Once again Jade had the troubles of navigating herself throughout the large school. She had to pay attention to the way she was moving her feet, or else she found she would drag them against the linoleum and end up tripping over.
"I just need to go to my locker. Put my things in. You know," Jade said awkwardly.
"Sure," Tori nodded, following Jade's every step.
Everything seemed to be so empty now that the classes had started. Jade preferred it when there was barely any people around. She didn't have to worry about bumping into anybody or accidentally touching someone as she was walking. When the corridors were empty she could walk at a safe distance from any passers-by.
When they reached Jade's locker, Tori stood about a meter away in complete silence. She was a very shy girl and she didn't want to say the wrong kind of things to Jade. She hadn't had many friends throughout her childhood and didn't quite know how to make any. Her social skills were very poor but her heart was in the right place.
Jade twisted the lock to the numbers of her combination and the locker clicked to say it had been opened correctly. She swung the door open and threw her bag inside. She didn't have many things inside her locker. She didn't bring anything to school but her phone and her iPod. They were really the only things she would need to get her through the day. Everything else she kept on the lower shelf of the locker, and that just included school books and a pencil case. The only thing she needed to bring to school was her gym bag and half the time she didn't bother with that.
"Who is that?" Tori asked, pointing at a photograph of Jade and a rather handsome boy that was pinned up below the timetable in Jade's locker.
"That was my best friend Beck," Jade said, her voice getting shaky. She tried to hold back the tears in her eyes but she wasn't strong enough, "He's the best person in the world. And I love him."
"Did something happen to him?" Tori asked.
"He's been missing for 3 months now," Jade said, letting out a sob, "I'm so sorry, I don't normally cry like this. I feel like such an idiot."
"Don't feel like an idiot. I'd be crying too. I'm sure he'll be okay, though. He's probably lost somewhere. Waiting for them to come and rescue him. I'm sure he'll be home in no time," Tori said, trying to reassure her, "I know exactly how it feels."
"I doubt you do," Jade snapped, slamming her locker door closed.
"But I do. My best friend went missing last year. They found him in the end. But… he'd… he had decided to end his own life. He didn't even tell any of us he was going to. We knew he was upset but we didn't think he'd leave us like that. I do know how it feels to lose somebody. But you've just gotta have hope I guess," Tori sighed.
"Oh…" Jade said in realization, "I'm… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so rude."
Neither of them said another word as Tori followed Jade to the other side of the school. Jade forced herself to stop crying and she wiped her tears on her jeans. Tori felt bad for asking in the first place. She didn't know how to comfort Jade, because a hug or a pat on the back was completely out of the question.
"Ahh, miss West. What may I do for you today?" the nurse asked as they entered the room.
"Um, I fell over, miss. I hit my head on something. Just thought I'd come in to make sure it was alright," Jade answered, sitting down on a chair in front of her.
"Ah that's a bit of a nasty cut you've got there," the nurse said, getting a wet towel and dabbing around the wound to clean the dried up blood, "Who is this young lady?"
"Ah. That's my friend Tori. She's in my gym class," Jade answered, cringing as the nurse put some pressure on the wound.
Tori smiled to herself at the word friend. She figured that maybe if she just kept it up Jade could like her even more. Maybe even learn to trust her. Jade hadn't had a friend other than Beck in a long time, but if anyone could be her friend, she thought it must have been Tori. Nobody at the school had treated her that kindly yet.
"Well it's alright, it's not too bad. It won't need any stitches. You'll just need to make sure you don't bump it again or you'll make it worse, okay?" the nurse said, putting the towel aside, "I'll call your mother to come and get you. You'd better get home and rest. After bumping your head like that you can get some serious headaches. If you think you could get a migraine, make sure you tell your mother to take you to the doctors, okay?"
"Sure thing, miss," Jade answered reassuringly.
A/N: I REALLY hate going to the nurses office. I guess I just prefer to deal with my own problems. xD
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