A Stucky Story

The Asset's Last Day of School

Bucky had a lot going on this week. Since Monday, the amount of work he had to do at school had increased. It aggravated him because he couldn't understand why. Even Steve wasn't sure what was causing the aggravation. All this week, Ms. Lisa was going over and testing what they've went learned over since they started. In the three months he was in school, he learned how to count to ten, learned the alphabet and write his name. It was a major improvement and everyone was glad Bucky was making strides in relearning. 

If only Bucky felt the same way about today.

"Bucky, you doing better?" Asked Steve. Bucky was in his corner after a bad tantrum. Steve thought it was a meltdown but all that happened was Steve asked if he could brush his hair by himself today and pack his lunch bag by himself. Maybe it was too much at one time but Bucky got upset and threw the brush at Steve, which resulted in ten minutes in the corner. "Bucky, you okay?"

"Okay."

"Why did you get so upset when I asked you to do something by yourself?"

"You do."

"Buck, I can't do everything for you. You have to learn some independence and start doing stuff yourself. If you wanted help, you could have asked instead of getting upset. Understand?" Bucky nodded. "Now, can we get shoes on? We're about to be late." Bucky got up and put his shoes on. He asked Steve to help tie his shoes. "You ready to go, now?" Bucky nodded and stood up, he put his book bag on and they went downstairs and left.

Once they arrived at the institution, Steve followed Bucky into his room. They were both surprised when they saw balloons and a cake in the middle of the table.

"Good morning, Bucky, Mr. Rogers and Harley. How are you doing?" Asked Ms. Lisa.

"We had a rough start to the morning. He might be a little slow reacting today." Bucky put his book bag down then went to his couch.

"Okay. Bucky, we don't have morning work today, so you can relax for a few minutes." Said Ms. Lisa. Bucky said nothing and stared out the window. 

"He'll come around in a few minutes." Said Steve.

"I understand. Dr. Nicole should be here in a few minutes. Until then, I can give you his folder and show you his progress." Ms. Lisa showed him Bucky's drawings, tests from this week and his behavior chart. Nothing seemed to be too concerning on the chart. There was a few incidents where he was upset at being asked to do his work and needed time to relax. But nothing looked too serious. As for the tests, most of them were A's. The only thing he got a B on was spelling out the numbers. Seven was spelled with one e and for some reason he refused to spell out one and nine.

Then there was a knock. It was Dr. Nicole and she was holding a present.

"Good morning, Mr. Rogers. How is everything?"

"Uh, getting there. May I ask what is going on? Is it someone's birthday?" He truly hoped it was no one's birthday.

"No, no birthday. We are celebrating Bucky's last day of school." Ms. Lisa smiled brightly.

"Last day of school celebration? Didn't have those back then. They just told us to have a great summer and see you soon. I guess this is the reason why he's been so frustrated lately. More work usually does that someone."

"Yeah, I wanted to keep it a surprise. So today will be his last day of school so he can enjoy summer. Then sometime in August we will continue school."

"Oh, okay, that works."

"But I do recommend you give him a little work to do during the summer at least once or twice a week to keep his mind from forgetting. I'll assist you with that." Then Bucky came over, leaning on Steve but eyes focused on the ice cream cake.