Mon Cheri °Tyler Down

°24. Perfect Strangers°

The next day had arrived and Anne was back at her own house.
The girl was getting ready for another day of hell at Liberty High.
But she shouldn't complain when her friend had to face everyone after they saw his full backside on the picture send by Clay Jensen.

Anne also decided to face her fear and stand up to her father this day.
She would finally tell Zach about his mother and her sick father.

When she walked out of her bedroom she saw the maid standing there.
"Goodmorning Cordelia, is there anything you need?"
The elderely woman smiled at the young girl before replying.
"A letter came this morning. It's for you."
She handed the letter and when Anne inspected it, it was the same as she found a couple of nights ago.
It was just a simple envelope with her name on it.
Anne looked at it while letting out a sigh. She ran her hand through her hair not knowing if she should take a look at them.
Anne felt a hand on her shoulder and when she looked up she saw it was Cordelia looking at her with a worried look.
"Sweetie, are you alright?"
Anne nodded with a small smile before walking away quickly, shoving the envelope in her purse.

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When the girl arrived at the shithole of a school she immediatly spotted the jocks taunting Tyler.
She walked forward in a fast pace and grabbed onto the boy's arm.
"Come on, Tyler. Don't pay attention to those assholes."
When the pair was away from the jocks Anne turned to look at Tyler.
She took his hand in hers and spoke up.
"You okay?"
He nodded while looking down.
"I'm just gonna go to the dark room. Will I see you at lunch?"
Anne nodded while smiling at the boy.
"If you need something or someone's bothering you, just let me know."
The boy nodded and looked at the girl one last time before heading over to the only safe place he knew at school.
Once he got there he closed his eyes preventing the tears from spilling out.

Now he finally knew what he put Hannah through and it felt horrible.
He felt guilty and didn't understand why Anne was still kind to him.
Afterall he was just the creep of the yearbook.

Anne was looking for a certain friend of hers when she finally spotted the tall asian boy.
She speedwalked towards him.
When the boy spotted the girl is smile went upwards in an instant and ge greeted the girl.
"Hey Anne."
She smiled quickly at him before looking around the hallways.
"Hey Zach, can we talk. Like somewhere private."
He nodded before pulling the girl inside an empty classroom.
He leaned against the teacher's desk and crossed his arms.
"So what's up?"
Anne hesitated for a moment.
Should she really do this? Ehat would her father do if he found out?
She shook her head ignoring the questions in her head.
"I uhh saw something a few days ago and I thought you had the right to know."
He gave her a questioning look signaling for her to go on.
She sighed while closing her eyes before continuing.
"I saw my father together with your mother doing the stuff."
Zach's eyes grew big and his mouth fell open in shock.
He didn't know what to say so he just stuttered out some sounds.
After a while he regained himself.
"Are you for real? My mother?"

Anne nodded before looking the boys in the eyes and she spoke up in a serious tone.
"Zach make sure she's careful around him. He is not as nice as he seems."
He nodded before thanking the girl and he held open the door so she could walk out first.

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School was over and Anne got back home.
When she walked inside her house it was quiet and no other soul was in there except for her.
When she entered the kitchen she saw a note.
It was from Cordelia.
She wrote that her father left town again and that she was out for a while but she would be back in a few hours.
Anne sighed in relief knowing she wouldn't have to face her father for a few days maybe even weeks.

After a few hours had passed Anne's beloved maid came back and the two just sat together in the kitchen.
When Anne's father would be gone she would always order Cordelia to relax with her and she insisted on helping her with the household.
The doorbell rang and the two women looked at eachother.
Anne got out of her seat and walked towards the door.

When she opened the door she saw someone who was basically a stranger to her yet she already knew so much about him.

"Justin Foley? Uhm what are you doing here?"