, no matter the reason, you are going to apologize to her"

I couldn't believe what I just heard, apologize to Celine? Never,

"I will not apologize to someone who made me a laughing stock in school, she was insulting you mum"

"I do not ask you to get into a fight for my sake "

I can't believe that this is my mother, "are you so desperate to get married to her father that you would even take insults from her?"

"I am not desperate Daisy, I am only in love, and allow me to handle Celine's issues as an adult, do not go about fighting for my sake" I felt like shaking some sense into her, she might be the adult between the both of us but to me, she is acting like a kid,

"Why him? Of all the men in the world it has to be that man" I replied, placing a little force when I pronounced, "that man"

"That man, as you have called is my soon-to-be husband and your future father, what has gotten into you? Where are your manners "

"You care about my manners but you do not care about my feelings, what about me mum?"

"You will have to get used to it young lady, with time, you'll see that you will like him as your dad"

"You know what? I don't care any more mum, do whatever you wish but if you think that I'm going to accept him as my dad, never!!!"

Alice came out of her room, she must have heard the argument between mum and me,

"Daisy, why don't you give him a chance" Alice Chipped in and I glared at her

"Oh, shut up," I said before stomping off, I didn't stop until I reached the safety of my room and firmly shut the door behind me, only then did I allow myself to cry.