Remnants of Shattered Innocence (Unedited First Draft)

Chapter 7 (September 30, 2004)

Skylar fidgeted at her desk. She had all her supplies organized the way she liked them. She had her AP Calculus book opened to the lesson that was scheduled for the day with her notebook on the right side of the desk slightly overlapping her book. She had her pencil and pen at the top of the desk and her calculator on the left hand side of her book.

She took a deep breath and looked around as the class began filling up. Mr. Galvino was the last person in, as usual. He shut the door behind him and immediately began his lesson. He got to the front of the classroom and began writing on the dry erase board that stretched across the wall.

"Today, we're going to learn some new formulas," He began while writing a new formula on the board.

Skylar gagged. Her hand shot to her mouth, but the whole class was already staring at her.

"Are you alright, Skylar?" Mr. Galvino asked, worried.

She nodded her head. As he turned around to finish writing his formula, Skylar could feel her stomach turning again. She jumped up from her desk and scrambled out of the room.

Skylar went to the bathroom and threw up three times. She sat on the floor in front of the toilet. She didn't know how long she was in there. Class wasn't over because the bell hadn't gone off yet. The door swung open and slammed shut. She smiled when she heard a friendly voice.

"Are you okay?"

It was the new student from France.

"Yes, I think I'm alright. Just way too embarrassed to go back to class."

Skylar opened the stall door. Since she had gotten here, Skylar often found herself jealous of her. The new French girl was arguably one of the prettiest girls in the whole school. She had short dark brown hair that was naturally straight and smooth and she had grayish blue eyes.

"You're Skylar right?" The girl asked, sitting down in front of Skylar.

"Yes, I'm sorry, what's your name again?" Skylar asked, feeling rude.

"Imene," she started, before clarifying, "pronounced, eeh men. Everyone I've met so far has a problem saying it."

"Nice to formally meet you, Imene," Skylar held her hand out, "after sitting next to you for almost a month."

She laughed as Imene smiled and took her hand.

"So I am guessing you're pregnant?" Imene said, trying her best to overcome her French accent.

"That obvious, huh?" Skylar asked, letting a small laugh out.

"Don't worry. I told the class you went out for sushi last night and you think you got a bad piece," Imene said standing up. She held her hand out to help Skylar up.

"Thank you so much," Skylar said, taking her hand.

Skylar walked over to the sinks and rinsed her mouth out at five times.

"Here," Imene said, handing Skylar a piece of mint gum, "now, let's get back to class before the class realizes I'm lying!"

Imene pulled Skylar out of the bathroom. As she walked into the class, she felt everyone's eyes burning into her. It was as if they knew all her secrets just by looking at her. She kept her gaze low and tried to sink into her chair. She hoped if she felt invisible she could be invisible. The only problem was she couldn't feel invisible when half the class wouldn't stop staring at her.

Imene handed her a paper and Skylar quickly realized it was the notes from the class. She flashed her a grateful smile and tried to pay attention to the rest of the lesson. Unfortunately, all she could think about was everything she didn't want to.

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It was only four days ago. Skylar walked into her parents' room and saw Samantha laying alone on the bed. Skylar went and laid down beside her. She focused on the TV, trying not to seem too obvious. She wanted to tell her mom but was scared. She could feel her hands shaking, so she tucked them between her knees and curled up a little. She tilted her head up to look at her mom.

"Mom," Skylar started.

"Yes?" Her mom responded, not taking her eyes off the TV.

Skylar panicked. She couldn't tell her yet.

"Here's the remote. I was laying on it." She said, handing her mom the remote.

"Thanks." Samantha looked at her suspiciously.

After a few moments, Skylar couldn't take the tension.

"I'm pregnant."

She blurted it out, trying to keep herself from crying. Her whole body was shaking.

After about a minute of silence Skylar said, "Mom?"

She looked at her mom and realized she was crying.

"I really thought you were smarter, Skylar," her mom said, "you really must be the dumbest smart person I know."

She began to get louder and Skylar's dad came in.

"What's going on, Samantha?" He asked as she stormed past him.

"Ask your daughter," she said walking out of the room.

She slammed the bathroom door. Skylar's father narrowed his eyes at her.

"I'm pregnant." Skylar almost whispered.

"How could you be so stupid?" He yelled at her.

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Skylar was jolted back to reality when Imene elbowed her.

"So using this formula, Skylar, what is the function of eighty-two?" Mr. Galvino asked, waiting patiently for an answer. Skylar hesitated trying to figure it out quickly in her head, but knew it would be impossible to do all the work in her head. Just as she opened her mouth to speak, she was saved by the bell.

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