Befriending the broken girl

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I wonder if Ezra is the reason that she is so closed off "bro this is why I'm happy that I don't have a heart of gold"jack gestures to me I roll my eyes I keep thinking about Olivia is she okay mike pats my shoulder and smiles at me
"Hey I think it's nice that he has a heart of gold" Mike smiles at me
"You only think it's nice because he hasn't gotten tired of getting your ass out trouble" Sam laughs I can't help but chuckle at what Sam said
"Hey that's not the only reason" we all look at him and he chuckles and runs a hand through his hair "so uhm.. what were you saying about Olivia?" He smiles at me my mind goes back to how happy she was in that in picture and how she seemed to be on edge whenever Ezra was around
"I don't know" I look down thinking about what happened to her
"Is everything okay with her"I shrug and feel pain in my chest when I remember how pained she looked after talking about her parents
"I wanna make her happy she deserves it" the guys all look at me surprised we all talk til all the guys decide that they want to go to bed
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The next day we all wake up and head to school I look for Olivia but I don't see her I start to get worried about her she comes in late to Spanish she keeps her head down she doesn't say anything to me when she sits down in her desk she stares at her desk I nudge her arm and I hear her sniffle I try to look at her but she hides her face with her hair when the bell rings she grabs her stuff and rushes out the door I walk out to see her on the ground picking up her books some of Emilia's friends are laughing I rush over to Olivia and help her pick up her books she looks at me and her eyes are bloodshot she has bags under eyes and face is stained with her tears she looks so broken I grab her and hug her tighter than I've ever hugged anyone she sniffles and wraps her arms around me she starts to cry I pull her toward the janitor closet so that people don't stare at her  she collapses to the ground and breaks down into tears she starts sobbing not caring if I see her crying she sounds like she's in so much pain
"What did I do to make everyone hate me" she wipes her tears with her arm "Ezra's right" she starts sobbing even more
"What do you mean?" I look at her and she shakes her head I bend down and put my hand under her chin and make her look at me
"He's right" she starts to look back down at her hands I grab her hands and look at her she doesn't seem to care that I grabbed her hands "he's right no one will ever love me my parents both died I have no one" she cries I pull her and hold her tight she cries into my shoulder I don't care that my shirt is wet from her tears I hear the bell ring for our next class but I just keep holding her she needs me