A Guide To The Opposite Sex (Discontinued)

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

A/N: Dedicated to miss_smiley8 for being so nice and awesome! Thanks for your comment; it put a smile on my face!

Riley POV

I didn't know how to react, and neither did Kyle. So we just sat there feeling numb and glued to our chairs.

After a very long, pregnant silence, Kyle and I both spoke at the same time. "It was all my ideal!"

My mother raised an eyebrow and shook her head, probably already getting a headache trying to keep up with her twin's meddling minds.

"I decided to transfer schools," I said in a lame attempt to try and keep Kyle out of trouble.

As soon as I uttered those words, the principal's eyes narrowed at me and she shook her head. "That's impossible! Your transcripts and files are still at Malibu Creek; you're still enrolled."

Both my parents turned to me with icy expressions. "If I don't get a straight answer from you Riley right now--"

"Okay, okay! It was me. I forced her to do it..." Kyle said and reached under the table to take my hand. 

"Do what?" Mrs. Shepherd asked in a wary voice. 

"Erm a guide to the opposite sex." I watched as my dad's eyes widened and he whipped his head to look at Kyle. 

"What did you make her do?!" I realized then how my words sounded. If I wasn't in such a stressful situation, I would definitely find his reaction hilarious.

"Dad, I'm sorry! I thought it'd make a good article for the school paper."

"You were going to publish that in my newspaper?!" Mrs. Shepherd yelled. 

Now I was seriously having trouble keeping a straight face. "No, you guys don't get it. All I did was dress up like a guy and enroll in another school. You know, to chronicle how guys act around other guys."

"Oh." the adults sat back down and relaxed for a second, now that they knew Kyle and I were writing something inappropriate. 

"Which school did you enroll in?" my dad asked with a hint of interest. You see, he's just what Kyle dreams of being: a reporter. 

Kyle saw his opportunity to get one of them on our side and took it. "That doesn't matter. Dad, you wouldn't believe all the research Riley and I have accumulated! I really think I'm on to something--"

"Kyle." My brother stoppd talking when my mom interrupted him in a low voice. "What school has Riley been going to?"

"Um Lakeview Hill Academy," Kyle muttered under his breath. 

"I'm almost afraid to ask but...isn't that an all boy's school?" My mom sighed when our only response was silence. 

"...so can I see the research?" my dad asked after a long silence. I bit the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing at the glare my mom and Mrs. Shepherd sent him. 

"I need to go call Lakeview Hill Academy. No one move while I go inform the school about...this." As soon as my mom walked out of the dinning room, my dad leaned forward and said in a low excited voice. "Show me and I promise not to tell your mother I saw it."

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"Not so fast, young lady." I sighed and turned back around to face my mom. She gestured down at the vibrating phone in my hand and my eyes widened. "What--you can't take my phone away!"

She calmly stuck her hand out and raised her eyebrows, "Want to bet?"

Rolling my eyes, I dropped the phone in her hands. Storming away, I slammed my door shut and leaned against it. I know the message was from Grant; I had read his name on the screen. 

How was I supposed to talk to him now? I needed him here with me, especially now that I was having such a bad day.

After my mom came back from calling Lakeview, the school principal and superintendent showed up on my doorstep.