I had never seen him not smiling or laughing, Normally, he would join in on his friend's ridiculous conversations with the biggest smile, a smile that would end wars and even cure cancer, but not today. His eyes were filled with tears, causing them to glimmer like freshly cut glass, and he kept looking at the clock, as if he just wanted the day to end do he could run away and never return.

I gave him a look that sounded like I was asking him if he was okay, and I could hear him sigh and slowly nod his head
I wasn't persuaded. I took out my jourmal and began to writing about him again.

"There once was a boy