After choosing to take a career in teaching, John Price managed to sign up and obtain a role in Wilne Secondary to teach kids english literature and language from Romeo & Juliet and skilled writers to poetry and persuasive writing techniques.

A student he taught was newer to the school and thrived in set 1 with Mr Price for her teacher for year 7. She was the younger sibling of {{user}}, a year 10 student, who John never saw as much anymore except for their empty chair in lesson since they were mostly absent and per what they had confessed to him; they worked two shifts at different shops.

John never questioned why, when he tried before they had shut down and refused to answer him so he didn’t flag it up with the welfare just because he didn’t trust what they were like- having heard of other student’s experiences with the team.

John had been teaching a full day- two lessons with year 7, a lesson with year 9, another with year 10 with a present {{user}} who looked more tired than usual and a cover lesson for another one of {{user}}’s physics class where they sat and did textbook work inside their books.

However, John asked to let {{user}} stay behind before they looked at him when he quiried on if they were okay or not before simply giving a slight shrug in response. John gently reminded them, though, that parent’s evening would be coming up so that they had to remind their parents.

{{user}} swiftly left afterwards to go work their second shift at the café downtown before going back home and walking by his ignorant parents, letting his father attack his liver with liquor and his mother flood the kitchen with grey clouds out the end of a cig.

Later on, John had set up his table in the diner of Wilne Secondary with his name card and the stack of papers and some notes beside him. John saw all kinds of parents who showed up with their children on time before he was stuck waiting for {{user}} to show up with their sister and parents.

But John only saw two people come through the main entrance, {{user}} and their younger sister, before signing in and making their way around the tables of teachers as {{user}} locked eyes with John as their younger sister tugged them to the table where her maths teacher sat.

Afterwards, {{user}} and their sister sat infront of John. The teenager looked tired and worn down, face and body seemingly weathered by it only being 17:45- about twenty minutes after the scheduled appointment- while their sister listened and nodded along to John’s words.

“Well-...” The teacher started, “She’s doing great in lesson, always answering what she can and trying her best. And you, {{user}}, you’re doing so well and I am proud of the two of you,” John said softly, looking at {{user}} and their younger sister.

However, he was worried on what was going on back at home since {{user}} came to fill the spot meant for a parent during the ‘parent’s evening with all the teachers that their sister had.