It was fourth period and I had no new friends and still nowhere to sit. I walked around the corner back to Mr. Roberson’s classroom, to see if we could talk about yesterday’s incident with the partners and all, when I heard arguing coming from the stairway above me. I stopped on the sixth step when I realized it was Mr. Roberson and Andrew.
“You know I work alone!” Stated Andrew, “Look, just because things are crappy at home doesn’t mean you get a free ride here. I’m sorry but you don’t have a choice.” Andrew turned to walk away, but Mr. Roberson stopped him. He grabbed his arm, Andrew still refusing to look at him. “How bad are things at home?” He asked. “Don’t try to help, please.” Andrew pulled away and descended the stairs. He watched me as he walked. I didn’t know what to do so I just sat on the stairs till the bell rang.
The next thing I knew I was in the office crying harder than I ever had before, with Tori beside me, and many people in the doorway. One of them being Andrew. Everyone else apologizing and him just standing there. When the final bell rung the teachers told everyone to go to class. For some reason Andrew stayed.
I woke up my head on Andrews’s shoulder, when the secretary told him to leave, he didn’t say anything, just got up, and left. Without one word.
“Today was the first day,” I wrote, “I kept my promise but he didn’t, but its ok, moms still here and we will still keep the promise for him. It just feels like times reapeating itself! It just hurts he decided to do this, so soon. I keep thinking of the things he’s going to miss. Giving me away, helping me move into my first house, holding his first grandchild, hah im crying now just wright this. It was just so weird eating dinner without him. Now that dad was gone the promise didn’t seem like it meant much, but I know it did. If I did anything, and left, mom would be all alone and I would never forgive myself. All I know Is things are getting bad again… like before and nothing will stop it.” I stopped to sob into my pillow, and while I did all this only three things were going through my head Malinda (my sister), my dad, and… Andrew, and for some reason I started reading, “The Lena Owens Affair,” And started crying on impact. This woman’s father sold her to some scumbag from the south, (They were from the north, does that make sense?) So that he’d leave his other 3 children and wife alone. In addition, he left to serve for the South and he did not see his daughter for a long time. From there the woman was wed to this man, beaten, raped, and every other horrible thing, that could happen. Finally after two miscarriages, she gave birth to a healthy little girl at 11.7 inches and 7.3 pounds. However, as the little girl grows not only is the woman being used but also her daughter at young ages such as five and six. Then one day, men from the North ambush the house and are ordered to kill everyone, but one of the young men that were on the mission recognizes Lena and begs to let her and her daughter come back. Finally the let her and all this stuff happens and she marries the young man, William. From there on everything seems good, but then William gets injured and can’t fight or work anymore. So Lena works as a spy, but then gets caught, then blah, blah, blah, and she commits suicide because something I don’t remember and she dies I’m Williams arms. Yeah pretty sad. Not what I should have read at that moment in time. The whole time I thought of Andrew, why he hated me, (and since he hated me why was I sleeping on him in the office?) why he cut, what happened at home, But I never thought I would know these answers. I lay in bed thinking about this and remember what tomorrow is. I pull the track shoes from under my bed and look at them. My dad wanted me to do this, so I stick the shoes in my bag, and cry myself to sleep.
Sorry Its short<3
