Tissues, blankets, and clothes were strewn around me as I stared dejectedly at the ceiling. My body felt as though it had been shattered, and I had lost all sense of time. My dad had been kind enough to inform the school that I was sick.
I felt nothing but a frozen heartbeat, a numbness that made me acutely aware of the worried glances my dad cast my way when he checked on me, and the gentle kisses Jade placed on my forehead as she tried to lay next to me.
"Jade, please go."
"It was just a stupid review; don't let anyone or anything get you down."
She attempted to pull back the covers, but I grasped her wrist and looked at her. She must have been horrified by the deathlike pallor of my face.
"I want to be alone, please." My voice was barely audible, strained and hoarse from my tears.
