Re: Misha and Bella
"Maybe I shouldn't have been," Misha admitted.
"But I'm glad that I found you, too."
It warmed something in him to know that Bella cared about him, even if it was only as a friend, and could only ever be as a friend. After all, she was engaged. Misha had wanted to ignore the garbage that he had read in the paper, about Bella and Ash, but then he had heard it whispered in the halls, with no denial from either party. Misha's smile slowly faded away, as he thought about it.
"I'm surprised you're not asking about Ash," he said, his voice dripping with disgust, as though saying the boy's name was sour on his tongue.