Zendra looked around her mind blown from what she was seeing "what....how are you doing this?" she asked looking into her face, she seen she was serious in what she said and it was then Zendra felt something she never felt for a long time....safe "you would do that....for me?" she asked as her face was caressed.

"i knew them since i was young, we used to be friends back when we were really young, then I was labelled the weird kid and they drifted....then joined in on the teasing, soon it was them leading it, the older we got the worse it became teasing turned to pushing, pushing turned to punching...they terrorized me all last year" Zendra looked around the room watching everything pass slowly around them.

"i told my mom...she told me kids are cruel, i told my teachers they told me to ignore them....you are the first person to offer me any help" she smiled at Ariel leaning her head into Ariel's hand on her cheek.