The Stolen Heart

I'm really dizzy now.

Bradley is at school online so I don't see him nearly as often as I'd like.

Luckily, I have Bailee.

We had a substitute yesterday in Mr. Jones's room and he had the sub give us fifty questions on Romeo and Juliet.

I did them anyways.

I'm completely prepared for an argument.

Bailee is literally my best friend. She knows I'm going to fight with Mr. Jones today because I was bitching about him all day yesterday.

I walk into the class, pissed as ever. Everyone knows I'm going to fight him too, because I ranted here as well. I'm fifteen minutes late because I went to the bathroom and then I got two sodas from the vending machine.

"Nice for you to finally show up." Mr. Jones says.

"Fuck you." I grumble.

"Why are you in a mood?" he asks.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm lacking sleep, because someone skipped school yesterday and gave us fifty homework questions!"

I look at the board and see fifty more questions, but this time, it's on To Kill a Mockingbird.

It's a week before exams.

"Don't worry. They're not graded."

"Oh shit." Bailee says.

"Are you fucking kidding?" I ask. "You're grading them."

"No I'm not. It's for the exa-"

"The exam?" I snap. "Why don't you give us a fucking study guide? Fuck you!" I grab the eraser and erase the whole homework board.

"Emma!" he snaps.

"I can't believe you gave us so much homework!" I snap. "And you aren't even grading it." I roll my eyes. He has the grade book open. I pencil in an A for me.

"I'm seriously going to give you detention." He says.

"Go the fuck ahead! I don't care!" I yell at him.

To be honest, I've been really depressed without Bradley here and I'm in a bad mood a lot. A lot of people give me sympathy.

"Emma." Bailee says. I look at her. "Don't give her detention. She's going through a lot of thing right now."

"I'm going to starbucks." I mutter.

"What?" Mr. Jones asks. I grab a pass and write that I can go to my car, and then I forge his signature.

"I'll be back."

People start handing me money and their orders.

He opens his mouth to threaten me, but I just grab my keys and wallet and walk out the door.

I go down the hall, flashing my pass to the teacher that's about to yell at me, and then I go outside to my car. I get in and drive away. I go right to Starbucks and I get one for me, one for Bailee, one for Mr. Jones and one for Bradley. I swing by his house and walk in. he's asleep on the couch. I sit down next to him and run my fingers through his hair.

"Baby, wake up." I say. I shake him gently. He slowly opens his eyes, and then looks at the time, frowning.

"Are you skipping?"

"I had a pass." I say.

"Jones?" he asks.

"Yup." I nod. I hand him his drink and give him a kiss. "I'll be back after school. I love you."