“Hey mate, want to play?” Baron was holding a ball in his hand, he held out a hand to me, the grin on his face was infectious. I could not help but smile back.

After the cafeteria incident, Baron and I had left the place and come out to seat on the bleachers. We had been playing and engaging in mindless gossip when he left. He had not said where he was going to, but as soon as he’d left, his brothers had come to the bleachers. I had seen Katelyn on Aaron’s arm, they were ...