!●Parts of this chapter could be triggering, here is a trigger warning●!
Tyler's P.O.V
I walk through the office doors and see the ladies behind the desk, "You Tyler?" one of them asks.
"Yeah" I let out a little sigh, "Go to Mr. Allen's office. All the way down that hall to the left" she points down the hall behind her desk.
I go through the little half-door and head down the hall walking slowly.
I can hear raised voices, "She BURNED me!" I'm guessing that's the guy from our lecture.
"Well, she probably had good reason too!" that was definitely Daniel. I get down the hall and peep in the window of Mr. Allen's office and see him behind his desk, the guy leaning against a wall, and Chris and Daniel sitting in two of the three chairs that sit in front of Mr. Allen's desk. Daniel in his uniform, I feel bad that they had to leave work because of me.
I stop in the open doorway, "Ah Tyler, take a seat please" Mr. Allen says and puts his hand put to the empty seat.
"So I've heard that during your self-defense lecture today you burned your instructor Mr. Carson" he nods over to who I know now is Mr. Carson and not some stranger they grabbed off the street.
"Well, we were in the gym and he said he was gonna teach us self-defense. He then said that he needed a volunteer to be his example, of course, no one volunteered because we'll, would you? So then he called me to be his volunteer, and I denied because again who would want to do that? So then he walked over to me and pulled me up to where he was, which he shouldn't have done strike number one. Then he started talking and going on about how I was a defenseless girl walking alone and some really strong man was gonna grab me and go rape me in an alley or something" I pause when I see Daniel tense and then slowly turn his head to Mr. Carson, "What".
"Okay well, I didn't say that exactly but-". I don't let him finish and start telling my side again.
"But when he pulled me up to him my sleeve had rolled up and so when he grabbed my wrist it was burning me. Skin-to-skin contact with other people is like setting my skin on fire I can't stand it. And he kept tightening his grip on me and I tried to pull away and I even asked him nicely to let me go but he wouldn't. Then he said something about a cross grip or something and so when he brought his other hand over I jabbed the lit light into his arm. He let go and then tried to grab me again so I burned him again and ran out of there."
Daniel is so tense in his seat, Chris has a hand on his thigh trying to calm him I guess.
"Now Tyler, why did you have a lighter at school in the first place?" Mr. Allen says leaning back in his chair and crossing his arms. "I found it in the bathroom earlier" I shrug, "Oh you did now?" he raises an eyebrow at me.
"Wait, you think she intentionally brought a lighter to school to burn someone?!" Daniel shoots out of his seat. "Mr. Harris please sit down," Mr. Allen says.
"And Tyler, I'm sure Mr. Carson didn't grab you as tightly as you think" he turned back to me. Oh so first I lied about finding a lighter and now I just imagined that he grabbed me as hard as he did?
I look down and notice a purple mark on my wrist. I pull up my sleeve a little, Daniel notices, "You bruised HER!" he yells.
"Now, Mr. Harris Tyler is a diabetic, so she bruises easily that's not valid evidence. And not a valid excuse for what she did" I cannot believe this guy.
"Yeah look at my arm, see these burns that's assault I could and should press charges. I should also take you up the road," he says and takes his little toy cuffs off his belt.
"But I thought I was just a little defenseless girl. How could I ever harm a big strong man like you?" his face tenses and I can see Chris smile a little.
"And you take me up the road? You aren't a cop, at most you're a rent a cop are those cuffs from a Halloween costume? And if I got you to let go with a lighter twice I think I'd be able to do it a third time." Chris lets out a little laugh then puts a hand over his mouth to stop himself and Daniel turns to me with a proud look on his face.
"Tyler." Mr. Allen says catching my attention, "You're suspended for the rest of this week. I'll see you the Monday we come back from Christmas break" he pulls out some papers and starts writing.
"You're suspending her? FOR DEFENDING HERSELF!" Daniel is up again and fuming. "Mr. Harris ease calm down. It's only a three-day suspension and you're lucky that's all she's getting." Daniel sits down and Mr. Allen turns the papers he was filling out to us.
Suspension papers, he had Chris and Daniel sign then me. Well I'm suspended this is gonna go on my record, and truly I don't care. I defended myself.
"You all have a good Christmas now. And Tyler, I hope to not have to see you in my office again" Mr. Allen says standing up and looking at me.
Daniel, Chris and I leave his office and go out the front doors. "I'm sorry yall had to leave work because of me. And sorry for getting suspended" I look over at them. "Oh no Tyler don't you be sorry, you stood up for yourself I don't like that you got suspended but that wasn't your fault okay?" Chris says as we stand in front of the school.
"Okay, guess I'll see yall at home" I go to head to the student parking lot but Daniel stops me. "Tyler did you eat lunch?", "No they called me to the office" I turn around to him.
"Well I'm off the rest of the day, why don't I take you to lunch" he puts his hands in his pockets. "Okay I guess" I nod, "Okay come on" he starts walking over to his car.
"Oh but my car" I point over my shoulder to the student lot. "I'll bring you back here after come on" he waves me over.
I follow and get in his police car, he must really like SUVs because like his personal car this is one too.
"Okay, where do you wanna go eat?" he asks as he starts the car, "I don't really care" I shrug.
"How about the diner, I think James' shift will be starting soon," he says and smiles at me. We pull out and head to the diner.
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So I saw a clip of the show Heartbreak High where Harper burned the guy who was teaching the girls selfish class and it instantly sparked the inspiration for this chapter.