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This chapter prompted by Guest- Jason has dyslexia and struggles with it when they moved to Hollyoaks High School as Robbie isn't able to sit with him to help as the teachers are unaware of his dyslexia

Chapter 44- why didn't you tell me?:

Jason sighed as he straightened his shirt in the mirror. It was his first day at Hollyoaks High and to say he was nervous was an understatement. He was terrified. But not terrified of a new school with new people. No. He was terrified because of his dyslexia.

He loved his old school, Robbie sat next to him in lessons which meant he could easily copy and understand the notes and everyone was just so understanding. He hoped he'd be able to say the same about Hollyoaks.

"You nearly ready Jase?" Sandy shouted, breaking Jason from his thought. "Y-Yeah!" Jason shouted back. Taking one last look at himself in the mirror, before taking a deep breath, grabbing his bag off his bed and making his way downstairs.

"Looking smart Jase? Joe said as his youngest brother came downstairs. "Thanks" Jason replied quietly. Joe sighed and ruffled his hair; he knew how nervous his youngest brother was despite how hard he tried to hide it.

"Don't worry about it Jase, the teachers already know, it'll be on your file" Joe said, trying to reassure his younger brother. "Yeah I know" Jason replied, shooting a smile at his older brother.

"Right you ready?" Robbie asked as he walked in from the kitchen, half eaten slice of toast in hand. "Yeah" Jason replied quietly. "You sure?' Robbie asked, he didn't need to be twins with Jason to see how nervous he was. "Yeah, let's go" Jason said, making his way towards the front door.

"Wait!" A voice from the kitchen stopped them. Robbie and Jason turned back around to Sandy hurrying in from the kitchen. "Give me a kiss before you go" Sandy said, reaching out to hug Jason. Once she'd hugged Jason and wished him luck, she moved onto Robbie.

"Look after him, okay" Sandy whispered in Robbie's ear. "Don't worry, I will" Robbie whispered back, before pulling out of the hug and following Jason out the door.

The twins reached the school in no time and were escorted to the headteacher's office where they picked up their timetables. Sandy had made sure that they were in all the same classes, meaning Robbie would be able to be there for Jason.

"Right then, history let's go" Robbie said, looking down at his timetable as the bell rang. He looked up at Jason when he didn't reply and saw that his twin looked pale and nervous. Robbie moved him to the side of the corridor, avoiding the crowds of oncoming people.

"What's wrong?" Robbie asked. "Nothing" Jason replied, looking down at the floor. "I'll sit next to you okay, you've got nothing to worry about" Robbie said, again reassuring his brother. "Okay?" Robbie asked. "Okay" Jason replied, before walking through the corridors to their first lesson.

The twins found their classroom easily and gathered outside the door along with everyone else. Robbie could see how nervous Jason was and he couldn't understand why. Robbie would be sitting next him; therefore he had nothing to worry about.

"Right you two must be Robbie and Jason am I right?" The teacher asked. "Yeah" Robbie replied, noticing that Jason wasn't answering. "Right well my name is Mr Gardener and I'll be your history teacher this year" Mr Gardener introduced himself.

The twins followed Mr Gardner into the classroom and were immediately aware of the eyes on them. "There's a table at the back if you two would like to sit there" Mr Gardener said as he pointed to it. Robbie thanked the teacher and nodded his head at Jason to follow him to the back.

"Just calm down" Robbie whispered as they sat down. Jason nodded, knowing that when he was nervous his dyslexia got worse. "You okay?" Robbie asked. "Yeah" Jason replied and opened his book ready to work.

Their first lesson went quite well and Jason had relaxed completely. There wasn't that much reading or writing, more listening, and even when there was to Robbie always helped Jason to make sure he understood everything he was writing.

The rest of the day went by in a blur and before Jason knew it he was already on his way home. "See today wasn't that bad" Robbie said as they walked home that afternoon. "Yeah but we have English tomorrow" Jason told him.

"Your point is?" Robbie asked. Jason sighed, not bothering to argue his point further. "You'll be fine Jase; you just worry too much" Robbie said as they walked up the drive. Jason followed Robbie into the house and was waiting for the greeting from Sandy.

"Alright you two? How was today?" Joe asked. "Alright" Jason replied as he walked past them and up the stairs. Joe raised his eyebrows at Robbie. "He's fine, he's just worrying too much" Robbie said. "You sure?" Joe asked, knowing the little things worried Jason the most. "Yeah" Robbie reassured before walking through to the kitchen.

The rest of the evening was quiet for the family. The small talk made at the table passed by quickly and Sandy knew there was no point asking Jason how his day had gone. The look on his face was enough to tell Sandy.

She didn't understand why though. Robbie had come home and said everything was fine, now he may bend the rules but when it came to Jason Robbie would never lie. She finished making up her cup of tea and went to join Joe in the living room.

"Where are the twins?" Sandy asked as she sat down. "Upstairs on their Xbox" Joe replied. "You alright Mum?" Sandy sighed at the question. "Yeah, I guess I'm just worried about Jason."

"He'll be fine Mum, if anything's wrong Rob will let us know" Joe said. Sandy took a sip of her tea. "Yes I know that, I'm more talking about his dyslexia. You know what happens to his focus and concentration when he gets stressed; it just goes out the window."

Joe sighed. "I know that Mum, but the school know and Robbie knows, he'll ma's sure nothing happens."

A week passed and things seemed to be going smoothly. Jason and Robbie had settled in at Hollyoaks High; Robbie already getting into trouble and having to bail him out. However Robbie always say next to Jason and made sure he knew what he was doing and knew what he was writing.

"Oi Jase! Have you heard?" Robbie shouted as Jason walked up to him in the yard. "About what?" Jason asked. "Mr McQueen's not in" Robbie replied. Jason nodded, now not too sure if he wanted a supply teacher; he'd at dodgy experiences with them in the past.

"What's wrong?" Robbie asked, noticing Jason's reluctant expression. "Nothing I'm just tired" Jason replied. "Well wake up for English, it's gonna be good" Robbie replied, ruffling Jason's hair as he walked past.

Jason made his way towards English fully aware he was late. The truth was he didn't want to go. He'd settled at this school and he liked Mr McQueen, he was a good teacher and understood Jason's dyslexia. A supply teacher probably didn't want to know.

He felt his phone buzz in his pocket and knew exactly who it was. He pulled it out and saw he had a text from Robbie asking where he was. He replied saying he was just outside. Jason put his phone away and took a deep breath, he had to go in now.

The lesson hadn't been too bad, he'd been with Robbie for most of it however he didn't like the teacher. She was called Miss Stapleton and obviously had no idea about his dyslexia. She'd told him off for taking too long writing and asked him to explain something he'd wrote which Jason had to rely on Robbie to save him. He'd decided at the end of that lesson he was never going back to English if she was taking the lesson, and considering the McQueen's family situation that was going to be a long time.

2 weeks later

The day had dragged for Sandy so she was grateful when a phone call came through for her. However when she answered the call, she'd wished she never had.

"Right Carol, I'm gonna have to clock off early" Sandy said she placed her remaining files down on the desk. "Why? What's happened?" Carol asked, taking the files from Sandy and putting them away.

"I've just had a phone call from the school about Jason, they want me to go in and talk to them" Sandy explained. "Jason? He's not normally the one in trouble" Carol said, confused by what had happened.

"That's what I thought" Sandy said, avoiding telling Carol the real reason. "Right well I won't keep you, good luck" Carol said as Sandy gave her a wave before walking out the hospital.

Joe heard his phone ring for the third ring and knew he should probably answer it. He wheeled himself out from under rhe car he was working on and a stood up to answer his phone. However the minute he reached his phone the ringing stopped.

Joe sighed, however saw that he had a voicemail from his Mum. He picked up his phone and listened to it.

Joe, it's your Mum. If you get this message I need you to meet me at the school as soon as possible. It's Jason. He's been avoiding lessons and his work effort has been falling, particularly in English and they want to speak to us. See you soon. Mum.

Before the call even finished, Joe was taking off his overalls and packing away his tools. He text Sandy saying he was on his way and locked up the garage.

Joe arrived at the school in no less than five minutes and spotted Sandy at the gates. "Right there you are, let's get this over and done with" Sandy said as walked towards the entrance of the school, Joe hot on her heels.

"Mrs Roscoe if you'd just to take a seat" Patrick said as Sandy and Joe entered his office. "Where's Jason?" Sandy asked as herself and Joe took a seat. "He's currently in a lesson" Patrick replied.

"So what did you need to talk to us about?" Sandy asked. "For the past two weeks Jason's grades in English have dropped dramatically and we've noticed that he hadn't been turning up to lessons or if he does, he doesn't do any work" Patrick explained. "Wait Jason's not like that" Joe said, confused as to what Patrick was trying to insinuate.

"We know and that's why as a school we've became concerned" Patrick said. "We were wondering if you knew why Jason wasn't turning up to his English lessons?" Patrick asked. Sandy and Joe thought for a moment.

"Well there's his dyslexia which has affected his confidence and I know that's the reason he was nervous about starting this school in the first place" Sandy said. "Robbie hasn't really mentioned anything at home and Jason won't tell us anyways" Joe said, feeling guilty that Jason had been suffering in silence.

"Well tonight we can talk to him and get to the bottom of it" Sandy said definitely as Joe nodded, agreeing with her. "Thank you, otherwise we will have to take a more serious approach at school and I know Jason wouldn't like that" Patrick said

"Alright, thank you" Sandy said, standing up with Joe following her. "We appreciate your cooperation Mrs Roscoe" Patrick said before Sandy and Joe left.

"I can't believe he's been slipping classes!" Sandy shouted as they down the corridor. "Mum, will you keep your voice down" Joe said. "The last thing anyone wants is you causing a scene in this corridor."

Sandy sighed. "Sorry, I get it. Can we just get home and sort this all out later on." Joe nodded and followed him Mum out of the school, his mind anticipating the upcoming conversation.

Later that day

Sandy sipped her tea waiting for Joe to get back. They'd decided to speak to Jason together and as Joe had to go back to the garage, they had decided to speak to him when Joe was done.

Jason was quiet when he'd got in and unlike his brother who went out, he went straight upstairs to his room. He was quiet during dinner and didn't really talk to Sandy which was unusual because when it's just been the two of them in the past, Sandy was never able to shut Jason up.

"Hiya!" Joe shouted as he entered the house. "I'm in here" Sandy said from her spot on the sofa. "You spoke to him yet?" Joe asked as he walked into the living room. "No, not yet. I was waiting for you" Sandy said.

"Right well I'm home now, so let's get to the bottom of this" Joe said, walking out of the living room and making his way upstairs, closely followed by Sandy.

"Hey Jase, can we come in?" A knock at the door, broke Jason from his thoughts. "Y-Yeah" Jason replied, pausing the game he was playing. He watched as Joe and his Mum entered his room. His Mum sitting down on the bed and Joe taking a seat at his desk.

"We need to talk to you about something and you have to be honest" Joe said; Jason frowned. "I had to go in and speak to Mr Blake today because he was concerned that you've been skipping classes, in particular English" Sandy explained.

The look on Jason's face told Joe and Sandy everything they needed to know. "Why Jason?" Sandy asked. Jason looked down towards the floor which had suddenly become very interesting.

Jason sighed. He knew he had to tell them, if he didn't things would just get worse for him at school. "It was alright at the start because Mr McQueen was the teacher, but then he was replaced by Miss Stapleton who was much worse" Jason said.

"Much worse how?" Joe asked. "I don't think she understands my dyslexia. She told me off for taking too long to write and asked me questions on what I've wrote, before accusing me of cheating from Robbie" Jason explained, keeping the tears at bay.

"Oh Jase" Sandy said, her heart breaking. "Is that why you miss her lessons?" Joe asked. Jason nodded. "I just handle being in her class, she makes me feel uncomfortable." Joe and Sandy exchanged a knowing look.

"Well tomorrow morning I'm going to ring the school and get this sorted" Sandy said, as she took Jason's hand in her own. "Come here" Sandy said as she pulled Jason in for a hug.

The next day everything was sorted. Jason came home almost a different person. Sandy had used her authoritative voice and it seemed to do the job. Robbie, of course, after hearing about the ordeal was more overprotective than ever.

But that's why Jason loved him.

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Next chapter prompted by guest- Jason is deaf, he and Freddie are really close, Freddie protects Jason when someone messes with him