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Mia smiles as she pushes through the crowd she sees Bryce with a solemn expression in his face. "Who knew you could run so fast!" Mia taunts. Bryce turns around and he smiles as he sees his little sister walking over to him with a proud smile on her face.

"You're here?" He questions. Mia snorts, "Of course I came, I never miss your games!" Mia says as she hugs him.

He hugs her back and laughs, "But you ditched the cheering today for the team--"

"Bryce, its fucking cold, I'm not dealing with that shit..." Mia scoffs. Bryce laughs, "It feels great out here, you're the only one with that big ass Jacket on." Bryce pulls on her jacket and Mia squirms.

"Fuck off!" Mia laughs.

"But seriously, you did really good today. Carried the team on your fucking back!" Mia shoves him back.

"Mom and dad not here?" Bryce asks disappointed. Mia clicks her tongue, "Nah. I think they's still in Zurich." Mia says.

Mia looks up at her brother, "I'm sorry." Mia says. Bryce gives her a small smile, "Whatever, I'm just glad that you're here. Like always." He smiles.

Bryce throws his arms over Mia's shoulder and they both still try and hope that their parents are here.

"Looking for someone?"

After that day Mia and Hannah became good friends, but she also was getting close to Bryce as well. Who knew that both the Walker siblings would fight over one girl.

Mia inhales as she looks in the mirror of the bathroom. She looks down at the bathtub and sees Hannah's body laying limp in the blood filled water.

A knock is heard on the door and Mia flinches. "Mia, sweetie? Are you okay?" Mrs. Baker asks.

"I-I-I'm fine, Olivia." Mia says masking her shaky tone. She grabs her anti depressant pills and take the correct amount. She runs a hand through her hair and sighs. She opens the door and looks at Olivia.

"Olivia...I-I'm sorry, about everything that has happened. I didn't know about Bryce or the tapes until just recently and--"

"You don't have to apologize for other people's doings." She says.

"Let's go, we don't want to be late." Olivia says. Mia nods her head and heads over to court with Olivia.

Mia sits next to Clay in court and spots her mom and dad. She tenses up and Clay notices, "Hey. You okay?" He asks.

Mia looks at him, "Yeah just...No I'm actually not fine. My dad kicked me out of the house, last night." Mia says.

"Oh my god. W-Why?" He asks.

"I pulled a kitchen knife out on Bryce...almost slit his throat." Mia says simply. Clay opens his mouth in shock, "Oh." He says.

"It's just after your house...I was angry, disgusted with him...I still am." Mia closes her fists tightly.

"I'm sorry, Mia." He whispers.

"yeah...me too." She whispers back.

"You said that Hannah pursued you after that football game. At the beginning of your junior year. Did it ever turn physical?" The lawyer asks.

"Yes. We had kind of an on-again off-again thing." Bryce states.

"So...you had sex more than once?" She asks.

"We did." He says out loud. Mia shakes her head and runs her tongue over her teeth.

"So, Hannah initiated this "on-again, off again thing"?"

"Yes, she did. She took me to Hickman's Bridge...which, honestly, I remember thinking was kind of creepy." Bryce states.

He catches the shock in Mia's face as he says those words. 'He's lying. he told me what happened that day.'

"How do you mean "it was creepy"?"

"Well, just the whole bridge thing. Being obsessed with a place like that. I just wish I had realized it might have been a sign." Bryce lies.

Mia closes her fists until she feels her nails dig into her palms.

"How many times did you go to Hickman's Bridge?"

"Gosh, I don't know. Um, quite a few. I guess it kind of became our place." Bryce says.

Mia feels her nose flare, She knew he was lying. That wasn't Bryce and Hannah's place. That was her and Bryce's place. They always hung out there when their parents would be gone or they felt like shit, because of their parents or just themselves.

"And what did you do there?"

"Sometimes we just made out, um, looked at the stars. Sometimes we made love." Bryce says.

Mia scoffs quietly and bites her bottom lip in anger.

"Did things ever evolve into a committed relationship?"

"Not really." Bryce states.

"Did you want it to?"

"Um, I had a great time with Hannah, but she wasn't really girlfriend material. Hannah had a reputation. And she didn't deserve it at all, but you know how kids are. I was too ashamed to admit that I was having sex with her." Bryce explains.

"And hoe did Hannah feel about that?"

"I think she wanted more. She would always hang around after football games, after baseball practice..."

"Bryce, you said that Hannah wanted a more serious relationship, yes?"

"Yes." Bryce answers.

"Did she tell you so?"

"She did." Bryce answers.

"When?"

"The night of my party." Bryce states.

"And that was the party on September 30th?"

"And what made you think that Hannah wanted something more serious?"

"Because she told me so. After we had sex, she said that she wanted to be exclusive. And I said, you know, "I like you, but as a friend.""

"So how do you explain Hannah's report that you did something to her at that party?"

"She lied to Mr. Porter." Bryce states simply.

"Why would she do that?"

"She was hurt and angry. I--I get that. I tried to let her down gently. Hannah really was a fantastic girl, but, look, she let her emotions carry her away, right? In high school...it's emotional."

Mia covers her face and shakes her head. "Mia, are you okay?--"

"No. I'm getting a headache from all of his bullshit." Mia snaps at Tony.

'This is going to be a long fucking day.'

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"Bryce, you've gotten physical with other classmates against their wishes, haven't you?"

"Uh, not that I remember, no."

"Not Tyler Down? Isn't it true that you threw Tyler Down against a locker?"

"Oh, maybe, but that's just guys messing around. He knew I was joking."  Bryce states.

Mia scoffs quietly and rubs her eyes. "So you think Tyler thought you were messing around?"

"Objection."

"Withdrawn. Bryce, let's talk about this party that you mentioned. It was on September 30th of last year, right?"

"Correct."

"It was a Saturday?"

"Yes."

"It was a nice night? Lots of stars, full moon?"

"Yeah."

"and your parents were out of town?" He asks.

"Yes."

"Your sister?" He presses.

"She was in her room that night." He states.

"You were celebrating a big football win from the night before, right?"

"We were celebrating a loss, actually. Uh..." Bryce starts to laugh and so do the boys in the back.

"We don't win all that often." He finishes.

"You were celebrating a loss, and people had a drink or two?"

"Yes."

"Maybe three or four?"

"Sure." Bryce answers.

"And Hannah Baker was there?"

"Yes."

"And she was somebody that you knew well, but weren't dating, right?"

"Right." Bryce says as he nods his head.

"And Hannah got in the hot tub with you?"

"Yes."

"And everybody else got out of the hot tub?"

"And you started to make out with her?"

"Yeah."

"And you wanted to have sex with her, right?"

"Yes." Bryce answers.

"And you got really into it?"

"Sure." Bryce says again.

"And you assumed that she was into it, too. correct?"

"Yes."

"So you turned her around to take her from behind, right?"

Bryce agrees once again. Mia crosses her arms and arches a brow as she runs her tongue along her teeth as the lawyer keeps describing what Bryce did to Hannah.

"But you didn't use protection with her on that night, correct?"

"Correct."

"and you guys didn't talk about STD's or Pregnancies, right?"

"We did not, no." Bryce admits.

"And she never did actually say, "I want to have sex with you," isn't that correct?"

"Correct." Bryce states.

"And she didn't make any specific gestures to indicate consent, isn't that correct?"

"What, like...a thumbs-up?" Bryce asks.

Mia scoffs in disgusts and digs her nails into her arms.

"Did she give you a thumbs-up?"

"She did not." He admits.

"Then you had sex with her against her will, isn't that correct?"

"No. No, that is not correct she came onto me." Bryce states.

"She came onto you, but she never said she wanted to have sex with you, isn't that correct?"

"She clearly wanted to hook up."

"But she never gave you her consent, isn't that right?"

"I-I knew what she wanted." Bryce states. Mia shakes her head and bounces her leg.

"You knew what she wanted, and yet when she want to the school counselor and reported that she had been assaulted, that was a lie?"

"Correct." Bryce states.

"Why would she lie?" Hannah asks.

"Objection. Calls for speculation."

"I'll rephrase. Was there anything in your encounter that would have led Hannah to report that she had been raped?" Dennis asks.

"I-I wish I knew. I would never do that to any girl. When I think about my mom or my girlfriend..." Bryce trails off his sentence as he notices Chloe left.

"When I think about my sister..." Bryce shifts his eyes to look at his little sister.

"I would never want anyone to hurt them." He states as he stares at Mia. She tenses up and shakes her head in disappointment. "And I never hurt Hannah."

Mia stands up and walks out of the room. "Mia wait--"

She ignores Clay and walks out. She covers her mouth and barfs into the nearest trashcan.

She leans against the wall and hears the doors open. "Mia, hey...what happened--"

"I wasn't feeling good." She cuts Clay off. She opens her eyes and wipes her tears away.

The door opens again and they look to see Bryce getting cheered on by his friends. Mia shakes her head. "He lies through his fucking teeth and everybody shakes his hand." Tony says frustrated.

"Are we sure he lied?" Clay asks.

"Jesus, Clay, come on." Justin says.

Mia shakes her head, "He lied." Mia says. They all look at her.

"Hickman's Bridge? That was our spot...Bryce and I's." Mia nods her head.

"Bryce told me he went there once with Hannah. Fucking liar. They never kissed. She rejected his ass the first chance she got." Mia says with a sneer as she looks at her brother.

She presses into her bandage and Clay notices. "Hey...it's going to be okay..." Clay says.

Mia looks up at him and the end of her mouth twitches, "Right."

"I'm gonna go..." Mia says as she walks away, avoiding her family.

"Mia, wait!" She stops as she hears her brothers voice. She turns and looks at Clay, Justin, Tony, and Alex.

"What?" Mia says.

"I just wanted to see how you were... did you find a place to stay--"

"Yeah, I did actually, uh...Mrs. Baker's place. What a coincidence huh?" Mia chuckles.

Bryce inhales, "Mia, I didn't--"

"SAVE IT!" Mia snaps.

Everybody gets quiet and looks at them.

"Just...save it for someone who can't tell you're lying." Mia says quietly as she walks out.

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Mia leans against the lockers and glares intensely at her brother as he jokes off with his friends. "How come I didn't see it?" Mia asks herself.

"Because you were so caught up in yourself, you were too self centered to notice."

Mia looks to the side and scoffs, "Your not real." Mia states as she looks away from the brown haired girl.

"But you wish I was, huh?" Hannah questions. "Doesn't matter--"

"Ever since the tapes, you haven't really...comprehended everything that has been happening. Maybe you should, I don't know...kick up your feet, relax, down a bottle of vodka--"

"Shut up..." Mia mutters.

"Or maybe...you could swallow some pills..." Hannah leans closer to Mia's ear. "Or let your best friend get raped by your Big brother--"

"I didn't mean fo--" Mia stops talking as she doesn't see Hannah anymore. Clay notices Mia looking at something and he walks over to her. 

They all stop walking as they stand beside her. They look at her brother and Justin whispers, "Fuck me," As he walks towards Bryce.

"You're a goddamn liar" Justin calls out.

"This does not end well." Tony says. Mia smirks, "Fingers crossed." Mia says with a fake excited tone.

"You never hooked up with Hannah. You would've told me." Justin states.

"Why? Because we were best friends and I told you everything?" Bryce mocks. Mia scoffs and walks over to them, "Yeah that's exactly right. dickwad!" Mia yells. Bryce looks to Mia and sighs, "Go away. Em this has nothing to do with you." He states.

Mia smirks, "The only way, I'm leaving is if you make me."

"I should kill you." Justin says. Mia raises her hand and smirks, "I'm on board with that." She states.

"Hey, chill out." Monty says as he touches Mia's shoulder. Mia hits his hand, "Fuck off, Montgomery." She spits.

Monty laughs in amusement and Mia raises her brows. "Still gonna hide behind your boys, Bryce?" Justin asks.

"I'm not hiding." Bryce states after he sets his bag down.

"You wanna go?" Bryce states. Mia raises her brows, "Finally some fucking action at this school!" Mia yells.

Justin shoves Bryce against the locker and punches him in the face. Monty pulls him back and Bryce punches him in the stomach. Mia drops her bag and jumps on top of Monty's back.

"What the fuck?!" He yells as he tries to pull her off. Mia wraps her arms around his neck and she laughs as she begins to choke him out. She jumps off of his back and he turns to her.

Mia raises her arms in amusement, "What? You gonna hit a girl, Mon--"

Mia feels Monty's fist collide with her lip. Mia opens her mouth and touches her lip, "Dude!" Mia yells.

She pulls her arm back and punches Monty in the face. Tony pulls Monty away from Mia. She turns to see a lot of people around Justin. She runs towards them and kicks one of the guys knees in and shoves him to the ground. She kicks him in the stomach.

"LET'S GO MOTHERFUCKERS!" Cyrus yells.

Zach tackles Bryce and starts to punch him. Monty runs over to Zach and shoves him against the lockers. Mia runs over to him and jumps on his back again, "Fuck off, Mia!" He yells. Mia chuckles, "Not a chance, Bitch!" She screams.

"I'm gonna have to punch you again if you don't--"

"Try it!" She yells. Out of nowhere, Mia's back collides with the lockers and she lets go of Monty. Alex hits Monty with his cane. Mia and Zach help Alex up.

Mia feels arms wrap around her and she screams. She headbutts the person and they let her go. She turns around and tilts her head, "Mr. Porter?" She questions.

He touches his nose and Mia's eyes widen, "Oh, Mr. Porter, I'm so sorry!" She apologizes. Mr. Porter gets shoved by the coach and as Mia spots Bryce and Justin. She walks over to them, The coach pulls his arm back to punch Porter, his elbow hits Mia in the eye and she stumbles back.

He turns to Mia, "Mia, I--"

Mia grabs his shoulders and knees him in the privates. He kneels on the ground and Mia kicks him over.

"Right...sorry." Mia says.

She walks over to Bryce and turns him around, she punches him in the face as hard as she could. She inhales and screams, "FUCK!" She touches her knuckles.

"Mia, what are you--"

"What do you think I'm doing. You fucking--"

Monty turns her around, "You crazy bitch!" He yells.

"Leave her alone!" Bryce yells.

"STAY OUT OF MY BUSINESS!" Mia yells at her brother. She turns to Monty and he grabs her by the collar of Mia's leather jacket. She headbutts him and he stumbles back.

Mia grabs his arm and flips him onto his back. "I knew that Taekwando was going to help me." She runs a hand through her hair.

Courtney and Ryan look at the situation, "Fucking boys and...Mia." She says with a smirk.

"I know, disgusting, but Mia fighting with the boys is so modern." Ryan states.

Courtney nods her head and then pulls the fire alarm. Her and Ryan walk away as everyone tries to split.

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Mia sits in the classroom with her arms crossed. She pops her gum loudly and She bounces her leg as she runs her tongue along her teeth. "Just puttin' it out there, there is no way, we were the only people in that fight." Mia states loudly.

The teacher wakes up and looks at her. "Mia." Bryce says in a warning tone. "Oh, Please! You don't have the right to reprimand me, anymore. You know lying in court will get you thrown in Jail? Well I mean, that's bad, but you know what's worse? rap--"

"God! Do you ever shut your fucking trap?!" Monty yells.

"FUCK YOU MONTGOMERY!" Mia turns to him. "Oh, real original!" he laughs while nodding his head.

"You know what would be original? IF YOU SUCKED MY DICK!--"

"Hey! None of that in here, got it?!" The teacher raises his voice.

Mia scoffs and it becomes quiet again. Mia bites her thumbnail and looks down at her pants. "Shit." She whispers.

She raises her hand, "What Mia?"

"I need to go to the bathroom." She states.

"No." He says simply. Mia scoffs, "No? So, what I'm supposed to sit here--"

"Yes, you know your rules, no going to the bathroom." He states as he talks about the rule specifically for Mia.

"I'm not gonna overdose in the fuc-- In the bathroom." Mia says catching herself.

She keeps bouncing her leg, "I need to change my tampon." Mia states. The guys groans and Mia pouts, "I'm sorry, that I gave you guys too much details. Did I take your innocence away?" She rolls her eyes and looks at them.

"Besides, I know you all wondered what my vagina looks like!" Mia yells.

"Not with an attitude like that." Monty states. Mia opens her mouth to say something, but she closes her mouth and stands up. She moves to the front of the class.

"Walker--"

She grabs her tampon from her bag and opens it, she unbuttons her pants. Bryce rolls his eyes, "Mia, what the fuck?!" He looks away in disgust. Some other guys look away and some stare. Mia begins to pull her pants down until the teacher speaks. "Bathroom. Ten minutes, Now!" He yells looking away from her.

Mia smiles, "Just for you, I'll make it five." She throws the tampon away and buttons her pants back up, Some of the guys boo.

"Oh 'BOOOO' you!" Mia yells.

She grabs another tampon and leaves the class. She changes her tampon and washes her hands. Mia looks into the mirror shakily and looks at her bloody lip. She lightly touches it and winces.

She washes her face as she hears the door open. Mia turns the faucet off, an reaches for a napkin. But someone grabs her wrist and pulls her towards them.

"What the fuck!" She yells. As she opens her eyes she sees something go over her head blocking out her vision. "L-Let me go!" Mia yells. She feels someone pushes her against the stall and start groping her. She screams as she hears them laugh.

She feels tears brim her eyes and she tries to get out the persons grip but they were too strong. As Mia kept moving the person punched her in the stomach. Mia felt like she was going to throw up from the pain of the punch and from the fact she think she's going to get sexually assaulted again.

The person kept hitting in the face as he touched her body. She gets shoved into a stall and shes falls against the toilet. The person turns her around and starts to take her pants off, "No, please stop!"Mia sobs.

"You say anything in court and I'll fuck you like Bryce did Hannah." The voice states.

Mia was in so much shock she couldn't recognize the voice. The person shoves her and she falls to the ground. As the door closes again, Mia coughs loudly and keeps sobbing.

The door opens again and Mia's breathing quickens. She hear her stall open and she takes the cover off of her face and keeps sobbing as her hands shake. She places her shaky hands over her head, "No! PLEASE!" She screams.

"Oh My God, Mia." The soft voice says. She looks up and sees Sherri. She kneels down next to Mia. "Wh-What happened?" She asks.

Mia looks down at the ground and shakes her head confused, "I-I-I don't...I don't know..." Mia says quietly.

"Sherri, I-I can't breathe..." Mia says as she gasps for air. Sherri nods her head, "Okay, Okay...lets get you to a hospital..." Mia says.

She helps Mia up and Mia groans as small sobs leave her lips. "It's going to be okay, we'll get you to the hospital and-"

"It's not going to be okay, it's never going to be okay." Mia shakes her head.

As Sherri sits in the waiting room with her arms crossed she hears heels click against the white floor. "Hi, I'm here for Mia Walker? I'm Nora Walker, her mother." Nora says urgently.

Sherri moves her attention to Mia's mom. She stands up and walks over to her, "Uh...Mrs. Walker?" Sherri says softly

"Yes? You were the one who called me?" Nora asks. Sherri nods her head, "Y-Yes...I'm Sherri...Mia's friend?" She says.

Nora nods her head, "Of course, how is she?" She asks. Sherri stuffs her hands into her back pockets. "I wish I knew, but since I'm not family...they won't tell me anything." Sherri states.

With a quick look, the receptionist looks through the files. "Uh...your daughter has a broken rib, a couple of cuts, and bruises. But she'll be alright...but it seems as though she's a little in shock. I'll give her some pain meds and we already gave her stitches for her lip." The receptionist states.

Nora inhales and nods her head, "Thank you, which room?" She asks.

"Room 105."

Nora nods her head and turns to Sherri, "Do you want to join me?" Nora asks.

Sherri shakes her head, "Oh, no... I don't want to intrude on--"

"Nonsense, you saved her life. The least you could do is come here and have her thank you." Nora states. Sherri hesitantly nods her head and follows Nora into her room.

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"Mom, I swear...I 'm fine, if dad figures out I'm here, he's going to--"

"Mia, he may be your father, but I am your mother. Now...lay down." She says. Mia slowly lays down in her bad and groans in pain. "I'll go get you and ice pack." She says with a soft smile. Mia smiles back, "Thanks, mom." She says.

"No need to thank me sweetie, this is a mother's job." Nora says as she walks downstairs to get an ice pack.

As she grabs one from the fridge Mia hears shuffling and she hears walks into a room and sees Bryce sitting down reading a magazine. She stands there for a second before saying anything, "You seem to be handling everything very well." She states.

"Ah, pretty exhausting day, I'm not gonna lie." He chuckles. "That was a--That was a whole thing."

"You know, you your father and I have always given you two a lot of freedom, you and Mia." Nora states. "And we've always trusted that you both were responsible enough to make good decisions."

"Seems like it's worked out pretty well so far. Mia and I get to take care of each other, you get to keep up your tan year round. Everybody wins, right?" Bryce questions as he flips through the magazine.

Nora quietly scoffs, "What happened with Hannah?" Nora inquires.

"You were there yesterday." He states.

"Yeah, I don't think we heard the whole story." Nora replies.

"She came onto me. We had sex. I mean, I know you're aware, I'm sexually active. You've known since you walked in on me last year." Bryce chuckles.

"Turned right around and walked out and never said anything about it, but you saw a whole lot of naked." Bryce smirks.

"And what happened with Chloe?" Nora asks, ignoring his last statement.

"A whole lot of naked there, too." Bryce states.

"Chloe's got problems, okay? She comes from a broken home." Bryce says.

"So you had sex with her when she was unconscious?" Nora asks.

"I didn't force her to get drunk and stoned at 4:00 in the afternoon." Bryce states.

"Oh, just like you didn't force Hannah to get into the hot tub with you." Nora says getting more worked up. Mia overhears chatter downstairs and she opens her eyes. She painfully and slowly gets up and walks down the stairs. At the end of the stairs she stops as she overhears Bryce and her mother talking.

"Why do you care? You didn't even know Hannah."

"Did you? Or was she just another thing that you wanted?" Nora asks.

"You want to know what happened with me and Hannah, Mom?" Bryce questions. Mia feels her heartbeat quicken as she hears those words. He places the magazine down, stands up and walks up to her. "She got into the hot tub with me, no suit, just panties and a bra over those very nice tits. And she looked at me like...like she was hungry." Bryce says as he gets closer to his mom. Nora crosses her arms and Mia slowly touches her lip and bites her thumbnail from her shaky hand.

"And, yeah, I wanted her. I just...I just had to have her. So I took her, I turned her around, and I fucked her from behind. Hard. Until she cried. Is that what you want to here?" Bryce says with a straight face, no remorse. Mia covers her mouth as tears fall from her eyes.

She knew it was true but now she heard it come from Bryce, her big brother. Nora slaps Bryce in the face.

"You've brought shame on this family. You're a stranger in this house." Nora states with a shaky voice. Bryce chuckles, "Always have been, mom." Bryce states.

Mia licks her swollen lip and out of anger she painfully walks down the rest of the stairs and quickly walks over to Bryce. Nora turns as she sees Mia walking over to them.

"Mia--"

Mia punches Bryce in the face and she hits his chest, "I...I hate you! I hate you! I fucking hated you! HOW COULD YOU?!" Mia continues to hit Bryce and Nora pulls her off.

"I-I-I wish you were dead!" Mia yells. "NOT JEFF! NOT HANNAH! IT SHOULD BE YOU IN THE GROUND!" Mia yells. She yanks herself out of her mothers grip and walks up the stairs as she cries loudly.

Nora looks back at Bryce's face and sees no emotion, she couldn't read him. She scoffs and walks upstairs to her hurting daughter. As Mia walks into her room she throws everything around and falls to the ground in pain. Nora helps her sit up and Mia falls into her moms chest and sobs.

"Oh, Mia." She says as she pets her hair.

"I'll never get over this mom...any of this. It's so hard...I-I-I..." Mia inhales.

"I'm broken..." She says in realization. Nora shakes her head, "No, Mia you're not broken. You're just hurting. And that's why I'm here to help you. Through everything, even when you testify--"

"I can't testify...I wanted to but, I can't...not after what happened in the bathroom today." She says through her sobs.

"Mia, what happened. Did someone..." Nora couldn't finish her question as she couldn't bare to have her daughter go through that again. Mia shakes her head, "No...the person, beat me up, t-t-touched me and...threatened me..." Mia says quietly.

"I-I-I just...it hurts so bad..." Mia says like she's out of breath. Nora nods her head, "I know sweetie and...everything's going to be alright, the only way to close this part of your life off is if you tell your part of the story. To help your friend, to help your best friend." Nora say as she runs her hand through Mia's hair.