A Teacher's Love (Under Construction)

Chapter 6

A few weeks had gone by and the hospital says I'm almost free to go I just need to get a few more exams done on me. The teacher and the doctor were fine. The sad part is the doctor had lost her child when she was stabbed and now I can't help but feel sorry for her. It would have been their first child and now he doesn't even get a chance to live. Well even if he did he would have been born with some deformities making his life hard. She told me that he would be wouldn't be able to walk or talk ever in his life. I still wish he was alive. Everybody deserves a chance to live and experience to live...right?

Since she's my doctor and doesn't have any other patients; she spends her days with me and the teacher. We would talk all day...well they would talk. I don't talk anymore. My voice just kind of died on me when I saw my parents' dead. I still can't get the image out of my head of my mother coming at me with a knife wanting to end me...

I learned a bit more about the teacher, it turns out he's my old teacher and I had him back in eighth grade, which explained why he was familiar. His name was Justin Jones. But everyone calls him Coach Jones, since he's the football team's new coach. Since I hardly ever talk or even show signs of life anymore; he put me under a suicide watch the day my parents died to make sure I wouldn't go insane and if you wanted the truth that's the main reason why I'm still here.

"Jack? Jack are you listening to me?" Said Mr. Jones gently shaking my arm lightly to get my attention. I was sitting on the windowsill looking out the window at the town below.

I turned and looked at him. Dr. Amy had her ears on her head looking at me with worry along with my teacher.

I could still see the bandages on them both from where they were stabbed. It wasn't much anymore since we tend to heal fast, but it still hurt seeing it.

"I said that you can leave tomorrow. Do you have a place to go to for the night?" For the night? What did he mean for the night? Was I supposed to live somewhere else? I just looked at him confused.

"Jack we think it's best if you lived with someone you know to keep an eye on you." Said the doctor.

"I want you to live with me Jack. I know you're about to be nineteen and stuff, but I want to keep an eye on you till I know you're going to be OK on your own. Is that OK with you?" Mr. Jones said. I just looked at him then slowly nodded once. He smiled first time I've seen a genuine smile on that tigers face in a while.

There was a sudden knock at the door and we all turned to look who it was. It was the whole football team. My ears fell as my tail went around my waist and markings turned white. They found me! I hid behind Coach Jones for protection as I whimpered. Dr. Amy stood up and growled.

"No! Not all of you are coming in here at once! Only one at a time the rest go to the waiting room NOW!" She yelled and they all stepped into the hall and discussed who was going to be first.

"What are all of you doing here anyways?" asked Coach Jones.

"We heard what happen to Jack and we wanted to come check on him to make sure he was OK," Said the Doberman, who was the one who hit me with his car, "and we wanted to apologize to him first hand."

"Apologize for what exactly?" He asked curiously. I quickly got in front of him and nodded my white highlights gone and my ears up again.

I pointed with my head to the door for him to leave and I put his hand in the doctors' wanting them both to go. I didn't want the whole team to get in trouble. I've been dreaming about it for so long, but I couldn't let them do that to themselves...why? The people who leave me in ditches and beat the shit out of me every day never showing me any kindness...why should I show them any?

"Are you sure Jack?" He asked quietly as he looked down at me. I nodded.

"OK let's go then and give them some privacy." Said Amy as they walked out.

I got in my bad and balled up putting my knees to my chest holding them. They closed the door and after a few minutes it opened again. In came the team captain walking slowly.

"Do you want me to sit anywhere?" he asked quietly his ears on his head. I pointed over to the couch and he sat there.

"I hear you've gone mute...I'm sorry about your parents..." I nodded. He looked at the floor.

"I tried to help you but I couldn't make it to you in time before you were shoved out the window." My eyes grew wide. So he was the black figure I saw.

"If it makes you feel any better once he did it he started to cry and regretted ever doing it." I hissed the subject was still a touchy thing I didn't want to go through yet. His ears pressed more against his head as he whimpered. That's when mine fell and I whimpered. I don't want him sad or anything.

He got up and walked over to my bed and stood over it. I whimpered even more raising my hands as if to block his attacks...which never came... instead he fell to his knees and laid his head in my lap and cried.

"I'm so sorry Jack. I don't know why I've always hurt you most of the time I just left you alone! I don't want to see you in pain anymore Jack. I..." he said crying hard. Please don't say it.

"I love you..." My eyes widened. So he's the mystery boy who wrote me the note and kissed me. At that moment he left without another word, but 'goodbye'. After a few more minutes another guy came in and he talked.

About and hour later I had went through the whole football team but one and that was Logan. Everyone had said they were sorry and most said I shouldn't have stood up for them but they all claimed they loved me...I feel like I'm on an episode of Pranked. The door opened one more time and in came Logan.

He didn't even speak or even look at me for most of the time. All he did was look at the floor and cry. When he did look up he would quickly look back down and whimper loudly this tail hugging his crotch.

"Jack...," he finally said, " I don't deserve your forgiveness. I could have killed you! That's not even worth of life anymore. But I'm still gonna let it be known I truly am sorry. I was drugged. She forced molly down my throat when we were kissing and didn't even tell me till after I did that to you. I plan on reporting myself to the cops after I told you this." He got up and walked to the door fast. I had quickly got up and grabbed his hand and pulled him into a hug.

He didn't know what to do at first so he cried then hugged me back.

"Thank you Jack! Thank you so much!" He cried hugging me.

"Don't report yourself Logan..." I said quietly as I let go. He nodded and walked out.

I sat on the couch and looked out the window.

'Is this the beginning of a new start for me?' I thought to myself as I let a single tear run down my cheek. The sky grew dark and water fell from the sky.

I put my hand to the class as it was cold.

'Tomorrow is a new start.'