Stay with Kindness

In the previous chapter, Lisa was in prison and saw her attitude change little by little after meeting Emily, her cellmate who is a former artist. Emily talks about her past and even though they both have something in common, they get a sense of the past about Maria Fantasia. After that, they became best friends. But after they were both unrestricted from prison, Lisa saw the news that Emily had died after the heartbreaking crash, and she suspected that the accident was Maria's act.

Author's POV

The next day, Lisa goes to school feeling nervous about being bullied by some of the school students, but she tries to stand up for her concern. She was escorted by Isaac. When Lisa got out of the car, Isaac asked something, "Are you sure about this since you got out of the prison yesterday?"

Lisa responded, "I can do this, Isaac. Hate it or not ... They are just like me; we are both humans who have misguided for the sinner that we have."

Isaac smiled as he displayed his support to Lisa, "Very well then. May the spirit live within you."

While walking down the corridor, Lisa questioned what if one school hated her because of that incident?

I don't want to be exposed in their eyes. I have to be convincing against all of this because I promise to Emily. - Lisa.

The classroom door opened clearly, and the students saw Lisa's arrival with a feeling…

Please hope the others aren't angry with me… - Lisa.

The feeling of the students when Lisa arrived was worried and some of the girls came to hug her with nostalgia. Lisa, who was initially confused, received a hug from her friends, a warm hug that she got was as warm as a hug from Emily.

"Thank you, you have been waiting patiently for me here."

One class nodded, Lisa's eyes fixed on Jackson, who for her is still unchanging, indifferent to him.

He's still ignorant of me, what a strange guy. - Lisa.

Lisa walked over to her desk and one of her friends reminded her, "Oh, yeah. Lisa, you sit together with Jackson."

Lisa, who heard the warning, immediately saw the change in the decoration of the chairs, from being separated from each other to being put together.

Oh, yeah ... I just realized that the seat position reformed. - Lisa.

Lisa sat next to Jackson, they seemed silent with each other. Lisa wanted to apologize for not making group assignments with him even though Lisa made the promise to him.

Lisa took a paper and wrote something down, then she gave it to Jackson.

"Read this.", She said, looking ahead.

Jackson took the paper and read the message.

"Sorry about my behavior in this past. I want to fix our friendship, how about we do the group work at my house next week?"

Jackson smiled, then answered Lisa's message. He gave the letter back which was accompanied by a bell ringing.

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During a break, Jackson went to the cafeteria to buy snacks and saw that the gym teacher was staring at him.

"Jackson, come here.", His hand told him to come here.

"What's the matter, sir?"

"Look, please tell your class president after recess to get ready to change into your gym clothes, understand?"

Jackson nodded, "Understood, sir."

Jackson immediately looked for the class president and saw him talking to his friends, then he approached them.

"Hey.", Said Jackson.

The class president saw him, "Hey, Jack. What's up?"

"Earlier I was asked by the teacher for your help. When the rest is finished, I'm been told by the teacher to tell you about after recess, please tell the others to change into sports clothes."

"Oh, okay. Thanks for the notification."

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After Jackson bought his snacks, he returned to class. Because he knew the class was quiet so he took off his glasses and ruffled his hair.

Wow, the weather is so hot today. - Jackson.

He tosses his hair with a notebook while drinking milk.

Brak.

Jackson looked back, he did not realize there was someone behind him.

"You…"

"Hi, Jack. It's been a long time since we talked ..."

Since it turned out that person was Florence.

"How are you, Flo?"

"Okay, you?", Florence approached Jackson.

"Good. It's been a long time since we talked about the incident. "

"Yes ... I heard from Holly that you accompanied her to prison."

Jackson nodded, "I was asked by her, so I'll just go along."

Florence is just oh-so-happy.

"Jack, what do you think about Lisa's attitude after she got out of prison?"

Jackson thought about the question from Florence, it was also true she said, does Lisa really want to change her attitude after getting out of prison?

"I don't know about that, Flo. What should I do to her?"

"Well, you better try to accept her as she is. Considering you have bipolar, yeah, even though you don't really look bipolar."

"I feel like I have bipolar when I'm depressed."

Florence just found out why, "Oh, yeah?"

"Yes ... But I still try to be calm with this syndrome."

Don't panic too much, hold your breath. Do you know why you are like this? "

Jackson shook his head.

Is it possible that he got Bipolar because of Maria? - Florence.

"Well then, I'll go back to class first. See you around, Jack.", Florence stood up and left him.

"See you again, Flo."

Outside of class, Lisa saw him alone.

I actually wanted to go to class but didn't work because there was Florence. - Lisa.

But… They seemed like a great match. - Lisa.

"Lisa?"

Deg.

Lisa looked over and noticed Holly.

"What are you doing there alone? Come on, when the bell was about to ring, we should change to our sports clothes!", Holly pulled Lisa's hand to enter class together.

The door opened and it was an embarrassing yet thrilling moment.

They both saw Jackson change his clothes, aka his identity was discovered.

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To Be Continued.