Prologue (Meet the Bully)

"Does she do that everyday?" he asked abruptly. My eyes widened but then I looked down, playing with my pencil. "Uh.. yeah." I mumbled. "Yeah, she does." There was a silence, but then he spoke. "Hey." I looked up. "You shouldn't let her get to you. If you ignore her, she'll realize you're stronger than she thought." he said. Was I really having this conversation with a boy I'd just met? "Cara." he said again. I shook myself out of my thoughts and my green-gray eyes focused on his liquid brown ones. "I'll try." I said.