Chapter 8 - 8: Stay Low Key

Carol Carter sat down beside Sophia Green. Mariah Carey and Melissa Everly sat close to them.

Carol began to talk as soon as she sat down, "Boss. I took girls to see you yesterday and found that you had been discharged from the hospital. I was wondering if you would come to school today and here you are, you're really here!"

Melissa Everly poked her head around the side, "I asked my dad to find out what class you were in and he found out you were in class seventeen, so he went to the principal and got us transferred into this class. Now we can be the Sister Alliance again and keep ruling the world."

Melissa Everly's family owned a big company. They had donated a building to the school. So the principal usually satisfied her requests and would not offend her for something that seemed so trivial. In fact, her family donated money to the school every year. Another reason, Director Bull might want her to stay at school for two more years.

Sophia Green couldn't help asking, "Melissa. Haven't your parents thought about other ways for you to study in the last two years? Like studying abroad or something?"

Some students with poor grades and rich families would be sent to study abroad. They could pay their way into foreign universities, and their degree would be acknowledged when they got back. Many companies were willing to hire people with a background in studying abroad.

Melissa Everly looked proud, "My mom wanted me to study abroad. But I wouldn't agree. I had to wait for you to come back. If you didn't come back, I'd still be waiting here. I wasn't going anywhere."

Mariah Carey said, "My dad also asked me to go abroad. But he couldn't do anything if I said no."

Sophia Green really didn't know what to say. She couldn't bring herself to praise them.

Other students were looking at them. They didn't know Sophia Green, but they knew the other three girls. Everyone looked afraid. Hearing these girls call Sophia Green "Boss," they knew that Sophia must definitely be a bad student.

Students moved even further away from them, and there was a big space around them.

Carol Carter, with sharp eyes, saw Dave Malone sitting in the front row. She smiled at him, "What a coincidence! Dave Malone. You're here, too."

Dave Malone said nothing.

He touched his wallet subconsciously.

He wanted to cry and go home.

Just then, Ms. Acheson entered the classroom, and the students gradually quietened down.

Ms. Acheson smiled, "Congratulations on your promotion from tenth to eleventh grade. As you know, the eleventh grade is the hardest and most important year of high school. You can call me Ms. Acheson. I used to teach the tenth grade. And I will be your lead teacher this year. I hope you will get good grades in the college entrance examination at the end of this year's studying!"

As she used to take tenth grade, some of the students knew her. Those that did whisper to their classmates beside them, "Ms. Acheson looks nice, but she is very strict. It's impossible to be naughty in her class!"

"With her here, those bad students can't make trouble and hopefully will be obedient."

The students were talking, and some glanced back at Sophia Green occasionally. They wanted Ms. Acheson to teach those in the back a lesson to stop them from making trouble.

Carol was annoyed and gave hard looks to any of the students who were turning around to look at her. They were so frightened, and they quickly turned around.

"Boss, how about scaring a few students so they won't dare to talk about you behind your back?"

Sophia was getting a headache from these girls. She hadn't figured out how to deal with them yet. They seemed to trust her, and she couldn't let them go the wrong way.

"Stay low key!" Sophia said, "No action without my instructions. Is that clear?"

"Yes, madam." Carol nodded obediently, "you're the boss. We'll wait until you give us an order."

Sophia Green was speechless.

It was going to be a long and arduous task to get them on the right path.

Ms. Acheson asked several pupils to carry books for her.

The class began to whisper again. Sophia said to three girls, "Wait for me after school. Let's go to the hairdressers."

Mariah smiled, "Do you want to do your hair? Amazing. I don't think your hair is fashionable enough. But it is a little short and so it may not be easy to curl. Um… but a small curl would look pretty good."

Sophia gave her a look, "It's not me but you who need to get your hair done "

"Us?" Mariah was confused, "I just did my hair two days ago. It took, like, six hours."

Her hair was dyed in seven colors, evenly distributed, and it looked like a rainbow. It was obvious that the stylist had taken a lot of time.

"Dye it back to black." Sophia said.

Mariah looked like she was about to cry, "No, boss. It's so ugly!"

Melissa chimed in, "Yes, Boss. The same hairstyle won't highlight the strength of our Sister Alliance."

Only Carol Carter did not object and stiffly said, "Boss is boss. No nonsense. We need to keep up with the boss."

"By the way, put it in a ponytail after you've dyed it back. Don't let your hair down." Sophia said.

Despite being the boss' order, Mariah Carey and Melissa Everly were struggling to accept it.

Sophia Green could see it wasn't easy for them. After all, it had been their way for many years. She thought a bit and said, "You see people who have status on TV. Their hair is all clean and tidy. It's a status symbol. I didn't realize that before. But from now on, our Sister Alliance should be like that, you know? We can't be looked down upon."

When she said so, the three girls cheered up and happily agreed to go with her to the hairdresser after school.