Chapter 7: Old Friend's and Old Problems

For the two days we went from school to school even going to my old schools. I talked to my old teachers well the ones liked when I was in school. Tomorrow are the high schools and i'm not looking forward to it. We dropped Hailey off at her house before going to a nearby diner to eat dinner there. We walked in and took a seat in one of the booths. The smell of cooked and cooking food was floating in the air while, you could clearly hear the food being cooked in the back.

The red and white tiling was clean and almost showed your reflection. The red colored seats of the stools and booths were almost like you were eating in a school cafeteria, but we were sitting down talking and getting ready to order when our waitress, a familiar cheetah walked up with a small note pad. "Hi my name is…" she drifted off while she tilted her head looking at me with squinted eyes. "Jack Fenix is that you?" the familiar cheetah said awestruck at seeing me.

"Hey Jessie." I said a little sheepish.

"Long time no see. Well what have you been doing for so long, you never really kept in touch with me after you graduated." she said putting her paws on her hips which were still holding her pen and paper.

"Don't you have work to do?" I said a little hopeful.

"Yeah but here in about 15 minutes, I get off so stay here and we can catch up!" she said a little exited before regaining her composure. "So now what will you have to order." she said in a chirpy tone. Nick and Judy but there orders in and I opened my mouth to order but she hushed me and smiled at me. "I already know what you want." she said with a smile on her face and my muzzle shut with the sound of my teeth hitting each other, She walked away with a skip in her step.

"Who was that Jack?" Nick asked with a half gaze and a sly smirk on his face. They both were met with a silent glance.

"Jack who is she?" Judy pressed with a smile. I just sighed before explaining.

"That…" I said tilting my head to the door that she went through and pointing with one of my fingers. "Was Jessie she's one of my exs'." I said my head lowering a little trying to hid the fact i was plushing by looking away and taking a sip from my water.

"Wow… she looked nice why, did you two break up?" Judy asked leaning over to me.

"That's not important." I said quickly before looking at my phone trying to avoid any more questions.

A few minutes later she came back in normal street clothes instead of her work outfit, she also had our food with her. "Here are your orders." she said setting them down in front of the tended recipient before setting across from me and next to Nick. "So what have you been up to." she said smiling beaming with happiness.

"You know around. Are you still in school?" I said trying to keep the conversation away from myself.

"Yeap not all of us can graduate early. like you." She said with a hint of jealousy.

I grinned at that, "So how is school?" I asked pausing from eating my food.

"Oh I hate it, i'm passing but all of the students find a way to ruin something." she said laying back in the booth.

"How are your friends doing, And i'm surprised you haven't you know." I said signaled with my head to Nick and Judy, who I could tell were listening in on the conversation.

"They're doing okay and are having fun, and as for these two," She signaled by pointing in the direction of Nick and Judy with her thumb. "I noticed and was about to ask you how you knew them. But enough about me what about you?" she said as she but her chin on her paws looking at me with great interest.

"Well how about we talk about that tomorrow trust me you are in for a big surprise tomorrow." I said with honesty and finishing off my food.

"Fine but you better tell me, and did you change your phone number because i've tried to get in touch with you before but it said the numbers changed?" she said reaching for her phone.

"Oh yeah I did. Here." I handed her my phone and she but her number into mine and mine into her phone.

"Who is this?" she said looking at my screen saver which was a picture of Hailey.

"That's my girlfriend Hailey." I said taking a sip from the now almost gone water glass.

"Wow look at you Jack, got yourself a good looking girl." she said nodding and wide eyed. I felt my cheeks heating up.

"Thanks." I said taking back my phone.

"Look at the time we got to go and get to bed before it gets too late." Judy said pushing me out of the booth. Nick pulled out his wallet and went ahead and payed for the bill and we left, as we were on our way home Jessie texted me, "better tell me tomorrow. So i sent I will =p." When we got home we went straight to bed.

We woke up and did what we normally did, but today was getting ready for our day as guest speakers at schools and it's high schools today and aberrantly we guess speak at three today only three. The second one is Hailey's old school and the last one is mine and that one we're there for most of the day. "Great" I whined in my head.

On the ride there we picked up Hailey and were on our way down to the first school to 'speak' Judy and Nick do most of the talking until it's our turn and all that is is talking about the opportunity to be an apprentice at 16-17 then when you are 20 you can join then it's answering questions which is again more towards Judy and Nick then to the apprentices. After that school it was off to Hailey's old school.

"You nervous about going to your old school Hailey?" Judy asked excited to go and speak again.

"Not really i'm ready to see some of my old teachers and i'm excited to see them again and talk to them for a little." she answered before looking at her phone again. Judy smiled and looked forward again. When we arrived I saw a few girls of different spices out front talking to each other. We pulled up to a open parking spot and we all got out.

I got out of the car straightening my hat and my sunglasses before grabbing my tactical bag swinging it onto my back and stud to the side waiting for the others, Hailey walked over and we took each other's paw and started walking to the school when the others caught up.

That's when I heard someone squeal from the group of girls followed by a few more, before Hailey herself did it before she shot forward letting go of my paw to run halfway to the group of teenage girls, Hailey hugged the first one and the others swarmed her. "I guess that's her group of friends." Nick said putting his paws down from his ears. I just nodded along with Judy.

They all were asking her all sorts of questions when we walked past them. Hailey noticed some of her friends Boyfriends coming and holding their paws so, she went to find me with her friends and their boyfriends following close behind.

It was 9:30AM we have the whole assembly before lunch for the school. Which was only an hour and thirty minutes. It starts at 10:30 and ends at 12:00. We got here early though so Hailey could see some of her old teachers and friends. Nick and Judy walked to the principal's office to talk to him and get things straightened out, while they did that I just stayed outside of the office, I just plugged my headphones in and started listening to music while I waited.

Hailey turned the corner with the group of friends talking, I didn't notice or hear there conversation nor did I care to. I heard the last part, when it involved me. "There you are." she said skipping over then bending one leg and balancing on the other planting a kiss on my cheek. I saw the look of shock and open mouth stares from the group.

I ignored it and put my arm around her and pulled her closer and kissed her. "How are you doing beautiful?" I said with pashan. And kissed her in between her ears and she giggled putting her head on my chest. "I know what going on." I thought a little annoyed. "It's just one big piss fest."

She then felt around on my chest with a paw, I knew what she was doing now, it went from everyone's favorite game show and tell to worry and care. She was feeling around the wounds. I still have the bandages on however. I know this because she went from the spot where i was shot in the ribs then straight to my shoulder. My cheeks started heating up on the felling and how her friends were looking at me.

"How are you feeling?" she said with nothing but worry and concern as she felt around my shoulder.

"I'm fine, you ask me every time you hug me." I said chuckling at her concern for me.

"Yeah because I don't want to hurt you." she said with concern in her eyes. That's when she tried to get a peek at the bandages and it didn't matter to me my entire torso was covered in bandages.

"What are you doing?" one of her friends said walking up to us.

"Let's just say one day he hurt himself badly and now has bandages on him and i'm still concerned about him." she said not looking at her friend but still fidgeting with my shirt as I tried to keep her from looking.

"You can check later, you are as bad as my mom." I said laughing a little.

"Fine." she said a little frustrated but accepting that there was no point in arguing about it. That's when Nick and Judy walked out of the office.

"Hailey you have some time to see and talk to your old teachers before the assembly." Judy said happily before looking at me. "How about you go with her and see her old school." she suggested.

"That's what was going to happen. Whether I wanted to or not." I said before Hailey grabbed me by the arm and walked away with me.

We walked around for a little bit walking room to room meeting her old teachers, we had visitor pass's so we could just walk into a class and have some fun with the group or sit in the back of the class some of them were completely field so we just stood in the back. "Wow how I do not miss this." I thought as I saw the teacher writing on the board, a few of the students were asleep.

I couldn't help but snicker on how half the class just ether slept or just pretended to be writing down notes. We went to a few other classes before going to the assembly. This time a few more questions went to Hailey then Nick or Judy. Which to be honest was a little cute to see the reaction on Judys face when she didn't get the majority of questions like she normally does.

When the assembly ended we headed straight for the cruiser so we could head straight to my high school. "This is going to be hell." I thought.

"So Jack are you nervous seeing you're old school?" Judy asked with the same happy smile.

"No. I just want to see some of my old teachers." I said nonchalantly staring out the window.

"Well here's your chance." Nick said as he pulled up to a parking space. So I got out with a happy Hailey going around the car to hold my paw as we made our way into the building.

We walked into the commons with quite a lot of mammals standing around and talking. Nick and Judy went straight to the Principal's office. We got our visitor passes from the secretary and we then went around to see my old teachers. The band director witch I was never apart of, but I helped out by moving equipment around or going on the trips to help out and keep people organized. As soon as I walked into the band room, it was just dead silence, "Oh yeah he only has two classes." I thought. He was at his desk hard at work like normal.

I looked around the room, the normal carpeting that went all the way around the building was in here to, but in the doorways it was red to show that you were in the musical and fine arts wing of the school. In the back there was the percussion instruments, with the chairs stretched out around the conductor's stand so the band is facing him. At the other end in the corner was the stands with a small table that had the folders with the music tucked into them. I then turned and walked into his room.

"Hey Mr. Gates." I said as I walked up to him. His ears shot up at the familiar voice.

"Jack Fenix." he said looking up, he was a middle aged lion with a graying mane. He stood up and we shuke paws. "How are you doing, I haven't seen you in a long time!" he said with a smile.

"I've been doing great and how's the band sounding this year." I said smiling.

"Well you just have to find that out for yourself Mr." we both laughed, "And who is this Jack?" he asked looking at Hailey.

"This is Hailey, my girlfriend." I said with a beaming smile.

"Well nice to meet you Hailey." he said holding out a paw that Hailey shoke.

After that I went to see my old gym teacher and coach, a middle aged deer. When I walked into the gym he saw me and was surprise, he almost dropped his clipboard. "Jack Fenix! The mammal the myth the legend!" He said with excitement. We shook each other's paws as his class was playing a game called 'scramble' otherwise known as kickball but indoors. "How have you been Jack?" he asked curious.

"I've been doing great coach." I said with a big smile.

"Hey Jack we have a home game and you should go, i'll get you in with the team for you and your family." he said smiling with determination to make it so. I smirked.

"You have yourself a dell coach." I said smiling.

After that I went and found my english teacher who literally stopped her class just to talk to me and Hailey. That's way I like her she always made time for me and always greeted people with a smile. After her we went to one of my favorite subjects history, Mr. Pickett an old fox that had the sarcasm stronger than Nick and was ten times more funny.

I walked into his room while he was writing notes on the whiteboard, but as soon as he saw me he stopped and looked at me with wide eyes. Almost like he wasn't expecting to see me ever again. "Well isn't it the king of smartness, and how he has graced us with his presents." he said jokingly as he bowed a little.

"Oh please, The only reason why i'm back here is because you were a great teacher." I said holding my paw out to shake his paw and he quickly returned it. We both smiled before I walked to the back and watched as he picked up where the class left off.

It didn't take long before I heard some snickering students in the back corner, the group were prey. They were giving off evil smiles and snickering looking at a fox and a wolf who both seemed pretty sad already. That's when I saw one of the brats throw an eraser at the fox, hitting the fox in the back of the head. Then another one a sheep who sat behind the wolf shot him in the ear with a rubber band. I winced at that as I remembered the pain from that when I was in school. The wolf turned around, "Can you please stop that." he said rubbing his ear.

"Can you please stop that." the two year old proved himself in the way of the brat as he mimicked and mocked the young wolf.

Then a piece of paper landed on the wolf's desk. That had an awful drawing not bad but I mean… it had a dudel of the wolf it showed the wolf being hanged with writing under it saying (do it no one would miss you.) the wolf began to cry silently like how I do. As the fox also had a new little message as well. It had a drawing of an older fox with a cross over his face and a younger one with a speach bubble saying i don't think he's coming home. The fox tour the paper and started crying silently.

I held back the memories that flooded my mind like a damn braking, I was able to hold it back but what I didn't understand was that why didn't they tell Mr. Pickett he would have done something. But then it hit me like a train, "There like me." I thought. "I know if I asked them, they would give me the same reason why they don't tell anyone, not even a teacher who would actually help." I thought.

So I decided to help from the third person, "I will help speak out for them and point the wrongdoing to Mr. Pickett." I thought, I also noticed on how no one noticed them silently crying. I walked to the front of the class and taped Mr. Pickett on the shoulder to get his attention.

"Yes." He replied stopping the notes and talk.

"Could you call the security down to get the few in the corner there bullying the two in the front." I whispered signaling with my head to the group.

"Well if that's true then I shall bring down the full wrath of the security on them." He said rolling his eyes as he went to the button to call the office.

"Tell them to send Nick and Judy down to your room with a 'security escort.'" I whispered to him and he nodded.

"This is the office." a female voice came through the intercom.

"Can you send one of the security guards down with Nick and Judy please. We need help protecting my class from terrorist." he said nonchalantly. But I couldn't help but hold back from laughing.

"Oh I miss that hummer." I thought chuckling slightly. It's an old and still running joke. That's why the students laughed and chuckled, but also seemed confused on what was actually happening.

"Alright i'll send one of them down there." the female voice replied before the intercom went silent. A few minutes later Nick, Judy and on of the building's security guards came down to the room. Nick and Judy walked into the room and it seemed that everyone wanted to ask a question but couldn't from holding their breaths, along with me explaining what i saw happen to the Mr. Pickett.

"What's the problem?" the security guard asked. The guerilla seemed a little confused.

"I have been given a report that tourism is going on in my class," as he said that he walked over to the silently crying pair. "May I see this?" He asked leaning over his paws just hovering over the two pictures. They nodded not looking up at him, and so he picked them up. "Now, i'm not a genius that's Jack's job, but i'm sure this isn't really an ok thing to do." he said as he held up the two pictures showing the security guard, Nick and Judy.

The security guard just shock his head and walked in and went and got the trouble makers, like he knew who did it. Nick and Judy stared at the pictures with disgust. "Come on you three let's go." he said, with authority and the kids just stood up looking angry at the two they were bullying.

"Are you serious!" I shouted in my head. "They didn't do anything but cry, what did they do." I thought. But then I noticed one of the student's get up and walk over to the two sad predators with something in her paws. The student was a female bunny holding a small bag of something. She opened the bag and held it up to the two with sadness in all of their eyes.

"Please take some, it's the less I can do." the bunny said shaking the bag a little. The two looked at each other hesitating to take anything. But then they agreed and they each dug their paws into the bag and pulled out a paw full of candy. They ate it and seemed a little more happy, a few of the other students I could tell were those who were kind and always looked after others. Because they got up and changed seats.

One of them being a lion who sat right behind the wolf raised his paw to ask a question. "Yes Max what is your question." Mr. Pickett said putting his paws together.

"Can this be our new seating chart?" Max asked. That's when I noticed most of the kids got up and walked over to seat next to them.

"There protecting them by making the bullies move to the other end of the room." I thought as a smile went across my face. "Now hopefully they will keep doing that." I thought before I felt someone nudging my jeans. I look down to see Judy smiling up at me.

"I'm proud of you." she said before walking away signaling for us to walk with them. We started walking down the hallway when I heard someone say my name in the classroom. Apparently one of the students asked what my name was and answered the question. I couldn't help but smile, well until I saw someone I never wanted to see again.

A old she-cat was walking down the hall with an arm full of papers. She saw me and her eyes grew wide surprise before switching to disgust. No one noticed the glare she was giving me as I walked by. "I hate her so much." I muttered aloud by accident, which caught Judys attention real quick.

"Who?" she said looking up at me. I just signalled for her to look back at the she-cat, she looked back before looking back at me. "Why?"

"Think about the most racist person you ever met, but them with the top one hundred most disgusting most evil things you have ever heard in your life and put them in a bag and then through the bag outside for two hundred years, and the bag sprouted legs arms and a voice. That would be her." I said signaling back to the she cat. I fought the memories again, but failed with the words she said.

"You'll never amount to anything in your life you mangy mut, you'll be worse off then any of us." she said while she was in my face. I was 12 when this happened. I shock off the memory.

"She's that bad?" Hailey asked.

"Oh yeah! How she still has her job I have no idea." I said flailing my arms as I was getting a little heated.

"It was that bad." Nick said not looking back.

"She has her room seat up so predators sit in the back and prey sit in the front every time. She still thinks predators should be wearing shock collars, and trust me those are not fun." I said grinding my teeth with pure rage. Everyone seemed a little shocked at that.

"How would you know-" before Judy could finish I interrupted her.

"Trust me you don't want to know." I said walking away to get ready for the assembly. They all threw each other concerned glances before getting ready themselves. The rest of the day was simple, go to the football game leave after half time and then go home. I also discovered that we were going to bunnyburrows tomorrow to see Judys family.

I was actually exitted for that, the only bad thing was I wanted to keep working on the case even though I can't go into the field yet.

Sorry for not posting lately i've been busy with hundreads of other things like school. Sorry