The Silent Girl

Excuses

(Xavier's P.O.V)
I walked down the empty hall that lead to Advanced Biology. Mr. Geisel teaches that class, he a pretty laid back guy. If you're late once, like I'll be;  he'll let it go. He'll ask where I was. I make up a story quick and stick with it. I opened the door, and walked into the class. Everyone's heads turned towards me, Mr. Geisel said as he wrote on the board.
"Mr. Hunt, where were you? You weren't wandering the halls to ditch my class were you?"
I say calmly
"No Sir, I was talking with a teacher, but they forgot to sign me a pass."
Mr. Geisel looked down at my hands.
"Why are your hands bloody?..."
I looked down and said
"Oh I was training on a punching bag, but I guess I forgot to put on my gloves. You know how it is when you have adrenaline pumping through you? You can't feel a thing."
He nodded exactly knowing what I was talking about. He said
"Well, just have a seat. We're about to dissect and label the parts of a frogs body."
I sat down and looked at the frog, it looked so clean and peaceful looking, as if it were resting. But the ugly truth had to be that the poor fragile creature was dead... I picked up the scalpel and cut a clean line into the stomach. I pried open its chest cavity with a retractor. I heard some of the tiny bones inside the tiny frog crack. I examined inside of it, removed it's stomach tract, lungs, and heart. I labeled them and looked up, I caught a glimpse of Alize in the desk in front of mine. She was shaking, the scalpel having a seizure in her hand. She was traumatized, she was...alone.
I stood up from my seat and walked over to her, she looked as if she were crying. I don't blame her. I knelt down and look into her gray eyes. I say to her;
"I will protect you for as long as you want me to, I will never let anybody or anything hurt you. I promise you Alize... If it's the last goddamn thing I do."
Her shaking calmed a bit, she worked on the frog, and I went back to my seat. I was glad she was okay... I couldn't forgive myself if she wasn't.