" "Did you call for a media?" The woman called back, "Christ I think thiskid took a chunk of shrapnel." She ran to the leg section and grabbed alarge ...anvas bag."Medic's enroute, be here in 5." The front of the machine opened and aman in similar clothes to the woman climbed out, grabbing another bag heran over, "Anyone else hurt?" The woman knelt beside the boy and held out her palm, "I don't think he'sgot 5," she glanced at the others, "I'll do my best. Check the othersout and if they don't. "I'm not very good at mixing with people and I get all tongue tied." Hey! You don't have to do anything just come and sit and listen." I said with a smile. "If somebody asks you a question, just answer it and leave it at that. Once you get to know us then maybe you will be able to relax and join in."From the expression on her face I think she was like a deer caught in the headlights. She was scared of the bullies but she was also apprehensive about joining a group and having to cope with what. See you when you get back. If I don’t see you before then, good luck with Scott’s class!”“I guess it’s my class now,” I said.We walked out of the building, letting Kimmy know that we’d be gone for a bit and reassuring her that I was OK. She had a worried look on her face, but didn’t say anything more. We quickly walked home where I fired up my Mac and got the date that Gwen had asked for. I scanned my entries about Carla to refresh my memory, then shut everything down. In order to save time, we. 'I sat down. I was afraid of what she had done or what had I done. Had I done something wrong? I wracked my brain for issues that she might have been upset over. There were the lottery tickets I continued to buy even though she wanted me to put the extra money into savings. But I didn't think that would warrant the look on her face.She sighed and tried to pull herself together."Tom, I just came back from the doctor. I'm sick."I was scared. I knew she hadn't been eating well lately and always.