The next morning John walked around school ground and from afar he saw Torrie sitting on a bench doing some work, so he walked up to her
''Hey Tor'' He greeted as he sat across from her but got no reply ''Workin hard'' he asked
''Uh-huh'' Torrie replied without looking up.
''Ok then. I'll leave ya to it'' John said as he got up and walked away. He walked through the hallway to his locker when someone tapped his shoulder. He turned around to see Randy standing there
''Hey man'' Randy greeted
''Hey'' John said back
''You look tired'' Randy stated
''I didn't sleep last night, I had a fight with Torrie. She's ignoring me today and the whole Stacy thing is still there''
''Didn't you talk to her last night'' Randy asked
''No she's in hospital. We went to see her last night but she was asleep'' John said as he closed his door and they both walked else where ''Oh by the way mom knows what happened'' John stated
''What happened'' Randy asked as John gave him a look ''Oh'' Randy realized what he meant
''Yeah so she's not happy but your allowed in the house''
''Really'' Randy asked surprised as the sat on a bench
''Yeah I told her Stacy was in it to and she couldn't kick her out. So I told her to let you stay in''
''Cool. So what happened with Torrie'' Randy asked as he saw Torrie and Candice on another bench John looked up and gave Randy a 'what' look ''The fight…what was it about'' Randy stated
''Like always she hate me because of you''
''Surprise'' Randy said lowly as he heard it before then he realized something ''Hey I just noticed something. Torrie's mad at you because of me right'' Randy said
''Yeah'' John said wondering where he was going with this
''Well that makes her a hypocrite''
''What do you mean by that'' John asked
''Cause she apologized to Stacy. So really she shouldn't be pissed at you. Now go over there and throw that in her face'' Randy laughed John looked over and saw that Torrie and Candice were getting ready to leave
''Too late'' John said
''Huh'' Randy looked around and saw she was gone ''Oh well maybe next time''
After a few days Stacy was realest from the hospital as long as someone watched over her, which she agreed to. John and Torrie were still ignoring each other the only contact they had was if they had the same class but even then they were on different sides of the room.
Stacy sat on her bed reading a book, but she couldn't concentrate. All she could think of was Randy had said to her. That was the first time she ever saw him show compassion towards someone else. Her thoughts were broken from a knock at her door
''It's open'' She said loudly but when she saw John come in she didn't know what to do. 'Should I be a bitch or let him speak. He didn't let me' she thought as John sat on her bed. There was an awkward silence until John broke it
''I'm sorry'' John said Stacy looked up and saw his back facing her. He repositioned himself so he was facing her and leaning against the wall ''When I found out I was so pissed I didn't care what you two said. And I didn't give you a chance to explain'' John said
''I never meant to hurt you…'' Stacy was cut off
''It's ok…well it's not but you don't have to say anything. Randy's already told me what happened. And he was different I've never seen him like that before. But the weird this is he was right we were so caught up in our own thoughts none of us let you explained. And for that I'm sorry''
John leaned forward and hugged Stacy as she hugged him back. After they pulled away John asked how it happened. Stacy told him the story not leaving anything out. They said goodnight and parted ways. Stacy fell asleep happy knowing they were back to normal (with the exception of Torrie and John) and she wouldn't have to deal with Randy again like he promised