Hard love

Chapter 8- Cody Knows

I turned back slipping unnoticed back into class. Cody had started the worksheets.

"Back," I said quietly.

"Finally..so I got to this part which confuses me," he said using his pencil to point to it on the paper."Um...Violet , you listening?"He said poking my wrist.

"What,"I said breaking my gaze on Amanda and her silent tears."Sorry...I'm tired..so it's this part?"I asked pointing.

"What?" His head snapping quickly back to the sheet, "Umm...yes."

"Are you okay?" I asked,"you're lookin' a little pale."

"Ya I'm fine," he whipped his hand swiftly on his pants,"Um Vi..what's wrong with your wrist?"

"What?"I lookes down to see that the blood was seeping through, "Oh..that....it just a stain..silly,"I covered it with my other hand.

"Violet, listen--"

"No Cody you listen and listen good,"I said my voice threatening to raise above a whisper, "Leave me alone."

The bell signaled and I grabbed my bag, Cody went up to the teacher's desk.