Sweetest Taboo (And Then I Met My Teacher)

''Sherrie! Wake up! You're late!''

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Okay so meet my mum, Erin. She's never at home but when she is it looks like she has only one purpose: yelling at me until I have a break down. I know I might look like a terrible person to blame my mother for my problems but if only you knew her... She's the one who's making of my life a living hell.

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''Yes I'm sorry mum, I forgot to change the clock on my phone...'', i said apologetically. ''Yeah, well, get up now!'', she said grabbing me by the hair and pulling me out of bed. ''Hey! It hurts!'', i said begging for her to let go of her grip. ''Now get dressed'', she said while finally letting me go. She walked out of my new bedroom as I sighed in relief. I closed the door and opened a cardboard box to find some clothes. I put on my black Paramore shirt and my black jeans. I did my hair and my make up quickly and ran downstairs. ''I'm ready to go...'', i told mum. ''Okay. Go then.'', she said dryly without even turning away from her cup of coffee. ''What do you mean? You're not taking me to schoool?'' ''Nope. You're walking. I think you need to loose a few pounds anyway'', she cracked a fake smile. ''Now go or you're going to be late.''

I turned away and walked to school trying to hold back my tears. I didn't like it here. America was so different from England. Plus, I had no friends to talk to. I was all alone with my abusive mother, my problems and my shitty life. I looked at my Schedule to find out that my first period was art. Fantastic! I suck at art. This was going to be like the worst day ever. I could already feel it. I looked at my Watch; 8:58. Fuck. I was going to be late. I ran to the art class which wasn't too hard to find. I looked to find a free desk but there wasn't any. I looked at the teacher in panic.

''You must be Sherrie?'' he asked. ''Yes, I'm late, I know and I'm really sorry about that but I'm new here and...'' ''hey, its your first day, relax'', he laughed. ''By the way I'm Mr.Way.'' The whole class was staring at us what made me feel uncomfortable. ''Since you're the last student and there's a missing desk you can just sit infront of me at my desk'', he grinned. ''Thanks.''

He seemed nice. Maybe art wouldn't be that much of a pain finally. ''So, today is the first day of school. Considering that I won't give you any huge or complicated project, I'll just make you draw something nice you did during the summer break. However, I'll pick it up at the end of tomorrow's class.''

Something nice I did in the summer... What could I draw? I decided to draw me dancing. I'm a ballerina. That's probably the only reason why I didn't want to move away from Sheffield; that meant quitting the dance studio. ''You're dancing?'' I looked up from my drawing to see who was talking to me. A cute guy with Brown hair and glasses was staring at me, waiting for an answer. ''Oh erm, yes sorry.'' ''Oh my god, you're from Britain!'', he smirked. ''Yes. Sheffield, UK.'' ''I love your accent! Let's have scones and tea!'' I giggled. ''Say it!'', he said. ''Say what?'' ''Let's have scones and tea!'' ''Erm, let's have scones and tea?'' ''This is so awesome! What's your name?'' ''Her name is Sherrie and I think she'd like to work and you should work too Mikey'', said Mr. Way. Mikey rolled is eyes and went back to his desk. The rest of the period went pretty fast. The bell rang and I was about to put my sketch in my school bag when I saw mikey standing next to thhe teacher's deask, waiting for me. I was grateful for that because I had no friends at all. He smiled at me. ''What's your next class?'' I looked on my Schedule. ''Maths, how about you?'' ''Same! Let's go togheter?'' ''Yeah of course'', I smirked. He looked at Mr.Way ''Bye asshole!'' ''Better Watch your language you prick.'' I looked at them in shock and Mikey noticed the look I was giving him. ''Oh no, he's my brother'', he laughed.

The rest of the day went pretty fast and I was glad that I had met Mikey. He was a wonderful guy and we liked the same band what is pretty awesome because I didn't know many people who liked the same bands as me. ''Sherrie?'' That was Mikey. ''Yeah?'' ''Would you like to come to my place? Its pizza and movie night tonight.'' ''And it won't bother anyone?'' ''No! Don't worry about that'', he smiled. ''Alright that sounds like a plan then'', I smiled back.

Once we arrived at Mikey's place we went directly to his bedroom to listen to some band we both like and do our homework. ''If you had to pick only one favourite band, what would it be?'', i asked. ''Probably Green Day, how about you?'' ''I'd probably go with Pierce The Veil'' ''Yeah, they are good too.'' We smiled to each other and got back to our homework. About an hour later someone came in. ''What do you want me to order? Pepperonni & cheese? All dressed?'' ''both.'' ''Fine and hello Sherrie.'' I stared at him in shock. Mikey was living with Mr. Way?! I suddently felt so awkward. I was going to have a dinner with my art teacher. That's weird! ''Sherrie...?'' ''Oh yes! Hi Mr.Way. Sorry I got lost in my thoughts.'' ''That's fine and call me Gerard'', he smirked.

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