DABBY : "Thank you, Mason," I appreciated him, thankful that he actually stood up for me. I felt sorry again that he had a loser like me for a friend. "It is my pleasure. Those people are terrible people. How do you cope with them?" He inquired incredulously with a crease on his eyebrow, which made him look really cute. Trying to fathom how I got a wonderful friend like him was unbelievable. "I am really fine. Thank you," I said again and he let out a smile instead. A very charming one. "That guy over there. The one that has the bully as a girlfriend. Is he your stepbrother? The one you told me about?" Mason asked mindlessly, and my heart surged by a fear raised to the degree of a hundred. "Oh my goodness!" I exclaimed in fear that someone might hear from where we were standing, as I

