My Math Teacher is Living in My House

Chapter 38

Songs for this Chapter are:

Almost is Never Enough - Ariana Grande ft. Nathan Sykes

Slow Life - Grizzly Bear

Say Something - A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera

Fix You - Coldplay

Lexie's POV

"Lexie please open the door",, Granny Ali says behind the bathroom door.

I get up from the floor and walk to the toilet to make it appear I was using the bathroom. I walk towards the door and open it, then walk out and take a sit on my chair, in front of the window.

This chair and window seemed to have become my freinds lately, have been my only company. Friend. My friend Rose. My friend Erica. I suddenly feel guilty because I haven't talked to them since the funeral of... Of Eric.

"I be taking this downstairs to the kitchen. I be right back sweetheart", Granny Ali says taking the tray with the untouch food.

I don't answer and continue to stare out the window. I hear her footsteps fading down the hallway until I hear nothing. I get up quickly and walk to a dresser, pull jeans and a t-shirt with a jacket, some shoes and get undress then change to the other clothes, Putting away my other clothes, I walk to my bed and pull a backpack. I need to be alone, to think. I need time. Because these people have been stuck to me like gum to a sidewalk.

I pull it on and walk out of my room and out the hallway, down the stairs and into the first floor, careful not to make any noise. I walk past the library and stop. The door is halfway open and I hear voices.

"She hasn't talked to anyone for days now. She hasn't eaten either anything. My husband Zach and i are really worried about that since she has lost a lot of weight", my mom says quietly.

"How long has it been? How many days?", a unfamiliar male voice says.

Great, my parents probably got me a doctor or something. I walk off and exit through the back of the house and walk out. I walk towards the woods and stop when I reach the beginning of the woods.

I really need to do this . I need time alone. Before my parents make me go with a doctor. I take a eep breath and start my journey. The ground is wet and moody from the rain of the past few days. I almost fall a few times while walking but I manage to catch myself before doing so.

I continue to walk and leave some kind of trail behind me. I hike up a small mountain continuing to walk in the wet ground. About ten minutes later, I reach the top of the mountain and take a look around, its really pretty up here, but somehow, it feels lonely. Empty. I would had like to share this with...

With Sky. With my Sky. I spot a tree and walk slowly towards it, once I reach it, I take a sit underneath it. I open my backpack and take out a small blanket, I pull it over me, covering my body and just sit there.

The quietness seems to invite me to sleep. Have I sleep at all? I don't recall. My eyes seem to start closing but then I move my hand and I feel something. Not grass or leaves. But like paper. I open my eyes and move a little, only to find a small note, next to more around 10. I pull them into one big pile and notice they have small numbers. They are number 1 to 11.

I open the first one and I feel tears come to my eyes because its Skylar's handwritting. I sniff and take back a sit and start reading it.

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I never being here before. Its my first time here. Up here it feels so peaceful and quiet, where I seem to feel like I can think clearly. Its my second week teaching and so far its been great. The students are all really nice and respectful making it hard to believe. There's been a few couple girls though, that been acting like they are desesperate. This town its what I truly needed to forget about everything and it seems like its working. One thing that is bothering me though, is, well not a thing. But a person. A beautiful person. This person has..... Invaded my thoughts completely. This person is the reason that I am here today. Because being in my own room is not enough, because she is on the other side of the wall. And with her so close, she just makes me wonder what all she does. I want to know her. But I need to stop, this.... These feelings. Because they are not right. The first day I saw her, she caught my eyes. That day when we played to tell 10 things about yourself. She was the last one. And when she standed up and I met her brown-green eyes it was as if everything stopped. Frozen. I felt frozen in place. But I need to stop.