Okay so our Seder didn't exactly go as planned; my dad was still driving home from Bowling Green, KY, so it was just my mom and me. And we had really weird outdated Haggadahs, LOL. Anyway, that has nothing to do with the story, just thought I'd share that. ;) But it does give me a chance to update my story again! I got inspired by the number of reviews I got today. Thank you to ALL OF YOU! You are all awesome! Please keep reading and reviewing! Oh and someone (sorry, I forgot who) asked for me to make this a long story; well I was planning on doing that anyway. : ) Enjoy this chapter!
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The Additions (12?)
The day seemed to drag by for Sharpay. Her class was composed of people who didn't care about drama and were only there because it was required, people who loved drama but couldn't act if their life depended on it, and people who could act but hated the class. She sighed as she looked up at the clock: 2:30. Only half an hour left until school ended, then it was voice lessons with one of her students for 45 minutes.
Troy couldn't seem to stay focused on what he and Jason were working on. They were changing the menu around and had to decide what to keep and what to either get rid of or change around. Troy, like Sharpay had a gut feeling that something wasn't right at one of the girls' schools. He had a feeling it was probably just him, but the feeling was still there.
Sharpay paced back and forth at the entrance of the school. She looked down at her watch which read 3:55. Since her car was in 'la la land' as Larissa had put it the other day, Troy had dropped her off and was supposed to pick her up at 3:45. Now he was 10 minutes late.
Two minutes later Troy drove up to the front of the school. He knew that Sharpay was going to yell at him for being late and knew she wasn't going to buy his excuse.
"Where on earth were you," Sharpay nearly yelled when she opened the door.
"I'm fine, honey, how was your day," Troy said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Don't change the subject on me. Where were you," she asked again.
"I'm sorry; Jason and I were trying to bribe the printer into actually working. It didn't work." He sighed. "And yes, that's the truth."
She rolled her eyes, "Fine, let's just go pick up the girls."
They decided to pick up Ana first since her school was closer to where they were. Right as Troy put the car into park, Sharpay practically jumped out and hurried to the building. Troy was very close behind her.
As they entered the school, they could hear crying and immediately recognized it as being Ana's cry. They hurried to her class and saw her sitting on the floor with Dana stroking her hair, trying to make her feel better. She looked up and saw Troy and Sharpay. "Ana, look who's here," she said quietly as she got Ana to look up at the door.
Ana saw her parents standing there and got up and ran over to them, sobbing into Sharpay's pants. She picked Ana up and rubbed her back.
"What happened," Troy asked.
Dana sighed, "She was holding her bear and one of the other kids walked over to her and took it away and threw it in the trash. When Ana realized she couldn't get it out, she started to cry," she said.
"But she is holding her bear right now," Sharpay said, finding this rather hard to believe.
"Yes, that was after Jessica managed to get it out of the trash, but neither her nor I could get her to stop crying. We tried everything that we could think of." She looked from Troy to Sharpay.
Sharpay nodded, "Yeah, it is hard to calm her down once she is upset," she said as she rubbed Ana's back. Ana was no longer crying; it had turned into a small whimper every now and then.
Dana nodded, "It's okay, we have a couple of kids here who have a hard time settling down after being upset, but they are usually able to calm themselves down after a while. Since it is only Ana's first day, I understand that she is upset."
"Thanks," Troy said. "We'll um, see you tomorrow," he said, skeptical of what Dana had just said.
"Okay, bye Ana," Dana said with a smile. Ana just buried her face into Sharpay's shirt.
"Did that sound a little fake to you, or is it just me," Troy asked as Sharpay strapped Ana in her car seat.
"I'm not sure," she said. "I mean, it does take Ana a while to calm down, especially if she's in a place she's not used to. I mean, remember the first night? She threw up…twice."
"I know, but something just didn't seem right," Troy said as he got into the car and drove to Larissa's school.
"I'm sure things will get better," Sharpay said.
"Yeah, you're right," Troy said as they arrived at Larissa's school.
When they got to Larissa's room, they saw her coloring at a table by herself. The other children still there were playing a game in another area of the room. Troy and Sharpay looked at each other with confused faces.
"Knock, knock," Sharpay said as she and Troy entered the room.
"Mommy!" Larissa ran to her mom and hugged her.
"Hi sweetie how was your day," Sharpay asked as she picked Larissa up.
"I hate it here," she said as she frowned.
"Why's that," Troy asked as he leaned over and kissed her head.
"They made me sit a table!"
Troy and Sharpay walked over to Linda who was washing one of the tables. She looked up, "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Bolton," she said with a smile.
"Hi," he said a little uneasily. "Um, why was Larissa sitting by herself when we arrived?"
Linda sighed, "Well, she and another girl were playing a game and the other girl happened to get a toy that Larissa wanted and when she wouldn't give it to her, Larissa…well…hit her," she said after a pause.
It was now Troy's turn to sigh. "Is the other little girl okay," he asked.
"Yeah, she's fine. She has a little red mark on her back where Larissa hit her, but she'll be fine," Linda said. "Larissa was sitting down because she was in time-out for hitting."
"I see," Sharpay said, not very happy that her daughter didn't have a very good first day of school. "Thanks, and I am sorry. By the way, when did this happen?"
"About two minutes before you arrived," she said. "We have the kids sit down one minute per age, and since Larissa is 3, she had 3 minutes. We were about to talk to her and let her get up, but she saw you, so…"
"We'll talk to her about it," Troy said. "Thank you again."
"No problem," she said. "So we'll see you tomorrow?"
"You will," he said as he and Sharpay walked to the door.
"Larissa, what have your daddy and I told you about hitting," Sharpay asked as she set Larissa down.
She shrugged, not seeming to care.
"Larissa Claire Bolton," Sharpay said with a stern tone in her voice, "We do not hit our friends," she said as she stopped Larissa from walking away from her.
"She's a stupid girl and I hate her!" Larissa stomped away from Sharpay and Troy and walked through the open door and into the street. It was a nice day outside, so the door had been propped open. A car came by, just barely missing Larissa.
Troy ran after her and picked her up and set her over his shoulder; something she hated.
"Stop daddy!" She cried, begging for him to put her down.
When they got to the car, he set her down and looked at her. "You never, I repeat never walk away from us like that, do you understand," he said, nearly yelling.
"Do you know how much you scared us," Sharpay said as she caught up to the two.
"So what!" She turned around and crossed her arms.
Troy put his hands up and stood up. "Fine," he said as he opened the door and put her into the car.
"What do you mean, 'fine,'" Sharpay said, clearly angry that he didn't say more to her.
"I don't feel like punishing her in a parking lot," he said as he shut Larissa's door and walked around to the other side of the car and waited for Sharpay to finish getting Ana in and get into the car.
"Okay, well now we're in the car, so did you want to…"
"No, when we get home," he said quietly. The rest of the drive home was silent. Troy was trying not to lose it; Sharpay was contemplating saying anything; Larissa was sitting in her seat, thinking she had 'won and Ana just sat in her seat staring out the window.
"Upstairs. Now," Troy said to Larissa as soon as they got home.
"But…"
"No 'buts.' I said go upstairs right now," he said in a low, stern voice.
Larissa, knowing she was in trouble, went upstairs.
Troy looked at Sharpay, "Now we talk to her," he said. She nodded and followed him upstairs. She put Ana down when they got to her and Larissa's room.
Larissa was already in there on her bed playing with her doll. Troy walked over to her and took the doll from her and gave it to Sharpay who placed it on a shelf (A/N: confused yet? LOL). "Hey," she said, sticking her tongue out at Troy, but immediately regretting doing so when she saw Troy's face.
He sat down on her bed, as did Sharpay. "What is going on, Larissa? I mean, you hit a friend, you ran away from your mom, and now you're talking back."
Larissa shrugged and looked down at her hands.
"Larissa," Troy prompted her. "Why did you hit your friend?"
She looked up at him, this time with tears in her eyes. "She made fun of me."
"What did she say," Sharpay asked.
"That I couldn't be her friend," she said, more tears coming out of her eyes.
"Why's that," Troy asked.
She shrugged and started crying.
Troy shook his head, "Larissa, you cannot just hit your friends when they say things you don't like. You need to tell someone or try talking to them first."
She ignored him and just started crying harder. Sharpay got up and walked over to her. "Okay since you aren't listening, you may sit up here until we tell you that you may come out," she said.
"NOOO!" She shouted.
Troy and Sharpay walked out of the room with Ana following Sharpay. "I really hope this doesn't become a daily routine," Sharpay said as she picked Ana up and patted her back, to which Ana started screaming. "What's wrong," she asked as she looked at her back and gasped.
"What? What's wrong," Troy asked as he looked at her back. There was a huge black and blue mark on it. "Oh my gosh, how did this happen," he asked in shock.
"I…I don't know. Larissa couldn't have done it, since she only hit Ana that one time. I highly doubt any of her classmates could have –"
"Oh no," Troy said, interrupting her. "I knew there was something wrong with what that woman said."
"Troy what are you talking about?"
"Dana," he said. "Remember how Ana was crying right before we arrived?"
"Yeah, she said that one of the kids threw her bear in the trash, remember?" Sharpay's eyes opened wide. "Wait a minute, wasn't there a lid on the trash can?"
"Yes, there was. And that lid looked pretty difficult for a little kid to lift up," he said.
"I can't believe this," she said as she started pacing. "So you think that the teacher hit her?"
"Either her or one of the other staff members, yeah."
Sharpay just stood there, shocked.
The next morning, after Troy and Sharpay had dropped Larissa off, they went to Ana's school and took her to her room.
"Good morning, Ana," Dana greeted her cheerfully.
Ana smiled and walked towards her, leaving Troy and Sharpay very confused.
"Wait a minute," Sharpay said quietly, "If she is the one who hit her then why is Ana walking over to her and smiling?"
"I don't know," he said, just as confused. After saying goodbye, the two looked through a window from the hall. Everything seemed normal in there. Dana and Jessica were playing with the kids, who all seemed to be having fun. "Maybe we were wrong," he said.
"Maybe so," she said as she looked in the room again. One of the kids started to cry. The two looked to see what Dana and Jessica's reactions were. Dana walked over to the little boy who was crying and picked him up and rocked him back and forth until he stopped crying. She then set him down and continued to play with him.
"Yeah, I think we were wrong," Sharpay said with a sigh of relief. "But how did she get that bruise?"
"Maybe she bumped into something like the table, or a chair. And maybe one of the kids did take her bear yesterday and set it on the trash can," Troy said.
"I guess that's possible," Sharpay said. After a little more observing, the two left for work.
"How's my girl," Sharpay asked as she walked into Ana's room. She saw Ana playing with a doll, looking quite content. When Ana heard Sharpay's voice, she got up and ran over to her. "Hi sweetie," she said as she picked her up.
"Mama!" Ana exclaimed. She then seemed to be looking for something. "Dada?"
"Oh, daddy is getting Larissa. Are you ready to go home?"
Ana just smiled.
I'll take that as a yes," she said as she thanked Dana and got Ana's things and walked out of the room and to the car. As she bringing the strap over Ana's shoulder to buckle her seatbelt, Ana let out a whimper. Sharpay looked at her shoulder and couldn't believe what she saw. There was another large bruise on her shoulder. "What happened, Ana? Who is doing this to you?"
Hmm, who is hurting Ana? And yes, I'm leaving you with a cliffhanger, LOL. Please R&R! I will try to post more tomorrow since I don't have to work (we have Thursday and Friday off).
