As I walked home, my feet dragger beneath me after an exhausting day at school. The past few weeks had been an emotional rollercoaster, and I was looking forward to nothing more than collapsing onto my bed and forgetting about it all but even that wasn't possible.
As I rounded the corner of the park, I spotted Rachel sprinting toward me.
"Brianna!" she yelled, breathless as she approached me. Her eyes were wide with panic, and she was already reaching for my arm as if I could somehow save her from whatever mess she was in.
"Rachel?" I muttered, completely caught off guard. "What the hell is going on?"
"Please, Brianna," she began. "You’ve got to help me. I can’t go home suspended—I just can’t. My parents will kill me. They’ll destroy my future."
I stood there, staring at her. My mi
