Teach Me Something New

Chapter 7

I sat there frozen, eyes wide, unsure on what was happening, after a few moments, Drew pulled away.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have done that," He said, moving back into his chair, putting space between us.

"No, no it's okay, I was just shocked," I replied, shaking my head, still trying to wrap my head around what happened.

"Well, have you thought about your answer to my question; what do you think about me?" He asked, repeating the dreaded question I still don't quite know the meaning of.

Then it hit me, his meaning, what do I think of him as a person, an individual, not just the teacher. My eyes widened as I finally figured out the answer.

"Honestly, I like you, I don't know what I'm exactly feeling, I've never felt this before, it's scary," I answer, as honestly as I could.

"That's okay, thank you Shadow" Drew replied nodding, giving me a soft smile.

As he was about to say something the bell rang, signalling the end of class and the beginning of the second break, I sighed, moving to stand up on the crutches.

"I'll be back soon, I have to meet Joy at our lockers," I say, hooking my bag straps over my shoulders, and made my way to the door.

"See you later then," he replied just before I closed the door behind me, heading towards my locker to meet Joy.

When I turned down into the hallway that our lockers were I was Joy already there, waiting for me.

"Hey, sorry I took so long," I say, as I stood next to her, opening my locker.

"It's okay, I haven't been here long," she replied as I put my bag into my locker, shutting and locking it after I do so.

"How was music?" I asked, watching her put her stuff away before shutting her locker.

"Good, good. What are we going to do for lunch? Where are we going to go?" She asked.

"Mr White said we can sit in his office if we like, and just get the usual," I answered as we started walking to the canteen.

"Alright, if he said it was okay then so be it." Joy said, going into the canteen to grab our food while I waited outside, avoiding the massive crowd that has already built to fill the place.

As I was waiting, Janette decided to walk past me, trying to hide into her hoodie.

"Hey Janette," I say, giving a small wave to show it was me when Janette saw me she smiled.

"Hey, Shadow, what's been going on," She asked as she leant against the wall beside me.

"Nothing much, been pretty boring actually, you know can't do much with a busted ankle," I reply, tapping my cast. "What about you?"

"About the same, without the ankle thing, just been the little old loner I am," She answered laughing, making me crack a smile.

"Of course," I say, looking around, not completely knowing what to say next, "How's the photography going?"

"Good, almost finished actually, you?" She smiled.

"About halfway myself," I responded just as Joy decided to join us, carrying our food.

"Oh hey, I'm Joy, Shadow's sister," Joy said, introducing herself to Janette.

Janette looked between Joy and I, before I spoke up, "adopted, but sisters none the less."

"Oh, well I'm Janette, I'm in Shadows' photography class," Janette said, giving a small nod in recognition.

"Well, we have to go now, thank you, Janette, for chatting," I said, moving to put all my weight on the crutches before taking a step from the wall to stand by myself.