I walk around so I am facing her, and she is covering her face with her hands.
"Kayla? Seriously...What is going on?" She doesn't look at me, but she shakes her head no. I had only seen her cry once, and that was after her brother died. I didn't think that she had been hurting so badly. The question that came to my head was 'Could Joey really do this?'. He had always been so nice to me, and nice to Kayla. I thought he loved her, I guess I was wrong.
"Kayla...Please talk to me...How'd you get those bruises? Kayla..". Before I realized it I had raised my voice, which caused her to sob even more. She uncovers her face, and her eyes were all red and puffy, her cheeks a rose red. Even after crying, she was still the prettiest girl in school.
"Abbey....it's my fault. All the fighting, and when he grabs me...It's all my fault. I push him there, I don't know how not to, I just make him so angry sometimes. He apologizes.. He apologizes every damn time..but he isn't the one that should apologize...I am.. I am the reason...Abbey, you can't tell anyone. Especially NOT my parents, they won't allow me to see him anymore...an- and I love him Abbey. I really do." She takes my hands and shakes them while pleading with me. The fact that she has it drilled into her head that it's all her fault Joey hurts her, it makes me sick.
"Kayla...You are smart, and you must know that none of this is your fault AT ALL...He needs help Kayla..and s- so do you. We need to tell your parents." I am preparing for her to scream at me, but she doesn't. She looks down at the ground and rubs the spot where the bruises are.
"I guess you're right Abbey...I'll tell my parents tonight." She picks up her bag off the floor and walks toward the doors. I want to believe her, but I can't
