Everything Will Be Ok

***Gerard’s POV***
I glanced down at my watch to see there was only a minute left till the bell for second period would ring.Many students had already arrived to class and got themselves settled.More and more kids began to hustle through the door, as I waited for the presence of Taylor. She still wasn’t here yet. She never has been late to my class before. I really needed to check on her to see how she was doing, because last night she seemed to be pretty disturbed during the phone conversation we had. A horrific thought crept up on me. What if she was abused to the point where she couldn’t come to school today? That would explain why she wasn’t here yet. The bell finally signaled for class to start. “Alright class, please quiet down while I take rocall.”I announced over the many side conversations. “Timmy?” I searched around to see he had raised his hand. ”Here!” I nodded. “Jessica?” She turned her chair around to face me. ”Here Mr. Way.” I continued the rocall in my head quietly, when I finally reached to Taylor’s name. “Taylor?” There was a long silence. One of my students spoke up. ”Mr. Way, she’s not here.” She replied. I nervously stroked my hand through the raven locks of my hair. “Does anyone have first period with Taylor Williams? ”I asked waiting for a response from any of the students. Jessica raised her hand. ”I have first period class with her.” She said. “Was she in your first period class today?” I furrowed my eyebrows. “Now that I think about it, she was here this morning.” She replied. “Ok, thank you for letting me know Jessica.

I scurried over to my desk and phoned the front office. “Hello?” I greeted through the phone. “Yeah, I would like to report one of my students missing. One of my kids says that she saw her this morning in first period, but she did not show up for my second period class.” The lady on the other line spoke. ”Ok, thank you Mr. Way. We will be sure to take care of it.” I nodded and ended the phone call. I focused my attention back on my class. ”Alright everyone, now work on your projects that are due Friday. I will be expecting A+ work!” I sat myself down as the class continued to chatter. Where could she be? The same question echoed through my head for a while. Please be ok Taylor.

“Ms. Taylor Williams please report to the front office immediately.” The vice principle announced over the intercom. My eyes began to droop from weariness. I reached over for my coffee cup to find it empty. “I stood up and strolled over to the door. “Continue what you guys are working on, and I will be back in a few minutes.” I declared, leaving the classroom.
As I was heading on my way over to the teachers’ lounge to fill up my coffee cup, I passed the bathrooms. As I was passing the girls’ bathroom, I recognized a certain backpack lying against the outside of the bathroom door. I observed it when I realized that the backpack lying there, belonged to Taylor! Oh my god, was she actually in there? I listened in to see if I could hear anything. I was losing track of time when the bell for the ending of second period rang. I looked back at my watch to see the time. I better get back to my class, so I’m not late for the next one. I was about to leave, when I heard one of the stall doors open and out of the bathroom came none other than Taylor herself. She saw me and froze. “Taylor! Oh you are going to be in so much trouble!” She couldn’t respond. She was too startled by my presence. “You are going to have to come with me to the office young lady!” I demanded in my strict, teacher voice. I guided her by pulling at her arm. ”OW!” She squealed in pain. I tried to ignore her the best I can. ”Please Gerard just let me talk to u, I can explain!” She pleaded. “Oh you can, can’t you?” I replied sarcastically. “Just let go of me and let me talk!” She yanked her arm away from my grasp. My eyes met her fearful eyes. I grunted obnoxiously. “Taylor, why in the world would you ditch my class?” I asked in a stern tone. She turned her head away. “Be-Because, I was trying to…” She stood silent. ”You were trying to..what?” I replied, waiting for her to finish her response. “I was trying to avoid you…” I exchanged her a confused look. “Why were you trying to avoid me?” I asked the obvious question. “Taylor I was worried sick about you!” She looked back at me with tears coating her emerald green eyes. “She..She did it again.” Her voice shook in sadness. “What did who do?” I was afraid I already knew the answer to what she was about to say. My stepmother…She beat me again. Even worse this time though.” My heart sank. “Oh Taylor…I’m sorry.” I apologized realizing how much of a jerk I was being. “I don’t expect you to answer this, but how did she hurt you this time? “She wiped a tear from her pale cheek and sniffled. “She threw me down the stairs of our house when my dad was gone for work…” She struggled over her sentences. I gasped in shock.I almost felt like crying for her. “Taylor please come with me. We are not going to the office, just my classroom. I really need to figure things out with you, and I will call the office saying it all was a misunderstanding ok?” She nodded while fighting back sobs. ”Alright, let’s go.” I said, as I helped her walk on her injured leg back to my classroom.

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