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CHAPTER
EIGHT.
I sat in English, bored out of my mind,
listening to the teacher drone on about something or other,
when suddenly, the door swung open. In walked one of the
guidance helpers, she was holding a pass oh god, please be
me! I wanna get outta here! I thought. Sure enough, the
girl walked over to me and placed the pass on my desk.
“As soon as possible” she instructed. My teacher
glanced at me and nodded, signaling that I could go
down.
I walked down the hall, pulling my
sleeve down as I walked. My mind, racing with thoughts. Oh
god. He knows. He knows I cut. Oh god. I finally
reached the door, where the councilor was standing. “Good
morning, Katie!” He exclaimed chirpily.
“Good morning Mr. Carl” I
said plainly. I looked him over. He was a stout, middle aged
man. His head was bald except for a single patch in the
very middle that looked like chicken hair. I couldn’t
take him seriously… we walked into his office and he
shut the door behind him. “Katie, I assume you already
know why you’re here?” he spoke.
“Not really?” I
replied
“Pull up your sleeve,
Katie.” He instructed me.
“Oh…
that…”
“Why’d you do it,
Katie?” He asked.
“I was sad and angry and
upset.” I said snappily.
“I see, well, some people cope
like that and if you really wanna do it, then you’re
going to keep doing that. However, I believe that you should
find a different outlet.” He
suggested
“Okay… I’ll try. Can
I go back to English now?” I asked.
“Sure. If you ever need to talk,
I’m here.” He told me. I nodded and walked out the
door. I turned the corner in the hallway and BAM!! I ran
right into Joel.
“Hey, Kates!” he laughed,
“Fancy running into you here… get it? Because you
ran into me?” he laughed again.
My face turned bright red “Oh
yeah… sorry… I wasn’t paying
attention… ugh. I just got out of guidance…
Mr. Carl…” I explained
“Ugh! That sucks! What’d he
say?” He interrogated.
“Basically, he told me that I was
gonna keep cutting if I wanted too and he couldn’t do
anything about it so I might as
well…”
“What??? Man, he should definitely
win guidance councilor of the year!” He said
sarcastically.
“yeah, well I’ve gotta get
back to English, my teacher will flip if I’m not back
soon.”
“oh… ok… well, um,
I’ll text you tonight…” he
said.
“ok!” I replied, seeming a
bit too desparate. I turned to go, and he shouted after
me.
“Hey! Kates, this might be weird,
but I kind of really like you!” He
called.
“I like you too.” I told
him. I looked back at him, smiled, and then proceeded to walk
down the hall.
Suddenly, I realized that I was
forgetting about Isaiah. This boy was gonna be good for me. I
smiled to myself as I walked back into my English
class.
The end.
Dedicated to L.J., Kelly, And James <3 thanks you guys. love
you!
