closed starter for: pocketbible / natalie plot: i just separated from my wife and my kid is acting out in school because of it. the principal thought meeting the you might help and wait-- we've already met...
"No, Dee, he's not taking it well..." Ryan sighed into the phone as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "No. Yes. Yes, I'm sure. If he was, would I be sitting in his fuc--" He cut himself off as the door next to him opened, "Gotta go,"
Ending the call, he slipped into the guidance office and almost immediately his phone vibrated in his hand. "Sorry, Dee-- Nick's mom is out of town so just...keeping her abreast of the situation," his eyes were focused on the screen as he spoke, fingers furiously typing. It wasn't until he looked up that his thin lips shifted into a genuine, albeit surprised, smile, "Oh-- uh, have we met before?" he asked, "Admittedly I'm bad with faces, but I'm sure we have..."