Ashton was worried all the way to the school. He did not think this through when he exposed himself last night. Was his secret finally out? Will he need to leave again? That's all he could think of.
At the school he saw everyone whispering around strangely. He could sense everyone was scared and anxious. He tried focusing his hearing on what the other kids were talking about.
"Did you hear about James last night."
"I can't believe someone did that to him".
"He was a rotten kid, good riddance".
"Poor James, who could have done that to him".
"Why did someone kill him"?
Wait, someone died last night? Who was this James they were talking about, was he popular or something? Ashton saw flowers and cards arranged in a beautiful manner in the hallway.
