Author's Note: Okay I am a relatively new fan to Boston Public so I don't
know how strict you guys are with details but some things might be a little
off. If you have a problem with any of this please put it in your review
and I will try to correct it. Is that okay with everyone. I've had stuff
to do on Monday nights so the Friday night move is great for me and I also
want to apologize for not updating sooner. I've been trying to get every
last bit of knowledge I could possible about Boston Public off the internet
but the only character I know well is Ronnie so please don't penalize me
for inaccurate details just e-mail me or put it in your review. Okay
enough boring talk on with the chapter.
Looking For Salvation: Chapter 2
They were waiting in the waiting room outside emergency surgery. They had no way of contacting Ronnie's family. Not even Danny Hansen knew how to reach them. He felt bad for the things that he had said in their conversation yesterday afternoon, Ronnie had approached him to talk about some research she had done between the yearbooks and the grades. He had told her that she was one of the people that had gotten by on just her looks in high school when he knew she was smart and intelligent. Now he really regretted it.
His thoughts were interrupted as the doors burst open and Carmen Torres entered the room. She had stayed at the school to take care of some police work knowing that both Steven and Scott thought it was their fault that Ronnie was hurt and even though she was the new teacher and cared about Ronnie as well she knew that the police needed help so that they could catch the boys responsible.
"How is she?" Carmen asked.
"We don't know," Steven said. "They haven't told us. She's been in surgery for two hours."
"I wonder what's taking so long?" Carmen said.
"She was shot in the abdomen," Danny pointed out raking a hand threw his dirty blonde hair. "There was probably some damage to her internal organs."
"What were those boys thinking?" Carmen said.
"Ronnie always has to stick her nose in where it doesn't belong," Marilyn said disrupting the silence; it was the first time she had spoken since the doctors took Ronnie into surgery. "She was trying to help one of the boys that had come to her with a problem at home and that probably stirred things up and made him come to school with the gun." Marilyn drew a deep breath and then let it out before she continued. "I'm just glad no one else was hurt."
"Here's to that," Harvey Lipshultz said. "Especially none of the students
"I'm sorry to disrupt everyone's train of thought but what are we going to do now?" Carmen said. "I mean what if that boy's friends think what he did was 'cool'," Carmen said putting finger quotes around 'cool'. "And they all come in with guns and decide to kill all the teachers?"
"Carmen makes a good point," Marilyn said. "I don't want to be in Ronnie's condition right now and I don't want to be here again because one of you was shot by a student."
"We should have an assembly," Steven said. "As soon as we get a report on Ronnie's condition we can tell them how she is doing and explain what happened to the students."
"I can make a cable announcement over public access," Scott offered.
"Every little bit helps," Steven said.
"Maybe we should get metal detectors in front of the school," Harry suggested. "It would make it safer so that we could make sure that no students is smuggling a gun in."
"Let's not jump on that just yet but I do admit we need some better procedures," Steven said.
"The boy's right," Harvey pointed out. "I think we definitely need to take precautionary measures such as his suggestion."
"Lets not worry about that now," Marilyn insisted. "Lets focus on Ronnie. Her condition is exactly what matter here and that is the only that matters here. We need to be strong for her."
"She's a great teacher," Scott said. "I'd hate to lose her."
"She's been a good friend too," Danny said. "I just wish that I hadn't said all the things I had said in our last conversation."
"What was that?" Carmen asked as she took a seat knowing that she was going to have to sit down.
"A girl came to her because I gave her a D on a paper. She accused me of sexual assault but I denied it. Ronnie came to me later saying that she had confessed that she'd lied. But Ronnie did some research, grade records with yearbook pictures and found out that good looking people didn't do so well in my classes. I told her that they had always gotten by on their looks and that she should know," Danny said. "Then she looked at me and said: 'Because I'm one of those people.' She just said it in such a way that she knew it was true. I feel really bad about saying it."
"She'll be fine," Carmen said. "Or I hope she'll be."
As if on cur the operating room doors slammed open and in walked the emergency room doctor. The group of teachers stood.
"Are you the group that was with Ronnie Cook?" she asked.
"Yes," Marilyn replied.
"How is she?" Danny asked.
"Let's talk in my office," she said.
END OF CHAPTER 2
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Looking For Salvation: Chapter 2
They were waiting in the waiting room outside emergency surgery. They had no way of contacting Ronnie's family. Not even Danny Hansen knew how to reach them. He felt bad for the things that he had said in their conversation yesterday afternoon, Ronnie had approached him to talk about some research she had done between the yearbooks and the grades. He had told her that she was one of the people that had gotten by on just her looks in high school when he knew she was smart and intelligent. Now he really regretted it.
His thoughts were interrupted as the doors burst open and Carmen Torres entered the room. She had stayed at the school to take care of some police work knowing that both Steven and Scott thought it was their fault that Ronnie was hurt and even though she was the new teacher and cared about Ronnie as well she knew that the police needed help so that they could catch the boys responsible.
"How is she?" Carmen asked.
"We don't know," Steven said. "They haven't told us. She's been in surgery for two hours."
"I wonder what's taking so long?" Carmen said.
"She was shot in the abdomen," Danny pointed out raking a hand threw his dirty blonde hair. "There was probably some damage to her internal organs."
"What were those boys thinking?" Carmen said.
"Ronnie always has to stick her nose in where it doesn't belong," Marilyn said disrupting the silence; it was the first time she had spoken since the doctors took Ronnie into surgery. "She was trying to help one of the boys that had come to her with a problem at home and that probably stirred things up and made him come to school with the gun." Marilyn drew a deep breath and then let it out before she continued. "I'm just glad no one else was hurt."
"Here's to that," Harvey Lipshultz said. "Especially none of the students
"I'm sorry to disrupt everyone's train of thought but what are we going to do now?" Carmen said. "I mean what if that boy's friends think what he did was 'cool'," Carmen said putting finger quotes around 'cool'. "And they all come in with guns and decide to kill all the teachers?"
"Carmen makes a good point," Marilyn said. "I don't want to be in Ronnie's condition right now and I don't want to be here again because one of you was shot by a student."
"We should have an assembly," Steven said. "As soon as we get a report on Ronnie's condition we can tell them how she is doing and explain what happened to the students."
"I can make a cable announcement over public access," Scott offered.
"Every little bit helps," Steven said.
"Maybe we should get metal detectors in front of the school," Harry suggested. "It would make it safer so that we could make sure that no students is smuggling a gun in."
"Let's not jump on that just yet but I do admit we need some better procedures," Steven said.
"The boy's right," Harvey pointed out. "I think we definitely need to take precautionary measures such as his suggestion."
"Lets not worry about that now," Marilyn insisted. "Lets focus on Ronnie. Her condition is exactly what matter here and that is the only that matters here. We need to be strong for her."
"She's a great teacher," Scott said. "I'd hate to lose her."
"She's been a good friend too," Danny said. "I just wish that I hadn't said all the things I had said in our last conversation."
"What was that?" Carmen asked as she took a seat knowing that she was going to have to sit down.
"A girl came to her because I gave her a D on a paper. She accused me of sexual assault but I denied it. Ronnie came to me later saying that she had confessed that she'd lied. But Ronnie did some research, grade records with yearbook pictures and found out that good looking people didn't do so well in my classes. I told her that they had always gotten by on their looks and that she should know," Danny said. "Then she looked at me and said: 'Because I'm one of those people.' She just said it in such a way that she knew it was true. I feel really bad about saying it."
"She'll be fine," Carmen said. "Or I hope she'll be."
As if on cur the operating room doors slammed open and in walked the emergency room doctor. The group of teachers stood.
"Are you the group that was with Ronnie Cook?" she asked.
"Yes," Marilyn replied.
"How is she?" Danny asked.
"Let's talk in my office," she said.
END OF CHAPTER 2
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