Chapter Three: Sadness

Its been a month since that night. Nikole does everything she can to avoid Odd and his friends. She hasnt spoken to any of them since she left for the party that got her suspended for a week. She rarely talks at all now, and is always alone. She barely eats anything, and most of the time Leslie has to force her to. Her cheek still hasnt fully healed yet, and her knee constantly hurts. She spends most of her time under a tree in the park drawing and writing songs.

Nikole was sitting under a tree deep in the woods. She was drawing a picture, but she wasnt paying attention to what she was drawing. She was too busy thinking about her friends. When Nikole looked down, she found that she was drawing a group picture of all of them. She heard footsteps, and looked up.

" What do you want?" Nikole asked him.

" To talk. The others said that I needed to give you some time, and they stayed away too. You've had a month." Odd explained.

" Your personal life is none of my business, Odd." Nikole told him as she started to walk away.

" It wasnt what it looked like."

" I believe what I see." She said and kept on walking.

" Well, thats a bad thing to go by." He told her. She stopped.

" I told you how I felt about you. I told you that I love you, and it's the truth." Nikole said and turned to face Odd, who had been following.

" Now it's your turn. Do you love Sam, or do you love me." She asked. He just looked down and said nothing. Nikole's eyes were brimming with tears.

" You cant answer me, can you?'' She asked. Odd slowly shook his head, still looking down. She started to cry as she backed away slowly. She turned and walked away. Nikole was walking down the path, eyes blurring her vision so that she couldnt see. Suddenly, she tripped and landed on her knees. Her knee started throbbing and she sat there and hugged it.

" Oops." Someone said. It was Tess. Nikole looked at her and saw that she was leaning against a tree, and she had tripped on her outstretched leg.

" Love is a battlefield." Tess said as she helped Nikole up.

" You heard the whole thing?"

" Yeah."

" Hey, wanna come hang out at my house?" Nikole asked as she wiped away her tears. Tess nodded. They started out towards Nikole's house.


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