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9 - Azira.

The cafeteria is busy because I'm late for breakfast. My friends are already sitting at our usual table. I make my way through the crowd and grab a tray of pancakes before heading over to join them.

I sit in my usual seat, wincing as I do.

"Still hurts?" Adrianna asks, noticing my discomfort.

"Yeah." I nod, spooning a forkful of pancakes into my mouth. It's been five days since my punishment from Luigi, but the bruises he inflicted this time on my back are far worse than the ones he inflicted when I was in ninth grade and the cut is only just healing. "I guess he got a bit heavy-handed compared to the last time I got sent to him."

Eva clears her throat. "Luigi's corporal punishment is barbaric, if you ask me."

Nat shakes her head. "What do you expect from a school like this?"

"You really shouldn't have stuck up for me like that to coach."

I smile as Adrianna hates it when people get in trouble because of her, but it wasn't only that. "Isn't that what friends do?" I shrug. "After all,
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