![]() “Life made me cry.” I hugged my books closer to me and closed my eyes. His hand ran across his mouth before he crossed his arms and stepped a few inches closer to me. “Only if you promise not to look past me as if I don’t exist. “I’ll pretend it never happened,” I lied again. ![]() It’s not like anything really happened between us anyway,” I lied. “And you think I do? You think this is easy for me?” Merged in an unutterable sadness and confusion, he shrugged. He ran his hand over his face and cursed under his breath. “He thought Macbeth was some kind of new McDonald’s sandwich and scolded me for forcing him to study the manslaughter of cows.” He snickered to himself, but he looked so sad. He glanced down the hallways to make sure no one was watching and moved an inch away from me-just to be safe. ![]() And he’s not the brightest kid.” Daniel slid his thumb across the bridge of his nose. I can already tell he can be a real prick. ![]() In the history of bad first days of school, I had to hold the record for the worst one ever. “Can I help you?” I questioned inimically. ![]() I heard his footsteps growing closer and I stood still. We locked eyes and I turned to go the other way. In the hallway, I sighed when I saw Daniel standing outside his classroom. He kept a hard stare on me and then blinked. ![]()
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