At First Sight (GirlxGirl) LGBT+

Chapter Fifteen

Dani stood up and moved away, "totally out of order"
"Shit, I'm sorry" Christie looked over. "I don't know why I did that"
"Neither do I." Dani's heart was racing. She heard Isla's voice in her head don't leave yourself open to anything. God I could lose everything.
"I won't say"
"I'm going to have to" Dani said. "I could get into serious trouble. Like really lose my job kind of trouble."
"I'm sorry. You just smelled good and I couldn't help myself"

Isla entered the base. "What's going on"
"Nothing" Christie reddened and left.
"She tried to kiss me" Dani blurted. "She said if you were here you would've given her a hug so I gave her a hug and then she kissed me"
"Tried to kiss you or kissed you?"
"Kissed me"
Isla looked over. "You kiss her back?"
"Fuck no!" Dani was angered by the question.
"Write it down. You have to log it as an incident."
"I told you to be careful"
"Yeah, I don't need an I told you so right now, anyway it was Christie I thought she hated me anyway"
"Dan, you're so oblivious. How many times has she called you hot. Made stupid jokes at you. She's a seventeen year old lesbian and you're a gorgeous woman in a sexy uniform. I'd say she's been crushing on you for months"
"Oh god" Dani put her hands in her head, "seriously. I had no idea."
"Yeah I know. Look Dan, just write everything up."
"She going to get into trouble?"
"Probably, but she knows she shouldn't have behaved that way. I spoke to her before about stuff like this. She made a relief music teacher really uncomfortable a few years ago. She doesn't get the boundaries sometimes"
"You better check she is okay"
Isla smiled, "I will, then I will give her a bollocking. You okay?"
"Yeah I got a fright. I'd never kiss her back, not because of us, I just wouldn't go there at all"
"I know, I just had to check. Sometimes when people get caught off guard they do for a second."
"No not even for a second"
Isla nodded. "I'll go see if I can find her"

"Christie" Isla shouted through the toilet cubicle.
"Go away miss. I'm so embarrassed. And I'm sorry I did that I know she's your girlfriend"
"Christie come on out, we need to have a chat, about what's going on and we can get to what happened with PC Woods later okay." Islas tone was calm.
"Miss, you angry with me?"
"A bit."
"Because of Dani?"
"Because she's a member of staff and you've been here before. Not because of anything else."
"I'm sorry. It just happened. It just felt good to get a hug, she was warm and she smelled amazing"
Dani does smell amazing this true. "Yeah she smells nice but it's still no excuse. You know what happened with Ms Crawford the other year?"
"Yeah. I know"
"You know PC Woods could press charges."
"She won't miss. Will she?"
"No but it will have to be reported"
"I can't get suspended again Miss."
"I don't decide that but I'll put in a good word for you, come on. Come back to the base. I got you a donut."
"Will she be there?"
"Yeah. I think maybe you should apologise."
"I'm mortified"
"You've got to face her some time"
"Miss. I didn't even really want to kiss her, I just split up with Kelly and everything was a mess and" Christie was crying.
"I know, come on"
Christie opened the bathroom door, slightly. "Miss  please don't shout at me but I've made a bit of a mess."
Isla could see blood on Christie's fingers. "It's okay, where did you cut?"
"My thigh."
Isla nodded, "We'll need to see the nurse"
Christie nodded. The blood had soaked into her black jeans.
"Come on then." Isla took the teens hand.
Christie left the cubicle. "I'm sorry"
"Don't be, let's just get this sorted first then we can sort everything else out."
"Miss, don't take this the wrong way. But I love you, I wish sometimes that you were my big sister."
"I'm not though. But I wish you had someone like that to look out for you"
"You look out for me" Christie smiled as they left the bathroom and headed for the medical room.

"It's okay, I want Ms Foster to stay"
Christie lowered her jeans.
"Okay Christie, some of the blood is drying so I'm just going to clean your leg up and have a look at the cut."
Isla couldn't resist looking. There's a lot of cuts. Oh seriously.
The nurse cleaned the leg and then the cut that was still bleeding. "What do you use?"
"Blade"
"Is it clean?"
Christie nodded, she pointed to what looked like an old tobacco tin. "Yeah I change them a lot. I've got some clean gauze stuff and antiseptic wash stuff in there too"
"Good" the nurse said.
Isla wished that the focus was on Christie not cutting. But I know it's better to make it as safe as possible.
"What do you do with the used blades?"
"I eh put them in the sharps bucket they keep in the office at the home. I know I'm not meant to but, I think it's better than putting them in a regular bin."
"They could give you your own sharps bin you know"
"I don't want them to know."
How could they not. Isla looked at the scars on Christie's thighs. Some were white and months or years healed. But many were pink or red and some looked angry and raw. This recent one was still bleeding.
"This might need some butterfly stitching. It's a bit deep, it will help it knit back together. I'll do it and show you how, so you can do it again later. You are going to have to really keep this clean" the nurse said. Isla hadn't really had much to do with the nurse in the 18months he'd been there, just a passing hello. She knew that he was married and his husband Gareth was also a nurse, that he was born in Canada and moved to the UK when he was a child.

She had decided over the last five minutes or so that she liked him. He was gentle, kindly spoken and good at putting people at ease.

He finished up by placing a taping a gauze over the paper stitches.
"Thanks Stephen" Isla said as Christie pulled her jeans back on.
"No worries that's what I'm here for."
"Right, will we head back to the base now"
Christie exhaled, "I don't want to see PC Woods"
"You have to. Then I'll throw her out and we can chat,"
"Miss. I feel really bad. I really don't think I can face her"
"It will only get worse and I want you to feel safe coming to the base".

They walked long the corridor, past the teachers longue and up towards the base. It was almost break time. Isla held the door open. Christie entered. Dani looked round from her desk.
"PC Woods, i'm really sorry I shouldn't have kissed you. I know that you're like staff and that I shouldn't just pounce on women anyway. It was stupid. I won't do anything like that again."
"Christie, yeah it was totally inappropriate. It made me feel really uncomfortable."
"Are you going to press charges"
"Can I do that?" Dani looked at Isla, who scowled at her.  She laughed, "No I'm not going to press charges. Think yourself lucky, that I'm not."
"Im sorry" Christie looked down at her feet and started to cry.
"Don't cry." Dani felt bad she didn't know why but she did.
"Dan" Isla looked at her. "Do you mind covering my canteen duty so I can talk to Christie"
"Sure" she smiled at Isla. "I'll catch you 5th?"
"No I am meeting the debate team doing some additional prep for next week."
"Okay"
"Join us. Get a feel for Manchester"
Dani grinned, "yeah. Okay then. Your class?" She raised her eyebrows.
Subtle Isla thought. "Yeah"
Dani left the base.

"What happened in your classroom?"
"Nothing" Isla lied with a straight face.
"She's crazy about you eh?"
"We're not here to talk about me. Or PC Woods"
"You're lucky. Kel changes her mind all the time, one minute she loves me. And then she's all doesn't want to know me and it's confusing. It hurts. But it hurts more when we're not together. So" Christie is really crying. "I didn't want to but I had to break up with her. And I got no one now"
"Christie, you've got your mum, your gran, you have the boys."
"No Miss. My mum agreed to put us all into care. Nobody wants me. The folk at the home hate me. My brother's foster family are great but the social work said that if I visit too much I just disturb them to much and unsettle them. My gran she eh doesn't know me half the time, her dementia got really bad."
"Is this why you're cutting again?"
"I don't know. It's helps I know you think it's stupid"
"I don't think it's stupid at all I just don't understand" Isla confirms.

"Did Dani tell you about the photos?"
"Yeah"
"It was stupid eh?"
"You sent some pictures to your girlfriend. Lots of people do it but when the images goes you have no idea what will happen to it. There are healthier ways of communicating. It can be dangerous and sometimes like this it gets into the wrong hands."
"Yeah. I think most of the boys in Craig's year have seen my boobs. They keep making snide remarks."
"You sent other pictures too?"
"Yeah, dirtier one's. I think they are all deleted. I think Id die if folk seen that"
"We'll don't send anymore"
"Not with Kel anymore anyway."
"You'll sort it out you always do"
"I hurt her. She crying. She'll not take me back"
"You don't know that"
Christie nodded. "You still got that donut?"
Isla smiled, "yeah. Here" she passed the box.
"Thanks Miss. I'm sorry I kissed your girlfriend"
"It's okay, just don't do it again. Or we might fall out" Isla smiled.
"So she is your girlfriend"
"Yeah, Christie. She is"
"I'm glad. I never seen you smile as much as you do when she's here"
"Get to class"
"Thanks Miss"