Magnolia “YESS!” Savanah grabbed me and hugged me. “Look at you standing up for yourself.” I couldn’t help but chuckle even though I still felt guilty for what I had said to Everett. He had reached out to me when he said hi just now. And he had defended me just then. It was a start, right? “Nola, no, don’t do that to yourself. I hear your wheels turning. Stop it. You did nothing wrong. They don’t deserve your friendship. They are horribly mean people.” She spoke. “I know.” I said with a hint of guilt still in my voice. “Does this guilt have anything to do with what you didn’t want to talk about earlier?” asked Savanah. I nodded. She shook her head like she wanted to say something to me about it but didn't. “Let’s go, it’s getting late. I’m driving.” She said, grabbing my keys out of

