Friends?

Saying that I was petrified would be an understatement right now. I continued pinching the skin between my thumb and forefinger, trying to calm my nerves.

"It will be fine Skylar and stop doing that to your hands. You're going to draw blood" Beth said from the passenger seat as she kept looking at me from time to time to check up on me.

We were currently headed to school, on a new day...a day that will bring me doom. I could hardly sleep last night and when I fell asleep I kept on dreaming about how I'm going to get expelled today.

"Yea Sky, Beth's right. You're making a big deal out of nothing" Jody chimed in. But nothing calmed me down because I knew the reality of this situation.

"Guys I hurt the best athlete of our school and even if we separate that from Atlas, I still purposely hurt a student. I will get in trouble and there's no doubt about it" I said and saw Beth bite her lip cuz she also knew that I was right.

The reason I was so scared of punishment was because I hardly ever got in trouble. I am a good student, I keep my grades up, have fun with my friends and maintain good relationships with my teachers. The most rebellious shit I can do is purposefully leave my unfinished homework at home and put up an act saying it was a mistake. I was a goody two-shoes, sue me!

I have never even gotten detention! I grind my teeth some more as I looked outside the car window and saw that we were now pulling up inside the school parking lot.

"Just apologize Sky... maybe they'll let you off?" Beth said but I could tell by the way she said it that even she knew I was fucked.

Jody parked the car in the  lot and we all got out. I put my backpack on and tried to look around for Atlas's bike but I didn't see it.

"What's your first?" Jody asked as he came to stand on my left and Beth on my right.

"Uhhhh" I made a sound as I wasn't really paying attention, I was trying to find Atlas's bike.

"Sky?" Jody said again and snapped his fingers in front of my face. I looked up at him with my lip puckered out as if I were a 6 year old kid...

"He's not in school I think....oh god I must've hurt him bad enough to make him stay in bed!!" I panicked as I pointed to all the different vehicles in the lot making Jody understand what I was looking for.

"Okay you need to calm down Sky. Everything will be fine and isn't it better he isn't here? Maybe he won't get a chance to tell the principal what happened?" Jody said as he linked his arm with mine and so did Beth and both started dragging me inside the school.

"And even if he was here...he wouldn't ride his bike since you..." Jody continued and I whimpered but nevertheless continued walking with my friends instead of running back home like I wanted to.

"So where do we have to drop you? Beth and I have biology" Jody asked as we headed towards my locker. Jody never used his locker cause he was an idiot and Beth's was right beside mine.

"I have trig...with Atlas" I said as I remembered I shared most of my classes with Atlas. I sighed as I tried to prepare my heart and mind for the inevitable doom headed towards me.

"Okay then, get your books and we will drop you off" Beth said. I nodded my head and put my bag inside the locker after taking out my trigonometry book from it.

The three of us walked towards my class, Jody laughing at my misery and Beth trying to calm me down and also occasionally hitting Jody for being a dick.

I just simply kept quiet. I bid my friends a silent goodbye as we reached my class and headed inside. I took a seat at the very end, trying to avoid people...just in case they saw me and decided to light me on fire.

The teacher came and the class began as normal...which kind of calmed me down. But then it happened.

The receptionist from the principal's office entered our classroom with a note in her hand. I gulped down the lump that formed all of a sudden in my throat and clenched my teeth.

Our sir read the note and looked up at me causing a shiver go down my spine.

"Skylar, the principal needs to see you" he said those wretched words and I almost fainted. I weakly nodded and got up from my seat. Quietly made my way to the receptionist and then followed her out of the classroom.

I knew I looked as pale as a ghost right now which would certainly be proof enough for the principal to execute me.

We reached the principal's office and the receptionist motioned at me to go inside. I nodded at her. She went away to her desk and left me standing outside the principal's office as I trembled in my sneakers.

I wiped my sweaty palms on my jeans and tried to take a few breaths in to calm myself down.

With shaking hands I turned the handle and opened the door leading to my demise.

I popped my head in and saw the principal sitting on his seat with.... Atlas sitting in front of him. I froze for a second, even forgot to ask for permission to enter the office.

"Oh Skylar, come inside!" The principal said making me jump slightly. When Atlas heard my name, he turned around to look at me.

I got a hold over myself and quickly slipped into the seat beside Atlas. I couldn't help myself and my gaze trickled down to Atlas's foot which was wrapped up in bandages. F*ck....

"Well Skylar, you must know what happened yesterday?" Principal Sal said and I went rigid. I nodded my head and almost died from a heart attack.

"Sir with all due respect I am so sorry that this happened. It was never my intention for him to get hurt" I started saying but the look of confusion on principal Sal's face made me come to a halt.

"What are you talking about Skylar?" He asked me and now I was confused. I looked at Atlas who was looking at me with that emotionless face of his and then looked back at principal Sal.

"Why am I here?" I asked cuz I was pretty sure all of us were not on the same page right now.

"Well as you might've found out through your peers, Atlas got injured during the game yesterday and it is impertinent that he attends all his classes until the next game with Glendale High in order to maintain his grades. Mr. Burnam suggested you can be of help to him since you both are good friends and that is why I called you here. You don't mind assisting Mr. Burnam until he recovers, do you Skylar?" Principal Sal explained, smiling.

I looked at Atlas with shock written all over my face. We were friends? When the f*ck did that happen and why did no one tell me about it??!

What in the world?!??!?