A Thousand Rejections

chapter 6: the unknown friend

She shows every once in a while, I guess she has health problems. Very innocent. Very happy. I might of lost...

"Ms. Sakura! What a nice surprise! How's your health?" Who is she? I turn to see a cute girl with short blonde hair and the prettiest blue eyes. 4 hair pins keep her hair away from her face."I feel good. Thanks to those great doctors you recommend. Their amazing!" Izumi is back to normal. So is akria. I can tell they hate each other to death. "Please come up here and introduce yourself again, Ms. Sakura!" She taps her way to the front of the room. "Good morning to everyone. My name is Sakura Mae. I have a weak health system so I will be in and out of school. I'm 16 and I love art!" Briskly, she walks back to her desk and sits. All of the boys can't tear their eyes off of her. Thank God! My savior! It didn't take long for me to get depressed. All akria did was follow her around, like they knew each other. "You know izumi, I feel weird about these two. What should I do? Don't even tell me to break up with akria, cuz if you do." He cuts me off. "Okay okay. Why don't you ask him? Maybe its not as bad as you think it is." Usually he's right about everything. So I did. "Akria, what's up with you and Mae? Do you know each other?" We were at my place, eating dinner alone. My parents were at my aunt's house because of a baby shower. "Yeah we knew each other. I was her guardian angel. I saved her time and time again from a bastard." He seemed angry with someone. "Who is he? Is he the reason for her health problems?" He looked really sad and hung his head down so I couldn't see. "Yeah. Yeah he is.... They used to "get lost" on purpose and leave her in the crowd. I'd find her and save her." He looks up with a sad smile. "She's really important to me." What about me?