"Dora, wait!"
Noami. She was the one speaking, and I wondered why.
Shouldn't she be with her friends? I mused, turning around to glance at her, my hands still fitted in with a Diana whose lips haven't yet gotten rid of the smile.
She had been so proud of my comeback to Duke. Yes, it was an empty threat, but she believed that it was a sign of growth on my part.
She thinks I should keep up the act, perhaps become a bully to the bullies, since my identity to them was unknown.
I stayed silent, till Noami got to me. She was breathing deeply, and exhaling the same, like she had run a marathon, despite the fact that it hadn't been up to three minutes that we had left the shade.
I waited for her to speak, pretending to be aloof to her ploys that we be friends. Partly because it would suit my new persona, and partly because I wasn't sure if her loyalty had really laid with me when I was still the bullied Maya.
