It was almost midnight as Stuart was still sitting at his desk in the teacher's room. He was trying to find out what the best solution was to his cousin's problem. The rules read that, in a situation like this, the offender should be suspended.
But Stuart didn't want to do this. It was just a few weeks left until the exams, and it would be too bad to kick his cousin out of school for those last few weeks. All his hard work would be for nothing, then.
Stuart stretched himself, and laid back into the old, but still comfortable chair. Half past twelve. There wouldn't be anyone awake at this time.
He finally made a decision. A decision that could lead to his discharge. But he didn't think about that. He would let his cousin stay in school, even after what he had done. It was against the official rules, but rules are there to be broken, Stuart thought to himself.
After he turned off the computer, and cleaned up the paperwork on his desk, Stuart longed for his bed. He'd have to wake up early next morning, to get some tests ready. A whole day of teaching and listening to screwed-up music was waiting for him. He sighed. Why did he take this job again? Oh, yes, to support himself and his cousin.
He cursed at the thought of his uncle and aunt, who had just left him at the Cul-de-Sac with his younger cousin. They were the ones who wanted to have children, and got one. Not him. He never wanted kids. Sure, he didn't mind taking care of Edd, but if he had a second chance...
Stuart stood at the door, thinking... If he had a second chance...
He would've done the same thing as he did now...
After Stuart closed the door behind him, he saw a small figure standing in the hallway...
I've realized that I always write short chapters... Sorry about that, in case you dislike that... maybe it's because I dislike very long chapters. Why I dislike them? Well, sometimes I am in the middle of a chapter, when my mother wants me to help her out, or my dad has to work on the computer for a while (and we only have one computer), and thus I have to read very fast, or close the window and search the chapter and line again later. So I figured that short chapters are easy to read for people who get interrupted many times...
Aww well, next chapter might contain sexual situations, so I might have to change the PG-rate... But I'll have to discuss it with my good friends GhostHelwig and Forge-D (my very own Ed) first...
Keep the comments coming!