The Autistic Kid and The Student Teacher

Episode 1: Meeting the Class

*NOTE: this is Joe's P.O.V.*

I walked into the classroom, they looked at me weirdly, I turned to Mr. Stewart, the actual teacher. "Class" he started "this is the student teacher I was talking about, he's gonna take over for today, I'll let you get situated" he left without another word.

I looked at the class nervously, I had never actually taught a class ALONE before. They all stared at me with a watchful glare. I had to make a good impression, even though most of these kids were a few years younger than me, I was nineteen, and they were mostly 15, 16, some 17 year olds here and there. I took a deep breath "Hello class" I waited for their response. "Hello Mr. Gray" they replied in a bored tone. I smiled slightly "Call me Joe, Mr. Gray sounds so old fashioned" They seemed to like that and repeated their greeting "Hello Joe" I smiled and looked at them again, gaining more confidence as I did "Okay, we are going to start introducing ourselves today" "YAY NO WORK!" a student called out, I turned to see who it was "And you are…"

"I'm Mitchel Smith" He replied. "Nice to meet you Mitchel" I looked around the room, "Lets start off with names" I pointed to the girl behind the boy named Mitchel "We'll start with you, and work our way around the room"

"Okay" the girl stood up "I'm Emily Walker" She sat back down, we went around the room 'til we got to a girl, she had her brown hair back in a pony tail, by looks of it her hair was wavy or straight, I couldn't tell. She was wearing a pair of jeans and t-shirt, so I knew she wasn't one of those preppy popular girls. She sat there working in her notebook, either she was doodling or writing something. I cleared my throat "Miss" she didn't respond. I walked over and stood in front of her "Miss" I repeated. She looked up and me but didn't say anything. "Please tell the class your name" I waited for her to answer. She looked around the room, she looked scared when she saw all the eyes watching her every move. "I- I- I-" She started but didn't continue, she looked back down to her paper.

I knelt in front of her desk "Is everything okay?" A girl called out "She's shy and a retard, just skip her and get to me already god" she rolled her eyes to finish her statement. I stood up and looked at her "Everyone gets a chance to say their name, please be patient" I turned back toward the pony tail girl "What's your name" She still didn't respond, Miss Impatient called out again "Her names Miley god, lets her skip, she doesn't talk to anybody" I sighed and ignored her "Miley, want me to skip you " She nodded and I continued with the names. I pointed to a girl with dark hair pulled back in a tight pony "Your turn" Miss Impatient interrupted again "I'm Selena Russo, most popular girl in school, captain of the cheerleading squad, best-" I cut her off "Miss Russo I wasn't speaking to you, wait your turn like everybody else" She sat in her seat silent but sulking, I turned back to the black haired girl "Your name is?"

"I'm Demi Johnson" she stated and waited for me to go on to the next person. I continued with names and we started work, more specifically math. I wrote a problem on the board. "Copy and solve this problem in your notebooks please" They all did, when everyone had finished writing I looked at them. "Raise your hand if you know the answer" Pretty much everyone had, I looked at Miley, she sunk in her seat "Miley do you know the answer?" She shook her head. The bell rang for lunch, even though this was high school, it was like elementary school, I, well the teachers, taught all the classes, math, science, language arts, history, gym, everything except electives.

The class filed out and I started shuffling papers, I looked up and noticed someone still sitting in their seat, it was Miley. I walked over " Are you going to go get lunch" She shook her head "Why not?" I asked curiously. She didn't respond, "Well, you're welcome to wait here for everyone else to get back" She nodded thankfully and I went back to shuffling papers. I finished and sat at my desk and opened my lunch. Miley was doodling or something in her notebook.

The class came back in from lunch and sat in there seats. I threw the trash away and looked at them. "Okay" I looked at my paper "Science" There were a few groans but I ignored them. I passed out materials and explained the instructions "Okay, partners" They all sat up in there seats "Since this is my first day here I'm going to allow you to pick partners, if work doesn't get done I wont let you pick anymore" They all smiled and paired up. Miley sat alone. Everyone was taken and this experiment was required to have partners, I walked over and sat by her "Mind if I'm your partner for today" She looked at me in thanks but still didn't talk. I helped her, I told her what to do in the instructions when it was partner one's turn and I did partner two's work.

After school I was driving home, I realized I had forgotten about some paperwork that I had to give to Mr. Stewart. I took a left instead of a right and drove to the house. I knocked on the door with the paperwork in hand. He opened the door "Hey Joe, what brings you here" he asked. I held up the paperwork "I forgot I needed you to sign some of these" He opened the door and let me in. We sat at the table in the kitchen. I looked around; this was the most beautiful kitchen I had ever seen. Someone walked into the kitchen, I turned to see who it was. To my amazement, it was Miley.

He looked up and looked at her "You okay hun" She shook her head and walked over to him. She was wearing pj's, bunny slippers, and was holding a blanket and a bear. She looked like a giant six year old, no offense though, she just did. I just sat there and tried to look away like I wasn't eavesdropping, even though I secretly was. "Whats wrong hun" he said, she didn't respond but he knew what she was thinking "bad dream?" she nodded and he pulled her into a tight hug "its okay hun, it was only a dream" she nodded and fell asleep. "Excuse me" he got up and layed Miley on the couch and sat back down. "Okay, so we were saying" "umm…" we continued our conversation until the phone rang, I sat patiently and waited. Again I eavesdropped, what else was there to do. I listened to him talk on the phone while I watched Miley sleep. He sounded distressed and annoyed. He sat back down and looked bothered "you okay" I asked. "Yeah, one sec" he called a few people, and kept saying "can you baby-sit" but every time he'd hang up depressed. "Do you need someone to baby-sit or something Mr. Stewart?" I asked "umm yeah why you know someone" "well depending on the day I could baby-sit" he looked thankful "There's a board meeting and I need to be there, tomorrow night" "I'm free tomorrow night, who am I baby-sitting" he pointed to Miley laying on the couch "Miley" I was confused "isn't she like 15, no offense to your parenting style but isn't she old enough to stay home alone" he shook his head "She's autistic" ohhhhhh, light bulb went on my head "you think you could handle that" "yeah I could handle" I said confidently

The next day I walked into the school, we, Mr. Stewart and I, planned to have Miley come with me after school, I drive her home and baby-sit her. I walked down the hallway that the classroom was in. Someone was sitting in front of the door. I walked over, it was Miley "hey, you're welcome to come inside" I said as I unlocked the door. She nodded and stood up. I opened the door for her "Ladies first" she nodded and walked in and sat at the same desk she sat in yesterday. I set my bag of crap, er- I mean school stuff, on the desk and started shuffling papers and getting ready for class. Might as well tell her now "Miley could you come here for a minute" she stood up and walked to my desk. She just waited for me to say something. "Your dad has to go to a meeting today so I'm taking you home and watching you"

HOW WILL MILEY REACT? THANKS FOR WATCHING AND ILL POST SOON!