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by _-321Y33TY33T123-_

Brook's POV
I mumble "how do I do this?" Robby mumbles "one little thing at a time. You just have to be careful." I start slow to get this stupid block of wood to look how I want it to. This section anyway. Robby mumbles "you're doing great, sweetheart." I mumble "I need a break" quietly, handing the knife over to Robby. He chuckles saying "ok, sounds good, babe" quietly. Robby works on our project, occasionally handing me the knife to take a turn.

I sigh, going for a few minutes then I hand it back. He smiles at me mumbling "you did a good job, babe." We work slowly then Miguel comes in randomly and says "hey, Mr. Jones, I'm here to learn cause apparently I know jack shit." Chris says "Miguel, you can call me Chris." Robby starts singing Mr Jones by Counting Crows and Chris says "that's why. He does that every time" quietly. Miguel says "so, what am I supposed to do?" Chris says "you're just doing a carving assignment for the final. Its free, whatever you want, you just cant use a knife outside of this room so it has to get done. Its small. Robby can talk to you about it because I'm busy." Chris leaves the room and Robby says "getting busy" quietly and I smile, shaking my head. Miguel says "please help." He comes over and Robby says "busy, give me a second" then he cuts a big block into smaller blocks for the kids to do their mid term. He knows what he's doing so I just let him do his thing.

Robby says "ok, you are just going to whittle and carve a piece of wood until it looks like your goal. You gotta make it look like something. I made like a kids building block. Sanded the edges, carved out a letter, and put a black finish on the edges and the letter. Then I put polyurethane on the rest of it. It looked real nice. You can do whatever you want though" handing him a piece of wood he just cut.

Miguel says "was it easy?" Robby says "it was harder than I expected but it was good. You're in a rush so I recommend something like that or like an ice cream cone without the ice cream." Miguel says "alright" and Robby says "I might have everyone start their mid term. Nah, their good and I can't administer that. Let me help you."

Robby sits down with Miguel and says "so, you're going to want to draw it out on your block, just sketch it out. Make it look how you want and it'll look great. Be careful, be slow." Miguel starts sketching it out and I sit there, hanging out till the bell rings.

Robby and I go to our next class and I see Charlie. Robby mumbles "its ok, just walk with me." He keeps his hand on my lower back as he usually does. He doesn't mean to a lot of the time, he just does. I look at him and he smiles and we walk into class, Charlie coming in too. Robby says "I love you" quietly and I mumble "love you" quietly, holding his hand.

I sigh, squeezing his hand, and he mumblings "how are you feeling?" I just look at him and Robby mumbles "I can spread what he did around school but not mention your name?" I keep looking at him and he says "that's bad, I'm not doing that. We can talk about it later, hm?" I nod and we sit down, Charlie sitting on my other side, and I look at Robby.

He sigh and mouths 'just wait, baby.' Then the teacher comes in and Robby quietly says "can we switch?" I nod and we switch seats then the teacher says "ok, today is a study hall. Please, be tame cause I don't want to put up with your bullshit" looking at Robby.

Robby says "that was last year" quietly. He mumbles "and I've been forgiven. Can't believe this shit." I write: you're pretty hot headed sometimes, I understand what shes doing. Robby says "I think I hate you." I look at him, writing: I love you.

Robby says "love you too" quietly and I rub my forehead. People are all talking and Charlie says "my fucking god, why don't you just talk back? You have a loud mouth, use it." I write: I barely talk because of you. I show it to Charlie and he says "you can just talk to me ya know?" I look at Robby and Robby says "you run your mouth to him again, I'm not afraid to kick your ass on school grounds."

Charlie says "I'm so scared" sarcastically and Hawk comes in saying "you should be. Miss, when is the essay due?" She says "a week." Hawk says "thank you, ma'am. If you ever want to hit him again, I want the first one, Robby." Robby says "not if I do it first" quietly and Hawk smiles at me and makes a heart with his hands then points at me. I smile, shaking my head.

Robby says "love" and I look at him and he mumbles "if I run into this guy outside of school and he talks to me first, I'm kicking the fucking shit out of him." I write: babe. You kill him, you go back to juvie. You beat him up, he's rich enough to put you in the dirt legally. So, careful what you do but I won't stop you.

Robby nods and mumbles "I'd go to prison for you. If you don't feel safe, I'm beating the fucking shit out of him." I nod and I write: breathe, babe. He makes me mad and overwhelmed too. Robby mumbles "I'm asking to go for a walk, meet me in the bathroom?" I nod and I write: let me leave first.

I get up and I go to the bathroom, Robby coming in behind me a few minutes later, and I offer him my hand. He takes it and I mumble "just breathe, babe" and he says "I know" breathing deeply. I hug him tightly and he keeps his arms tightly wrapped around me. I mumble "I can't do it" and Robby mumbles "baby, you are so strong. I'll keep you safe, you are doing so well, my love."