"Um,Corina" I paused "We have to go to uh, Dr.Handy's office now."
She gave me a dead stare but followed. God, why did she hate me? I did nothing! Actually no, I take that back, I did do something.
I sat with her when she was alone
Woke her up in the mornings
Told her she was beautiful
Made her stop crying
Made her stop cutting
Told her to ignore the bullies
Comforted her
But here she was becoming besties with the girls who had tormented her for ages.
We walked, a dead silence, and an awful ambiance surround us.
"Hello Girls." Dr.Handy welcomed us in."So a little birdy noticed you girls had stopped being so close."
"We don't like each other" Corina responded
"What? I still like you!"
"So why don't you like Cecilia anymore?" Dr.Handy asked
"Well I was starting to have a social life and all the girls said if I associated with her I wasn't allowed to be there friends. I mean I'm not gonna throw this all out for her."
"Corina!" She said," This girl has stayed very loyal to you when those girls bullied you!"
And so it went on, talking until something in my brain decided to let her in again.
Afterwards, we got to skip all classes to 'mend our friendship.'
Finally, we were friends.
How did I not see her manipulations? How could I forgive her for her backstabs when all I was was loyal? But for that time in my life I was ignorant to those facts, so friends we were, well that's what I thought at least.
**WILL CONTINUE**
