Someone else's mind

Chapter 2

I didn't see her outside of the cafeteria at first, i finished my food and went out to the corridor and up the stairs. I was walking along the lockers when i heard some of my classmates yelling at someone. It sounded like they we're yelling at each other but then it would've been more violence. They were yelling at Emily who was sitting on the floor, crying.

"Do you think you'll get attention for thid you idiot?" One of them said. It was hard to know exactly what they meant.

"No one will ever like you when they find out. And we'll make it that way" One of the others said and smirked. The others laughed and agreed, Emily was holding her arms in a hard grip. She was in pain, a lot of pain.

"Cut it out!" I heard myself say with a small tone of regret. But it was too late to run away. The guys turned around and stared at me.

"What do you think you'll do huh? Why do you even care about her? She's a freak” The first guy said. The others agreed.

“Just go away before others will come. There's no point in starting a fight when you know teachers walk here..” I said, slightly more confident than I were before.

“Oooo you gonna tell on us? How scawy” he said, irritated.

“No, not unless you start a fight. Just walk away” I said, tired of even communicating with those assholes.

When they finally walked away I crouched down in front of Emily. Small tears was rolling down her cheeks as she looked down at the floor, the tears fell onto the floor creating small dripping sounds. She didn't move a muscle, it was so weird to see her cry. She was usually so happy and cheerful, why was she suddenly like this?

“Mind if I sit down next to you?” I asked her while the tears continued to slowly roll down her red cheeks.

“Go ahead..” She said quietly, she sniffled and looked up on me as I sat down next to her.

“Sooo.. why were they picking on you?” I asked. “Did you do something or..?”

“Well, not really. It was mostly because of a phone call I had with my friend that they overheard” She said and smiled a bit.

“Oh..” I said, slightly confused. I glanced over at Emily's hair and noticed that she hadn't brushed it, how did I notice that? I rarely even notice my own hair. I looked down at her arms, she was still holding them in a very hard grip.

“Why are you holding your arm so tight? You'll hurt yourself” I asked her. She looked up at me and laughed a bit. I didn't understand why she laughed.

“Just by curiosity; why do you care? I mean what will it do for you?” She asked and looked me straight in the eyes.

“Well.. uhh.. I.. Don't know actually.. I'm just curious, do you mind telling me?” I said and hoped she would tell me. She sighed and rolled up her sleeves.