Troy left me along to get ready for work. I get to wear what I want but with exceptions like no showing skin and that type of stuff. I threw on a nice pair of sweats and a nice shirt. I know Troy wasn't happy with the outfit but he knew that I had to for work. If I got fired we wouldn't have the apartment.
" God you look like a common person. You look better as a slut. Hurry up and get in the car "
"Yes master "
I hurried to the car like he asked and got in. I waited until he got in, not moving a muscle. I just felt so scared since yesterday. I felt like if I even breathed the wrong way he would kill me. It was torture. He started driving, and then soon sped through our small town. Going 60 in a 40 felt normal. He never crashed, and only got pulled over once. We closed in on the Gazette and he finally slowed down to pull into the parking lot.
" Alright get out. I want you on time when you leave. No later than 7 on the dot. You hear me"
" Yes Master"
I walked in and punching my time card. I walked straight to my desk and was greeted with an unusual stack of papers. It seemed like the extra papers from the last manager was just handed to me to fix. Paper after paper. I made tiny changes. My job may seem useless but with a town with only 300 people and over half of them still reading the paper, it's very appreciated. After about an hour of fixing papers my boss walks in.
" Hey Mrs Cohen. How are those papers coming along. "
" Just fine Jack. Not too many mistakes "
" Good to hear. I heard that there was a new teacher at the high school. There's a section on him on page 32. He seems pretty interesting "
" Why do you say that?"
" He's from the big city. But he moved here after he went to college. Who would want to live in a dump like this "
" Huh, interesting. I'll read it after I finish this stack"
" Alrighty then Mrs Cohen, get to it."
" Will do sir!"
I quickly get back to fixing the papers. To me it seemed like Calix was a big deal to this town. I got done with the stack skipping a few papers in between the minutes. I finally got to the last paper and decided to read the article. There's was a surprising head line underneath a picture of Calix
" City slicker comes to Greensville. Will he be what this town needs?"
What the hell type of headline is that! I kept reading the article despite my anger. Apparently Calix was from California and came here after he graduated college. He seemed like a nice guy to me but I didn't understand why the papers gave him such a bad rep. Until I got to the bottom.
" Calix was removed from schools in his old town after suspected arguments and even fights with difficult student's. One report said he punched a student in the stomach after said student made racial remarks toward Calix. After getting fired Mr Calix was sent to a reform program and spent 6 months in jail for battery against a minor. His sentence was reduced when he agreed to participate in the program. "
Holy shit! I was in utter shock and disbelief. Calix had been arrested. I skimmed through more of the article and read more and more.
" Calix had received an offer from Greensville High school. The school had lost their technologies teacher. He was hired even with his record. Only the future will tell us if our school system has made the right choice"
Jesus Christ. I couldn't believe this was my new teacher. Tomorrow I planned to confront him on this. I was scared that maybe Calix wasn't the man I thought he was. I finished the paper and placed it with the rest of the stack. Afterwards I walked tot he break room and sat for a few minutes just to soak up the information I just read. To me he seemed so kind and generous but to the rest of the world he was a vile criminal. I laid my head in my hands and just closed my eyes for a while. That time to myself helps a lot. I gather my composure and head back to my desk. As I walk to my desk I hear a familiar deep voice yelling at my manager.
" What the fuck! I've only been in this town for less than a month and your already dragging my name into the fucking ground! "
" Look sir that is what our services had provided us and this is the story we have provided."
" I don't give a flying fuck! This is my life! I was trying to get a new start! "
" Sir I'm sorry but the paper already went out to our residents. I'm sorry but there's nothing we can do"
" Bull shit! If you don't fix this I'm going to sue!"
I had never seen Calix that heated. His voice went from deep and luscious to loud and scary. He was wearing casual wear, a graphic t-shirt and some pants. I saw my coworkers pick there heads up and listen to the same argument I was. My manger was getting pummeled. I decided to walk up and try to defuse the situation.
" I'm not leaving this building until and proper solution is found!"
" Sor like I said there's nothing we can d-"
I cut off Jack and started talking.
" Woah woah woah, there's no reason to yell. I'm sure there's a perfect solution for this."
" I'm not going to stand here a get treated like a piece of sh-"
He stopped yelling at Jack and looked down at me.
" Luna! I didn't know you worked here!"
" I have to pay for the apartment somehow. Now why are we yelling again."
His body language went from tense to sullen. At this pint my manager took a step back to calm down and let me handle the situation.
" Holy shit, look I'm sorry for causing a scene but the writers here have to realize that what there publishing is ruining me. I don't want my names slandered in a new town. Wait did you read the article "
" I understand your frustrations and yes I did read the article. I have to correct the mistakes in the paper. Now I do understand how it comes across to our residents. I'm sure we can find an solution. "
" I'm sorry you had to read that, but I needed a job. I'll explain it later. How can we fix this"
" we'll we can talk to our editors and see if we can make an update article explaining that your much better than you and your past. Or something to the affect of you have changed in a positive way."
" I guess that can work. I just don't want to be known as the bad guy anymore. "
" I understand sir. We will fix this for you"
" Thanks Luna. "
" No problem sir. Have a good night"
" You too. And I'm sorry again for yelling"
" it's alright. Get home safe. "
My manager looked shocked as Calix walked ou the door. In my eyes I handled the situation, to Jack I just created world peace. I was turning to talk to him and he just walked away. I took that as a sign to walk back to my desk. I could feel the eyes of my employees staring me down as I got to my desk. I acted like nothing was wrong until they focused on there own jobs again. I immediately sunk my head into my hands and let out a loud groan. I can't comprehend what just happened to me. Just the thought of Calix yelling gave me shudders. I pulled my head back up and checked the time. 6:47. I quickly got read to leave and made sure all my papers were in order. I grabbed an extra copy for myself to read that article again.
As I wait for Troy to get here I kept playing the moment back in my head. His yelling. Jack trying to control the situation. Calix's eyes as he realized it was me. It was just crazy. Violet couldn't hold her emotions back anymore.
" Holy fuck Dude. What was that!"
" You tell me Vi. It was like a whole different person walked in"
" Dude he yelled so loud that we heard it from back here. And I know have thin walls but still. "
" I know it was crazy"
" And his body! I could see his veins through his shirt. I thought they were going to pop"
" His face got so red Vi. He looked like a stop sign"
" We keep this shit between us Luna. "
" As always. I gotta get going. Talk to you later "
" See ya then"
I fixed my hair and got my daily gazette. I punched out my card and walked to the parking lot by 6:57. Troy was there so I walked tot he car. I knocked on the window. It startled him. He rolled down his window down.
" Jesus bitch you scared me! Don't do that shit again. No get in the passenger side "
" Yes Master"
I quickly got into the car and he sped off. We got home is less then 10 minutes. He had already ate dinner so it was straight to sleep. I quietly brought my news paper to 'bed' with me and read it under the dim moon light shining through the bedroom window. I read that article over and over again, they had his mug shot posted half way through. There was a cut on his lip, his face and bruises, and he had cuts all over his face. His hair wasn't dyed yet. He was still very muscular. If he wasn't older than me he would be an absolute steal. Violet reared her self back around.
" Damn man. He went from handsome teach to ruthless criminal, back to handsome teach. "
" Shut up Violet he's not a criminal!"
" that's not what the article says "
" You know they exaggerate shit Violet"
We both kept looking at the article and the pictures. We talked for about him for the rest of the night. When it was about 4 o'clock I hid the paper under the bed and tried to get at least the hour in for sleep.
I woke up Troy at 5 am as usual. This time he was very slow moving and sluggish, instead of the ready to fight mood. I look around to make sure he was alright and I saw my pills in his hand. He took about 6 and woke up still under the affects.
" Good morning baby. How's it going?"
" Good master"
" Drop all the master thing. I'm sorry for that and the stuff I said "
" alright Troy, "
" Come here Luna "
I walked up to his side of the bed and he gave me a hug. He noticed that I still had bruises and cuts from when he beat me.
"Oh shit im sorry Luna. That's horrible of me. I'm really really sorry baby"
" It's ok Troy. You know you took my phone right?"
" I did! Take it back babe. I need to know if your ok when I'm it next to you "
" thanks Troy. "
" Now let's get ready for School Luna"
Waking up to this was a nice surprise. We got ready and we made breakfast together. We ate together and he swallows more pills. I offered to drive to work and he accepted. I was just hopping that by the time we got done with school he was still his drugged up self and was still happy, I got him to the car. I played some music I knew he would like and we were off. I drove the limit and we got there with about ten minutes to spare. Me and him walked to first period. We waited for the day to start. When that bell rang I knew it would be an interesting day.
First period he was all lovey dovey. He played with my hair and got mad at the teacher. Second period he did my work for me and he gave me his sweatshirt to sleep on. He's the absolute best when he's high. Third period he just struggled, I guess he just can't do science no matter what star he's in. Forth was amazing cause we just played with the class pet snake and fed it pinkies. 5the was really different because he shared his lunch with me. He never does that but even when he's drunk he never shares his food. I guess he felt bad. Callahans was bad because he got very mad and took some of it out on me. 7th was alright he kinda
just stared at all the paints and I drew some shoes and a dress. 8th was awkward cause we had a sub and he just slept the whole time and would wake up randomly and scream som Werid shit about the Chinese. All was good until 9th rolled around. I thought he would be nice but as soon as he walked me to class he started to glare at Calix. Maybe by this point he was coming his high. Whatever it was it was rough. Calix kept reading his lesson plans and checking the computer.
" I Don't like him. I wanna hurt him. "
" Go to gym Troy. Pretend that the punching bag is his face alright. "
" Ok Lunaz. I love you"
" I love you too Troy"
With that's he missed me on the cheek and left. Calix noticed it immediately and looked at us funny. The only thing I knew was that Troy was high and 9th period was going to be one hell of a discussion period.