They should have asked.
Just a few words, one breath.
"What happened?"
"Are you okay?"
"Who did it?"
"Who was she?"
But they never did.
They could have just asked.
He wanted them to ask.
She said she was fine, but she didn't mean it. Her world was falling apart around her and her school work suffered. She wanted to tell him, but they just met. Her best friends didn't even know, why would he?