I woke up feeling a bit dizzy but i soon passed. I instantly saw my light blue ceiling with clouds on it so i knew i was back at the care home. "your up!" i heard Ross say cheerfully and i nodded not sure if i could talk,
"if I'm not dead!" i said and he laughed lightly. I looked at him and he was in his school clothes, grey skinny jeans, white shirt and tie and a red hoodie. "how long was i out?" i asked and he frowned "two days!" eh said and i nodded, I'm normally out that long,
"what happened after i went?" i asked and he sat on the edge of the bed and crossed his legs over each other "well you just keeled over and totally space out i mean you looked like a fish on the boat once its out of the water, i totally went ape shit with worry and i was crying an everything,
Miss Birmingham looked a bit shocked and helped me while Mrs Colins got the nurse who said that you had epilepsy an that. Once your fit was over you just looked like you were dead. The nurse asked you if you could hear her and she got no answer so you were taken home!" he said and i nodded,
I sat up and i felt so weak, i slumped back down with a huff "how long you been here?" i asked and he smiled "since you got back i didnt leave, Gina and Tommy said it was fine as long as it was cool with my brother!" he lives with his brother who is a law student, he's really awesome!
There was a knock on my door and Gina showed her face. Gina was cool but i pranked her a hell of alot along with Tommy. "how you feeling?" she asked sitting on the chair beside my bed "like crap!" i said and she nodded,
"want anything to eat? how about some toast?" she asked and i nodded "with jam!" i said and she smiled "alright then pet, Ross what about you?" she asked and he nodded "yeah thanks!" he said, with a smile she left and came back with two plates of toast and jam,
"thanks Gina!" i said, she nodded and left. "i suppose your going to school tomorrow?" he asked and i nodded "as much as i want to just lay in bed all day i cant and its shit!" i said and he nodded "i feel ya!" he said as he bit into his toast.
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My alarm went of and i groaned "switch it off!" i heard Ross groan, he had stayed over last night. "no you!" i said as the beeping got louder "ugh stupid,lazy fucking bitch!" he mumbled as he slammed it off "thank you!" i said with a smile and lay back down,
My phone alarm went of and we both groaned "seriously?" he asked and i nodded "so i don't fall back asleep!" i said as i switched it of "come on then!" he said and got up with a stretch. I got up and went to the shower,
Once i was done i let Ross in and i got dressed in my usual school uniform, it doesnt really change throughout the year if im honest. I kept my hair down again and i made sure my black nerd glasses with transition lenses were in my bag as i'll get a headache today i just know it.
Ross came back in and i left so he could change. I went downstairs and Harry came running up to me, he was five and just adorable "hey buddy!" i said and picked him up "Jo, you okay?" he asked a she kissed my cheek "yeah im fine buddy, how was school?" i asked as he sat on my knee at the table,
"fun, are you feeling better?" he asked as he took some cereal, i nodded "yeah im fine mister!" i said as Ross came down and took a seat next to me. We ate our breakfast and me and Ross left for school,
As soon as i got there Mr.Hutler wanted to speak to me in his class, he was my art teacher and we got on pretty well. I walked in his class and he smiled instantly when he saw me "ah Jo have you got your sketch pad with you?" he asked and i nodded,
"never leave without it why?" i asked and he smiled widely "walk with me!" he said as we left his class and made our way round the school "alright now as every year with the new teahcers we get a senior art student to draw a group pictire of them so im wanting you to do it this year!" he said as we reached the staff room,
I instantly smelled the strong smell of coffee "wow, you all like coffee!" i said and he smiled "we do put up with all of you!" he said and i shook my head. We walked over to a couch which had a coffee table seperating it from another couch.
"New teachers, could you gather round please!" he said to the teahcers who were sitting in the corner all talking with each other. They all went queit and about seven teachers stood including Miss Birmingham and Mrs Colins.
They walked over all looking increadibly worried "aww the worried faces, they must think were going to kill them!" Mr Hulter said with a light chuckle "aww what thats not why im here?" i asked going along with it and he laughed,
"please dont look so worried. Now every year we get a senior student to draw a picture of the new teachers, its a sort of welcome to the school and it goes up on our wall here!" he said pointing to the wall and i saw past drawings of new teachers,
i looked them over as Mr Hulter talked and they were all draw fromal, you know? Full of detail and as egzactly what they saw, dont get me wrong they were good but i just didnt like them.
I turned back to Mr Hulter and his speach "alright now four take the couch and three stand!" he said and i noticed the new male PE teacher instantly took a couch seat, hmmm. There was only one male teacher the rest were female.
I sat on the couch opposit with one leg crossed over the other. I put my bag down and brought out my sketch pad and pencil case "is there any way im suppose to do it?" i asked Mr Hulter as he came back with a cup of coffee and he shook his head,
"its your drawing!" he said and i smirked "good!" i said and he raised an eyebrow but didnt ask "okay so what do you all teach besides PE, English Lit, and Maths!" i said pointing oit the ones i know. They went like,
PE, English lit. Music Maths - they were on the couch and behind standing were, Geography Computing and German.
I started of with the new PE teacher and i made him look cocky, i was drawing a cartoon so they weren't gonna look like they were now. I gave him big muscles and a ripped shirt. I gave him a twinkling eye and sparkling teeth.
I went to Miss Birmingham next and i made her look like she was crossing one leg over the other, bitting her thumb nail while readin 'Pride and Predjusice'. I drew the music teacher who looked nervous so i drew that and drew a guitar next to her.
With Mrs Colins i was gonna make it hilarious. There was a coffee mug on the table that was hers and i was involving that. She had her leg crossed over the other and her shoe was sligthly of, her mug was half empty and the contents was in the air and she was laughing,
With the geogrpghy teacher she was holding a globe while studying it. The computing teacher was looking at a laptop dressed as a complete geek and the german teacher was eating a sausage on a fork.
I added some extra detail and signed the picture at the bottom and added the year like all the rest. I tore it out of the sketch book and passed it to Mr Hulter who burst out laughin "im hoping its at the humour and not the drawing efforts!" i said and he nodded,
"this is perfect!" he said and flipped it round for them to see and they all smiled "i look drunk!" Mrs Collins said and i shrugged "oops!" i said and she laughed lightly. Mr Hulter put it on the wall and some of the other teachers looked at it and smiled amusingly,
I got a seering pain in my head and i knew i had to put my glasses on. I put them on and took some paracetemol for the pain and Miss Birmingham and Mrs Colins looked at me worried and i gave them both reasuring smiles.
"well done Jo!" Mr Hutler said giving me a pat on the back "thanks!" i said standing and putting my bag over my shoulder. The bell had rang while i was drawing so i headed to my maths class with Mrs Colins,
"so you okay now?" she asked and i nodded putting my phone away "yeah im good!" i said and she nodded "you gave us quite a scare, Ross more than anyone!" she said and i nodded "you'd think after four years of knowing i have epilepsy he'd be better with it, guess not!" i said and she laughed a bit,
We walked in her class and i took my seat next to Ross. After a quick explination of what Mr Hulter wanted i caught up with what we should have been doing just intime for English Lit.
Ross and I walked to Miss Birminghams class and took our seats infront of her desks "hey Jo, hey Ross!" she said as we got in and we were first there "hey Miss Birmingham!" we chorused as we took our seats,
"how you feeling?" she asked and i nodded "good you?" i asked and she nodded "better, good drawing by the way!" she said and i smiled "thanks!" i said and bit my nails "why you bobbing yor knee?" Ross asked and he had caught Miss Birminghams attention and she looked our way,
"ive got a craving and i cant take care of it!" i said and he nodded "not long until free period!" he said and i nodded "whats this?" Miss Birmingham asked raising an eyebrow "she smokes!" Ross said and Miss Birmingham looked at me,
"not the only one, am i?" i asked looking at Ross who shrugged "yeah at least im not bitting my nails and on edge wanting a cigartette!" he said and i playfully hit his arm "im surprised your mum and dad would let you smoke Jo!" at that my knee stopped bobbing and i heard Ross gulp,
"breath and count back from ten!" he said looking at Miss Birmingham as i clenched my fists, this is always a touchy subject. Miss Birmingham looked down at my clenched fists and raised an eyebrow. She noticed the rest of the class were in and got to teaching them but kept glancing at me as i stared the hell out of the black board.
I was asked to stay behind as the bell went, i had just controlled my anger i dont need to get it back up again. I sat on the edge of my desk as she collected in the books "what happened there?" she asked as she sat them on her desk and rested her arms on the pile while looking at me,
I shrugged "nothing my cravings got the better of me!" i said and she raised an eyebrow "when i had you in seventh grade you drew something on my board and lied about doing it, the way i knew it was you your eyebrow twitched everytime you lied!" she said and i raised an eyebrow,
"bullshit!" i said and she smirked "fraid not now tell me!" she said and i sighed "my parents are a touchy subject is all!" i said trying to avoid the thoughts of them. She raised an obvious eyebrow "did something happen, the last time i remember you were all fine?" she asked and i sighed,
"id rather not talk about it!" i said as the tears were in my eyes and i knew like hell she noticed "Jo is something wrong?" she asked and i shook my head "no im just allergic to dust and this class is full of it!" i said wipping the fallen tear away,
"come on you can tell me!" she said sitting next to me now. I sighed at all the memories of my parents that came flooding back that i had blocked, if i didnt i would be crying my eyes out-something im doing now and holding onto Miss Birmingham for dear life,
Good god this is embarassing!
Once i had let it all out i pulled away and wipped my eyes dry "man im sorry, i didnt mean to go there it just sorta happened!" i said and she smiled "its fine Jo but i want to know why you totally ruined my shirt!" she said and and i laughed lightly,
With a sigh i nodded "well i-i live ina c-care home. My p-parents they d-died..." i managed to say but i did stutter, the look of Miss Birminghams face was full of shock "what?" she asked and i nodded "eighth grade, the summer before ninth!" i said and i cleared my throat,
"can i ask how?" she asked and i took a deap breath "my gran was comming up and i was having an argument with my parents, they stormed out and left for my gran to pick her up at the station. They picked her up and made there way home but it was December and the snow was hard and icey the night before,
My dad lost control and went into a tree. My gran died from impact my mum and dad died at the scene. I was at home waiting for them nervous as hell. They didnt make it and told a police officer to tell me they loved me no matter what i had decided and i'll always be there girl. They died telling each other they loved each other!" i said holding back the floods,
Miss Birmingham looked at me the shock had gone she was just looking at me now "what was the argument about?" she asked finsing her voice. I looked away and bit my lip "i told them i was gay!" i said and let a breath out,
"they kept asking questions i didnt like and I got mad, they started saying odd things and promised to talk about this with gran and left but we never talked about it!" i said and a single tear ran down my cheek,
Miss Birmingham hugged me again and i cried lightly onto her shoulder. I felt safe in her arms which is freaking me out cos ive never felt safe ever not even with my parents they were always judgy people.
"you okay?" she asked and i nodded "i should stop doing that before i completely ruin your shirt!" i said and she laughed lightly "Dont worry about it!" she said and i nodded "thanks!" i said and she smiled,
"no problem,if you need to talk let me know!" she said and i nodded "i will!" i said and she nodded "if you dont mind now im off to have a smoke its killing me!" i said and she laughed lightly "you know smoking is killing you!" she said and i shrugged,
"big deal!" i said and she sighed "go before i strangle you for smoking!" she said and i laughed lightly. I went outside and to the big oak tree in the school front yard. I leaned my back against it and took a big puff of my cigarette,
With the way things are going, if i keep them up that is its gonna be one hell of a long year!