A true friend

             "This can't happen to me!!! It just can't!!" I screamed. I ran out of my English class, towards the guidance office, but there they were waiting for me. I quickly did a 180, and dashed out the side door. I ran as fast as I could towards the little woods behind Greenwood High School. I wasn't sure where I was going or when I was going to stop, I just needed some time to think. I found a big apple tree and slumped down on one of its big roots. It was here that I stayed until late at night. Millions of thoughts were going through my head all at once; how could this have happened? She was fine yesterday! I saw her last night! Why did this happen? She was only 16. Tears filled my eyes as I thought of how Stephanie looked last night. She is so beautiful, I thought, I just don't understand.
             "RING!" The bell for my last class just rang. "Great guys, we're late again," I said to Kara. "Yea, Mrs. Oaks is going to kill us." We slammed our lockers shut and sprinted to room 207. Maybe Steph will be in there, I thought to myself. She hadn't come to school today and I had tried calling her eight times during lunch, but got no answer. Kara must have been thinking the same thing, "Hey, do you think Steph will be there?" I just shrugged. It was really odd for her not to come to school without telling one of us first. As soon as Kara and me entered the room we expected to get the death look from Mrs. Oaks. The look that says if I wasn't so old and weak, I would kill you with my bear hands for being late, but we didn't get it. Instead, she looked at me with a sorrowful look and quietly shut the door. Then she went to the front of the room with a little piece of paper in her hands, sat on her bench, and didn't speak a word. The whole class became silent. Even though we sometimes think Mrs. Oaks is senile, this was a little bizarre for her. "What the hell is goin' on?" Some kid asked from the back of the room. We all st...

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