<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">Dark felt her face get hot as a blush spread across it, this was really happening! She took a few deep breaths to steady herself. She was about to explain why she had started calling her Miss. when Kori asked about Art. The goth looked forward, <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">“there are a few things you have to understand, Art has been my friend for a long time. Like long before he was the star of the football team. Hell, he didn’t even PLAY football back then. And he is a man of his word, if he says he’s going to do something, he will do it. The only reason he wouldn't do it is if something outside his control stopped him. He told me that we would always be friends, and despite all his flaws, he has never gone back on that promise.”</span> She said then sighed heavily, <br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">“the other thing is that I am a nobody, I have no future and that’s fine. I know people think I’m some sort of freak, and they aren’t wrong, the problem is that Art doesn't understand that. He tries to protect me from others who are just reminding me where my place is.”</span> She smiled softly as she looked away a little, <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">“while it’s a sweet thought, it gets him in trouble more often than not. I can’t tell you how many times I almost got him detention because he was protecting me.”</span> She said before shaking her head and looked back to Kori. “So that’s why he acts like that."</span></span>