Wow, such positive reviews from the last chapter. I hope to continue that somewhat in this chapter. There is also come cursing, but I'm sure you all are mature enough to handle it.
Now, I think I should say that I based Principal Morris on my own elementary school principal whose name I can't remember. God he was so cool, he used to come out during recess and play with us like a big kid! Too bad he retired and few years back….
Read on!
TJ didn't like the way Spinelli was looking at Chauncey. She had on her 'I hate you more than bee's hate fake flowers' look on her face, and it was directed at the curly blonde on his left. TJ had seen her angry and upset plenty of times before, but this was a new type of anger that he had never seen. He was pretty sure this was left over from when he had told everyone that he and Chauncey were dating, but couldn't understand why she would be angry at him for that.
From what he could see Chauncey was unaware of the arrows of anger that was launched towards him.
The gang plus Chauncey sat on the floor of Dr. Million's office, waiting for the therapist to come into the room. A few minutes was let until the session was set to begin, and silence mostly filled that time.
Taking a sip of coffee from is paper cup, Dr. Million opened the door to his office and immediately felt the tension coming from the children sitting on the floor. Taking a spot on the floor, he could see that Spinelli was sending a very powerful glare that could probably melt through lead at Chauncey who seem too involved with the bucket of LEGOs he brought over from the corner. From the expressions on the other kids however, it was apparent that they felt the tension in the room as well but were all too nervous to say anything in the fear that it would set her off.
Spinelli however didn't give a fuck.
In her mind that curly haired blonde, as well as that damn ginger girl, was stealing her friend away from him and she was not going to stand for it. What was so special about Chauncey anyways? For what reason did he decide to date him? It wasn't that Chauncey was another guy that got on her nerves; that in itself was fine. It was the fact that they were dating at all. She wasn't jealous or nothing, she reassured herself that wasn't the case. But it still annoyed the hell out of her.
"So how are you all today?" Dr. Million asked the group as he took a sip of coffee. No one answered. "I sense a lot of tension here. Anyone care to explain?" Still, no one answered. "What about you Spinelli? You look very angry. Is there a reason why?"
"What's so special about him?" Spinelli asked TJ. "Why exactly are you dating him?"
"Because I like him," TJ told her. "We really like each other. Why is that a problem?" Instead of answering, Spinelli folded her arms and huffed.
"I sense a lot of tension between you two," Said Dr. Million as he took notes on his clipboard. "When did you two start to have problems?"
"I think it might've been when I punched her in the face…." Said TJ as he thought back to the last three weeks. "But I pushed her before that…"
"Did you apologize?" Asked Dr. Million.
"No…"
"Maybe it's time you did," He said. "Maybe that's what causing her anger today. It'll make things better if you do."
"I doubt it…"
"Try," Snapped Spinelli directing her glare at TJ. "Give it a shot, you never know! It might make my day!"
"I'm sorry I pushed you on the ground," Said TJ as he thought back to the times he punched and hit her. "And punched you in the arm. And punched you in the face. And pushed you against my desk. And knocked out your tooth. But half of it was your fault. You have to understand that."
"MY FAULT?" Shouted Spinelli. "How was it my fault that YOU punched ME?"
"You said the dumbest things!" He yelled back at her. "You kept saying that I like it! You had no idea what I was trying to deal with, and then you say something like that to make me feel worse! Of course I was going to lash out!"
"Well maybe if you opened up to use about it I wouldn't have said those things!" She shouted. "What were we supposed to think? You wouldn't tell us anything so we had to make our own conclusions about what we saw and that was it! So who fault is it now, TJ?"
"Oh well I'm so sorry that I didn't want you to get expelled!" He said with sarcasm dripping from his voice. "I'm so sorry that I cared THAT much about you guys! Next time I won't give a damn! Does that make you feel better, Spinelli?" Before the argument between the two of them could go any further they were pulled away from each other; Spinelli by Vince and Mikey, TJ by Chauncey. After sending each other a heated glare, the two of them looked back up at Dr. Million.
"I know you two are very angry at each other," Said the therapist. "But can you accept his apology, Spinelli?"
"Yeah whatever," Spinelli mumbled. "Apology accepted…."
"Good. Now, let's all talk about something else. What's on everyone's minds today?" Dr. Million asked.
"We had fun yesterday," Said Gus. "It was like this whole incident never happened." The others nodded and agreed.
"How did that make you all feel?"
"It was nice 'cause we haven't had days like that in a long time," Said Vince.
"We haven't really been hanging out lately," Said Gus.
"What do you mean? We're together all the time during school and after school," Said TJ. "We're always doing something together."
"Maybe we don't want your new friends there," Spinelli Said. "Ever think about that?"
"What are you trying to say?"
"What we're saying is that Sam and Chauncey are nice people," Said Mikey. "But we just feel that you're spending more time with them than us."
"They're my friends too. I can't just go up to them and say, 'hey guys, it's nothing against you but my other friends who I think are better than you don't want you to be around us, so can you need to go away.' How would you guys feel if I did that to you?" As the discussion continued, no one noticed that Chauncey was listening and watching.
He didn't know that the others felt that way about him and Sam. He definitely didn't mean to cause it either; the last thing he wanted to do was cause a rift between his boyfriend and his lifetime friends. Still, it hurt to hear that the others didn't want him or Sam around but if that's how they felt then he would just have to deal with it.
Unbeknownst to the kids, this whole scene was being observed in aspects by Dr. Million. The kids had stood up from their spots on the floor. On one side were TJ and Chauncey, and on the others were Gus, Spinelli, Vince, Mikey, and Gretchen. TJ kept Chauncey behind him as he tried to defend his presence, and Chauncey peered over to the others on the opposite side who were trying to get their point across. Dr. Million not only noted what they were saying, and how where they were standing could demonstrate the conflict they were experiencing, but their expressions as well.
While the larger group, with the exception of Spinelli, had looks of frustration on their faces, TJ showed exasperation and annoyance. Chauncey was showing uneasiness from his position. After finishing up the last of his notes, Dr. Million spoke up.
"Okay, okay," He said getting their attention. "I know you all want to talk about this, and it's good that you do, but our time is up. We've already gone ten minutes past our time. I want you all write down your thoughts about this session and bring it to our next session on Wednesday, okay?" Nodding, the kids headed out the door, carrying the tension with them the whole way home.
Donna nnov: I know, happy chapters are rare in this story. It's gonna get sad after a couple more chapters but until then it'll be relatively happy.
RandallXSpinelli: Of course I'm not done messing with him! :P It would be too simple that way. Thanks for the advice, I actually found an old journal of mine and started to write in it again with is really helping.
Hahasux4u: No problem! I'm actually trying to decide how else the new principal would be used in the story, because I don't want him to just make one appearance.
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