Petra fast walked over to her two friends. Her chest felt tight, her throat dry and it felt like her whole body was vibrating with nervous energy.
But then her friends eyes found hers. Karyn smiled slightly at her, then frowned and gave a worried and concerned look to Jen before looking back to Petra.
Did Karyn know?
She didn't know but it wasn't Karyn that took her attention. Jen eyes found her and for a moment didn't seem to recognize her. But once she did her eyes narrowed and she scowled at Petra.
"What! Do you want!?" Jen spat at Petra. Karyn's eyes widened and she opened her mouth as if she would interject before slowly closing.
Fear flooded Petra's body. All her nervous excitement was gone. Her throat was tight and she felt tears welling in her eyes. But she pushed it all away. This was her chance to fix things.
"I-I w-want to a-apologize for what I did. A-and I want to start o-over. P-please. And I got this for you." and Petra handed over the bouquet of flowers.
Jen took the flowers and held the awkwardly. She must not know what to do. Petra didn't think Jen had ever been given flowers before.
And for a moment it seemed to work. Jen's eyes softened and even though her smile was small it was soft. Until her eyes came up and met Petra's again.
In an instant the warm expression was gone. Replaced with a hard face filled with anger. It seems like Jen towered over her but it was only a few inches.
This time she couldn't hold back the tears and they ran freely down her cheeks.
Jen spoke, her voice stern but filled with rage. "I told you to give me a few days but you couldn't help yourself. Clearly you need another punishment."
Petra's voice was small and weak, "p-p-please no."
But Jen just scowled more, "I wish…
