The President AU: memories from the past

a scream fallen in deaf ears

TW:

CHILD ABUSE

IMPLIED S/A

September 9th, 2006

20 minutes later...

The boy came out of the bathroom stall and called out the little girl, who was putting her shoes on.

"Be quick, the bell is gonna ring soon." He yelled, before stepping out of the bathroom and going to the playground area. The boy stopped walking for a second and turned his head to the boys' bathroom. "We should do this more often." he said, with a smile on his face, before turning again and started running to the playground.

The girl finally step out of the bathroom. Her eyes were swollen and slightly red, she was shaking and sniffing, like she had just cried. She quietly walked through the hallways with her gaze on the ground. She couldn't believe what she had just experienced nor acknowledge what did he had just done to her, but it was soo unpleasant and it even hurted. Her mind was clouded by thoughts and questions.

"Was it really a game?"

"Why did he said 'we should do this more often'?"

"Do I want to do it again?"

"Why did he chose me to play it?"

"Why didn't he chose someone else to play it?"

"Is it because of something i did?"

"Why it was so strange?"

"Why did he put that thing in me?"

"Why did he liked it?"

"Should I have liked it?"

"Why didn't I liked it?"

"Is it because of me?"

"Am I the problem...?"

"Is it my faul-"

The girl bumped into the door that led to the playground. Her gaze slowly darted over the handle of the door. She reached the handle and opened the door. She heard and saw the kids playing in the playground. They looked soo happy, many kids were running, screaming, singing and playing with eachother. This overwhelmed Giorgia a little, since she never saw other kids playing. She walked to a corner of the playground, not wanting to be noticed by anyone, especially by that kid...

Before she could reach her private spot, someone put their hand on her shoulder. She quickly turned around, with fear in her eyes, thinking that the kid founded her again.

"Hey, kid? What's got you down?" A gentle and kind female voice said. It was the teacher.

The little girl looked up at her and stayed quiet. Her eyes darted around the playground, looking if that kid was around, but she didn't see him anywhere. She looked at the teacher again and took a deep breath.

"Well... There's this kid..."

An hour later

The little girl was sitting on the chair in the principle's office. She was slowly dangling her legs while looking down at the ground. Next to her the teacher stood still while looking at the girl with a reassuring smile and on her other side that kid sat with crocodile tears pouring down the sides of his cheecks. His mother stood next to him and her glare was a mix of disgust and disappointment.

Nobody dared ro utter a word, which created an agonizing silence...

That painful silence was broken by the door opening and slamming harshly on the brick wall. Before the entrance of the office a raging woman and a disappointed man stood up alongside with 2 children.