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Broken Souls

◾02. Trust In You

I stepped into the hallway and closed the door behind me. ‘’Yes Sir?’’ I ask as I look up at him. ‘’Mr. Williams and I were watching you through the window here.. and I noticed you were.. seeming curious about Miss Cooper.’’ He says.

I nod gently as I look over my shoulder to see Harry and Liam staring at her. They probably noticed the same thing I did. But I look back at Mr. Payne, my back to the door and the small viewing window.

‘’I have trusted you for a very long time, Niall. And you are a very important person to my son and to me and to my family. And I know you will do whatever I ask, so will you please be respectful of her. She is very.. special, not in a rude way.. but in a serious way. She’s been through a lot.’’ Mr. Payne tells me. I just nod as he continues.

‘’I trust you.. to be.. her friend. Her mother is worried deeply about her. She said that she’s never had any friends since.. what happened to her. But I’m not revealing that. I hope that you can.. become a person who she can trust. She needs someone.. so she’ll know she’s okay here.’’ He adds in.

I nod once more and sigh to myself. ‘’What’s.. wrong with her?’’ I ask curiously, and worried. ‘’As I promised her mother, and her.. I’m not releasing anything about the situation. Its all up to her.. so.. you can get it out of her.. if she trusts you. She told me she was very nervous.. and she asked me personally to find her a good friend. That’s why she’s in all your classes.’’ He tells me.

"I have faith and trust in you, Niall.. Don't prove me wrong.'' He adds in as I stare at him. I sigh gently before regaining my thoughts. Why would Mr. Payne trust me with a girl who's.. different in some way I have yet to discover?

I nod gently to him before he motions me to return to class. So I do, leaving him and Mr. Williams in the hall to talk some more. I shut the door behind me as I enter the classroom. Harry and Liam are the only ones that look at me.

As I make my way to my desk, Harry stares me down and Liam fiddles with his fingers, a sign that he was trying to remain collected and calm. Harry nudges his head to the side, in the direction of the girl.. Kristen.

I nod to him, telling him I know. He raises his eyebrows high, his way of asking what the hell is up? I sigh gently as I glance at the window on the door, Mr. Payne’s back to the door. I lean down and gulp gently.

‘’He’s trusted me with this girl.’’ I whisper. Liam turns around and furrows his eyebrows and points to his eyes. I nod, I know what he’s referring to. ‘’He said.. he knows I can be a good person.’’ I add, still in a whisper.

Harry sighs as I turn around and go the short distance to my chair. I sit down and lean my arms on the table as I glance over at her, unsure of many things at the moment, her being one of them.

Mr. Williams enters the room again, probably to remain in here until the hour’s over. Ten o’clock won’t come any faster. ‘’Okay, everyone.. get out last week’s notes. And.. Niall, can you come here for a moment?’’ He asks as he reaches his desk. I nod as I stand up and make my way up to him.

‘’Yes sir?’’ I mumble lightly. ‘’Will you hand this… copy to Miss Cooper.. tell her that.. its last week’s notes.’’ He says as he hands me a stack of papers, only about five pieces though, that were stapled together. ‘’Yes Sir.’’ I mumble. He nods, a sign that that was all he needed from me.

I gulp gently as I make my way back to my seat, Harry shooting me a glance before searching through his notebook. I sit down and take a deep breath. ‘’Um.. here’s the.. notes from.. last week.’’ I say lightly as I sit the papers on top of her notebooks.

She nods lightly, I assume a thank you? But I wasn’t sure at the moment. I gulp gently again. I open my notebook and flip through until I find the notes from last week. I grab my pen as I glance up to see Mr. Williams writing something on the board.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Kristen put ear buds in her ears and plug them into the side of the pen thing she had. I furrowed my eyebrows gently before stopping myself from looking lost.

But what happens next sorta confused me more. I watch as she puts the tip, the part with the red light, of the pen thing on the page and moved it around until it was directly over a line of words. She moved it over the words and I assume… no that’s stupid.

I look up at Mr. Williams’s desk just to see him standing and looking at me. He nods gently as he assumes I figured it out. This girl was different… because… because she was… she was..

Blind.