It had been a few weeks, hayden could walk, but he was still badly bruised. He could go to school now, but he couldnt play softball for at least another two weeks
"marilyn stop yelling at me please" hailey says, sobbing a little as she puts the pillow over her ears
"marilyn ill talk to her, dont yell at her" her biological mom says entering the room as her step mom leaves the room "honey, whats wrong?"
"i dont want to go to school, its stressing me out and marilyn yelling at me isnt helping" hailey says, tears streaming down her face
"i know, but you cant keep missing school okay?, please just go today, and if you dont feel well ill take you right home. But please get ready" her mom says
"fine" hailey says sitting up
her mom leaves the room and closes haileys door. Hailey hadnt got contact with the triplets, alahna, or madi, and that made her upset. Her grades had also been slipping, she was losing motivation to even get out of bed, she went to bed late, and she fell asleep in class every single day. The truth is, hailey fell into a big depression, again. When she was 13, she struggled with depression, and it went away when she was 15, and now it came back 2 years later just to haunt her.
Her moms and brother had been there for her every step of the way, but marilyn was putting too much pressure on hailey and not only was it stressing her out, it made her frustrated. Hailey is a sensible person, if you yell at her or reprimand her, she was gonna cry, or try not to cry. In her mind, she was worthless and a disappointment, and she was always the second choice.
After 5 minutes of contemplating her life, she finally got up. She had 40 minutes to get ready and for her that was enough time. She went into her bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth. She put on her jeans and a slightly oversized t-shirt, she put her converse on and put her hair in a claw clip. She wasnt gonna do her makeup because she was too tired. She got her backpack ready and went downstairs, trying to avoid marilyn.
"do you have your lunch money?" marilyn asks
"dont try to act all sweet please, i really dont want to talk to anyone, especially you." hailey says, putting her airpods in her ears and walking to her moms car
since brayden had a broken arm, and his car was wrecked, they had to leave with their mom which wasnt much of a problem since she worked there. Hailey had her music on full volume to drain out the noise in the car. It was a 5 minute drive from the house to school. Once her mom parked in the teachers parking lot, she puts her headphones away and put her phone in her pocket. She was ignoring everything and everyone, but then she found 5 people who caught her eye. She looked at all of them one by one without saying anything and she just walked away.
Nick walked after her, trying to get her to talk, but nothing he said made her talk so he just left with his brothers and friends.
Hayden and hailey had almost every class together so at least he was there to comfort her. She hadnt said anything to anyone yet, she didnt want to tell anyone about her depression, her moms just thought she was feeling upset and it would go away and they "manipulated" brayden into thinking so too. Who knew that one small thing that someone said could make her whole mental health fall apart?, hailey did.
She walked to her first class with hayden, they walked in silence. Hayden had gotten a lot of stitches but the scars would disappear sooner than later. They sat down in their normal seats in social studies and did their work. She kept zoning out every second, but she managed to get some of her work done. After the class ended, she got called by her teachers, Ms. Adams. She walked over to her desk
"hailey, are you okay?" the teacher asks worriedly
"uhm, yeah, im okay. Im just a little upset about something" hailey says softly
"listen, i understand whats going on, haydens accident probably really affected you but i need you to try and keep up with your work. And if theres anything wrong, im always here for you to talk. Im always here, okay?" her teacher says
"yes i know, thank you." hailey says, leaving the classroom
Ms. Adams was the kind of teacher that really cared about her students, she was kind of like a therapist more than a teacher. Personally, she was haileys favorite teacher, when she was 13, she always talked to her, every day, and Ms. Adams listened to her, everything hailey told her, her moms already knew, but Ms. Adams still didnt tell them just in case.
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TIME SKIP!
The lunch bell finally rang, which made hailey nervous as hell. She always sat with hayden, the triplets, alahna, and madi. She didnt know what they were gonna do, were they gonna sit somewhere else, or were they gonna sit with hailey. She didnt know. She sat with hayden, but she didnt eat anything, she just sat there and lied her head on the table as her brother ate
"you should really eat something" her brother says, worried for his sister
"im fine" she says, her voice muffled
"but you havent eating since yesterday morning" he says again
"i dont care" she answers
"are you ok- oh, here they are" hayden said
"who?" she asks, tilting her head up to see the 5 people she least wanted to see right now "shit" she mumbled to herself
"hey guys" matt said as the girl put her head up
"hello!" hayden says
"hi" hailey says quietly
"no offense, but hailey you look sleep deprived" madi says, a small chuckle escaping her mouth
"i just didnt get much sleep last night, thats all" hailey lies, smiling gently
"are you sure?" nick asks, genuine concern in his voice
"im sure" she says with a small nod
the others start talking and hailey just stays silent, matt noticed that, but he didnt want to pressure her into talking. Lunch ends after 40 minutes, and the last class hailey had was creative writing with matt. She would normally be ecstatic to go to that class, but this time, she wasnt. Her and matt walked to the class together, but instead of talking like they always did, they walked in silence behind everyone. They got to the class and everyone was already there. Hailey sat next to her mom so she wouldnt have to be with matt
"youre such a teachers pet" one of the boys in her class says
"and youre such a fucking jack ass" hailey blurts out
everyone starts oohing and even her mom lets out a small chuckle.
"Ms. Gray how are you not gonna scold her!" the guy asks, pointing at hailey
"well, first of all she is my daughter, second of all, i wouldve said the same thing to you. Its logic" her mom says with a shrug
the whole class laughs, including hailey, but it didnt last long. Matts face lit up at the sound of her laughter, everyone else was drained out, he could only hear her voice. Matt didnt know exactly why it was so awkward between them, he had a small idea, but he doubted it. How could she find out about that? unless nick, chris, madi, or alahna told her, she couldnt have found out.
