Chapter 7: The Resistance Forms
The roar of the scattering freshmen faded, leaving a ringing silence in the hallway that was somehow louder. Justin’s bravado evaporated the moment the last kid turned the corner, his shoulders slumping as if the strings holding him up had been cut. He leaned heavily against the lockers, the cold metal seeping through his shirt. He could still feel the phantom burn of every eye that had been on him, could still hear his own voice, too loud, too crude, h