"Loretta Fox, what are you doing?!"
A sharp voice shattered the silence.
Sebastian Chavez, our class president, had just come back from the restroom and walked straight into the scene.
Loretta flinched. The pen slipped from her fingers and clattered to the floor.
Her eyes turned red in an instant, those wide doe eyes brimming with tears as she looked to Henry:
"Wahhh... someone caught me..."
Henry stormed in immediately, pulling Loretta behind him and glaring at Sebastian:
"What are you yelling for? Can you handle the consequences if you scare Loretta?!"
Sebastian went white with anger:
"She... she swapped everyone's test pens! This is the SATs!"
"So what if she did?"
Henry said it like it was the most reasonable thing in the world. He even picked up the pink pen from the floor and waved it in Sebastian's face:
"Loretta wanted to surprise everyone and share her good luck! Do you even know what team spirit means?"
I lifted my head slowly, and my gaze locked with Loretta's.
She peeked out from behind Henry, sniffling and hiccupping: