I SPOKE UP.
A SAGA.
ALSO LMAO SORRY I DIDNT HAVE TIME AT DRAMA TO SECRETLY POST IN THE GIRLS’ BATHROOM SO IM POSTING IT NOW SORRY
so i gave my teacher the letter and i waited for him to read it. he told me to pull up a chair and we talked. he told me that i had a lot of courage and that he was really proud of me. he said that he had to tell my guidance counselor and asked if i was comfortable talking to her today. i said yes ofc and i went down to rehearsal.
i got pulled out after about 45 minutes and we went up to my guidance counselor’s office. she asked me questions, some of which were:
how old is your brother/what’s his name/what school does he go to
when did it start happening
how often does it happen
do they (my parents) often team up against you
what happens to your brother
what exactly do they do
what provokes it (physical abuse), if anything
when was the last time you were hit
what’s the most common form of physical abuse towards you
(i’m from massachuetts btw) she explained to me what would happen next (she files a 51A, social services would talk to me and my brother and eventually my parents, and then the state would handle it from there) and asked me if i had any concerns about it.
she also asked me another important question, to the answering of which i hesitated.
“do you feel safe going home tonight?”
i said yes, because i didn’t know what would happen if i said no, and there was no preexisting conflict between me and my parents so at least i had less of a chance of getting hit (i havent tonight, and my family is out at hockey tryouts so i’m home alone).
i was free to go back to rehearsal and stayed there for the rest of the rehearsal. i see my parents so much differently now, but my brother and i are getting help.
