ephram teller /3 cb

It was just a stupid joke.

Just this stupid thing we were gonna do to fuck with her, because her perfect grades and perfect little reputation was ruining ours. Esther Kim, always perfect, annoyingly so ever since I can remember. For the longest time, I've always been second best in my own home. No matter how good I did on a test, how great I did at soccer, mom found a way to bring up Esther.

Could remember now I guess.

Davos said that a little bit of vinegar in the water would scare her, make her think it was acid and knock her down a peg or two. Ben had been too quiet, that little smirk on his face all twisted. Those two were always planning stupid shit and yeah, I'd go along with it. They're my friends but since the incident, I don't know anymore. It's hard to look at them now. I didn't think they'd go that far out of jealousy.

You think you know what it's going to be like to watch someone's flesh burn away from acid, that you've seen it enough in the games, but it's different in person. I wish I could say I helped her, that I did what I could to stop it but I didn't. I kind of just stood there in silent shock as her future burned away in front of us.

I didn't throw the acid, didn't even know they were going to, but I was there. I was their friend, I pulled Esther up from the floor and dragged her to the medical office and when the nurse asked me what happened, I didn't sell them out.

I said, "I don't know."

But I did.