Contemplating (Hazel)

“What happened to you?!” Julia asked when she saw me.

She was the only one who was good to me. The rest hated me because of the rumors Derek spilled. It was only recently that I had realized his beef with me was not personal.

Ivan, the guy that was fighting with Markos had to be the one telling him to frustrate me because he hated me. I had a feeling it had to do with the things Markos had told him about me.

What had he said that was so bad? I had always been a good partner and supported him despite my parents’ disapproval of him.

“Don’t worry about me….” I said in response to Julia’s question. She may have been nice but I didn’t trust her. Life had taught me not to trust anyone.

“How can I not when you look like that? It’s good to come clean about your problems so others can help you. Come on, you know I’m not asking out of malicious intent.”

I decided to just tell her because I was going to borrow her phone anyway. I needed it because I had to make a few calls. How was I going to co