I watched as Samara ran up to Keira who was standing in the corner of the room. Samara squeezed Keira, but something was different. Keira didn't hug back, at least, not the same.

Samara stepped back and put her hands on Keira's upper arm. As her hand touched her, Keira flinched. I was puzzled. As I tried to wrap my head around it, I examined what Samara and Keira were doing. Samara touched Keira all over, her face, her arms, her legs, back, sides. Almost all the time, Keira would flinch, sometimes, she would practically leap.

Samara finally stopped touching her but she stared down at her leg. I focused on the area she was staring at. I realized that there were a few lumps underneath. Keira rolled her jeans up a little bit and I saw the cast wrap she had around her ankle. That explained the lumps, they were from the cast wrap. These were the kinds that you got from home, so this clearly wasn't so serious she went to a doctor or anything, but either way, she was hurt.

Samara rolled up Keira's sleeves and I let out a gasp as I saw the bruises lining her arms. Keira grabbed her sleeves and pulled them down. Covering them from Samara's sight, and mine.

Before I knew it, I was up beside her, I put my arm around her shoulder, I looked at her and Samara. They both stared at me as if I were crazy. Keira tensed and moved back, but before I knew it, she leaned closer to me. Samara stared, in a sense, angrily. As if she were jealous?

I saw the hint of jealousy in her eyes but that wasn't my priority right now. My hand moved down Keira's arm, somewhere where I could get a good grip of her sleeve.

"Hey!" She yelled as she pushed me aside.

Whoa, my eyes widened as I stared at Keira who was all fired up. I looked at Joshua, laying on the floor, hand to on the floor so he could be sitting up and balanced. He stared at Keira, like she was the crazy person, and honestly, at this point, she was.

She stormed out of the room as the bell rang. Guess we wouldn't be seeing her until 2nd period.

I walked out the room, Joshua trailing behind me. I walked towards my art class and I felt the presence of Joshua behind me until I turned to the classroom. Why did I seem so conscious of it?

I decided to ignore it, I would just go through class, without any drama. As I walked around the classroom, looking for art supplies, I noticed a boy outside the door. He was looking at the art pieces up on the wall. I stepped closer towards the door to see who it was. I knew the kid, but as I moved positions, and he, or rather, they, moved around; I saw another person. Keira?

I decided not to take too much detail in on it. I just focused on my art. I took the brushes and the paint and found a bucket to put water in. I brought it to the table I was sitting at with my other friends.

Even though I promised myself that I wouldn't get distracted with Keira or Joshua or the boy I saw, I couldn't help but to keep thinking about all of them.

The main person on my mind was Keira. How she was so mad, how the new bruises showed up. I knew why, but I wouldn't know exactly what happened. I wondered how in the world she was supposed to get through gym class.

My second thought was about the boy. What was he doing with my best friend? And having a good time with her? She having a good time with him?

I thought about how Joshua put his arm around Keira, I thought about how he followed me. Not only that, but I also thought about what he'd asked me on Monday.

I stared off into nothingness. I just thought about what he said. It was a big thing. I could just recall the memory.

"Hey," He said his hand running through my hair.

"Hi....." My voice small, non-powerful.

"Do you wanna go here," he showed me a flyer. "Friday night?"

My eyes lit up, the arts festival. He showed me two tickets. His smile widened as I stared at the two tickets. I couldn't believe that I may see the festival. But at that moment, I could only think of Keira, I couldn't do this without her.

"It'll just be you and me," He said as he leaned against the lockers.

I felt like he was trying to sweet talk me, like he thought of this as a date. I told him he'd have to wait for an answer.

Today was the the deadline for my answer. My parents already said yes, but now to tell Keira.

I snapped back to reality as I heard laughing outside the door. Since I was facing the door, I could see the boy and Keira clearly. I looked closer, and around Keira's shoulder, was his arm, and she actually didn't throw his arm off.

What had happened to her? I thought I was the only person who could put an arm around her.

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