Through his eyes

62

Theodore

How come it took us an eternity to get past January and February is currently going at super sonic speed.

Not only was Wills Birthday approaching but so was Valentine's Day,

I had to leave school because Wills homeroom Teacher called me saying it was urgent that they couldn't reach Zoe. I got the permission to leave and quickly made my way to Wills elementary school.

I walked inside his empty classroom with a bunch of drawings and posters on it. The teacher sat behind her desk, Will in front of her and a free seat next to him I guess was reserved for me.

Wills head hung low avoiding any eye contact with me,

"Please take a seat" The teacher I already forgot her name said gently
"So I called you in because Will hit one of his-"

"He did what?!" I cut her off in disbelief, Will would never do something like that!

"As I'm trying to explain, he hit one of his classmates which resulted in the classmate falling on their face and hitting their nose" she explained with a worried expression.

"Will hasn't been talking to anyone since then and also on behalf of the other parents we're forced to suspend Will for two weeks to be exact."

I run a hand down my face resting it on my mouth, taking a moment to collect my thoughts.

"Will?" I ask calmly but he turned his body away from me
"Would you mind telling us what happened?" I try again but he would just sniff and keep quiet

"Well the other students were saying that Brandon, the one Will hit, has been insulting him. But still violence is never the answer, and you know that Will" she elaborates while glancing at Will

"I'm sure this is all just-"

"I didn't mean to" Will said quietly causing me to stop mid sentence

"What do you mean?" I ask gently

"He said mean things about mom and dad" Will explains "He kept pushing me so I... so I pushed him back and he fell"

"Well obviously Will isn't the only one at fault" I state talking towards his teacher "If Will is getting suspended so should his classmates" I add crossing my arms over my chest

"You're completely right Mr. Hunt, we will investigate this further and suspend his classmate" she said as we both got up shaking each other's heads.

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We walked out of the building towards my parked car, I unlocked it but stopped when I noticed Will wasn't following me.

"You coming?" I call for him and he took small steps towards my car,
"Are you angry at me?" Will asked looking up at me with large eyes, it was obvious he was trying to keep his tears in and I felt my heart clench at this sight

"Noo why should I be angry at you?" I ask getting on one knee so we were at the same level

"Because dad did the same to you and it hurt you, I don't want to be like that" Will revealed

"Don't worry about that okay? You will not be like that and I'll love you no matter what" I said wiping his tears away

"Okay" he said as the tears kept falling and hugged me,
"It's okay" I coo as I hugged him back.

••

By the time we were back at home Will was knocked out in the passenger seat so I first got our bags and then carefully carried him inside the house to his bedroom. I lay him on the bed and get rid of his shoes and jacket and lastly cover him with his blanket that had iron man on it.