"F-Friends?"
The group looked at Arthur as if he was some kind of alien. Their eyes then shifted to Isla, waiting for her to deny those claims or at least look as confused as they were. Yet, she still had that same blank expression as before with no reaction at all.
'Friends? I'm pretty sure the only friends she claimed to have were…'
Everyone there knew Isla very well so they knew who she likes to be around and those people have been the only people she ever declared as her friends. Many tried to befriend Isla and join that group, but she never let them in. Befriending Isla was a goal their families had put on their shoulders as such a relationship meant endless benefits to the family from one of the future's strongest individuals in the world.
They have kept their eyes on her, and especially those she's linked to. But, out of nowhere, another boy appeared and claimed he was her friend. Someone they had never met before and had never seen around Isla.