𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐋 sounds of a cellphone ringing, springs Laken out of her bed, a groan leaving her lips as she notices that Johnny is calling her, "Hello?"
"Are you still in bed? No, neverminded, what the hell do you know about advertising?"
"Goodbye."
"Wait, don't you hang──,"
Laken rolls over, burying her face into her pillow, letting out a loud, muffled scream due to being woken up by Johnny before her alarm had ever gone off, "I'm going to kill him!"
˗ˏˋ 𖤐 ˎˊ˗
❝𝗖𝗬𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 no laughing matter.❞ Councilor Blatt spoke during lunch in front of the entire class. "Sending a cruel message to someone online can be just as hurtful as saying it to their face."
Laken leans forward, lowering her voice as she turned to her cousin, "Did you──,"
"Yep."
"Ohh, Aunt Marie." Laken shakes her head, sitting back in her chair and crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'm not gonna name names, but the other day a mother called me up because her son was crying after some kids online made fun of his facial deformity."
"Seriously?!" Laken's voice carries throughout the lunchroom as heads turn in her direction but only as she heard the whispers behind her of people talking about Eli, "Someone calls you about their kid getting bullied and all you do is talk about it and embarrass him?"
