TMSN - Chapter 9

I was angry, my body heated in my rage, I found it hard to calm myself down.

"Why Joy, why did you keep this from me, what if I saw her today?" I asked, trying to hold in my tears, on the brink of a mental break down.

"Because I didn't want to ruin your day and go out and find her, I hoped it wasn't true but Mr White told me himself," she explained trying not to anger me any more, obviously scared of me but at this moment in time, I didn't care.

"Mr White?" I asked shocked that not even he told me. And that he knew.

"Y-yes, sorry Shadow, I didn't mean to do this too you," Joy apologised.

"Go to Joe, I'll walk home, I just need to talk to someone and be alone, alright," I say, clenching my fists, one with half-healed wounds from punching the locker.

"Alright, if you say so, I'll tell dad what's going on, be safe and don't do anything stupid," Joy said before trying to go in for a hug before stepping back and walking away with her bag and everything she needed for home.

Once Joy left, I waited until I heard Joe's car leave before I started heading towards Mr White's office, hoping to find him there. I was furious first about how Joy kept it from me the entire day, even if she thought it was a rumour at the beginning she still should've told me. Then there's Mr White, he even confirmed it with Joy and still didn't tell me when we were alone, instead, he kissed me and still kept it a secret afterwards.

I was beyond furious with Mr White when I got to his office door, I didn't even bother knocking, I just threw the door open.

I found Mr White sitting at his desk on the phone, he jumped at the sound of the door hitting the wall, when we saw me he raised an eyebrow at me before finishing the call and hanging up before turning around, facing me.

I slammed the door behind me, before letting my anger go.

"You! You kept it from me why? You kissed me knowing!?" I started screaming waving my hands viciously through the air for emphasis.

"What are you talking about Shadow?" He asked calmly, which just made me worse.

"What? What am I talking about? How about the fact you kept the fact Natasha Smore is back and lied to me?" I yelled, slowly about to get more violent as the anger grows.

"Shadow, I never lied to you. I kept it from you to protect you because I care," He said, standing up, raising his hands in a sign of surrender, but I wasn't having it, I was too angry.

"Bullshit Drew, you weren't protecting me, you were protecting Natasha, so who do you really care about?" I screamed, throwing a book from the shelf next to me at him, but he dodged right before it hit his head.

"Calm down Shadow, I did it to protect you, if I told you while in school hours and Natasha was here, you could've gotten suspended, even expelled and or arrested for assault," He said, trying to reason with me, but I continued to throw even more books at him until there was only one book left on the shelf, which I took, ready to aim it at Drew again.

"DO NOT tell me to calm down Drew, if I did anything to her it would've been deserved. So stop, you lied, you hid it from me, I can't trust you," I say, dropping the book before I dropped to the ground, pulling my knees to my chin as I sat and rested my back against the door, letting the tears escape and fall down from my break down, letting the anger, hurt, betrayal flow through me, before I blew up even more.

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After what felt like hours I finally stopped crying and began calming down, I looked up to find Drew sitting in front of me, his legs crossed while his elbows rested on his knees and his chin in his hands, not wanting to touch me, scared of how I would react, which was understandable, at this moment I was a loose cannon.

I looked around the once clean room, books laid all around the room, on tables, the floor, chairs, some laying open if it is upright or upside down, some closed, it was a real mess, somehow Drews laptop was laying on the floor beside his desk with the landline phone and other belongings that were once on his desk, I really trashed his room.

"I'm sorry Shadow," He whispered, breaking the silence, bringing my attention and gaze to him.

"I-I know, I'm sorry too," I replied back in a whisper, tired from my outburst, drained.

"I didn't mean for it to come to this," he said, moving slightly closer to me, watching me to see how I reacted, noticing when I don't he moved a little more.

"I know, sorry for.. All of this," I replied, giving a small gesture to the room and the mess I made of it.

"It's okay, I deserve all this," he replied, now sitting directly in front of me next to no space between us.

"Not really, I just let my anger take over," I replied, wiping my face, feeling the dried trails that my tears left behind, sighing.

"And rightfully so, you feel betrayed, and not just by me, but Joy, but I told her to wait," he reasoned, before pulling me onto his lap and into a hug.

I nuzzled into his neck before I relaxed, even more, a stray tear escaping my eye.

Drew sighed, stroking my hair, making me let out another sob before breaking down again.

"It's okay Shadow, I'm here," he whispered, his lips grazing my earlobe before he left a kiss right under it, I smiled before kissing the crook of his neck, where it meets his shoulder in return.

"Thank you, Drew," I replied quietly, moving so I could look at him, giving him a small smile.

"Anytime," he promised, moving the few strands of hair that fell in front of my face to behind my ear before I rested my head against his hand, closing my eyes.

"I need to go," I mumbled, not bothering to open my eyes yet.

"If you want or need I can drive you home," he said, resting his forehead against mine.

"I would like that," I whispered before Drew left a light gentle kiss onto my forehead standing up, and pulling me up with him.

I looked around the room, embarrassed with the mess I made. "We better clean this up," Drew said, rubbing my back before we worked together to clean up the mess.

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After we cleaned up Drew's office he leads me towards a black 1967 Chevy Impala, which I freaked about seeing, it's a dream car of mine.

When Mr White unlocked and got into the driver seat it just confirmed the fact that he owns this beautiful car.

"Stop drooling Shadow and get in," Drew said, leaning over to open the passenger side door for me to get into, chuckling at my reaction.

"Oh shut up, I love this car," I respond, running my hand along the car until I get to the open door and get in, putting my crutches onto the back seat, trying to hold back my excitement.

"Good to know, maybe next time I should show a girl my car to get their attention and affection hmm," He teased, looking at me from the corner of his eye as he pulled out of the teachers' car parking and away from the school.

"Next time?" I asked, trying and failing to hid the jealousy from my tone. Before I gave him my address which he quickly put into google maps.

"Kidding Shadow, kidding," he replied, grabbing my hand and kissing it, smiling at my reaction. Before focusing back on to the road.

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When we pulled up to my street I requested that Drew dropped me off at the corner, to prevent any further questions with Joe and Joy.

"Promise not to blame Joy," Drew said, as he pulled over at the corner.

"I promise," I vow, nodding, before looking up at him and meeting his eyes before repeating, to show my honesty.

"Good, see you next week," he said, leaning in and kissing my forehead before pecking my lips as he allows me to leave his car, but not before I kiss his cheek and say goodbye before grabbing my crutches and bag.

As I walk away from my dream car and go home, Drew pulls away and honks at me as he passes me making me smile and let out a small laugh waving.

As opened the front door I moved the lounge room where I heard Joy and Joe watching some show, before collapsing on my armchair forgetting my crutches on either side that fell to the ground next to my bag which I put beside my chair before getting comfortable

"Welcome home Shadow," Joe said, chucking a throw blanket at me, before getting me a glass of ice coffee.

"How did you get back?" Joy asked, taking my laptop from my bag before plugging it into the charge he brought down from my room.

"Thank you, Joe, and Mr White brought me home, he wouldn't let me walk with the crutches," I explained, taking a sip from the ice coffee before sighing and sinking further into the chair with the blanket wrapped around me.

"Good of him to do that for you," Joy asked.

"And guess what," I said getting excited.

"What Shadow?" Joe asked, raising an eyebrow, giving me all his attention while Joy did the same, muting the TV.

"Mr White drives a black 1967 Chevy Impala, my dream car!" I say, practically screaming from the excitement of finally seeing and not only that being in and touching my dream car.

"Oh my god Shadow that's amazing," Joy said getting just as excited.

"Did you get a pic?" Joe asked smirking at my behaviour.

"Sadly not, but next week for sure," I said nodding at my idea.

"Well, in other news I got a call from your doctor today about your leg," Joe said changing the subject.

"What did they say?" I asked turning to give Joe my undivided attention.

"Your appointment is next week and they say if you are healing right and fast, it won't be long till the cast is off, but I was thinking that next week, we don't go to school, focus on resting, Joy could bring all your work home," Joe said explaining everything while I nodded along listening.

"I can do that, probably best not just for me but for others," I respond, looking at Joy when I said the last part, she nodded knowing what and who I meant smiling.

"I'll get your school work next week, Shadow, no problem," Joy said before taking our empty cups and rinsing them off in the sink.

"Anyway, what's for tea?" I ask, causing yet another subject change.

"I was thinking pizza, something easy and quick," Joe said, before getting up and calling the pizza place, not too bothered to get our orders since he already memorized them.

"Sounds good," Joy said, I nodded in agreement before opening my laptop and started working on my school work.

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The rest of the evening flew by, the pizza the school work, it wasn't long before everyone was ready for bed, and I moved to the couch but not before I took the painkillers for the leg and a sleeping pill to help me get through the night.

Let's just hope this next week wasn't going to be a hassle and being away from school would help calm me down and think about everything that happened this week. It was hard to believe this was only my first week.