BRAT BREAKING (PART 2)
There was an uncomfortable silence through the Smith's home for the next few days. An uncomfortable tension that only seemed to be growing with time.
Internally Mr. Smith wondered if it was his fault. He had heard of teens lashing out when they wanted attention, could that be it? No, the girl had everything she wanted, what else could she need? And plus he had noted this slide right from the beginning, he wanted to nip it directions from the bud but no his wife couldn't let him…
"Its just a phase. She'll get over it. Give her some time."
Look at where that had gotten them now. A terrible report card with an even more terrible daughter but all that would change soon, he had called the Mistress. Apparently she was a tutor for problem students and she gave her guarantee that Pearl would be okay by the end of the holiday. She had even worked out a system with the principal where Pearl could improve her results after the fact it was amazing.
The only one who hadn't noticed the tension was Pearl herself. For her she was finally free. She had tried so hard to keep up. Not to shame her family name. To be the perfect daughter and what reward had that got her, nothing. Just more stress.
This was until she realised something. She was the only daughter of an extremely rich family, an Heiress no matter what she did she was set for life. Why suffer when you can have fun, studying would never be better than partying, getting an A would never feel as good as being high with hands all over you. This was her new life and nothing would ever change t….
"Pearl you will be tutored this holiday, the tutor is coming by in an hour."
Pearl almost spit her breakfast out.
"What!!!"
"You heard me, your results were once again terrible and I will not have the Smith name tarnished like that and so this whole holiday you will study to rectify it. You're actually very lucky the tutor recommended a small holiday. I wanted it to start as soon as you got home."
"Dad I just…mom tell him…"
"I'm afraid I can't help you dear, your father is right. Plus maybe you do need something to keep you a little busy so you aren't out of the house all of the time."
Pearl huffed, even her mom was in on this. There was no escape from this still she had to show she was displeased so she pulled off the table and made her way angrily to her room. Her parents had become used to her tantrums so apart from a slight sad look from her mother she got nothing else.
About an hour later as Pearl scrolls through her phone she hears voices downstairs. Was that the tutor? Ugh! But she might as well come now…the earlier she arrives the quicker Pearl can make her leave.
She waits patiently to be called downstairs but a call never comes instead someone knocks on her door softly.
"Leave me alone mom!"
She shouts out. Her dad wouldn't have knocked as his first option. He would have tried to open the door first, then knocked angrily reminding her what he had said about locking her door…
The knock rings out again, this time it was louder. The audacity of her mother to knock twice angers her and she gets out of bed to go tell her off…
"Mom, I told you to…."
Pearl stops when she realises that the woman in front of her door is not her mother. She had never met the woman before but she definitely wished she had. She was beautiful, her ebony skin glows slightly in the light. Her outfit, an office skirt and a blouse gives her some soft authority.
"Hello my name is Miss Jana, I will be tutoring you this holiday," she says.
Pearl can't place her voice but it's neither anger or the fear that she's used to. Before she can think of a snappy reply Miss Jana talks again.
"Your father has been kind enough to offer up his study as our class, in trust you know where that is? Yeah then clean your room and come down, I'll be waiting." Then she leaves.
Pearl stands kind of stunned and turns back into her room. Clean her room? For the first time in a while she looks at the sty she had been staying in. There were dirty clothes all over the place and wrappers from all her different snacks. Also utensils she had brought up to her room. The maids had been told not to clean her room a while ago to help her build 'responsibility'. Well that hadn't turned out well.
She looks at the mess again. Why the fuck would she clean? What authority did this 'Miss Jana' have to order her around like this anyway? She huffs and slams her door making her way to the study.
She finds the door open with Miss Jana sitting where her father would normally sit with her reading materials already open all over the table.
"Close the door behind you and sit, have you cleaned your room?"
Pearl is quiet for a beat before she manages to speak again.
"Y…yeah."
It's a stammer that surprises Pearl. She never stammers. Was it because she was lying? She had lied many times before. Was she scared of her? Scared of a tutor? No. It was just a little jitters she would get through it and be back to her snappy self in no time.
"Good. Now do you know how bad you were doing in school?"
Pearl shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She knew she wasn't doing well but it was vague. After all you don't decide to stop caring about school and all its pressures then start looking at your results.
"It was very bad, but don't worry that's why i am here," Miss Jana said standing and circling behind her seat, "but I need to know you want it too so this is what is going to happen, im going to give you this book and I expect you to read it for a test tomorrow okay?" Miss Jana said slowly massaging Pearl's shoulder, briefly Pearl thought that this was a blatant invasion of privacy, very briefly before the pleasure took her over s..she was very good at this.