Mia
Nat walks into the cave and her eyes widen. "Mia, wow. You look beautiful," I roll my eyes. I am a bigger girl. I know I am not beautiful, but it's sweet of Nat to always say it to me. Sometimes I actually think she means it. "S3xy, maybe, beautiful, no," I laugh, but Nat doesn't. She takes off her backpack and gets comfortable.
"How was work?" she gives me that fake smile she gives everyone. "It was great. Came here right after," she says quickly, but something in that look tells me she is lying, but it's not my place to ask questions. Nat has always been vague and private since we met her. We know not to push, because that usually pushes her away, and we don't want that. Nat elevated us. She elevated me. A couple of the popular kids in school say hi to me now. Dean Martinez even w
