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LILA
“You’re late, Mr. Coulter.”
My head snapped up at Mrs. Levi’s voice
and Maddox’s name. Everyone seemed to have
the same train of thought since we all looked up at the
same time as Maddox walked into the classroom. Contrary
to his usual swagger and smirk, he was brooding and quiet.
Except that wasn’t what caught my attention.
No, it was the fact that his beautiful face was messed
up.
His left eye appeared swollen and that side of his face
was heavily bruised. He had a band-aid on his eyebrow, and
there was a cut on the corner of his full lips. It looked
painful, and even I winced at the sight of him like this.
Instead of a man bun, his curly hair was left loose, and I
had a feeling he was hiding behind them.
People talked; Berkshire’s hallways were never without
rumors. There was always something going on. A new
break-up, a new student, a bully, someone caught cheating.
There was always some kind of drama.
Yesterday, when Maddox didn’t show up at school, we
heard there was a fight between Leighton and Berkshire
boys. They said Maddox landed in the hospital with a slight
concussion.