The lecture went by without anymore disturbances, but she stopped me after class.

"What is it, Ms. Jones?" I asked, sweetly.

"You didn't turn in your last assignment, Ms. Romano." She said. I furrowed my eyebrows.

"I submitted all of my assignments, Ms. Jones." I muttered, looking at her weirdly.

"I didn't get the last assignment. You didn't turn it in." She said, now smirking.

"Maybe you lost it." I said, conveying double message. She's lost it.

"Detention, Ms. Romano." She said, sharply.

My mouth almost fell open. Almost.

But I just gave her the deadliest glare I could muster.

"Why, may I ask?" I said, resisting the urge to grit my teeth.

"For not turning in your assignment that was due last week, disrupting my class and talking back." She said.

"I submitted all my assignments. I didn't disrupt your class since 'I don't even know how long' and saying maybe you lost my assignment is not talking back." I rolled my eyes.

She ignored what I said and continued, with a smirk on her face.
"You will stay after school and It'd be great for one of your parents to meet me and sign this."

She seems sketchy.

"Dad's not home. He's out on a business trip." I rolled my eyes.

"Then whoever is your guardian at the moment." She said. I smiled at her way too sweetly.

"Okay, Ms. Jones." I said, sweetly.

I kicked her desk real hard on my way out, making her things fall down and when she bent to pick that up, I not so accidentally, emptied her desk, with all its contents, now on the floor. Then I slammed the door shut almost taking it off its hinges.

And I did something for the first time. I showed her the middle finger while walking out.

I walked out and found Zack waiting for me, leaning against a wall.

"What happened?" He asked, coming forward. "Woah. What turned you into a fireball?"

He pulled me into a hug, without letting me answer. And that calmed me down, sooner than I expected. I took deep breaths, taking in his scent, which seemed to soothe me inside.

"She gave me detention and wants to meet my guardian today." I muttered.

"Why?" He asked.

"Because apparently, I didn't turn in my assignment, which I did and talked back to her, when all I said was maybe you lost it." I said, stifling a laugh at the end.

Zack seemed to get the joke and chuckled.
"You kinda did."

"Well, she gets on my nerves." I said. "Now are you just going to hold me like this or you're gonna let me go?" I asked.

"I prefer this." He chuckled, picking me up and walking towards the cafeteria.

"Ugh. Put me down, princess. Do you wanna die?" I asked. Brothers will kill him.

"No and No." He laughed again.

I struggled. I can't enter the cafeteria, with him holding me in his arms.

Zack rolled his eyes and put me down, then put his arm around my waist.

"You know, I find it quite hilarious for Elonzo to come for a parent teacher meeting." He chuckled. "Like imagine the Capo of one of the most powerful Mafia, listening to a teacher, telling him how his sister is a troublemaker."

"Yeah." I laughed. I'm not even scared. Because I know I'm not wrong.

"What took you so long?" Nathan asked. I took a deep breath and told my brothers about everything.

"How dare she try to get you in trouble on purpose." Luciano stood up, about to strangle her to death, I guess.

"Sit down, Luciano. Let me call Elonzo and ask him what to do." I said, as he rolled his eyes but sat down. I'm getting wiser these days.

"Yeah? Are you okay? Where does it hurt? Do you want me to send someone to pick you up? Do you have fever?"

That's how he started. Can't blame him. I don't call him often. That in the middle of school.

"I got detention and the teacher wants to meet you." I said. There was silence for a while.

"What for?" He asked, probably thinking I pranked a teacher again and they finally had enough.

Then I started with my side of the story.

"I'll be there." He said.

"What?" I asked, surprised.

"I said I'll be there. Until then, try to behave. Don't get in any more trouble. Bye. Love you." He said.

"Okay." I gulped, still shocked. "Love you too."

"What did he say?" James asked, when I hung up.

"He said, he's coming." I said, still shocked.

"What?" Many people said. I nodded.

"Am I gonna be in trouble for this?" I asked, looking at the older twins.

"No. It's not your fault and he knows you won't lie to him." Ryder said, as Tyler nodded in agreement. Nathan hugged me to his side, as I melted into his hug.

I miss Will and Leo. And Marco. And Grandpa And dad. Basically everyone who's not here.

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I watched as Elonzo got out of his car, and strode towards the building. He came to me and kissed my forehead.

"That teacher is in for a lecture, for troubling my baby." He said, softly, making me chuckle.

We both went to the classroom together. I entered first. She looked at me and smirked, which vanished as soon as she saw Elonzo.

"This is my guardian, Ms. Jones. My brother." I said. She looked at Elonzo for a little too long.

I looked around. No cameras to witness her murder, if she makes me angry.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Romano." She nodded. Elonzo just stared at her.

Weird.
Something seems off.

He sat down as I took a seat beside him.
"So what did my sister do, that you had to call me at such a short notice?"

"Well. She didn't turn in her assignment, disrupts class, talks back and is disrespectful. Not to mention all the pranks she pulled." She said, listing everything.

"Did you turn in the assignment?" He asked, turning towards me. I nodded.

"Disrupted class?" He asked. I nodded. I kinda did, before when that periodic table scene happened.

"Talked back and disrespected her." I shook my head.

"Atleast not directly." I whispered.

"So the only problem we seem to have is disrupting class and the prank, which we already dealt with." He said. "Anything else you want to inform me about?"

"But I didn't get her assignment."

"She said she completed it and turned it in. You must have lost it." He said, non chalantly.

I stifled a laugh. She's lost it.

"Sorry." I muttered when they both looked at me.

"Which clearly is your fault." He said, looking at her.

"And she's failing my class." She said.

Now that was ridiculous.

"WHAT?" I shot up. Elonzo put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me down again.

"How?" He asked.

"All of her assignments were incomplete and had way too many mistakes. These are her test papers." She said, putting some papers on the desk. Elonzo picked them and looked at them for a second, maybe less.

"Do you really think I'm that dumb?" Elonzo asked looking at her.

Her expressions were priceless. Her face dropped when she heard that. The victory smirk vanished.

"This is not her handwriting." He stated, throwing the papers back at the table.

"Someone tried hard copying it." I smirked, looking at the papers then at her.

They did a great job on it. But nothing escapes Elonzo's eyes. It took one second for him to see that small difference in the letter E.

"So, when are you gonna admit, you're purposely setting her up?" Elonzo asked, leaning back.

She just stared at us, not even looking embarrassed.

I'm getting a very bad feeling.

"She keeps flirting with Mr. Smith and does inappropriate things in class." She smirked.

Lies.

"Don't worry. She's not doing anything behind my back. I know about them. I also know, she won't do anything inappropriate. So you can wipe that smirk off your face." He said, looking like he was getting bored of this conversation.

God! I love my brother.

Just as I thought that, something happened.

One second, I was looking at Ms. Jones while Elonzo sat beside me, clearly controlling his anger and getting annoyed.

The next second, my chemistry teacher was pointing a gun at my brother.

What the hell?

Without thinking for a second, I put my hands on the arms of my chair and put all my weight on them, I swung my leg up the table and kicked the gun out of her hands. It landed some feet away from us.

Ms. Jones stood up and ran to get her gun. Elonzo stood up and followed her, kicking the gun away, just as she was about to reach it. She lunged at him and tried hitting him as Elonzo dodged each hit gracefully.

He smirked. He was clearly way stronger. And he definitely knew something, when he decided to come for this stupid meeting.

I just stood there frozen and shocked.

This took a turn. A very interesting one at that.

Is it the right time to slap myself and check if its a dream? Where are the Cameras? I knew I can be an actress, but I didn't know they shoot the movie without telling the main lead. I'll sue the director and the whole production team.

It certainly wasn't any of the above case.

So, all the 'getting me in trouble' matter was to get Elonzo here.

Suddenly, the lights were turned off. I panicked, got my phone out and turned the flashlight on.

And I shrieked.

She had a knife out and lunged in a direction, most probably towards Elonzo.

Everything was planned. Her night vision glasses proved that.

Without thinking for a second, I ran towards them, standing in between them. She raised the knife. I grabbed her wrist and twisted it, kicking her on the knee, in the process.

She fell to the ground, the knife now in my hand. She kicked me in the ribs. Both the knife and the phone fell from my hands. It went completely dark again.

I was about to try and find my phone but was stopped.
"Stay very quiet, baby." I heard Elonzo mutter.

I froze on the spot. For a couple seconds, I could only hear my breaths.

What in kung fu karate blind fight is this?

Then suddenly I heard someone slamming on the wooden desk and the noise of wood shattering.

A groan was heard. A female groan, thankfully.

The lights turned on suddenly and men rushed into the room, with Marco leading them.

Well, this was dramatic.

I looked back towards Elonzo, to see him pinning Ms. Jones. His hands twitched. I know he's angry and may punch her any second. She'll die with one punch.

"We got it." Marco said, into the earpiece.

"Are you okay, Capo?" Someone asked, as Elonzo nodded curtly, standing up and straightening his suit.

They entered the room, with a man held captive, dragging him in.

"Is my sweetie okay?" Marco cooed, coming over to me. I smiled at him sweetly. He kissed my forehead, before turning back to Ms. Jones and the unknown man, sitting on the floor while my brothers stood before them.

"Long time no see, Jones." Marco mocked, looking at the man.

"Your sister tried very hard, but it wasn't properly planned, I'd say." Elonzo said, in his same non-chalant tone.

What?

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