On the way home some of the boys from my class started shouting at me and some other children. They followed us home and threw stones at us. Zoe was with me when they started but suddenly she ran away. thought shed gone home but I saw her later when I went to the store. She was standing with the same boys who had thrown the stones.I thought she must have been angry with them for hurting me, so I went to tell her not to worry. Then, as I got closer, I saw that she was laughing and joking with them. When she saw me, she stopped laughing and we both just looked at each other as if the rest of the world wasn't there. I had a funny feeling in my stomach. I don't know why. Maybe it was the strange look in her eyes a little bit frightened, a little confused, and very sad. I opened my mouth to say something, but she just turned and walked away with the boys! Why did she go with them and not stop and talk to me Something very odd is happening. The teachers have stopped smiling, some classmates are being mean to me, and my best friend's avoiding me. "Remember who your true friends are," the principal said this morning. I thought I knew who mine were. I'm not so sure now