The classroom fell deathly silent, everyone frozen in place as they witnessed the fallout.
Jessica, still reeling from the punch, looked around, expecting someone to jump in on her behalf. But no one moved.
Sophie's smirk faded slightly as she realized the tables had turned, while Jessica's fear flickered through her eyes, knowing this wasn't the result she had expected.
Just in time, the teacher burst into the room, and saw the commotion.
"What's going on here?"
"Teacher! Eve hit me!" Jessica immediately exclaimed, her voice trembling with fake innocence as a tear slid down her cheek.
The teacher gasped when she noticed the blood trickling from Jessica's nose. Her face twisted into a mix of shock and disbelief.
