Author's Note:
A FNNer's story about bullying:
Anonymous:
When I was in third grade I was the only white kid in my entire class. Everyday I was afraid to go to school, because I got beat up everyday. I would go home with scraps, bruises, spit-balls in my hair, once in a while a bloody nose and in tears. I once went home with a broken wrist. I would sit by myself at lunch, play by myself on the playground and partner up with myself for team assignments. One day I had finally had enough of the bullying and I stood up for myself. I was in Music when it all happened, Zykeius was calling my names and launching spit-balls at me, so I go up went over to him and got into face telling him to stop. He stood up from seat and pushed me to the ground. I got up and kicked him in chin. Now he was way taller to me, so I shouldn't of been able to reach his chin, but somehow I did. I don't know what came over me that day, but for the rest of the year I was left alone. I'm still bullied to this day, but not because of my race, but because I'm a complete nerd. I also now how to handle myself now if things get physical.
We are changing the world one voice at a time. All it takes is for one person to step up to start a revolution
Reid walked back into Allison's hospital room and noticed almost the whole team standing in there. The only one missing was Hotch.
"What are you guys doing here," Reid asked, shocked.
"Blake called, and Garcia filled us in," JJ replied. "Why didn't you tell us you had a daughter?"
"I didn't know how to tell you guys yet," Reid replied.
"Yet Garcia Morgan and Blake knew," Rossi stated.
"Morgan and Blake sort of found out by accident. Garcia knew from the beginning," Reid admitted. "I didn't know how I was going to tell you guys."
Changing subjects Morgan asked, "How can we help stop Lavarious Jones before anyone else gets hurts?"
"He assaulted a minor. That right there is ten years in a federal prison if he's tried as an adult," Reid stated.
"What if he's a tried as a minor," Garcia asked.
"He'll be put in a juvenile detention hall and released in ten months," Morgan explained.
"What are we going o do," Garcia asked.
"I'll talk to Strauss about opening an investigation," Rossi said. "If she says no, then we hand this over to the local police."
"If we hand this over to the locals, all they'll do is just give him a couple months probation and community service, then send him right back to school," Reid explained. "And he'll go right back to bullying Allison and who knows who else."
"We should find the other he's bullied then. If we end up having to hand this over, then we need those other kids," Blake suggested.
"None of them will speak, because their going to be to afraid to," Reid stated
"Allison wasn't afraid to speak up. Once they realize that one isn't afraid they will speak up," Morgan pointed out.
"It's worth a try," Rossi agreed.
"I'm in," JJ said. "If it stops this creep."
"Count me in," Blake stated.
"Me three," Garcia said.
Reid looked at everyone, his family, all willing to put an end to the bullies reign, before Allison or anyone else got hurt again.
"What do you say Reid," Morgan said looking his best friend.
"If it will help Allison, I'm in," Reid stated.
"Alright, we'll go and talk to the students tomorrow," Rossi said. "In the meantime I'm going to go talk to Strauss. Everyone else go home."
Around midnight, Allison woke up again. For a moment she was confused as to where she was. That was until she saw her dad asleep in a chair, with a book in his lap.
She smiled a little, having her father with her at the hospital help her feel a little bit better. Her mom never would stay with her, she had been to busy with some random man in some random hotel.
Allison remember when she was eight years old, she had to have her appendix removed and was in the hospital for about a week. Not once had her mother stayed with her or even visit. Her grandparents took turns staying with her, so that she didn't get scared.
It was comforting to know that her dad wasn't anything like her mother. They were nothing alike. Her mother was never supportive, helpful or nice. She had said and done things around Allison that scared her. Her father was kind, supportive, always ready to help. He had never said or done one wrong thing around her, that scared her.
He hadn't know that she had woken up long enough to hear the conversation had with the other people in the room. Just knowing that he was going to stop Lavarious from hurting anyone else, give her a lot of peace mind, that she could go to school without worrying about being bullied.
Reid woke up to the sun hitting him in the face. He rubbed his eyes, then looked at his watch. It was only seven in the morning. He looked over at Allison, who was still asleep, and smiled a little bit.
At that moment a doctor walked into the room.
"A moment Mr. Reid," the doctor asked looking at Reid.
Reid stood up and walked over to the doctor then asked, "What's going on?"
"It's nothing bad," the doctor assured quickly, knowing how quickly parents will jump to conclusions. "When she wakes, she'll be able to leave. I just wanted to give you a fair warning; with her having a concussion even though it's mild, she'll have to deal with extreme dizziness and will be tired a lot of the time. I suggest that you keep her home for the next week, or until the dizziness and tiredness subside about ninety-five percent."
"Understood," Reid replied. He already knew all that about concussions, due to the fair amount of them he's had over the years, he wasn't going to tell the doctor that though.
The doctor nodded then left.
Reid took out his phone, knowing JJ would be awake by now. Henry never slept ing late.
"Hey Spence," JJ said answering the phone with one hand while making breakfast with the other.
"Hey, I was wondering if you could stop by my place and pick some clothes for Allison," Reid asked. "She's going to be discharged right after she wakes up."
"Sure," JJ said, knowing Reid wasn't going to leave his daughter.
"Thanks," Reid replied and hung up.
Around nine thirty, Allison woke up.
When saw that his daughter was awake he said, "Hey."
"Hi,"Allison replied. "What time is it?"
"A little after nine thirty," Reid replied.
"When can I go home," Allison asked.
"Well the doctor said when you wake you'll be discharged," Reid said standing up from the chair he had been in since yesterday afternoon. "I'll just go let him know."
Allison nodded, as she watched her dad leave the room.
A short will later, he walked back in with the doctor right behind him.
"Morning Allison," the doctor said. "How are you feeling."
"I feel dizzy and my shoulder hurts," Allison replied.
"Dizziness is caused by the concussion and your clavicle is broken in a few different places, so it will hurt for awhile," the doctor explained
About an hour later, Allison had changed into the clothes that JJ had brought, was checked out by the doctor, who had set her arm so that she had no way of moving her shoulder, while her clavicle was healing.
She was now sitting in passenger seat of her dad's car, staring out the window.
Every once in a while she would feel her dad looking at her.
"You can stop looking at me, Dad," Allison stated when her dad looked over at her for the tenth time.
"Sorry," Reid apologized.
Allison looked over at her dad and asked, "Are you going to stop Lavarious?"
"With the team's help, yes," Reid replied. "Why?"
"I just don't want him to be able to hurt anyone else," Allison replied.
"Who else has he hurt," Reid asked.
"Pretty much everyone who smaller and smarter than him, so the nerds of the school," Allison answered.
"Do you know any of them," Reid asked.
"A few of them are in my English class. About a dozen more are one grade behind me," Allison explained.
"Know any of their names," Reid asked.
"I know all of them," Allison stated.
