Chapter 2: The Truth
Ruthie was walking down the hall to meet her friends for lunch when she saw the gym teacher she was dreading coming down the hall the other way. Therefore, she ducked into the girls' bathroom and watched him walk by while she watched him through the crack she left opened in the door. As soon as she sees him disappear, she walked out of the bathroom and hurried down to where her friends were waiting for her.
"Where were you," Hannah asked Ruthie when she spied her coming over to them.
"Hiding out," Ruthie said as she went to sit by Jenna.
"Hiding out why," Jenna asked her. Ruthie looked at her two friends and shook her head.
"I saw the new gym teacher walking towards me and I didn't want to have him corner me," Ruthie said with a smile. Her two friends just shrugged and continued eating.
"Why are you so worried who the new gym teacher is," a voice behind them said. Ruthie turned to see her oldest sister behind them.
"Well I heard that the new gym teacher was the one you, Matt and Lucy had," Ruthie told them.
"You think it might be the same guy who got fired after taking advantage of me," Mary said to the girls. Ruthie, Hannah and Jenna looked at one another and just nodded.
Mary then went over and sat by Hannah.
"Even if it was the same coach he has changed and I am sure he won't make a move on anyone again," Mary said to the girls.
"Can you make that guarantee," Jenna asked her. Mary nodded as she got up and left the room.
"There is something not right here," Hannah said to them.
"Like what," Ruthie said looking down the hall to see where Mary had disappeared too.
"I don't know but we can figure something out," Jenna put in. Hannah nodded. After lunch, the girls hurried off to the gym office to watch free time gym until the bell rang. As the girls watched, they saw Mary and waved. She waved back and kept walking to her office. Then they saw the second gym teacher go past them.
"There is the other new one," Jenna whispered to Ruthie and Hannah.
"You think that is Coach Koper," Hannah whispered back.
"What are you two waiting for," Raven said sliding over to the office side to get a closer look.
"You know doing this is very wrong," Jenna said as she followed Ruthie.
"I am not doing it for me, I am doing it for Mary, Wilson and Billy," Ruthie reminded them.
"I thought Mary wanted you not to worry about it," Jenna asked her.
"That gives me every chance to do it more," Ruthie, giggled.
Later that afternoon Ruthie was changing for gym with Jenna and Hannah when another girl came up to them.
"My brother has the new gym teacher for foot ball, she said.
"Your brother is a junior in high school," Jenna told her.
"I know that but the new gym teacher is also a coach there for just football," she answered.
"Did he catch his name," Hannah asked her.
"Yeah, Coach Koper," She answered and then hurried back to her friends as Ruthie gave a big gulp.
Once the three of them changed, they went out to wait for gym. When Ruthie and her friends were in gym, Ruthie hid behind Jenna and peered around until she saw Mary standing waiting for class to start. She quickly came out and stood between Jenna and Hannah.
When the bell rang for class to begin Mary started to talk. Ruthie loved listening to her sister in gym because she talked so quietly and nicely as she did when she lived at home and now with her son.
"Before we begin today I would like to tell you that the other new gym teacher will also be teaching you when I need to take time off or in some units," Mary said to them.
"What is the other gym teacher's name," a petite blonde girl at the end of the row asked.
"That is Coach Koper," Mary said to them. Ruthie started to speak to let Mary know she didn't want him for a sub or teach her any units, but she didn't dare.
"I am going to talk to both Wilson and Kevin as soon as I can," Ruthie thought to herself. Ruthie then came back to reality and started listening to what Mary had to say.