Stalker | Jemi

Episode 7

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By the time Joe pulled up at the ice cream parlour Jayden had fallen asleep in the passenger side,  the scenes of the day were starting to take over him. Joe climbed out of his car looking inside to see if he could see Demi but he couldn't, he knew she had probably gone to school and collected Isaac so she could have at least one of her sons with her. He climbed back in driving away the short distance to Demi's house seeing the lights on and even Demi through the window, looked as if she was crying as she washed some of the dishes. He could also see Jayden's twin brother sat at the table colouring. He climbed out of the car and locked it knowing it wouldn't look great if he turned up at the door with Jayden in his arms so made his way up to the door knocking on it slightly. He turned around every couple of seconds to make sure the boy was alright until the door opened revealing the woman he had loved and stalked over the last six years. He had mentally prepared himself to finally meeting her, he just wished it wasn't over something like this.

"Can I help you?" Demi spoke confused on why she had a stranger at the door.

"Um your boy turned up in my classroom so I brought him back, he's asleep in my car though.." Joe said simply smiling when Demi squealed rushing out of the door and to a unfamiliar black car. Joe followed unlocking the car just before she could reach the passenger side, she opened the door reaching in picking up her son as carefully as she could managing without waking him up.

"Why did he come to you?" Demi inquired Joe shrugging his shoulders. "How did you know where we lived." Joe sighed knowing he would have got these questions.

"I live down the road and seen you with them, it was sort of a guess. I gave him a lolly if that was okay." Joe said Demi smiling.

"That's fine, thanks for bringing him home. You can come in for a drink if you want?" Demi suggested but as much as Joe wanted to say yes he shook his head.

"I have to get back to work, I kind of left my class to bring him home." The two of them laughed before bidding goodbye Demi walking up to the house to lay her son down Joe getting his car driving away. He knew he had to be careful now.

Joe was soon enough sat in the principal's office after class feeling as if he was a student rather a teacher. That he had done something bad enough for him to be sent to the principal's office, he never saw himself there often because of the sort of person he was when he was younger. He kept to himself and showed off his goofy personality when he wasn't studying. Teaching was something he always wanted to do and wasn't disappointed by it at all

"I've heard by your senior class that you walked away but then came back about twenty minutes later, what happened?" Susan questioned Joe sighing sitting up on a his seat.

"A boy turned up in my classroom, I knew his mother so I took him home to her. He's only four, he ran away from her." Joe explained.

"I think you know what you should have really done, what happened to you Joe? You used to be the favourite teacher but now even the students have picked up on your changed personality. I already know that Nick is worried about you, he's been to me asking if you've said anything to me." She stressed slightly, Joe sighed again looking down at the floor. He hadn't thought he changed that much.

"I don't really know, people change." Joe shrugged.

"You know you can come to me with anything, I'm not some horrible principle and the school counsellor's door is always open." She encouraged.

"I know and thanks, I have some work to grade that I must do. Sorry for earlier, I'll make it up to the class." Joe said before leaving the room. He didn't want to worry anyone but himself but he guessed that Nick would have been the first to figure his mood change. He just didn't understand why his life had changed so much, he desperately wanted to be his old self but his mind was driving him crazy. He could barely think anymore without thinking about what she would do.  

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