HAZEL “Should I have stayed still and watched her be dragged away in my presence?” I asked my family during breakfast. It's been three days since the ball party and it still sounded ridiculous to me, that everyone thought I'd created a scene unnecessarily. She hasn't left her room since then, refusing to touch her food or even come in contact with people. She shut herself from the world and that had me uneasy with worry. I know I made a mistake by acting that way after how I'd acted towards her right from the start, but I still had things to work through. I didn't trust her, and I didn't know my actions would cause her more pain. I don't even know how exactly I feel but her emotions kept wearing me down. At night, if I managed to fall asleep, I would wake up in my bed with tears in my

