An English teacher, Kristal Harrington, is living her life in Hawkins, Indiana away from her abusive ex husband. She faces many challenges during her day on the job at Hawkins High School with one of them being Billy Hargrove.
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The day had passed slowly, and I was growing tired of the thoughts of Billy. But it wasn't just about him. The people who now knew about us ran through my head during my lectures. I was so distracted by them that I couldn't focus on any of my topics. I stuttered and stammered so much that I had to resort to free reading for the rest of my classes.
I sighed, thinking of the specific people. Steve, Max, Teddy...
After some time I began to let myself get carried away by arguing with myself.
Who else would know? Surely there was bound to be a person who couldn't keep their mouth shut for long. For all I knew Evelyn and my parents may have already knew the entire time.
However, people were going to find out soon about Billy and I. It's always a series of unfortunate events when more than one person knows.
Although there are rare times where the truth can also turn into rumors and people may believe it, I knew I was not going to risk it. It's beginning to overwhelm the stress of losing my job and the judgement I would receive from Evelyn and my parents.
The second the bell chimed for study hall I exited my classroom to walk to the library, so I could check up on Teddy. After our small talk this morning I became concerned for him.
You could say we made ourselves acquainted with each other since he knows something his grandmother doesn't, but, however, I was mostly worried about him blabbing to Evelyn more than anything.
I barely knew the guy. How would I know if he could keep a promise?
Possibly because he came out to me as gay before anyone else knew, and knowing how Evelyn is I knew she wouldn't like that since she's very strict and old fashioned.
I yanked open the door to see a library that had six students at the tables with one of them being my brother. Meanwhile Teddy was behind the counter putting the checked books on a wooden cart.
I narrowed my eyes to search for Evelyn, but she was nowhere to be seen, which was very unusual.
"Kristal," I heard Teddy greet me with a smile past his bruised nose. "Hey."
I sighed at the sight of his facial wound. "Hey, Ted." I chuckled and walked to the counter. "Sorry to say this, but you look like a blob fish with that nose."
He shrugged but shot me a beaming smile. "Best thing to ever happen to me since college."
I giggled then sighed, looking around for Evelyn. "So where's you're grandma?"
