ARIA. "Are you sure you're okay, Aria?" Daneesha asked. I jolted out of my thoughts the moment she spoke and looked up at her, eyes wide. "What did you say?" She gave me an incredulous look. "I just asked if something is wrong." I immediately shook my head and forced a smile. "Nothing at all. Nothing is wrong." "You don't look like nothing's wrong," She scoffed and stood to her feet as she tossed her dirty clothes into the laundry basket. Today was a free wash day so she wanted to use that opportunity to wash her own clothes. It was really something else in here. "Are you hiding anything from me?" I pushed to my feet and began to fold my clothes, thankful that I'd washed them along with the tonnes of clothing I'd washed yesterday. My fingers were bruised from yesterday but I felt sli