Fifty Nine

“Hey mate, want to play?” Baron was holding a ball in his hand, he held out a hand to me, the grin on his face was infectious. I could not help but smile back.

After the cafeteria incident, Baron and I had left the place and come out to seat on the bleachers. We had been playing and engaging in mindless gossip when he left. He had not said where he was going to, but as soon as he’d left, his brothers had come to the bleachers. I had seen Katelyn on Aaron’s arm, they were talking and laughing, Katelyn voice ringing loudly as she either laughed or made some suggestive remark concerning Aaron.

Maybe they were doing it to get back at Baron and I but I was hurt. Not really because of what Aaron and Katelyn were currently doing but the fact that they thought I was a criminal. I really missed them, a lot. I was going to clear my name, Baron had promised to help me. Refusing to look their way, I had focused on the wide field before me, waiting for Baron’s return.

And when he had, it was with