Love Child

Chapter 2

Brady and I walk into the warm classroom and find our seats. Mrs. Elroy is writing her name on the board as the students fill the room.

The bell rings and the new teacher turns around. "Hello, class. I'm your new teacher Mrs. Elroy. Yes, my son is Marcus Elroy in your grade. Anyways, I heard your last teacher wasn't quite the right fit for  you guys and I hope I can fulfill your educational needs. If you have any questions about me or anything we are learning I am free after class, lunch period, and after school until 4:30 p.m. Okay, now that that is out of the way, let's continue with your unit."

I drained out her lesson as I drifted into a deep daydream.

I was wearing a very flowy floral outfit: which I normally wouldn't wear. My hair was in a loose messy bun and I was sitting in a meadow of wild sunflowers. I was alone.

My head starts pounding and I begin to feel woozy. My nose burns and I reach my fingers up to feel that blood is rushing out of my nostrils.

I look up and the sunflowers are hanging low, all looking dead and miserable. Tears well in my eyes and I look around, the sun is gone and dark rain clouds have covered the once baby blue sky.

Then comes the dark figure. Arms open wide to capture me. I try to run but I'm frozen. I can't move, as much as I want to I just can't.

The figure is feet away from me, I shut my eyes to keep from seeing it's face.

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Brady's POV

Vanessa is staring out of the window, obviously not paying any attention to the english lesson. Her hand is against her face, cupping her cheek.

I put my attention back to writing notes but then out of the corner of my eye I see Vanessa's hand collapse onto her desk. Worry fills me and I look at her. She's got tears in her eyes and her mouth is slightly open, as if she's shocked or scared.

The class hears the thump of her hand and looks over at her. Mrs. Elroy turns away from the board and follows my classmates gazes.

I assume this is another one of Vanessa's night terrors, but this is the first time it's happened in a daydream.

I reach out to try to wake Vanessa up but Mrs. Elroy stops me.

"No, don't touch her. Is she prone to night terrors?" She asks me. I look at her and nod my head. "Okay. Don't worry." She walks over to Vanessa and puts her index and middle finger on either of Vanessa's eyelids to close them gently. I look at her with confusion, but then Vanessa wakes up with a gasp and her hand on her chest.

She looks around and looks at Mrs. Elroy with tears quietly rolling down her face. "What happened?" She asks.

"You had a night terror in your daydream, sweetie. Let's get you to the nurse so you can freshen up a bit, okay?" Mrs. Elroy holds out her hand for Vanessa to take.

"Okay." Vanessa looks at me as she gets up, but she doesn't smile. She just looks at me with a straight face.

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Vanessa's POV

I went to the nurse's office but I felt so terrible that she called my father to come and get me.

I'm currently laying in my bed surfing the web and looking at random things. I should probably see what homework we have.

I text Brady to see if we have any homework.

Brady Bunch

V: hey, do we by chance have any hw?

B: just work on your science project. thats it

B: you should really just focus on resting though

V: ok, thanks B

I throw my phone across my bed, ignoring it when I get another notification.

I was about to close my laptop when I saw an ad.

Emily Elroy Tutoring! With help from Markie!

The ad was from around 2005, Marcus was only about 5 years old in the ad. I couldn't help but giggle to myself. His hair was a messy bowl haircut and his smile was missing teeth. He was so adorable!

Maybe I should become friends with him. See if I'll end up liking his mom as a teacher.

I close my laptop and decide to take a nap.

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A/N

This chapter is not the best but I needed a filler because the next chapter will be goooooooooooood :))

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Hunger // Sam Sure

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