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It's been 12 days!!! I'm so sorry.
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Should I make a sequel? Or should I just end it where I plan on ending it? I don't know what to do, but I have to start my newest story soon, and I want to figure it out.
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|Noah Bradley|
I follow the principle to the office, my palms beginning to sweat at all the possibilities of things I may be in trouble for because let's face it.
I'm not a good kid.
"Noah, please take a seat" He motions to his chair, opposite his desk. I take a seat, my hands gripping the arm rests as if my life depends on it. The door opens, and I jump seeing my mom walk in with my guidance counselor.
"Mom?"
"Noah Anne, why am I here? Your school has never called me here, what did you do?" She asks, just as confused as I am.
"I don't know mom"
"Mrs. Bradley, please come in and have a seat" Mr. Vincent greets. [a/n is that the name? I really have no clue anymore, I need to make a character list]
"Please, call me Cara" She nods, sitting in the seat next to me.
"So you're probably wondering why you're here" Ms. Smith; my guidance counselor says, looking at me, then my mother.
"Yes" My mom nods.
"Well as I'm sure you are aware, Noah has aced her SATs meaning she got a perfect score" She says and my mom looks at me with a grin.
"No she didn't tell me, I'm so proud of you"
"Well that's our problem. We've received word from a source that will remain anonymous that Noah has cheated on her SAT" Ms. Smith frowns.
"What?" I screech "Are you serious? Who the hell told you that? I actually tried on my SATs, I didn't cheat, and I'm incredibly offended that you'd think that low of me that you'd believe some kid saying that I cheated! I may be a lot of things, but one of them is not a cheater. I busted my ass all year to make sure I did well on the SAT so I didn't cheat!" I scream.
"Calm down young lady, Ma'am, I know my daughter well enough to know she wouldn't cheat on a test like this, a math test, yeah she probably would, but the SAT, she wouldn't even think of it" My mom defends.
"Yes, but we have no proof she didn-"
"We have no proof I did! You know I didn't cheat if I got a perfect score. Everyone is so surprised because no one expected a dumbass like me to get a perfect score, if I were going to cheat I'd get some wrong so that I didn't get questioned. I got that score fair and square" I cut off Mr. Vincent
"We want to believe you, but until we find out the full truth, we're going to have to tell the colleges you've been accepted to" Ms. Smith sighs.
"Woah, hold on. That's a little much, you're going to tell the colleges she got accepted to, which may I add are the top three in the country that she cheated, which she didn't. All because some random child told you she did. I will not let you ruin my daughters reputation in school, if you tell them that, without knowing the truth, she may not get another chance, so find out the goddamn truth about the situation before you ruin everything for her" My mom growls "Now if you excuse me, I have things to do" She stands up leaving the room.
I smirk as Mr. Vincent gulps, and straightens his tie.
"Can I go back to class now?" I ask.
"Yes, you may"
I give a very sarcastic smile to the both of them before leaving the room, slamming the door behind me, I walk back to Chemistry and walk in, everyone's head turning to me.
"What?" I hiss and they all turn away, I walk to my seat and plop down next to Sarah, a huff escaping my lips.
"What happened?"
"Someone fucking accused me of cheating on my SATs and now they're going to call the colleges and tell them, then they're going to figure out the truth"
"You know, it was probably you!" I turn around to Austin "You probably lied and said I cheated when I didn't"
"Noah, I may be a dick sometimes. But I swear to fucking god that I'd never accuse you of something like that, even if you did, I'd never tell" He tells me sincerely and I turn around in my seat, huffing and crossing my arms.
***
"Noah, you have mail I forgot to give it to you yesterday" Andy tosses me a small stack of envelops.
I flip through them, stopping at three.
Stanford University
Yale University
Harvard University
My heartbeat quicken as I rip open each each saying the same thing.
Dear Noah Bradley,
We regret to inform you, but we have received information regarding the legitimacy of your SAT scores. At our college cheating is unacceptable, and we will not allow that behavior at our college. It is intolerable and unfortunately we will no longer offer you a spot here at our school, we are terribly sorry.
I fold up the letter and shove them back into the envelope not needing to read any further to know that my life is officially ruined. It's been four days since the meeting with the principal and guidance counselor and they've already ruined everything.
"Noah, sweetie. You need to get ready for school" My mom knocks.
"Okay" I nod, and stand up putting on a pair of leggings, a hoodie and sliding on my blue vans, not feeling the need to give a shit today.
I walk down the steps sliding the letters into my pocket "Andy, you riding to school with me?" I ask him and he shakes his head.
"I'm not going today"
"Okay, I'll see you later"
I walk out of the house and to my car, starting it up and driving to school. I park in my normal space and get out walking into spot and walk inside TJ greeting me.
"Hey" He smiles kissing my cheek.
"Hi, can't talk now. I have to take care of something" I tell him and walk into the principal's office. I barge into the room not even bothering to knock, seeing he's already talking to a student.
"Ms. Bradley, you're going to have to wa-"
"The fuck is this?" I cut him off tossing the letters onto his desk "You told them! The funniest thing is I applied to 5 colleges and these are just letters to the top the in the country! Why didn't the other two matter, you just wanna ruin my entire fucking life don't you!"
"Noah, you need to calm down" He says calmly.
"Fuck being calm! My entire fucking plan after high school is fucking ruined because some bitch had to make up a lie to get me in trouble! All I had to feel proud of myself is gone! Ripped away from me and there's no way of getting it back, and what you did can't be fixed! I hope you're fucking happy!" I scream picking up my letters and putting them back into my pocket.
"Noah, this can be-"
"No it fucking can't" I scream, sliding everything he had off his desk.
"Noah Bradley" He yells.
"How would you like it if someone decided they were going to make up a lie about you and you lost your job and other job opportunities because someone decided to rat you out before finding out the truth! It'd feel pretty fucking bad wouldn't it!" I yell leaning closer to him "That's exactly what you did to me, and now" I say through gritted teeth "I have nothing" I whisper, tears falling down my cheeks. I wipe them with my sleeve turning on my heel and leaving the room, slamming the door so hard the walls shake and some pictures fall off the nails they're hanging on.
I walk out of the school and to my car, driving home. I storm into my house slamming my door and laying on the floor in my hallway.
"Honey, what happened?" My mom asks laying down next to me.
"They told the schools, and I'm not allowed to go anymore" I cry, burying my face in her shoulder.
"It's okay" She coos rubbing my back.
"No it's not mom, everything's ruined!" I sob "I don't know what to do mom"
"I know Noah"
"I want Daddy" I cry harder, and my mom sighs.
"Me too"
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Aww, poor Noah.
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
I love you all lots.
Cailin