SOPHIE POV

I had to get my stitches off next so we went to an exam room.

A doctor walked in.

"Hello, I'm dr. Samantha Williams."

"Ashton and this is my daughter Sophie." Dad shook her extended hand.

"I know you Dr.Walker. So what are we here for?"

"Follow up after an appendectomy 10 days ago."

"Okay, so was it laparoscopic?"

"Open surgery, it was about to rupture."

"So just stitches off today right?"

"Yep."

"Okay Sophie lay down on the table and you should be done in about five minutes."

I did as she said and I was done before I knew it.

"Thank you Dr. Williams."

"You're welcome Sophie, and call me Samantha."

"I noticed your technique, it's really good for an intern. Keep it up."

"Thank you so much, I'll see you around?"

"Of course. Come to my office tomorrow we'll work on a case together."

"Thank you." She walked out smiling from ear to ear

"Let's go now?"

"Yes." I jumped off and we walked to the car.

"You wanna eat out today to celebrate?

"Is that even a question?" He laughed and started to drive.

"So what do you want to eat?"

"Where ever."

"What type?"

"McDonald's."

"I'll tolerate it."

We drove there and entreated the drive thru.

"What do you want?"

"Burger and cheese fries."

"I'm thinking that we should get plain fries and peri peri and cheese on the side."

"Works with me."

We got our food he paid for it and we went home. We ate it watching tv.

"Dad can I go to school tomorrow?"

"You can. Just use the note if you need okay? I'll mail the office to work with you and call me immediately if you need anything alright?"

"Thank you dad, I love you."

"I love you soph. And you have therapy tomorrow."

"I know. What time?"

"Five. I'll pick you up after school you can relax in my office and then I'll walk you there."

"Fun."

The next morning

I woke up quite early and started to get ready. I had no idea what we had done in school so it was going to be hard to catch up.

I picked out a shirt and knee length skirt to wear as it was quite hot today and I had therapy after school I didn't wanna put a "hey I'm depressed and want to die" Impression on the first meet.

I ate a little bit of what dad had cooked and we sat in the car.

"If you need help, call me I'll be there."

"Thank you dad"

He dropped me off and drove to work. I entered my biology class.

"Hello Sophie good to see you today." The teacher said, only a few of us were there. She was being sarcastic.

"Im sorry miss I had to have eye surgery."

"Are you okay now?"

"I am. Could you help me catch up with the material?"

"Of course. Read up at home and i'll mail you the notes that we've covered in class. Alright?"

"Thank you miss." The rest hour she taught about tropic movements of plants.

I started walking to English and then bumped into Parker.

"Hello stranger."

"Hello im sorry"

"Its okay, everything okay?"

"Yeah."

"I can tell there's more I also want to ask you something, talk at lunch?"

"Of course."

We walked to English together while he told me everything that was happening at school the past two weeks.

I caught up with English pretty quickly. The teacher did a quick revision of the previous classes while the others were doing a worksheet with me so I could catch up. I had history next.

The teacher started a new unit today so it felt like I didn't miss anything but I had missed a whole unit. After class, he came to me while I was leaving.

"Hey Sophie everything okay? Haven't seen you in school for a while."

"Yeah sir, I had to have eye surgery but I'm okay now."

"I'm glad you're okay. If you need any help with catching up just see I'm free and come okay? Whenever you're free. I'll mail you the class notes."

"Thank you so much sir."

"Of course. Let me know if anything comes up alright?"

"I will."

I left the room and went to physics. I knew I was going to have a hard time. I went and sat down on my seat.

Sir was teaching electricity which went completely over my head as they were doing problems and I had no idea of the topic and my head was starting to hurt.

"Sophie what's your answer quickly?"

"I'm sorry sir my head hurts."

"Out of my class now. You're not focusing and making excuses when I ask you a question." He yelled.

A tear fell.

"Good now crying, get out please I can't deal with you."

I heard the class laugh. I didn't have any friends in physics and  the teacher hated me not the best combination. I took my books and ran out  crying eventually collapsing on the floor not caring who saw me the hallways were empty.

"Not the perfect place to cry you know." Mr. Radford.

"I'm sorry Mr. Radford."

"It's okay. Come in my class? You have me after pe and I'll write you an excuse for that."

"Okay."

I followed him and sat on a seat he sat on the other facing it towards me.

"Need water?"

"No thank you."

"So what happened?"

"My physics teacher. He kicked me out scolded me and the whole class laughed."

"Why did he do that?"

"I wasn't paying attention. I didn't have any idea of the topic cause I haven't been in school."

"Hey hey it's okay maybe he doesn't know. I'll talk to him yeah?"

"Aren't you going to ask me the reason?"

"Your dad mailed me. He also told me to look after you so I'm doing just that okay? I'm here for you."

He talked for twenty minutes asking me everything. Giving my eyes a rest. I felt okay.

"Can you help me catch up?"

"You sure you feel okay?"

"Yeah."

"Get your notebook out. We have been doing just chapter really. Arithmetic progressions. It's pretty easy just requires understanding and practice."

"Okay"

He explained everything to me the formulas ways to do questions how to think on what type of question. I understood really well.

"We're doing another worksheet in class today. You can do the questions you know and I'll help you out for the others okay? Don't stress out it's all going to be okay."

"Thank you Mr. Radford and I think I'll talk to my physics teacher on my own. I need to apologise as well."

"You do that tomorrow. I'm proud of you."

The bell rang and everyone came in slowly. He passed out the worksheets and I started doing getting halfway when I found completely new questions. I raised my hand to call him not asking Parker cause he was fully focused and I didn't want to get told off again and that too my him.

"Which one?"

"12 and the rest"

"You've done the first 11?"

"Yeah." He went through them. I got them right except one where I missed a negative.

"See that's where you go wrong."

"I'm sorry"

"It's alright. The rest ones you have not done, so come in pe tomorrow too alright? I'll help you out."

The bell rang and it was lunch.

I went to sit with Parker as decided.

"Hello soph how are you?"

"Great."

"You don't miss two weeks of school being great."

"I had eye surgery doctor said I couldn't be at school for recovery." We ate while I told him everything.

I got through the rest of the day just fine catching up slowly. I had my share of work cut out.

I was waiting outside for dad when duke came. I sat with him.

"Your dad's in surgery."

"Fun."

"How was school?"

"Overwhelming. Can we talk later?"

"Of course. Music?"

"Yes please."

He turned the music and drove to the hospital. I sat in dad's office till he came to get me for the appointment.