The next day, at school, I managed to show up in the principal's office and showed Mr. Gomez the torn wallet.

"I didn't notice it was missing until yesterday after school. I knew it was the guys right away. I found it like that way while I was with them last night," I said.

"Thank you showing this to me," said the principal.

"I did fixed them good. I tell them it doesn't have their name on it and that doesn't belong to them. I had to dash out when Dad before they could try to take it back," I said.

"That's right," said Mr. Gomez.

"I knew I could smell weeds on them, which is why I called home," I said. "Worse of all, I noticed the money was missing. It was for the phone bill."

I was glad I made that move. When I left, Mr. Gomez was calling those guys down to his office immediately. I told Kayla that I'd explain the whole thing at lunch.

"Makes sense," said Kayla.

When I got to class, I'm glad I did something about it. In English, I went to give the test to the teacher.

"I'll be grading it during lunch," said Mrs. Mason.

"Do you want me to come by after school?" I asked.

"That's fine," said Mrs. Mason. "If not, I'll give it to you tomorrow."

At lunch, I heard the guys got in trouble and are getting detention. Good. I figured I'd talk to April again, but she shut me out.

"Are you serious right now?" asked Kayla.

"I think the next step will be calling her mom later when I get home," I said.

"I would," said Kaylee.

"I didn't think of it last night," I said. "Also, there was something Dad asked me: Was April covering for Andy?"

"You know what? Now you mentioned it, we didn't think of it until now," said Kayla.

"How did things go with Mr. Gomez by the way?" asked Kaylee.

"All three guys got in trouble and are having the detention," I said. "He was glad I reported him the torn wallet."

"I'm glad you went to the office," said Kayla. "They got what they deserved."

"I got a bit nervous at first. I didn't want to make things worse," I said. "I'm not great at speaking up for myself."

"At least you made the move," said Kaylee.

"Dad reminded me about something I didn't think about. If the guys were my friends, they wouldn't pressure me to do stuff I refused to do," I said.

"I agree with him," said Kayla.

"I'm thinking of getting rid of them anyway," I said.

"I don't blame you," said Kayla. "You were smarter than her to see red flags from those idiots."

"Mr. Gomez told me one of you heard the guys spent money for drugs," I said.

"Yes, I heard about it," said Kayla. "I think that's terrible."

"I had a feeling that's where my missing money went," I said.

"Us, too," said Kayla.

After school, I said, "I'm just going to stop to Mrs. Mason first before I forget."

"Okay, you can meet us at our house before we go hang out," said Kayla. "We have no one watch tonight. Mom is working late, but the clan is going to be with their friends to give us a break."

I went over to the class and picked up my test paper. At least my grade went up.

"I'm glad I was able to do this last night," I said.

"Did you tried talking to April after we spoke?" asked Mrs. Mason.

"She ignored me. I just tried again, but she could've of cared less," I said. "I'm going to call her mom and tell her about it."

After that, I went home. I had a lot of things to think about. Part of me miss being April's friend, but I'm not sure how I can keep up with that. That's why I wouldn't let any of the guys try to change me for who I am. I still thought about calling April's mom, but if she blasts at me while I'm with the girls, I'd have a miserable time. Although April would tell me to keep this a secret, I wouldn't keep it for safety reasons. I always learned it's okay to tell a secret to an adult if a friend is in danger. That was when I finally made the decision by calling April's mom and explained about it while I was sitting on their front porch. She was surprised to hear about this.

"Thank you for telling me, Mary Anne. I had no idea Andy is on drugs," said April's mom.

"Apparently, she did. She was trying to lie about it, but the girls witnessed it. They saw him trying to get her on drugs," I said.

"Was she trying to cover up for him?" asked April's mom.

"Probably," I said. "I tried to talk about my concerns to her, but she didn't listen. I didn't know what else to do. I felt calling you was the only option."

"I'm glad you did the right thing," said April's mom. "She should've listened to you instead of ignoring you."

After we finished talking, I was glad to make that move. I do not have any regrets. I do care about April. I remember how happy to here to spend time with her and I recall how glad she was about me moving here. Now, I find she's not the same person I used to know. All because of Andy. I do want things back the way we were, but if she can't see that I was trying to watch out for her, I'm not sure if I want to continue with the friendship. I'd never thought I'd say this, but I'm feeling homesick.

Then, I went next door to go hang out with the girls.

"I've been talking on the phone with April's mom," I said as I was telling them about what was going on.

"I'm surprised April's mom had no idea Andy was on drugs," said Kaylee.

"So am I. Apparently, she never said anything about it," I said.

"You did the right thing," said Kayla. "You had to do what you needed to do and that's the main thing. It shows that you care about a friend."

"I know," I said.

When I was about to leave, my cell phone and I picked up.

"Hello," I said.

"Did you see the breaking news?" asked April's mom.

This wasn't a good feeling when I heard about this.

"No, I was just about to leave to go home from hanging out next door. Why? What's going on?" I asked.

"The guys had just caused a two car accident. Rick was the reckless driver," said April's mom. "They killed a young couple on the impact."

"Car accident?" asked Kaylee.

"Yes," said April's mom.

"Was Andy involved?" I asked.

"Yes. It's funny that you mentioned it because she wanted to hang out with Andy and I told her no and it's a good thing that I said it," said April's mom.

"God must have made that happen," I said.

"I'm in my room so she won't know I'm talking to you on the phone," said April's mom.

"I'm also glad it didn't happen to me," I said. "Dad's not worried about me when I make good choices."

After we finished talking, I panicked when I saw it on TV seeing what she meant.

"Um, is Andy insane letting Rick drive in his car?" asked Kaylee. "That could get them in trouble."

"This was the reason I didn't want to put myself in danger," I said.

"I can't blame you for making the right decision," said Kayla.

"Her mom was smart to make that call not to let her go," said Kaylee.

"How about you did the smart thing by walking to the diner and called your father for the safety reason?" asked Kayla.

"I know. Imagine if I didn't save April in time? She could've been hurt or killed," I said.

"You should tell him about the money because if you don't tell him about the money issue, you could get in trouble and I'd worry you could lose his trust," said Kaylee. "I'm just concerned about that."

"I know you are, but I don't think he'd be like that. I'm sure that he would understand if I gave him a good reason," I said.

"I do get what Mary Anne is saying, Kaylee. She was a good friend keeping April safe and that was more important," said Kayla.

"Oh, yeah, that's true. I can help you tell him if you want," said Kaylee.

"Thanks for the offer, but I would like to do it my own way if you don't mind," I said.

"No problem," said Kaylee.

"I still want to focus on April first," I said.