The Help~(Completed♡)

Uncomfortable Teens

Damon's P.O.V.

"Haley, what's going on?", I asked as Luke pulled her into my classroom during lunch, "Is she in trouble?" He shook his head,

"No. Not with me at least."

"What happened?"

"Jensen called and sent her to me and said she was being disrespectful. When I asked what she did, he said she got an attitude and refused to stay afterschool for tutoring with him. Then I asked her."

"Why won't you stay after? Do you need to go to tutoring?"

"I don't wanna be alone with him.", she whispered, looking up at me, "Please."

"Okay, hey, you're alright kid.", I said as she started tearing up. I walked over and hugged her, "Baby you're okay. Calm down." After a few minutes, she stopped crying. "Did he do something to you?" She shook her head,

"Not really. He-He just makes me really nervous and I wasn't disrespectful, I promise. He told me I needed to stay for tutoring and I asked what for because I have a B in his class and he got mad and said that I needed to and I shouldn't be back talking. I apologized, even though I didn't do anything wrong, and told him I have practice so I can't stay for tutoring and that I don't need to anyways and he sent me to Luke." I nodded,

"Okay. You're not allowed to stay after with him. If you need help in science, we'll figure something else out."

"I'm sorry. I know I'm overreacting he just makes me really nervous."

"You're not overreacting. Love, your instincts usually know things long before you do. Trust your gut with stuff baby. If you tell me you're uncomfortably with an adult or another person, I will do everything in my power to keep them away from you."

"Thanks D."

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"Daddy?", Claire called, walking into our room.

"What's up love?", Ash asked as she crawled into bed between us.

"I gotta tell you something."

"Are you alright?", I asked as we sat up. She shrugged. "What's going on love?"

"One of my teachers touched me.", she whispered. Ash and I looked at each other and back to her,

"Where at?", I asked. She messed with her pajama shirt,

"Where you said no one should touch me." I nodded,

"Okay. Are you hurt?"

"I don't think so."

"Can you tell us who it was?"

"Ms. Kinly." Ash and I looked at each other again,

"Okay.", I said softly, "I'm really proud of you for telling us baby." Ash nodded,

"We both are."

"But I think we need to go to a doctor to make sure you're okay."

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"Physically, she's fine.", the doctor said softly, "Mentally? She won't be for a long time."

"What can we do?", I asked. She glanced back at the room where Claire was,

"Be there for her. She might tuck this away for twenty years. She might not. But one day, she'll be really upset and messed up about it. I honestly can't believe she told you guys. We never see kids who told their parents in the beginning."

"We really teach our kids to trust us.", Ash said, "With anything and everything."

"Well, it's clearly working. You can take her home whenever."

"Thank you."

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"Daddy I don't wanna go to school.", Claire said as she came into the kitchen. I picked her up and sat her on the counter,

"Because of yesterday?"

"What happened yesterday? Did someone pick on you?", Luke asked walking in.

"My teacher touched me." He froze,

"What?"

"We handled it, it's okay Luke.", I said softly.

"No it isn't.", he said hugging her tightly, "I love you kid."

"I love you too bubba." He let her go and went to get breakfast as I looked down at Claire,

"Ms. Kinly isn't gonna be at school ever again. You're safe there, okay?"

"Promise?"

"I promise." She hugged me tightly. "Why are you so dressed up?", I asked looking at her poofy yellow dress.

"Ms. Kinly said she didn't want me to wear dresses anymore because it meant I wanted to be touched. But just because I'm wearing a dress doesn't mean I'm- um- I'm...-"

"Asking for it.", Lily chimed in from the table, looking up, "What you wear does not decide what you want." Claire nodded, looking back to me,

"What I wear does not decide what I want. Today, I wanted to wear a dress."

"Well you look very pretty. And you're absolutely right."

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"Seriously!?", I heard Haley yell from down the hall. I sighed, moving from where I stood outside my classroom to where Haley stood by the principal's office.

"You can't dress like that and expect not to get touched. You're practically begging for it.", one of the senior boys said as him and his friends laughed. Before I could stop her, she slammed his head into a locker,

"You can't walk around without a helmet on and expect not to get the shit beat out of you. You're practically begging for it.", she spat as he fell to the floor, "Fuck you asshole. What I wear does not decide what I want."

"Touch her again and I'll snap your damn neck.", Lily said as she ushered Haley into Luke's office. I quickly followed as they both sat in front of his desk smiling.

"Girls, what the hell?", I sighed.

"He grabbed my ass!", Haley said, "And then said was 'practically begging for it'. Seriously!? He deserved much more than a face full of locker."

"Fully agree.", Lily said. Luke shrugged,

"Me too. Go to class. Haley, don't wear those shorts again. They are against dress code, that doesn't mean you're asking to be assaulted, it just means your breaking a rule, got me?" She nodded,

"Yes sir." Both girls hugged me before bouncing out of the office. Luke stepped out ad I followed, going to the nurses office where she tended to the small cut on his head.

"Trent you're suspended for two weeks."

"What!?", he asked.

"Men like you disgust me. Don't ever touch a woman, or anyone, like that again or I'll be after you."

"Is that a threat?"

"It's a damn promise."