Chapter 4:
I ran to the one person who knew would always help me out, the school nurse. Now most kids in high school only go to the nurse when they are on the verge of dying, but not me. You see was a sweet lady in her late 50's who would help out anyone who needed it. She was the only person other than Madison that I ever officially came out to. One day after they had poured chocolate milk all over my head, I went into her office to use the bathroom and cleaned myself up. She had asked me what happened and I completely broke down and told her everything that was going on with me and everything that I was afraid of.
Now whenever I go to see her she gives me a change of clothes and helps cheer me up. Now typically when they beat me up they hit me where my clothes would cover, so no one, not even the nurse would see my injuries. knew they were mean to me and that they would throw stuff on me but I had begged her not to tell anyone for I knew that it would do more harm than good. Today when I walked in it was a different story.
"SPENCER" she almost screamed as she shot up out of her chair. I was thankful to see that her office was empty. I collapsed onto the floor just as she ran over to me. She just held me in her arms as I cried so hard that I could barely breath. I walked over to one of the incredibly uncomfortable blue cots.
I was woken up when i felt a light shaking on my arm and I saw my mother and the principal sitting in her office. I tried to swallow the lump in my throat as I stood up and walked over to them.
"Spencer Nurse Doyle has told us that some girls have been bothering you. Is that right Spencer?" Principal Johnson said. All I could do was nod yes in response.
"Can you tell us who it was Spencer" I didn't know what to say, should I rat them out or just deal with the abuse. "Spencer honey you need to tell us" said. I knew that she knew who it was but she wouldn't break my trust.
"It was some of the cheerleaders" I say almost whispering, but I knew they heard me.
", Spencer I assure you we will do everything in our power to make sure those girls are punished" Principal Johnson "Spencer you can take the rest of the day off and since tomorrow is Friday, if you want you can take tomorrow off too" just as I am about to thank him my mother jumps in " Oh she won't need tomorrow off, she'll be fine" I sigh and bow my head as I walk out to my mothers car.
The ride home was silent with no music, not even a car horn. Once we got home i grabbed my bag and went straight up to my room. I kicked off my shoes and climbed into the warm comfort of my bed. had bandaged up my nose and she said it was only sprained.
I slept right through dinner and woke up the next morning. I jumped in the shower and felt the all too familiar burn of my newly sprained nose under the hot water. I washed my body trying to wash off the filth that i felt. I knew that when I got back to school that my life was going to be hell.
I stepped out of the shower and looked in the mirror at my nose. It was black and blue and a little bit swollen but nothing compared to how bad it felt. I wanted so bad to just crawl back under the covers and sleep, but I knew my mother would have none of that. I got dressed in simple jeans and a tight white T-shirt, threw on a black zip-up hoodie and slung my backpack over my shoulder. I got downstairs and slipped on my black converse and walked out the door. My mother was already ing the car with my brother and they were clearly waiting for me. I put on my sunglasses and hood and got in the car. I then put my headphones in and leaned up against the window.
I heard the car door slam and I saw Glen walking away. I went to open the door and step out when my mother grabbed my arm. I took my headphones out of my ear. "Take that stupid hood off you look like a boy" my mother said. I ignored her and stepped out of the car anyways walking to my usual table in the corner. I sat down while looking down at my iPhone to change a song. I put on Feel Good Inc by the Gorillaz and started to bob my head loving how this song made me feel.
I didn't even realize who was sitting at the table until I felt a foot slide up my leg. My head whipped up and I saw her sitting there just looking at me. She smiled warmly and as much as I wanted to smile back I had a nagging in the back of my head. I kept thinking that Madison sent her here because i ratted them out. I froze not knowing what to do on one hand I have this beautiful girl sitting across from me smiling at me. On the other hand this could all be a setup.
I took my headphones out about to ask her a question when I saw her face turn to stark white and her smile fade away. "What's wro" I started to say when my face was smashed into the table in front of me. At that moment I snapped and I was going to fight back if it took all I had.