“Did you hear what Sasha said to Damien?” Lauren asked Ellie. “I think it was something really bad, judging by the look on his face.”

“Oh wow, that doesn’t seem like Sasha.” Ellie said.

“I know, right?”

Ellie stood up from the lunch table and started back to class. In the hall, she passed her friend Elena. “Hey Elena, did you hear about what Sasha said to Damien?”

“No, what?”

“I heard it was bad.”

“That doesn’t seem like Sasha.”

“That’s what I said!”

Elena left to go to a different class. “Hey Simon, did you hear about Sasha and Damien?”

“Ooo, what happened?”

“I heard she said something really bad.”

“That doesn’t seem like Sasha.”

“That’s what I said!”

Ellie whispered around her class, Elena whispered through her’s.

Simon sneakily pulled out his phone. “Did you hear about Sasha and Damien?” He texted to his friend Jesse.

“Nah, but tell me.”

“I don’t know, but I heard it was super bad.”

“Weird. That doesn’t sound like Sasha.”

“That’s what I said!”

The next day…

Jesse sat down at lunch. “Hey Billie, did you hear about what Sasha said to Damien?”

“Yeah, everyone has.”

“Well what about what she said to Jacob C?”

“There’s more?”

“Yeah, and I heard it was really bad.”

“Well, I guess that does sound like Sasha.”

The following days, Sasha was too afraid to come to school. When her parents finally made her, she skipped all her classes and ate lunch by herself. She was usually a straight-A student, and pretty popular for being so nice.

About a week later…

Billie looked around and saw two brothers who had been on vacation. “Oh hey Damien, hey Jacob. I didn’t know you guys were back in school. Everyone has been wondering, What did Sasha say to you the other day?”

Damien and Jacob C looked at each other, and in unison said, “Nothing.”