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The World as I Know It- Chapter 15
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Little by little over several months I was finally feeling like myself. I could not go back to that same school so my parents transferred me to a charter school 20 miles away.
My teachers were informed by my parents of what brought me there although no one knew the whole story.
Over the months, my mother and I got a little closer. However, we still had several communication barriers to overcome. I was starting to be able to trust her again. I knew she loved me even though what she did or said hurt me sometimes. People don’t always know the right way to act around me even my own mother that has known me all my life.
My new classes were nothing special. The school administration allowed me to stay in the same grade, but I had a lot of catching up to do. They assigned me something of a tutor to help me make up the work I missed. He was actually a student that already learned everything that would help me along. His name was Christopher, and although it was kind of him to help, he was earning community service hours out of the deal. We would be spending quite of bit of time together, about three hours every day after school.
I didn’t think I was prepared to spend so much time in such close proximity with another man. But he wasn’t like Steven or James.
Chris seemed so innocent, a virgin no doubt. But it was like sex never entered his brain. Not that I would know what a man thinking about sex looked like. But there was just something about him. Something that told me he would never hurt me.
Chris also had so much patience with me. As I’ve said, I am a slow learner but Chris would try to explain things to me in different ways until the information stuck. I was amazed at how quickly we were catching up. After two months of daily tutoring, I was almost caught up. Chris said since I was doing so well he wanted to teach me other things not in our curriculum. The wording he used kind of scared me, but I trusted him.
