Tobias stares at his hand while I sit there in confusion. "Hey, teacher. David isn't feeling well. Can I take him to the nurse's office?" He yelled across the room. "Yeah, sure." The teacher replied. 'What the hell? I'm feeling perfectly fine. What the fuck, Tobias!'

"Hey, Felix. We'll meet you guys at the nurse's office, okay?" He whispers. "Got it." The black haired boy nonchalantly replied. "Come on, David." Tobias gestures for me to follow him. "Toby, can you tell me what this is all about? Why did you lie to the teacher?" He stopped in front of me and turned around to show his bloody hand. The crimson red blood started to drip down his arm. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. The blood was from your sleeve." When he said those words I didn't believe him. "What do you mean? Why would there be blood-" I felt more pain shoot through me like a bullet. Slowly, I rolled up my sleeves to see cuts and bruises scattered on my arms. 'Oh, that's where the pain was coming from. But, why? I didn't fall or cut myself on anything sharp. Where did these come from?'

Tobias grabbed my arm and immediately pulled me into the nurse's office where she cleaned up the cuts. "So, how did you get those cuts?" He tried to make conversation with me while the nurse does her job. "I honestly don't know." I sighed. We sat there in an awkward silence. After a few minutes, we left and we saw the others waiting for us outside. "Hey! David you feeling better?" All of them asked except for Tobias.

'Stop acting like you care. Stop it! STOP-'
I feel an invisible force cut my cheek. "Huh?" They all stare at me in silence.

'Fuck! I hate this! Stop staring at me! Please!'
I feel the force cut a bit of my skin near my jawline.

"What the fuck-" "How?" "Wow, that's kinda cool I guess?" "Yeah, but it's also scary." "You okay, David?" They all started talking at once. "WAIT! Can you all shut the fuck up for one second!?" Cody screamed at the top of his lungs.

'Thanks, Cody... even if you don't really care about me, I like this act you guys always put on... but at the same time... I hate it. I don't understand... How can I be content and hate my life at the same time?'

"I think I'm gonna call my dad and go home.." I say with my head down and eyes to the floor as I run away and call my dad before they could say anything else.

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"I hope he's gonna be okay.." I drift off thinking about how painful all those scars and bruises must feel. "Don't worry, Felix. His dad will probably take him to the doctor or something and They'll figure it out." Eric reassures me. "So are we still hanging out after school?" Lucia asks. "Yeah, let's meet at the forest after school. Okay?" Maria says enthusiastically  even though I can tell she's really worried about David. The rest of the group begins to talk again to each other. I stand there pretending to be on my phone hoping someone will start a conversation with me.

'I'm still the out cast of the group. Even though I try my hardest not to. I remember once I got a hair cut just to impress some of the other kids in the grade. But, that didn't turn out so well... I guess I'm not the kind of person to fit in. Even in my group of friends, they each have someone to look out for them. David and Tobias have each other, Cody and Eric are practically best friends, and the three girls all look out for each other as if their sisters... I'll never be popular I guess. I'll just be a loser forever... But the thing is... I don't want to be left behind. I know sometimes I act like a loner but, that's the time I actually want someone to bother me. I want someone who understands me.'

As the bell rings, I see the group go their separate ways to their classrooms. "Bye! Remember, after school we'll meet in the forest." Maria reminds us as we walk back to class. I take my seat next to Tomas and go on my phone again, trying to ignore the teacher.