The next day, at school, Cokie and Grace were bothering me. I walked away from them after I gave them an attitude when I told them to leave me alone.
At Gym, I sat on the bleechers while watching the others play. I already gave the Gym teacher the excused note before that. They were playing volleyball and when Cokie hit the ball, it was headed to my direction and I almost ducked when it- boom!- hit my eye and fell. Kristy got so mad at Cokie and rushed over me noticing my eye was bleeding. I was crying in pain. Cokie got thrown out of the Gym after Kristy told the Gym teacher about what Cokie did.
"It'll be okay," said Kristy.
"My eye hurts," I said while I was still sobbing.
The nurse came two minutes later and took me to the nurse's office. I was in there while I had an ice pack on my eye while I was still in pain. When she called Dad, he was in a meeting and couldn't leave there.
"It's all Jennifer and Mr. Jackson's fault to cause me to get bullied," I said angrily. "Maybe if they didn't date or get engaged, none of this would've happened."
"I agree with you," said Kristy who was keeping me company.
"Thank god Cokie isn't in Annie because I wasn't going to quit because of her," I continued.
I was able to continue the school day. But my grades were still dropping. I was also too embarrassed for my bruised eye to be showed at lunch, but Kristy told the other girls and they were shocked.
"I'm glad Cokie got thrown out of Gym," said Dawn.
After school, I arrived at Dr. Reece's office since Cam still had a bad cold, so that was perfect for me to see her.
"Hi," said Dr. Reece.
"Hi," I said as we went to her space.
"What happen to you?" asked Dr. Reece noticing my bruised eye and crutches.
"First of all, I sprained my ankle when Grace made me trip yesterday during Gym. She got in trouble. So, I'll be on crutches for a few weeks. And, today, in Gym, the kids were doing volleyball while I was watching from the bleechers and when Cokie hit the ball, it was headed to my direction and I almost ducked when it hit my eye and fell from the bleechers. Kristy came to me and my eye was bleeding so hard that I cried in pain. The nurse came two and took me to the nurse's office. I was in there while I had an ice pack on my eye while I was still in pain. When she called Dad though, he was in a meeting and couldn't leave there," I explained.
"Oh," said Dr. Reece.
"Cokie got thrown out from the Gym," I said.
"Good," said Dr. Reece.
"My grades haven't been improved yet. I am so sick and tired of that," I said.
"I bet, dear," said the therapist.
"Oh, guess what I learned from yesterday's paper to cause that?" I asked. "Jennifer and Mr. Jackson got engaged."
"Oh, yes, I saw that," said Dr. Reece.
"Logan showed it to me and I was shocked. That's going to make me not to like school one of these days," I said. "I don't want that to happen at all."
"I don't blame you," said Dr. Reece.
We talked for quite awhile before I left for home. At home, I was in my room. My hands were shaking while trying to do homework, so I decided to take a break. I was too humiliated to show Dad, who was home since after the meeting, my bad eye. Dawn must have told Dad about what happened during Gym because he knocked on my door and came in.
"Hi. Dawn was just telling me about what Cokie did to you during Gym," said Dad.
"You bet," I agreed.
I managed to show him my bruised eye.
"What is wrong with Cokie to be doing that to you?" asked Dad.
"Beats me. I'm glad she got kicked out of Gym class for that," I said. "She and Grace are nuts to do these mean things to me."
"I agree with you, honey," said Dad holding my hand while it was still shaking. "Your hands are shaking."
"They were like that doing my homework, so I just decided to take a little break," I said.
"I don't blame you to do so," said Dad.
"I told Dr. Reece about what happened- especially on what I learned about Jennifer and Mr. Jackson. She saw that already," I said.
My hands were shaking so hard that I didn't finish my homework until barely two hours later. It also took a very long time for me to get to sleep.