Rose heard snickering around her.
She tried to ignore it assuming it wasn't related to her.
When it escalated to a mocking laugh she had to look.
That's when she realized that it was somehow related to her.
Shawn was being mocked.
More accurately, he was being bullied.
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Compliments
Short StoryHe said that she was beautiful. She didn't believe him. He told her she was fascinating. She poured ice cream on him. [A story about a bullied boy trying to compliment, unknown to him, a once bullied girl.]