Part 2- Why the change?

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Sophia smiles nervously at him squinting above his eyebrow where, usually, he has a scar. "Is something wrong",Mattheo asks eyebrows furrowed. "No it's just .....different. Where did your scar go?", She asks him as he reaches down to ruffle her hair. "Ah don't worry about that,it doesn't matter", he says shrugging it off before suddenly he starts waving again. "Theodore!!", the boy before her starts walking towards his friend.
Sophia stands there still, confused and worried about what happened over the last few weeks. Sighing she decides she will talk to him about it later, she was just happy see him again.
"Sophia come on!! We are heading to dinner", Mattheo shouts. She cringes slightly as she walks towards him. He's never this demanding. When she gets to him, he quickly grasps ahold of her hand. She feels a slight tremor and squeezes his hand reassuringly.

**1 hour later**

When dinner is over Sophia grabs Mattheo's wrist quickly. She drags him into an empty classroom, letting out a breath of relief. "Do you need something Sophia?" Mattheo asks. She takes a deep breath and her shoulders go tense. This isn't her Mattheo, this isn't the Mattheo she grew to love. "Yeah actually... can you be completely honest with me for a minute?" She asks turning towards him watching as he raises his eyebrows in his way of saying go ahead. "What happened over the summer?" She asks. Tears spring into her eyes and she chokes back a sob, not wanting to appear weak.
"Nothing happened, my hairstyles different,
that's all." He says and she runs her hands through her hair before walking towards him. She grabs his chin softly making him look at her and runs her hand over where she knows he used to have a scar. "They're gone..." Sophia mutters and Mattheo pulls away from her.
"They made me look weak." He spits turning his back to her.
"No they didn't! You see! This is exactly what I'm talking about. Mattheo-MY Mattheo thought his scars were badass. Where did he go?" She shouts with tears in her eyes before imediately bringing her voice back down feeling bad for shouting at him."HE'S GONE!" Mattheo screams.

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