After the whole show Jessica Davis and her friends put on out on the football field, all of Liberty High was seated in the school gym. The principal was talking about how what they did was unacceptable and yada yada.

After Principal Bolan had talked for almost an hour straight, he finally announced that the students could leave once their parents showed up.

One by one, parents started arriving. The crowd thinned out until only a handful of students remained. You spotted your parents by the door and waved them over.

“Come on,” your mom said softly. “Let’s get you home.”

You turned back, scanning the room. Scott was still there, sitting on the bleachers with his phone in his hand. He’d been calling his parents for the last half hour, but no one answered.

When he noticed you looking, he gave a small shrug — the kind that tried to say it’s fine even though it clearly wasn’t.

You hesitated, then walked over