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Everything Will Be Ok

Chapter 10

***Taylor’s POV***
I woke up to the obnoxious sound of my alarm clock. Damnit, I have to get ready for school. I groaned as I kicked the blankets off my sweaty body and headed over to my bathroom mirror. I was horrified to see bruises trailing up my arms and on my face .Oh my god, I can’t go to school like this! I felt a strong pain in my stomach as I lifted my shirt to see my chest covered in purple bruises. I felt my eyes beginning to tear up. What the hell am I going to do?”Taylor, I swear if we are late again today, you are going to be in big trouble!”My dad yelled from outside my door. I panicked. I ran to the other side of my room to get a black sweatshirt to cover my beaten up body, and slipped on some dark skinny jeans. “Give me a minute!”I replied. I looked through all my bathroom drawers to find some makeup to cover up the black and blue marks on my face. I applied the cheap makeup onto my skin. Not exactly satisfied with the result, I threw on a pair of dark sunglasses to hide my black eye that my monster of a stepmother gave me. I reached for my school bag, rushed down the stairs, and accompanied my dad in the car.

When I arrived at school, I tried not to make any conversation with anyone. I finally entered my first period class, when I was excitedly greeted by Mikey. “Hey, Taylor!” He squealed. “Hey.”I tried my best to fake a smile. He looked at me questionably.”Why are you wearing sunglasses inside?” he asked. I tried to find a good excuse.”Oh umm…well I kind of got pink eye.”I lied. “Oh god, that’s horrible! I’m so sorry about that.”He said sympathetically.”Oh it’s ok, don’t worry about it.” He frowned again.” I hope you don’t mind me asking this, but also why are you wearing a hoodie In the middle of August?” I stood there speechless. Ugh, what do I tell him? I opened up my mouth to find something to say, when I was interrupted by the first bell.”Good morning class!”The teacher greeted us as we quickly took our seats. She continued to ramble on about the lesson, but I couldn’t pay attention. I was too worried to go on with the rest of the day.

Math class finally ended and me and Mikey parted ways to our second period classes. Great, now I have to go to Art, the class I’ve been dreading all morning. I really don’t want to face Mr. Way today. I know he is just going to be an ass to me because I know he hates me. But what else is new? Everyone hates me. Even I hate myself.

I sat down at my desk when I entered art class. More and more students began to fly through the door. I buried my head into my hands, waiting for the time to go by, when I heard Mr. Way’s annoying voice. “Alright class, please take your seats!” He demanded. I brought my head up to see my art teacher standing at the head of the classroom. He looked terrible. It looked like all the life he once had, had been drained out of him. His face looked like a grayish-green color and his eyes were bloodshot red.”Ok class, I’m not feeling my best today so please just get working on your projects that I assigned you and don’t disturb me.”He began to head towards his desk, when he stopped to talk to me.”Please no sunglasses or hoods in my class.”He remarked. I could tell he really didn’t want to get in an argument with me right now.”I…I can’t.”I quietly mumbled.”And why not?”His pale face turned slightly red with anger. His red eyes were directly on me.”Mrs. Williams, do you really want to have another detention after yesterday?”He asked while tapping his foot. “Fine.”I sighed in defeat. I slowly took off my hood and sunglasses, revealing all my bruises. The whole class gasped. I began to hear many whispers circling around the room. “Taylor, please see me after class.”