Chapter Thirty One
As soon as Toby pulled into the School parking lot and found a space, I jumped out of the car and hurried off. The parking lot was around the back, and while teachers had their own area, a lot of the students drove. I was able to rush off into the crowd and found comfort in the fact Toby wouldn’t be able to follow me. He hadn’t even had a chance to turn the engine off before I was gone.
I only stopped to catch my breath when I made it to the front entrance. I went in before Toby had a chance to catch up.
Walking through the crowd of students all rushing to find their lockers or friend groups, I got little snippets of other people's conversations. Becca Sanders’ brother died in a car crash over the summer, something I had heard about on the news alr
Chapter Thirty Two By the time lunchtime rolled around, I was well and truly sick of school. All I had heard all day, even from my friends, was how attractive one of the new teachers was. Sophie also wouldn’t stop asking if I was ok like she knew something was wrong. I knew she meant well, but it was starting to piss me off a little bit. I went into the canteen to get some food before joining my friends on their usual patch of grass out on the field. The weather was so lovely still, even though summer had technically ended, that most of the students and staff were out here relaxing too. ‘Not hungry?’ Thomas asked, looking down at my simple sandwich and bottle of water. I shook my head. I really wasn't. Maybe it was all the stress recently, but I’ve barely been hungry the past few days.
Chapter Thirty ThreeToby’s Point of ViewAll day, classes full of students have been coming and going. It was nice being back in this environment again. I loved summer, but I did miss my job, but this is a whole new school, which meant I had to repeat myself over and over and over for hours. I wasn’t stupid and I wasn’t deaf. I was also well aware that I was probably one of the few good looking teachers in this school, as vain as that sounded, which meant, I had a lot of attention from students.In every class I had taught today, at least 3 or 4 of the girls, and even a few guys, had made comments about me to their friends… The kids weren't as quiet as they thought they were.Under normal circumstances, I’d be flattered, but of course, I’d nev
Chapter Thirty FourViolet’s Point of ViewAfter I sent that text message, I did start to already feel slightly better but not completely. I waited for him to arrive, but in the meantime, I just kept my eyes closed, trying not to have a full blown anxiety and panic attack.I was struggling... Until I heard the door of the classroom open and close.‘Violet?’ As soon as I heard Toby’s voice, I jumped up from my hiding place and stumbled in the dark to find him. Reaching my arms out, feeling around for him. The second I touched him, I wrapped my arms tight around him and just sobbed. He just held me back tightly, shushing me and stroking my back.He didn’t speak or ask me what was wrong or r
Chapter Thirty FiveWe stayed, sat in silence, with me in his arms for as long as we could, but it was still a little awkward. I had to address the elephant in the room, or rather... Wolf…‘I’m not going to tell anyone your secret’. I told him honestly.‘I know you wouldn’t. You’re not that vindictive’. I couldn’t help but smile. He knew me so well. It meant a lot that he trusted me so much, even now… after everything.‘I do love you, so so much, I just don’t know if I can move past this’.‘I know and I understand. Trust me, I will wait for you’.‘W
Chapter Thirty SixViolet’s Point of ViewI sat down at the work bench and just pulled all my necessary books out of my bag. It was a carry on lesson from before summer. My science class hadn’t changed, so all my books were still relevant. I wasn’t really paying attention, I just drifted off and once again stared out the window. The teacher was rambling away in the background, but I couldn’t tell you what about. My mind was completely elsewhere already.Someone nudged my shoulder. I ignored it at first, but then they did it again… and again... And again. I whipped my head around to ask what they wanted. Surprise surprise, it was Sophie.‘What?!’ I whispered, annoyed with her constantly bugging me.
Chapter Thirty SevenToby’s Point of ViewViolet came in, but as soon as she saw me, her smile dropped. Why? I thought we were ok now, after what happened this afternoon at school. She opened up to me. Was she just going to be cold again??‘Violet. How nice of you to finally come home’. Her dad commented, not even looking at her. Anyone with eyes could see she wasn’t happy. She shifted awkwardly but didn't move. ‘You could have called, we had company!’. He snapped again.‘I-I’m sorry, I went out with my friends after school’. I instantly felt bad. She was just trying to live her life and have fun. Be normal.‘Honestly, it's fine’. I
Chapter Thirty EightViolet’s Point of ViewI stayed in my room for a little while, but I was going insane. I sent Sophie a text and asked If I could stay at theirs tonight. I didn’t go into detail, I just said things were a bit awful at home at the moment. Almost immediately, she texted back and said of course. I quickly packed a bag and snuck out of my house.I’d text mum and tell her I was staying away at a friends tonight, Once I was already there. Even though she and dad had really upset me, I wouldn't want to make her worry like that.Sophie and Raven didn’t live too far away, walking distance really, and by the time I got there, the twins were waiting for me at the bottom of their driveway. Their house was near enough a mans
Chapter Thirty Nine** A few weeks later **Life had been quite uneventful recently, which was nice. Not having something to worry about, or some drama to fret over was really good. I was starting to feel better about myself too. It really seemed like everyone had settled back into the school routine and summer was just memories now. I hadn’t really even spoken to Toby and only seen him at school. It felt weird, having so close on a daily basis but not really speaking to him, but he was giving me the space he told me he would give me, so I couldn’t complain about that.I had my head down, carrying in with the work Toby had set for the class, but Sophie kept nudging me. I tried to ignore it as much as I could but it was really starting to bug me.