Messed up! The Great Beginning

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When I was close to the school property, Miss Yami was standing right in front of the building with another teacher.

"Shit.." I said to myself.

I guess I'll have to go through the bathrooms.

I made my way to the other side of the building and to the backdoor of the bathrooms. It's locked. Fuck. What do I do now? The door has a window though, but it's dirty as fuck because of the vapers. I fucking hate vapers. They're unhealthier than cigarettes and cringe as fuck. I peaked through the window and there was no one there yet. I mean, it makes sense. Break starts in about 5 minutes.

I tried to scan the area through the yellow tinted window. The window is indeed made out of glass, but there's another interesting thing. If I aim at the floor, it shows me the coordinates. What if I try to teleport? But that's risky. Although I learned that I need to be very specific with where I want to go so there's a chance that this could work.

With no other option, I kept repeating the X and Z coordinates in my head while not breaking eye contact with the bathroom floor.

16367, 36924,
16367, 36924,
16367, 36924,
16367, 36924,
16367, 36924,

Then I fell forwards onto my hands and knees. I looked up and I teleported! It worked! And didn't get hurt this time. I got up and dusted myself off. Ray wanted to meet me in the dark hallway. The hallway on the bottom floor on the east side of the school that has not a single window.

I waited patiently until all the students went outside along with the teachers. When the hallways went quiet, that was my time to go. I quickly but quietly made my way to the hallway. Ray wasn't even there yet. She came by a minute later, completely out of breath.

"So, we meet again, huh?" I said to her crossing my arms.

"Heh, yeah.." She answered.

"Now, what's the matter? What's going on with Laura?" I asked.

"Well, um.." She took a deep breath.

"She, uh..." She swallowed while her words became shaky.

"Is it that... bad?" I asked.

She didn't answer. Instead, she started crying.

"R-Ray?"

"I'm sorry, Tricia.. It's just that I'm not supposed to tell you this yet, but... you should know about this." She said.

"Know about.. what?" I asked, terrified of her answer.

"Tricia... Laura told me last week that.. that..." She could continue the sentence.

She then tried to wipe her tears and sobbed a little.

"That what? Ray, tell me!" I said, getting impatient.

"God, I'm sorry. She told me that in the past month.. her brother..." She started crying even more.

"He's abusing her.. sexualy... for a whole month now!" Ray revealed.

She then broke down to her knees in tears. I was stoned. I couldn't believe what she had just said. Laura is... Oh God.. Oh no... By her own b-brother..?

I stood there for a solid 2 minutes, completely shocked and mortified while shivering every now and then. My brain keeps imagining the scenarios... I want it to stop.

I got down on my knees and hugged Ray and she hugged me back.

"Why..? Laura.. Why her..?" She cried in my chest.

A whole month now...

...

This feeling... It's getting stronger. It's tingling and burning under my skin. I feel like screaming and breaking something. My heart feels like beating out of my chest as I'm shivering and breathing heavily. I held Ray closer and she started to calm down slowly. I'm so spaced out now that I'm not blinking anymore.

"Tricia..?" Ray asked, but I didn't hear her.

Only when the bell rang I snapped back to reality. Ray was standing in front of me, holding out her hand. I looked up at her as she helped me up. We were silent for a moment.

"..So, now you know." She said.

"But, don't tell Laurie that I told you about this. She said that she wanted to tell you herself when she was ready." She added.

I nodded.

"I have to get back to class now.. Will you come tomorrow?" She asked.

"Yeah.. I'll be there..." I quietly said.

"Great, see you tomorrow then." She waved with a small smile on her face and left.

I should probably leave, too...