One time, i was sick and it was very contagious. I was afraid of missing school so much that i only took a rest for 3 days. When it was art class, i sat on a table waiting for others to come but they instead sit on another table avoiding me. I was very upset and i was glad that i had put on my jacket and mask on to hide me feelings. I look on the bright side and thought that it was because they don't want to get sick and that i can have a whole table by my self. After a while i started hearing some pops (popular kids) saying things like " hey-hey don't get too close or you'll g the virus!" "hahaha! VIRUS! "" hi virus! ". I kept hearing those again and again. I was about to burst i kept saying in my head that this is not ky fault. one of them, stood up and moved to my table a few chairs away from me. I can practically say that he's the closest to a best friend in my class even though we rarely talk. So he sat there and i can feel the peacefulness once more. Those pops didn't say a word. Afther half an hour or so a few of them starts gathering around the boy, they kept saying about how he'll get infected and stuff, he just stayed silent and do his work, until a friend of his asks," dude, aren't you scared of getting infected? " he replied calmly saying that he had already been infected and is not worried about getting infected again. I was a bit afraid that the pops would be able to lure him back to their table and that i would be left alone again, but he stayed despite everything. I'm glad i have a friend like him.