99 Days

Day 43 Monday

Two weeks have gone by. My parents never decided to get in contact with me but it doesn't matter. I don't need them. Ethan has changed the game room into a temporary bedroom for me. It's a lot better than sleeping on the couch.
His parents were home for a week and they got to meet me. They liked me, I guess. They probably just feel bad for me because of my current situation but they were really kind to me. Something I haven't seen from people in a long time, not counting Ethan.
"Hey you're friends with Ethan right? I always see you two together so I guessed you were." the girl sitting next to me in first hour said. Well this is new. No one ever speaks to me randomly unless they're insulting me.
    "Um, yeah we're friends. Why do you ask?" I responded. This is so weird for me. I kinda liked being left alone but this is pretty nice. I miss having someone who I can talk to. The last school I was at I had one friend, but I don't wanna call her that really. She was just nice to me out of pity.
    "Well I used to be his friend, but we barely speak anymore. I thought it would be a good thing to be friends with the one person he speaks to in school. Ever since that one girl, Kristin, died he shut everyone out. I heard he still hasn't gotten over it." she said.
    "Yeah, I think it's because of me. I know she was bullied and now I'm their target. So I guess I'm not really helping any. Um, by the way what's your name?"
    "Its' Michie. And I didn't know you were being bullied. That sucks. Though this school is full of a bunch of jerks. It isn't right for them to destroy lives like that."
    "It's alright, I've gotten used to it."
    "Well if you'd like, can we be friends? You seem really nice. And it looks like you need a friend." I was shocked. She wants to be MY friend?
    "Umm, yeah of course. I'd really like to be friends." she smiles in reply and we go back to taking notes. I was happy. That's two friends this year. A new record. I just can't believe it.
    "Hey Ethan guess what." I said as I sat down for lunch.
"What?" he said.
"You know that girl, Michie, well she started talking to me and she said she wanted to be friends with me. She seems really nice so of course I agreed. Can you believe it? Someone actually wants to be friends with me. I, the girl everyone picks on, now has two friends. That's saying something, no one ever wants to be my friend." I was ecstatic.
"That's great. Michie is a nice girl. I think you two would be great friends. Did you know me and her used to be friends?" he said.
"Yeah I know, she told me. What happened to you two? Why aren't you friends anymore?" I asked. I know it wasn't any of my business, but if Michie was right about him shutting everyone out than I need to know.
"After Kristin died I didn't want anything to do with anyone here from school. They all reminded me of her, especially Michie. Those two were best friends. But now she's gone. It just became too hard for me to be around Michie without thinking about her. So I just stopped talking to her. I feel kinda bad about it though. Losing her and losing her friendship with me. It must've sucked."
"Well you can always be friends with her again. She seems to be missing you." i said. He nodded his head and stayed silent. We both ate the rest of our lunch and went back to class.      school.