I walked with my head down to the principal’s office, coach following closely behind me. I didn’t care about any of it anymore, I didn’t care that I was going to be in a lot of trouble or that Romeo was officially the world’s biggest asshole. All I cared about was her. I could hear her crying as I walked, I didn’t want to listen anymore because I knew that it was entirely my fault. I had to be the fucking idiot who yells out the one thing that she wanted nobody to know. How could I do something like that to Allison? She was probably so upset with me.
Coach pushed my inside Principal Thomas’ office and I sighed, taking a seat. I looked up at him and I watched as coach stood next to him telling him everything that he saw.
“You better have a good explanation for this Scott because if you don’t you’ll be lucky if you get to come back to school again. Do you realize how much damage you caused today? I saw Romeo… how are you going to explain that to me?” Principal Thomas stated.
“Look at him! Isn’t that a good enough explanation? The kid is a walking target! He walks around school trying to nail every girl he sees! I mean really what kid has a new pair of earrings and sneakers every single day? He’s pathetic! You should have heard the things he was saying to Allison… I mean, he was trying to kiss her and he was telling her that he’s better for her than me. Not to mention the fact that he made up a rumor that I hit Allison!” My hands were shaking and I was holding myself back from shifting. “Was I just supposed to let him do that to her after…” I stopped myself because I couldn’t say it again. No, I wouldn’t do that to her again even if everyone already knew. To make it all worse, I could hear her bawling still and I couldn’t escape from the sound.
“Did you ever think about just coming to me and telling me about him? Beating up a freshman is not the ans-“
“Are you joking?! Who the hell cares that he’s a freshman! If you had heard the things he said you would beat the living sh-“
“Shut it McCall!” Coach yelled and I gripped onto the chair. I was done fighting with them, I just wanted to find Allison and make sure that she was okay. Plus, I knew I wouldn’t win they were completely oblivious to how much of a dick Romeo is just like everyone else apparently. I knew that once I walked down the halls people would give me shit about Romeo and others would apologize about Allison… What had I done? I began to stand up so I could get to Allison when coach pushed me back down.
“How did you even hear him McCall? You were on the field when this happened.” Coach looked at me.
“I-“ A sigh came out of my mouth, “Look I don’t know. Can I just go please?”
“Actually yes you can.” Principal Thomas said. “You’re suspended for two weeks. Do not come on school grounds unless you are getting your work. If I see you here I will expel you.”
My eyes widened as I thought of Allison having to come here every day for two weeks completely alone. She would have no one to tell everyone to shut up when they started to give her their pity and when they looked at her like she was nothing.
“But Allison! She won’t be able t-“
“I don’t care.” He stated to me and then opened his door for me to leave. He was so lucky that I was worried about Allison because I would have punched him straight in the face.
I stormed out of his office and turned my head when I heard a familiar heart beat. It was Allison. I needed to find her, hug her, and tell her that I was sorry. I knew that sorry wouldn’t be good enough but you had to start somewhere right?
I slowly walked towards the sound of her heart and then tilted my head when I realized that she was in the music room. What was she doing? I made my way inside. “A-“
I stopped to see her sitting at the piano. What was she doing? I never knew that she could play.
