Targeted

Tuesday morning alone proved to be a far quieter school day for Xin than Monday. A big reason for this was the absence of Gary and Tom. She didn’t know why, but ever since the two friends had shown up at the Karate club, the transfer girl had started to pay more attention towards them.

Turning her head, she stared at their two empty seats.

‘I heard that the green haired boy got excluded for fighting with Steven, but what about his friend? Is it just some coincidence that he’s also missing or has he decided to skip classes, so the two of them can hang out?’

As she wondered about the reason, she felt a certain group of girls whispering things about her, no doubt spreading some nasty rumours, as they were staring daggers at her.

‘Right, I should probably worry about my own problems first. Why is it so hard to find that one opportunity to apologise and clear things up between us? Just when did she convince the entire class to avoid talking to me as if had the plague?’