<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">The blow came down as hard as Dark thought it would. Even though she prepared for it, Korina’s words cut the goth deep. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(0, 255, 255)">It’s one thing to have a bully call her stupid, that is what they do, so Dark never put much stock in what they said. However, when the comment comes from someone she actually wanted to be friends with, it was crushing. </span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">What had she been thinking? Not even she knew for sure. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(0, 255, 255)">Maybe she was tired of everyone walking all over her like a doormat, maybe she was trying to impress Kori by showing her she could stand up for herself when needed, maybe she wasn’t thinking at all. It didn’t matter anymore now, did it? Keeping her eyes down she spoke softly, </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">“I’m sorry, Miss Korina. I didn’t mean to make things more difficult for you. I am rather stupid and forget my place every now and then... if-if you would just please give me back my book, I’ll leave you alone.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(0, 255, 255)"> She razed her hand as she finished speaking and waited. The way she stood showed that she knew she was in the wrong and her sad eyes never met Kori’s, lest the popular girl thought Dark was trying to get some sort of sympathy from her.</span>