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Everything Will Be Ok

Chapter 54

***Gerard’s POV***
The morning sunrise fled the living room as I awoke to find myself on the couch from the night before. I guess that we continued to listened to some more music and watch some movies that I finally got so tired and passed out. I rubbed my eyes as I noticed Mikey and Taylor sleeping on the other couch beside the coffee table. God Taylor looked so precious when she slept. She appeared so fragile as her hair framed around her flawless ivory face. I then lifted my body up until I was standing on my feet when I realized that it was Monday morning and I was going to be late for work. I glanced up at the clock that hung from the living room wall. Shit I have 15 minutes till I have to be there. I quietly hurried up the stairs as I tried not to wake Taylor and Mikey. When I got to my room I raced over to my closet, not even bothering to take a shower due to the small amount of time I had to get ready. I threw on my usual black dress shirt and red tie, followed by matching black pants. After that, I slicked my raven black hair back with gel and brushed my teeth to get rid of my morning breath. Lastly, I added a bit of cologne just to cover up any smell I might have had since I couldn’t take a shower. Finally ready, I practically ran down the stairs while grabbing all my papers and hopped into my car. With only ten minutes left to spare, I sped down the block and across a few streets until I reached the school parking lot.

As I arrived at the doorway to my classroom, I was welcomed by a few students who were already there early. “Would you three like to wait inside my classroom until the bell rings? It’s a bit chilly outside.” I offered. “Sure. Thanks Mr. Way.” I smiled. “No problem.” As I reached for the handle of the door, I noticed that the door was already unlocked. That’s weird, I never leave my classroom door unlocked. “Is something wrong Mr. Way?” Asked one of the girls. “N-no everything’s fine…” I mumbled as I opened the door and walked in, followed by the three girls. They all sat down in their seats and began to chat when I went to go sit down at my cluttered desk. Lying on top of a small pile of folders was a note. “Stay the fuck away” It read in sloppy handwriting. This sent shivers down my spine. It looked as if the person was in a hurry to write this based on the horrible calligraphy. Who would want to threaten me? Was it a student, a staff member, or maybe even a complete stranger…Just to calm myself down I came to the finalization that it was probably a high school student playing a stupid prank to freak me out. I then crumpled the note and threw it away so I wouldn’t have to see it again. I could already tell that this was going to be a long ass day.

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It was already halfway through the day and I was glad that it was finally my lunch break. Instead of just staying alone in my classroom for 45 minutes, I decided to head over to Rockin’ Records to go talk to Dave about offering Taylor a job like I promised. When I arrived at the shop, I noticed that there wasn’t anybody at the front counter. “Hello? Dave?” I called out hoping for a response. All there remained was silence. As I continued to wait, I decided to check out some of the rock n’ roll albums on the shelf. I jumped when I heard the sound of his voice, when he entered from the back room. “Sorry I thought you were my boss. Did you need to buy anything?” He asked looking as if he hadn’t slept for ages. “Actually I came to ask you something.” I muttered. “Alright hit me.” He said while taking a sip of his canned beer. “Well see you know my girlfriend Taylor?” I began. “The one you brought in yesterday?” He asked. “Yeah. Well she was wondering if she could get a day shift here.” His face instantly lit up. “Hell yeah that would be great! I’m really getting sick of working all these hours. When can she start?” I scratched my head. “I guess today at 4 or 5.” He finally threw away his crumpled can. “Perfect. I’ll see her then I guess.” A big smile spread onto my face. “Thank you so much dude. See ya later.” I said leaving the shop. “See ya later.” He called after me.