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Maya

It is as if my legs couldn't carry me any longer. It felt as if I had been standing up for over an hour.

My students were working on a science project that they had chosen in our previous lesson. I had come to the board to illustrate something when I turned towards the door because noise was coming from the corridor. Anya stood by my door staring at me. She was elegant. She never slouch, but now she was. Why is she looking at me that way? Is she scared of me or scared of what she's about to say?

"Hey," I voiced out.

"Hey yourself." She responded with a weak smile and walked in.

I returned her smile with a nervous one. Watching her take her steps one after the other made me realise that she was being cautious. It didn't take me up to a minute to site the backpack she had on. It was puffy and looked heavy.

About two steps away from me, she whispered, "I'm going home."

I connected the dots and my gaze softened to sympathy. I wanted to take her hands into mine and pull her into a hu
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