Second Chance-A Daminette Story

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"Hello, this is Lora Dubois. I am the principal of Parisian University where your niece, Layla Rossi, attends. It has come to my attention that we need to speak face to face, regarding your niece." explained Lora, over the phone. 

"Is Layla in trouble?" asked the voice. 

"It is quiet possible at this point that she may be expelled." spoke Lora, "I would like to speak with you and your husband in regards to these matters that have come into light." 

"I will call him and we can meet with you at 2PM." voiced her aunt. 

"Thank you and please, do not tell Li-Layla. I would like to hear her reasonings behind these matters." 

"Of course."

"Thank you, both for meeting with me. We are just waiting on one-" spoke Lora, as she was interrupted by a knock. "Come in, Caline." 

"Hello. Oh, you must be Li-um, Layla's guardians." said Ms. Bustier. 

"Yes and we are confused as to why we are here. You said it was possible for Layla to be expelled?" questioned her uncle. 

"I'm afraid most of this is my fault." explained Caline, "I had your niece in College and as she was a very ....expressive girl. I took what she said at face value. Earlier this week, we were told that we would be getting a visit from Damian Wayne to encourage donations for the Wayne Gala here in Paris. All donations would be directed towards the children's hospital here in Paris. Your niece told many of her class mates that she knew him since childhood. Damian ousted her in front of everyone that he didn't know her and it seems he did a background check on the class before arriving. Up until know, we had no idea you were her guardians." 

"What do you mean?" asked her aunt. 

"Li-Layla has expressed since she arrived here in Paris that she would journey with her parents to far off places and would be missing school for up to months at a time. Today, Damian told the class her parents died in a plane crash five years ago. Is this true?" spoke Lora. 

They nodded. 

"This is probably our fault. We have always been busy people and talked about this before, but we have never wanted a child. When my sister died, we were asked if we wanted Layla. If she didn't come with us, she would be put into the system. " explained her aunt. 

"We assumed that since she didn't need constant care, she would be fine with our busy schedules. I think we both can see that is not the case." voiced her uncle.

 "We also called Principal Damocles at College Francoise Dupont. She has many months of unexcused absences and also expressed may different disabilities. We would like to know if any of those are true." said Lora. 

"As far as we know of, she has no disabilities." sighed her aunt. 

"I see. With how much work she has missed since she has moved to Paris, we are concerned that she didn't retain that knowledge. Our best bet would be to place her in summer school to make up for her absences in college, but she would most likely have to be held back and retake this year. Which means, she will not graduate with her class in two weeks. With your permission, we would like to remove her, effective immediately from the class and into a remedial class." 

Her guardians looked at each other and said "Yes."

'It's been one week since Marinette's boyfriend showed up and they've already kicked Lila out of the class!' thought Alya, angrily.