Concealed: Book 1: Scratching the Surface

Chapter 6

   I couldn't sleep. I wanted to apologize again so badly. I'm known for apologizing repetitively, so only apologizing twice felt wrong. Well, at least we don't need to be afraid of him anymore--

   Someone's knocking on my door? At dawn? I get up anyway, opening the door. Nobody's there, but a lone box sits below me. I pick it up and open it. The first thing I find is a note.

   "Sorry for everything I've done in the past days. I hope these will be enough for you to forgive me.

                                    - Baldi"

   It's attached to a sketchpad. I took it, and there were more. Tears began to form, but these were true happy tears. "Th-thank you..." I picked all of them up, hugging them. "Looks like someone really cares about you." I jump, and turn my head. My sister sits on her bed, a smug expression on her face. "I-I didn't know you were up!! M-my teacher g-got these for me, and..." She giggled, and walked toward me. She took a look at the note, and her expression turned to worry. "What did he do?" My face fumed. "E-er... He..." I calmed down and thought. "He was hostile, but not as much as he was last year. Every time I got a question wrong, he would chase me, and... I can't say it..." I mumbled that last part. "What do you mean, you can't say it?" I'm shaking. "I can't say that word without getting all embarrassed, okay? All I can say is that it begins with a T!" She giggles again, but this time looking down. "Isn't that sexual harassment?" Blushing even harder, I look away. "I-I didn't think of it like that!! To me, it was basically regular punishment!" Her mouth formed back into a smile. "Oh, really? You think THIS is?" I jump back as she pounces on me, fingers scribbling on my sides. "EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" She then boops me and walks back to her own bed. "Well, goodnight, Hannah." I exhale.

   "Goodnight, sis."
(This is the first chapter to solely focus on before school starts.)