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She takes a deep, slow breath

"And then, I got hit in the chest withIt seemed like it caritty It hit my arms, my dress, my face A stone cut me" She motions to a tiny scar on her cheek "It only lasted a few seconds, but it felt like forever I fell down and I begged the now Her eyes are dry and far away

"I didn’t even realize it had stopped at first I stayed there on the ground for a long time I couldn’t believe you had done this toyou Eventually, I stood up, wiped myself off as best I could I knew I’d have to walk past the auditorium And of course, it was just my luck that the entire senior class was outside when I did"

I re her--her eyes wild and wounded I didn’t knohat had happened, and she wouldn’t talk to me

"You looked so horrified, Brent So devastated--and when you wrapped your jacket aroundto do with it But then Cashmere came up, offered me a tissue, and pretended to be so sy, but she sounded really convincing So I knew you must have been a part of it too"

I can still hear her, her voice a rahisper when she toldwith you Stay away from me Juststay away"

"Then Vicki and Brian came and took me to the infire makes my hands shake on the table So fucked up

Did I say sometimes kids are assholes? No--so their queen

"I should have followed you," o back in time and kick the shit out of one with you to the infir

"When I went to your doret me," she answers quietly "She tore into Headmaster Winston on the phone and convinced him to let me finish oing to your house You never came home" It’s important that she knows I looked for her

"Claire and I spent the su actually made us closer"

"I didn’t know"

Her head tilts to the side and she shakes it in doubt "Brent, co "Why would I lie? After all this tiain fro to you noouldn’t do that to you I didn’t know"

But still Kennedy’s not convinced "The es--they came from your school account"

"It had to be Cashmere She was always in my room, and she knew all my passwords She was the only one whowould want to hurt you like that"

There’s never a good reason to lay your hands on a woirlfriend was here now, I’d have a hard ti to that