Melissa spent the morning at the school as normal, going through her normal classes and looking forward to her date with Trevor. It wasn't till after third period that she had time to visit her locker to put her morning books away and bring out her afternoon books. As she was doing this, she overheard a couple of girls talking.
"Did you hear what happened to Ms. McCoy?"
"I heard that she got thrown in jail last night. Something about changing some guy. At least that's what I heard from my dad."
Melissa's fingers tightened around the edges of her locker door as she continued to listen.
"It's about time, if you ask me. How long has she been single?"
"Way too long really. I mean, in her thirties and been a were for ten years. And she still hasn't hooked her claws into a guy. Or rather some guy hooked his claws into her if you know what I mean." Both of the girls that Melissa overheard started giggling to each other.
"Well, anyway, from what I've heard, they're gonna throw her in jail for a long long time. I heard she got into a fight, and she slashed this dude on the leg. I heard my dad say she did it on purpose to claim him."
"Good. I never liked her anyway. Way too stuck up if you ask me. Hopefully a nice long prison sentence'll mellow her out."
Melissa had heard all she wanted to hear as she slammed her locker shut and started to march quickly towards the front of the school. She felt like she was suffocating, and she needed some air. She stopped just past the door, and started to take some deep breaths as she sat down near the door. Was it all true, she thought to herself. Did Virginia really change her dad on purpose? That couldn't be true...could it?