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For A Reason

Chapter Twelve "Back To School"

Monday morning Theresa walked slowly through the halls to her first period class. She hadn't seen or talked to Fox since Saturday and it was depressing her. Since they had met there wasn't a day that went by that they didn't talk to each other.

A lot of people came up to her to ask how he was doing and she told them all the same thing, that he was doing better and would be back in school by the end of the week. But no matter how many times people talked to her all she could think about was what had come to her after she had left the hospital Saturday.

She had wanted to ask Fox about it since it occurred to her, but when he never called she figured he needed some time to himself. Plus, she wasn't exactly sure how she was going to bring it up. She couldn't just flat out ask him.

When she realized that she was standing in front of the classroom she walked in. She needed to stop thinking about Fox for now. English Lit was one of her favorite classes and she didn't want to get in trouble for not paying attention. The teacher walked in and came over to Theresa.

"Theresa, I know you had a rough end of last week, so if you're a little behind, don't worry."

"I'm fine Mrs. Greene. I was able to work on the assignment over the weekend."

"Okay then." She walked back to the front of the classroom and turned to her students.

"Alright class, you were assigned a three page essay on the works of William Shakespeare. Would you all please take out your essays and hand them to the front."

Theresa took hers out and passed it to the girl in front of her. She had been working on it when Ethan had asked her out Friday afternoon and hadn't gotten back to it until Sunday, but she still managed to finish it.

After collecting the essays Mrs. Greene went on to explain the final assignment for the class. They had to choose two works of fiction by separate authors and write a report on each of them. Then they had to choose which one they liked most and write an essay as to why.

Theresa had been taking notes on the assignment like always. Since this was an advanced class Mrs. Greene rarely handed out an explanation of the assignment. She relied on her students to take notes of what they were to do and when it was due.

After looking over the list of authors Theresa chose two of her favorites, Ernest Hemingway and Jane Austen. She would have to wait until she got home and was able to look on the internet before she could choose which stories she wanted to do. She spent the rest of the class writing herself extra notes about the assignment, with thoughts of Fox in the back of her mind. When the bell rang to signal it was over Theresa grabbed her books and headed to her locker.

It was weird to not have Fox waiting at her locker like he usually did. And since she had nothing to do for the fifteen minutes before her next class, she decided to go see if any of Fox's teachers wanted her to take assignments to him.

The rest of the day passed by fairly quickly and soon she was heading home. The high school wasn't far from her house and she was home before three-thirty. There was no yearbook meeting after school today and she was glad because she really wanted to go see Fox.

She quickly changed into shorts and a tank top. And after writing a quick note to her mother, headed for the hospital. She had to bring along her backpack since most of Fox's teachers gave her work for him to do until he went back to school.

When she walked in she went to the nurse's station first. "Hi, I was just wondering if Fox Crane had any visitors right now."

"I don't believe so. His parents were here earlier, and I haven't seen anyone come in for him since they left."

"Thanks," she said and walked to his room. She hesitated before opening the door and took a deep breath. "It's now or never Theresa," she whispered and pushed the door open.

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