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𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌.

Everyone was either staring with pity in their eyes, or whispering to their friends and pointing at her. She had meet up with her friends by the lockers in the first floor and continued up to level four to grab breakfast before classes began.

The trio took the elevator to the fourth flood, where cafeteria was. The cafeteria took up most of the fourth floor. It was large with high ceiling and a sleek aesthetic. Food bars had a verity of different cuisines from different countries and served breakfast and lunch to students.

As soon as the trio passed the threshold, the first they heard was a megaphone.

"Please donate to help your fellow classmate!" Repeated a high pitched voice. Almost half the student body was crowded up in the lunch room. All closely packed together that they were blocking the way to get to the food bar.

That was weird. Tommy had heard of the school having fundraisers for the community or a charity but there has never been a rally asking for donations for a student.

She felt a churn in her stomach. Please god do not let this be about me. She thought. She looped her arms into her friends that stood next to her, drawing them closer as the walked through the crowd.

When they made it to the middle of where all the commotion was coming from, Tommy felt like dying. The Student Government Association held up signs with her name and student picture on it with writing saying 'help your fellow classmate'. Marie Thomas, the class president stood higher than the others on a makeshift podium with a megaphone in her hand as she chanted.

"Our fellow classmate, Tomorrow Poe is in trouble and you can help!"

"Oh my fuckin' god" the trio spoke in unison. August walked around the crowd holding a donation box. As he passed by some students, he spotted the three friends a few feet away. He rushed over to hug Tommy.

"Thank god you're ok! Why didn't you call me?" He said quickly. Tommy was so embarrassed as she hide behind her friends, but the class president, who stood on a podium, spotted her.

"Tommy! We are so sorry for what happened to your home! And just know that your community is here for you!" shouted Marie through the megaphone, drawing more attention to Tommy and her group.

"I'm gonna sacrifice myself to Hades." Tommy muttered under her breath as she pulled August by his shirt so he towered over her, using him as a shield. She bang her head repeatedly against his hard chest and he rubbed her back.

"I know its a lil much but they just wanna help." He comforted. Tommy let out a pained moan. This was getting to be too much for her.

"Imma beat dat hoe ass." Said NeNe who started taking off his earrings. He never like Marie, thinking she was just some preppy white girl that thought she was better than everyone.

She had a tendency to put her nose in other peoples business and say it's because she cared about the community. She also said a few out of pocket things about NeNe after he came out. Ever since then his had it out for her, hoping she would do something to warrant a good cussing out.

He pushed his purse over to MayLin, only for her to smack his arms down.

"You will do no such thing!" She fussed pointing a finger in NeNe's face. He smacked his lips and crossed his arms. The SGA repeated the same chant a few more times before it made Tommy's head started to pound.