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Elizabeth Jensen had told Jessica Davis that she would go to her court hearing to support her, so she sat in the back of Tony's car as he parked it in front of the court house. He quickly got out of the car to help Alex out of the passenger side. Elizabeth and Clay stepped out of the car. "Thanks for the ride, Tony." Clay stated as he put his backpack over his shoulder.
"Oh, I'm coming in with you guys." Tony nodded.
"But you're on the witness list." Elizabeth furrowed her eyebrows.
"Yeah, they check it." Clay finished for her.
"I got my brother's ID." Tony smiled. "I haven't slept in two nights. I just want to know what I'm looking at in there."
Elizabeth looked towards Alex. "What if you're on this list?"
"I'll just wave my cane and cry." Alex chuckled as he lifted his cane. "It works every time."
Alex started to try stepping up the stairs. "Wait, I think there's a handicapped entrance." Tony stated as he stepped closer to Alex, trying to stop him.
"I don't think you're supposed to say handicapped." Clay sighed.
"Take my arm." Tony stood next to Alex, offering his arm for him to hold.
"Fuck you guys." Alex shook his head as he slowly stepped up the stairs with his cane.
When the four teenagers arrived in the courthouse, Jessica was on the witness stand and was discussing the 'hot or not list'. "I had found friends." Jessica spoke as she stared down at the list. "That list just messed up everything."
"And was this list typical to your experience at Liberty High?" Hannah's Mother's lawyer as Jessica as he took back the list.
"Yeah." Jessica nodded. "Hannah was already labeled a slut. That list just made everything worse." Elizabeth looked over at Hannah's mom who was covering her mouth with her hand. "That's just what they do to girls at our school. I mean, I found these-" Jessica pulled out a pile of pictures from her pocket, "just this morning in my math class."
"Objection, those photos were not submitted as-"
"They take one photo, and it defines you." Jessica lifted up to photos of her at the dance the year before with the words 'a drunk slut' written on them in red sharpie. "Then, it becomes your job to prove everyone wrong. This is what they were doing to Hannah, and now they're doing it to me!" The judge stopped the conversation, bringing the photos to question, as they were not submitted as evidence. Along the way, both parties had accepted the pictures as evidence, so the trial continued.
