Back Together ~ pt 4

❤︎︎ Sixteen ❤︎︎

*Liliana's POV*

I was finally allowed back to school after a week. It was a Monday but at least I didn't go to school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays because of my reduced timetable. Dad had been tormenting them for the week and they finally agreed to bend some of the rules for me. 1 rule change was that I was allowed to wear one of mum's favourite zip up hoodies instead of my blazer. Another rule change was to let me wear mum's star necklace as my school didn't allow necklaces and the other one was to give me a pass to leave the class for a bit if I needed. Dad took me in but I couldn't do it. I walked into the school and I got to my form room but my emotions took over so I just hid in the toilets all day. Dad picked me up at the end of the day. I got in the car and just shook my head.

"I couldn't do it... I skipped every class today and hid in the toilets..." I said. I honestly expected him to yell at me but he didn't...

"You did the best you could, baby girl. Sometimes skipping school is the only way to get through a bad day. Don't beat yourself up over it"

"I just can't do this without mum..."

"You don't have to do it alone, sweetheart. You have me, and your friends at school. We're all here for you"

"but it's not like you can come into school with me... and I don't have any friends at school..."

"I can't come to school with you, but I can be there for you in other ways. And you do have friends at school"

"I don't... you know I don't..."

"Yes, you do. You just haven't given them a chance. Trust me, I know how it feels to be alone"

"any friends that I have had have just used me for our money... I can't trust anyone anymore so I don't bother"

"I get that it's hard to trust people, baby girl. But not everyone is like that"

"most people are..."

"Not most people, sweetheart. And not everyone is out to take advantage of you"

"they are... let's just go... I need to get out of this shit school uniform and go see mum..."

"Alright, let's go see your mum. And maybe, just maybe, we can find a way to make things better for you at school"

"I doubt that"

"Just give me a chance, okay? Together we can figure this out" he said. We went to the hospital and mum was still in a coma. I was starting to think she wouldn't ever wake up. I sat on the bed and held mum's hand.

"Hey, mum... um... I went back to school today after my suspension... didn't go too well though... I just ended up skipping the whole day... dad forced them to change some of the rules for me so I could wear your favourite jacket and the star necklace you gave me... I still haven't made any progress on stopping vaping but I don't think you could blame me with the current situation... we keep wishing on the stars every night for you to come back to us... I'm just hoping these wishes will come true soon..."

"You know, sometimes we have to keep fighting even when things seem hopeless" he said

"mhm... it just seems really impossible right now..."

"I know it seems that way, but you're stronger than you think. You've got to believe that things will get better" he said. I didn't think it would get better. I don't know what happened but I just snapped.

"it won't though!!! mum isn't making any progress!!! use your fucking head, dad!!! you're trying to be all positive about this but I'm trying to be realistic and the truth is that mum probably won't ever wake up!!!"

"I know it's hard, sweetheart. But we have to keep hoping and fighting for her"

"there's no point!!! she's not going to wake up!!!"

"We don't know that for sure, Liliana"

"but it's the most likely outcome!!!" I said before taking a deep breath. I went for a vape break but when I came back into the hospital a policeman stopped me to talk.

"Excuse me, are you Liliana Norris? Alexa Norris' daughter?" He said

"Yeah... what's going on?"

"We located the person who the fingerprints on the knife belong to"

"Who was it then? Who stabbed my mum??"

"Your science teacher. Alan Greencock" he said. Everything made sense. The hitting me and kissing me and then saying if I told anyone then he was gonna hurt mum or dad... and then dad reported him to the school and then a week later mum got stabbed... it all made sense. I ran back to mum's hospital room and looked at dad

"He did it..."

"Who did it, Lils?"

"That teacher that hit me... Mr Greencock... he... he stabbed mum"

"He what???"