"How could you?" a voice pierced the still air.
The meadow resonating with the sound was still. Three bodies stood still as the words echoed around them. Two stood apart from the other, a boy and girl stared across at a boy. The girls body was racking with silent sobs, next to her the boy stood strait, his face a mix of disbelief and anger.
"How could you?" he yelled again, tears now flowing down his face, "I trusted you!"
"It wasn't me," the other boy whispered, the words catching in his throat. Choking he began to ease forward, to the others, only to have them move them further back. The boy and girl looked at him, seconds seemed to span hours as they turned and walked away.
The girl was still shaking when the other ran up screaming, "Please, I still want to be friends!"
He yelled the phrase over and over again as the two moved away. The girl looked up at her remaining friend, they shared a glanced and quickened their pace. As the two left they thought they heard, "Please stay, don't leave me, I'll die…"
Ignoring this they made their way towards town leaving the crying in their wake. Neither spared a glance, if they had they would have seen the look of terror on the boy's face.