Hazel pov
I pushed through the main doors of the school building and the first thing I walked into was noise. Not the usual Monday morning noise. This was different. This was the kind of noise that had a target. Groups of students standing in the hall, heads together, phones out. I caught bits of it as I walked.
"...she just went at her like that..."
"...her own cousin..."
"...did you see the video..."
I kept walking. I kept my eyes forward. My bag was on my shoulder and my bandaged hand was in my pocket. I was not going to slow down for any of them. I was not going to look left or right. I just kept my feet moving.
A girl near the water fountain saw me and went quiet. She elbowed the person next to her. They both stared. I walked past them without blinking.
By the time I got to my
