Short Stories

Trouble- a short story

Written on February 14th 2013

"Yes hello?" Ellen said putting the ringing phone to her ear

"William,hi......"

"What, do you mean that you're not gonna ever talk to me again?" She asked the person on the other side of the phone.

"Ellen put that phone away this instant" Mr Evans told Ellen as he walked into the room

"B-but sir it's my brother , he says he never wants to hear from me ever again" she cried back at him.

"Aww sir leave her alone, it's her brother for gods sake"

"Kayleigh stay out of this" he shouted at me.

"Shut up" i muttered under my breath.

"Ellen you ok?" I asked her as she hung up the phone in disbelief.

I held my arms out for a hug but she just blanked me

"Kayleigh leave me alone" she told me while turning the other way. What did I do? I felt the bitter sting of tears and stood up before anyone could see me.

I ran out the class room in tears and say down in front of a block of lockers.

I sat there crying for about five minutes before Ms Jones walked past and asked me what was wrong. Ms Jones was always nice to everyone.

"Oh my gosh what's wrong dear" she asked kindly.

"Nothing, I'm fine", I lied to her through my sobs so that she would go away.

"Ok darling, if you're sure" she said smiling at me even though she could quite easily see that I wasn't ok.

"Yeah I'm fine , I just want to be alone" I told her hoping she would get the message.

She walked off and I stayed there crying for another ten minutes before I walked back into class where Ellen gave me a big hug.

"I'm sorry Kay" she said seeming to be upset.

"It's ok ellen, I'm sorry too" I tell her honestly.

"It's ok Kay, we'll be fine, just you see.

I smiled and got on with my work.

Forty minutes later and it was second lesson and I was just sitting there doing my English controlled assessment when suddenly I started crying, the pain was all too much.

"What the hell, what's wrong Kay?" Ellen asked me concerned.

"Nothing, I'm fine" I yelled as i ran out of the class sobbing uncontrollably.

I hurriedly tried to find somewhere to hide, I didn't want it to be public knowledge that I bawled my eyes out at school. I quickly ran into the nearest staircase hoping that, as no one normally used this route that I would be undisturbed. Obviously no one understood the meaning of alone, because only seconds later I saw Ms Pethig push open the double doors to reveal my hiding place. She must have seen me come in here.

"Hello dear, what's wrong here hey?" She asked me in a kind but pushing voice.

I didn't reply, I didn't want her pity.

"Nothing?" She asked me before continuing. "Well back to class I think it is then darling" she told me with her persuading voice. "Ill be back later to check on you so don't you go wondering off. Ill give you time to think, ok honey" she said and walked off. I always hated her, she always smelt of dirty nappies and stale wee but maybe, just maybe she wasn't actually that bad, I mean she's seemed nice enough. I wasn't going to go back to class anytime soon though. She was persuading, but not that persuading. I just camped out in the stairs playing with my iPod. Thank goodness I downloaded Temple Run 2 yesterday, it's amazing how fast time flies when you're playing games.