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It was a nice morning in Bubbletucky, Canada. the bubble guppies were going to preschool, everyone is happy! Well, execpt for one person.
his name is Nonny. He has orange hair, blue goggles, and a green tail. He also doesn’t smile much unlike his friends. And he’s quieter then the rest of them.
On his face, a black bruise stayed on his left check, as well in the right eye. But he dosen’t want to talk about it. hopefully, no one will notice about it, or will they.
he walked towards to his preschool. It’s not far away from his house, but he usually goes alone instead of going with his classmates. Once he knew everyone was inside, he went in.
“Good morning Mr. Grouper!” The class shouted.
"why good morning everyone!" Mr. Grouper said as the guppies sat down on the steps, however, everyone except Nonny was here.
"Where's Nonny?" Oona asked. everyone looked around, but he wasn’t there. "I think he's sick. Should we-" Mr Grouper was cut off when he heard the door open.
finally, Nonny made it to the school. But he was still sad with his head down.
"Morning Nonny! How are you feeling?" Grouper asked with a bright smile, the boy looked up but only brought more attention to his bruised face.
"Oh my goodness! What happened to you Nonny?!" Molly yelled running over to him, he didn't say anything. He just put his bag up and sat away from the others looking down, everyone looked at him in concern. Molly took her seat next to Gil sharing everyone's concern.
"Is everything alright Nonny?" Mr grouper asked in concern.
Nonny stayed silent, he covered his bruised face with his hand.
Grouper sighed,"Alright, now class you can go play while I talk to Nonny." Everyone stood up and went in different directions to play.
The fish floated beside Nonny as he kept looking down,"What happened?" He asked. Nonny didn't look up, Grouper put a fin around his shoulder,"You can tell me. Is it something happening at home?" The boy nodded.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" The guppy shook his head and cover his face.
"Alright… but if you need to. Please come talk to me." The fish left leaving the boy alone to his thoughts. Nonny's eyes were glossy from crying that morning, especially because of the black eye he had. but he tried his best to hide it, who would someone even cared anyway?
It was lunch time now. Everyone had lunches that their parents made out of love, except Nonny. He had a small Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich, a apple, and a water bottle that's turning purple, the sandwich was only one slice and was very small.
The boy ate it in one bite not like he needed to try, he looked at the water and didn't even dare open it. He didn’t even want to eat the apple. As it has possibly already expired.
Oona looked over at the boy who didn't come sit with the rest of them, she looked at her bowl of mac and cheese she had to eat and stood up with it in her hands. The purple haired guppy walked over to her best friend and tapped his shoulder.
"Here, Have it. I'm not that hungry." She said giving a loving smile, Nonny took it from her hands looking a little more happily and somewhat hopeful. The girl gave him a spoon to eat the food, Nonny placed the bowl on the table he was sitting at and took a bite out the food. A small smile crossed his face feeling his growling stomach finally subsiding. But all that joy left when something made of glass hit the floor.
"Dang it! I dropped my plate!" Zooli yelled trying to pick up the piece of glass before being stopped by Grouper who picked it up for her.
"Never pick up sharp objects, they are dangerous and you could get hurt!" Mr. Grouper Scolded. Zooli nodded, the boy with glasses looked down panicking.
Oona who saw Nonny having a panic attack, walked towards him. "Are you ok?" Oona asked worried as she reached her hand out to comfort him but only made it worse. He pushed her down and ran towards the storage closet slamming the door shut.
Mr Grouper followed him soon after. Knocking on the door. He was concerned about him now "Nonny, what’s going on?”
The guppy didn’t respond, prompting the former to open the door himself. As soon as Mr. Grouper opened the door. He saw in a fetal position, sobbing. Mr. Grouper Went to the storage closet, trying to comfort him.
“There there Nonny, it’s okay, just breathe” Grouper comforted. Nonny Eventually took some breaths and then calming down. He wasn’t crying anymore, but tears were still in his eyes and was still scared.
“Here, why don’t you stay in the classroom with me while everyone else is at recess, i will give you some paper to draw in the meantime.” Grouper Asked. Nonny slightly nodded.
It was recess, while everyone was outside enjoying the sun. Nonny stayed inside drawing. Using paper Grouper gave to him while also watching him. When he was done with his drawings, he laid them out like a timeline. Five drawings marked on how it all played out. When Mr. Grouper looked at them, he was in a mix of shock and horrified.
The first drawing was a lady drinking a bottle of wine. Which was labeled as “juice” by nonny. The second one was him dropping a plate. the third was of the same lady yelling at him, the fourth was of the lady hitting him. And the last and worst of the five, was the lady locking him in a closet.
Grouper was speechless for a few minutes then said,"Your mother hurts you, and she locks you up in a closet…?" Nonny nodded looking down sadly,"What about your dad?" The guppy didn't do anything.
"Oh… I see… well, go outside and play while I try to figure out something." The guppy nodded and walked outside into the blinding the sun.
The guppy sat on a rock looking down and away from the rest of the other kids hiding his black eyes and tears. His gaze looked up to see the new student standing there with a juice box,"I'm sorry for making you panic..you seem like you were dealing with a lot of stuff and I made it worse.." Zooli said looking really sorry, Nonny took the juice looking a bit happy but still felt sorrow,"Would you like to talk about it?"
Nonny didn't nod or shake, he just took a small sip of the juice. The girl sat beside him and looked at him,"So..why do you have a black eye?" Nonny looked down,"Oh..is that a little too personal?" "My mom hit me because I dropped a plate…" Zooli's eyes widen
"Your parents hurt you too?" She asked, the boy looked at her and sadly nodded,"I thought I was the only one..I guess I shouldn't feel alone anymore."
"I always feel alone! Even when my Mom's there!" "I wish my dad was there! he would have stopped her…"
Nonny Was crying again. Zooli pat his back softly,"Don't worry..Everything will be ok.." She said giving a sweet caring smile. Nonny looked at her and smiled back small tears going down his face.
It was time to go home. Oona waited by the exit so her and Nonny could walk home together, the boy walked over with his bag on his back. They started to walk towards their houses, Oona started to balance on a fence as the walked to her house that was right across from Nonny's house. Once they were there, they split and walked into their houses and different reality's.
when Nonny entered his house. He noticed that his mother was already gone, he checked in the kitchen and looked at the table. He realize that there was a note addressed to him. He then read it.
"I'll be back around 4. Make yourself a sandwich for dinner." - mother
He sighed and walked to his room where he dropped his bag off in the corner. He took out a book and began to read.
7 hours had past. The guppy was about to sleep but then his door was forcefully slammed open. He saw his mother already completely drunk. Holding a bottle of wine in her hands.
"Brat! Why the hell are you awake?!" His mother yelled angrily.
Nonny didn't speak. he looked down taking his glasses off so it didn't break.
than out of nowhere, mother, already in a drunken state. Grabbed her son by the chest, pinned him to a wall, raised her fist, and...
*PUNCH*
Very hard in the face. She then throwed him into his bed and grabbed his neck while screaming and throwing insults at him.
“you such a fucking waste of space, you hear me?!” Mother yelled. Nonny was crying very hard. It was worse than when his mom hit him after a plate. “Ever since your father left i hate you. You just act like him. A worthless little shit. An accident. I wish i can have an abortion or give you up for adoption if i do ever have you. But they don’t want to do neither of them! So now i’m forced to raise you! A little bastard!”
however, before she could do anything else, she heard the doorbell ring. Mother then took Nonny to the closet to lock him up.
“You stay in there, and don’t think about escaping. And i swear, if your ass try to unlock that closet door, YOU BE SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN THE COLD! DO YOU FUCKING HEAR ME?!” Mother threaten. Nonny Just nodded in fear. “Good”
mother then locked the closet door and went downstairs to see who’s at the door
”now who can that be at this hour?”
however, when she opened the door, there were the police, CPS, and Mr Grouper at their doorstep.
to be continued…