Before I get into this, this isn't anything that has to do with scratch. It's just me having a couple little moments of, you'know, realization. That was REALLY BAD. If you don't care, don't scroll down. Simple as that :[ Also if your young or something. So one of my best friends hasn't been at school for about a week. I was really worried but I didn't really think too much of it on the first two days. Maybe she had gone on a trip or something that she forgot to tell me about. After school last Friday I checked my phone and it said that she hadn't been online since Tuesday which was really weird and unsettling. Espicially since one of my other friends said something happened to her earlier but I didn't catch what because I'm often in my own world during math and history cuz math is boring and we aren't into the stuff I wanna learn about in history yet (no offence) Here's some basic random stuff abt her so you see why I was unsettled. She posted all of the time and was almost always active online---she's one of those types of people. She friendly and bubbly and always happy while still being introverted. Now she was a new kid in January, so I honestly don't know toooooo much about her. I know a lot, like she has cutie sisters who are adorable. She speaks Chinese. She is incredibly cool and loves fashion and is just AMAZING and I love her so much (platonically cuz sometimes I feel like I have to specify guys). And know that I've explained all this to you, you think it's weird to, right? Well like me I passed it off and just felt a bit of worry at the edge of mind because I have this big interview tomorrow. But that's not even what I'm worried abt anymore cuz I'm a goody two shoes and the teachers who are doing it love me. So I send her a message asking if she's okay and leave it alone cause she's also the type of person to never charge her phone (like meeeeeee). Then I go on today and it's been nearly a week. Still nothing. And I start to panic. I send messages to my bestie and wait a few minutes and I'm about to send a message on the cares group chat because I'm so worried. (cares is a club in my school were we learn abt mental health and we just care pretty much. we make bracelets. It's fun) Then my bestie responds. Turns out her parents aren't the best, grounded her for an unknown reason and she gets .. . well, bruised. It's then that I realize how dumb I've been. She never talks about her parents when we talk about our families. She's was super worried to take off her really thick sweater one time on the track in the 95 degree weather, but not because of dress code. But I never realized because she's always so happy. And now I've realized that she is just like the character I'm writing---always happy, goes through to much. I'm really worried cause my bestie said that her parents keep her from school as punishment sometimes. Our conceler (I don't care abt the spelling) knows and so do the teachers just. . . I feel so dumb and I am so worried about her. Sorry for making you nervous (I'm guessing) just I . .. just. . . :( I feel like I should've known.