The New Girl

The New Girl: Chapter 15

"Do you think that car he's driving is safe? Maybe we should have had them walk." Wade shouted through the house but Mira pretended not to hear him.

Outside, Dean and Renee stopped at the end of the sidewalk.

"You look.. amazing." Dean told her truthfully.

Renee let out a smile and tucked her hair behind her ears. Dean opened the door for Renee as she got in the car. He ran around to the driver's side and got in.

At the library, Cody and Kota were finishing up their last tutoring session of the week. Cody was actually enjoying reading for once in his life. 

"Wow.." Cody said as he thought to himself. 

"You wanna tell me what you read?" Kota asked. 

Cody took a deep breath. 

"Well.. I don't know how I feel about the main character, Amir, anymore. The chapters are kind of going back and forth between the present day and his childhood. His friend Hassan was always there for him, a hundred times over.. Then this other kid, Assef, who always messes with them.." Cody tried to said.

"What did he do?" Kota asked. 

"You've read it.. Don't you know?" Cody asked. 

"Yes.. But I want to know that you read it." Kota told him. 

Cody let out a sigh. 

"Assef.. raped him." Cody said unfortunately. 

"And?" Kota asked. 

"And Amir just left him there. He saw what was happening and he didn't do anything. He ran away like a coward. He could have stopped what happened but he didn't. He chose to be a coward." Cody said as he began to get worked up. 

Kota gave Cody an approving look. 

"You seem very invested in the book." Kota told him. 

Cody gave a confusing look. 

"Do you think you're going to be able to write about this next week?" Kota asked. 

"I mean.. I feel like I could write a hell of a lot about what an ass this guy is." Cody told him. 

Kota seemed rather proud of himself for getting Cody to this point. That's when they heard a door shut upstairs. 

"What was that?" Cody asked. 

"Oh no.." Kota said in a panic as he checked his phone for the time. "No, no, no.." 

Cody watched in confusion as Kota ran upstairs in a panic. 

"Damnit!" Kota shouted. 

"What's going on?" Cody asked as he got up. 

Kota looked down form the top of the stairs. 

"The door is locked.." Kota told him. 

"What?" Cody asked. 

"The librarian must have forgot that's we were down here." Kota told him. 

Cody looked at him in disbelief. 

"Maybe you could call your driver to come down to get us?" Kota asked. 

"I told him I'd call him when I'm ready. And uh.. my phone's dead." Cody told him. 

"Use mine." Kota told him. 

"You think I know anyone's phone number? It's my phone's job to remember that shit." COdy told him. 

Kota let out a sigh. He rushed down and grabbed his phone. Cody watched as he made a phone call.