In class Gabby now sat by herself near the teacher's desk. She was there when Mary and her classmates entered and she would be the last to leave when the final bell rang. Mary couldn't exactly remember when the two of them spoke in earnest, only that their friendship was set on one particular day when Mary was standing by the teacher's desk reciting a speech made by Hamlet. The majority of the class looked bored but as Mary uttered the line “What a piece of work is man.” She happened to see Gabby's face through the wall of hair used as a shield. “How noble in reason. How infinite in faculty.” Mary had continued and though she knew the lines by heart she stumbled slightly as she saw the appreciation in the dark brown eyes of the girl before her. “Um…uh.” The hair parted further revealing Ga
