you can get another

“See I had said it earlier. If only you had listened to me, then this would never have happened,” said Kristen on the other side of the phone.

Sighing heavily, I grumbled, “Krist, don’t make me sink deep in guilt. I know it was a naive move to tell him that I was not showing up at school, but you tell me, what was I supposed to say? He kept on pestering me and I had to do something about it.”

“Hmm! You got a point!”

“See!”

“So, what have you thought of doing? When are you planning to tell mom and dad?”

“I don’t know. I guess I will wait until the event ends.”

“You know what? You can go back in words, like he did. You can just come back to school and pretend like nothing happened,” she suggested.

“No, no, I cannot do that. I cannot be in a place where I am not welcome,” I replied, being stubborn.

“Stop talking nonsense. Let me tell you that these last few days every member of Aster’s squad has been coming to me asking about your whereabouts. Not only that, even Jessica and Newt both in