The moment the bell rang, all the students were rushing to get out of the classroom, except for Rory, who just sat in his chair still contemplating.
All throughout class, he could not remove the few memories he had of what happened. What exactly were Maynard and the others doing there? Why was Kyle so agitated and hostile towards him, and how come none of them came to his rescue? If they had only intervened earlier, then things might have been different for them all.
Rory wiped the tears trickled down his cheek, off his face. Now was not the time for remorse. This was not as bad as when he lost his sister, but it still hurt the same.
The sting of being cast out, thrown away because he was of no use. All of those came flooding back inside of him, which made all of it more painful. The we
