Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Sora's Point of View
By Paigey-Wan
(AN is at the bottom.
Disclaimer: Big surprise! I don't own Digimon! GASP! Please don't sue!)
Sora Takenouchi took a step back, and softly repeated the phrase, "I'm innocent until proven guilty..." Her face seemed to crash, tears streamed down her cheeks without sign of stopping, and she ran out of the classroom.
Sora ran out of the classroom, turning towards the left, where the girls' bathroom was. She collapsed in front of the door, bringing her knees up to her chest. She leaned against the wall and started to sob loudly.
Her first thoughts were angry. She was mad. Mad at everyone and everything. Mad at Matt, mad at Tai, mad at the teacher, the paperweight, and herself. She was even mad at the other school for thinking of such a stupid assignment. She was mad at anyone who didn't believe she hadn't done it, and mad at the people who did believe the truth.
And as suddenly as she had been angry, she was sad. Sad for crying, sad because the teacher's paperweight had broke. She was sad for reasons that she couldn't even recognize. She was sad for all the times any innocent person had been found guilty.
Sora heard someone coming up from the hall, and quickly worked to stop sobbing. "Sora?" came a voice. It was Matt.
She stopped crying a little more. "Matt?" she asked.
Matt peered around the corner, brushing some of his blonde hair out of his eyes. Sora realized that he had come because she had run out of the classroom, which made her feel slightly guilty.
"Are you going to be okay?" he asked.
Sora nodded, saying, "I'm okay. I'm not gonna cry anymore." She hoped Matt didn't see the tears in her eyes and would leave.
"Nuh-uh. You're going to cry again. I can tell."
Sora nodded again, and the tears fell from her eyes like two waterfalls. Sora berated herself for crying in front of him like this. Matt sat down with Sora on the cement floor and pulled her into a hug.
Sora didn't pull away, and kept crying. After a few minutes, she backed up and Matt released his hug. Sora looked into his blue eyes and asked, "Matt, do you believe me?"
Matt looked surprised. "Of course I believe you! Even if I hadn't seen you put it back all not broken, I still would have believed you! You've never lied to me before. Why would you start now?"
Sora nodded, looking into the sky for a moment. She looked back at Matt.
"Matt, do you think I shoulda just said that I'd done it just to make it stop?" She knew she must have looked pitiful, but she didn't care.
"No way! You did the right thing! If the teacher isn't smart enough to see you were telling the truth, then she shouldn't get to see anyone get punished. And most of all not someone who didn't do it."
Sora nodded, wiping some of the tears from her eyes. She stared at the ground. "I know that, but... I dunno. I just feel really guilty, ya know? I didn't do it, but I feel like I did, and I don't get it," she said.
Matt took her hand and squeezed it. "You didn't do it and that's what matters most." Matt squeezed her hand again.
"You-you're right Matt. I shouldn't let it get to me. And no matter what anybody else thinks, I didn't do it, and I know it. But, knowing this still doesn't help... I still feel guilty about it!"
Sora watched Matt bite his lip. He looked like he was thinking really hard. He opened his mouth and said, "I know what ya mean. Even if you didn't do it, ya still think it's your entire fault. I guess that's just something that happens. I dunno why, but I guess ya just have to put it aside until you can figure it out."
"But it feels like it's eating me alive!"
Matt frowned, and Sora was sure he was going to snap at her. He didn't, and instead said, "Sora, you didn't do it. But the way the teacher yelled at you made you think you did. I guess the teacher thought that by making you feel guilty about doing it, so that you would admit the bad thing you've done. Since you didn't do anything, all she did was make you feel guilty for it getting broken, not for you breaking it. You have to believe that you didn't do it too. It doesn't matter if I believe you or anyone else does. Believe in the truth and yourself."
Sora's eyes stayed locked on the cement ground. Her thoughts rushed through her head faster than she could think them. "I didn't do it," she finally said, looking up at Matt. "And I believe it." She smiled at Matt. "Thanks for sitting through all that with me."
Matt fidgeted. "You shouldn't thank me, you should thank Tai. He got me to come out her in the first place."
"I will then. Um, as much as I know I didn't do it, could I maybe stay here by the bathroom until school ends and you might maybe bring me my backpack and stuff? Please?"
Matt laughed. "Of course Sora. Just don't go in the bathroom cause I'm not gonna get you out."
They both laughed.
(AN: Most of that stuff at the end was just me talking to myself. That whole end conversation was one that took place inside of me, up until after Sora thanked Matt. Anyway, if anyone really wants to know who did break it, I can't honestly tell you who because I don't know. No one ever came forward, and in fifth grade, the teacher from this event told me I still owed her. That was creepy. I had actually forgotten it had even happened, but the second she'd said that I remembered it all. And I still remember it now. It's time to write an imagining of what I'd tell that teacher if I saw her again, and could tell her what she'd done to me. Ooh! Excuse for another fic! Well, maybe not, but hey! Tee-hee!)
Sora's Point of View
By Paigey-Wan
(AN is at the bottom.
Disclaimer: Big surprise! I don't own Digimon! GASP! Please don't sue!)
Sora Takenouchi took a step back, and softly repeated the phrase, "I'm innocent until proven guilty..." Her face seemed to crash, tears streamed down her cheeks without sign of stopping, and she ran out of the classroom.
Sora ran out of the classroom, turning towards the left, where the girls' bathroom was. She collapsed in front of the door, bringing her knees up to her chest. She leaned against the wall and started to sob loudly.
Her first thoughts were angry. She was mad. Mad at everyone and everything. Mad at Matt, mad at Tai, mad at the teacher, the paperweight, and herself. She was even mad at the other school for thinking of such a stupid assignment. She was mad at anyone who didn't believe she hadn't done it, and mad at the people who did believe the truth.
And as suddenly as she had been angry, she was sad. Sad for crying, sad because the teacher's paperweight had broke. She was sad for reasons that she couldn't even recognize. She was sad for all the times any innocent person had been found guilty.
Sora heard someone coming up from the hall, and quickly worked to stop sobbing. "Sora?" came a voice. It was Matt.
She stopped crying a little more. "Matt?" she asked.
Matt peered around the corner, brushing some of his blonde hair out of his eyes. Sora realized that he had come because she had run out of the classroom, which made her feel slightly guilty.
"Are you going to be okay?" he asked.
Sora nodded, saying, "I'm okay. I'm not gonna cry anymore." She hoped Matt didn't see the tears in her eyes and would leave.
"Nuh-uh. You're going to cry again. I can tell."
Sora nodded again, and the tears fell from her eyes like two waterfalls. Sora berated herself for crying in front of him like this. Matt sat down with Sora on the cement floor and pulled her into a hug.
Sora didn't pull away, and kept crying. After a few minutes, she backed up and Matt released his hug. Sora looked into his blue eyes and asked, "Matt, do you believe me?"
Matt looked surprised. "Of course I believe you! Even if I hadn't seen you put it back all not broken, I still would have believed you! You've never lied to me before. Why would you start now?"
Sora nodded, looking into the sky for a moment. She looked back at Matt.
"Matt, do you think I shoulda just said that I'd done it just to make it stop?" She knew she must have looked pitiful, but she didn't care.
"No way! You did the right thing! If the teacher isn't smart enough to see you were telling the truth, then she shouldn't get to see anyone get punished. And most of all not someone who didn't do it."
Sora nodded, wiping some of the tears from her eyes. She stared at the ground. "I know that, but... I dunno. I just feel really guilty, ya know? I didn't do it, but I feel like I did, and I don't get it," she said.
Matt took her hand and squeezed it. "You didn't do it and that's what matters most." Matt squeezed her hand again.
"You-you're right Matt. I shouldn't let it get to me. And no matter what anybody else thinks, I didn't do it, and I know it. But, knowing this still doesn't help... I still feel guilty about it!"
Sora watched Matt bite his lip. He looked like he was thinking really hard. He opened his mouth and said, "I know what ya mean. Even if you didn't do it, ya still think it's your entire fault. I guess that's just something that happens. I dunno why, but I guess ya just have to put it aside until you can figure it out."
"But it feels like it's eating me alive!"
Matt frowned, and Sora was sure he was going to snap at her. He didn't, and instead said, "Sora, you didn't do it. But the way the teacher yelled at you made you think you did. I guess the teacher thought that by making you feel guilty about doing it, so that you would admit the bad thing you've done. Since you didn't do anything, all she did was make you feel guilty for it getting broken, not for you breaking it. You have to believe that you didn't do it too. It doesn't matter if I believe you or anyone else does. Believe in the truth and yourself."
Sora's eyes stayed locked on the cement ground. Her thoughts rushed through her head faster than she could think them. "I didn't do it," she finally said, looking up at Matt. "And I believe it." She smiled at Matt. "Thanks for sitting through all that with me."
Matt fidgeted. "You shouldn't thank me, you should thank Tai. He got me to come out her in the first place."
"I will then. Um, as much as I know I didn't do it, could I maybe stay here by the bathroom until school ends and you might maybe bring me my backpack and stuff? Please?"
Matt laughed. "Of course Sora. Just don't go in the bathroom cause I'm not gonna get you out."
They both laughed.
(AN: Most of that stuff at the end was just me talking to myself. That whole end conversation was one that took place inside of me, up until after Sora thanked Matt. Anyway, if anyone really wants to know who did break it, I can't honestly tell you who because I don't know. No one ever came forward, and in fifth grade, the teacher from this event told me I still owed her. That was creepy. I had actually forgotten it had even happened, but the second she'd said that I remembered it all. And I still remember it now. It's time to write an imagining of what I'd tell that teacher if I saw her again, and could tell her what she'd done to me. Ooh! Excuse for another fic! Well, maybe not, but hey! Tee-hee!)