Mrs. Truesdale: A Short Story

Caroline and I gazed up from her iphone at each other in shock. Our mouths agape, our eyes wide, and our heads shaking slowly in disbelief. Slowly proceeding into the school, I leaned into her and asked how we should react, but she only responded saying she did not know. Standing silently and stock- still for the better part of five minutes, it was impossible for us to comprehend why she had taken the picture. Eventually, snapping out of the daze, I recommended that we tell Mrs. Truesdale, our colorguard sponsor, because she could handle the situation better than me and Caroline. Caroline simply nodded and followed along. Normally, we would script out what to report to Mrs. Truesdale, but given the circumstances, we knew we needed to act rapidly in order to minimize the spread of her picture and the rumors concerning it, so we did not get the chance to plan ahead. Mrs. Truesdale was answering two students’ questions when we arrived in her room, so we sat silently in the back until they exited. Mrs. Truesdale’s face fell as I shut her door and silence fell over her room. We solemnly explained to her that one member on our team posted a nude picture …show more content…
She bombarded us with requests not to tell anyone about the photograph and claims she would handle it. At that point, though, it was too late. Caroline and I started worry she would call us out for telling Mrs. Truesdale and confront us about it, but we still believed that we did the right thing by telling someone. Our friend continued to harass us, begging us not to talk about it because it was her problem. Her incessant barrage influenced us and caused us to believe that the situation would be better if we had just left it alone and pretended to have never seen the picture it wasn’t our responsibility. So we felt terrible when we found out she was in the office receiving her punishment, when she came out crying, and when she didn’t show up to practice that