Thanks be to Ms. EBT.
Ben sees me, makes eye contact.
But there's no way he wants to talk to me, not after what I did.
Not after what he heard.
So, I grab my things and walk away from him as fast as I can.
I don't see him again until Wednesday at the assembly.
I also see Bella.
She looks sad, tired.
Like she's been doing nothing but crying.
And she probably has.
Because I'm a horrible person who did something that's unforgivable.
She's sitting by herself, and I wonder if anybody wonders why she's not sitting with me or where you are.
Until I see you enter the gym.
And realize you have a black eye.