Brief Summary Of Cassidy's Argumentative Essay

The sound of someone slamming into a locker jolted Maria’s eyes from her feet to the dark gray locker next to her. Maria saw the girl from her Spanish class, Cassidy, being pinned down onto the grimy locker by Chloe, the most popular girl in school. They were the only three people in the dark, dungeon like hallway, as it was in the middle of fourth block. She heard the slight whisper of a threat as Chloe finally backed off of Cassidy with a swift smack to the face and a push directly into Maria. Maria’s books are suddenly spread all over the white tiled floors. Cassidy mutters an apology before bending down to help pick up the books. As Cassidy stood up, Maria saw circles around Cassidy’s eyes as dark as the night, and rich, red blood on her lips. Maria assumes that the injuries on her face are a result of
“Yeah,” Cassidy replied shyly, “I’m fine; it happens all the time.” “Why?” Cassidy asks, hoping that it doesn’t sound pushy or invasive. Cassidy doesn’t reply to this. She just slowly turned around and treked to the bathroom to avoid the question that Maria was asking. She knew that she meant well, but it was just too much for Cassidy to answer right after the altercation with Chloe. After stopping by the bathroom to wait out the rest of fourth block, Cassidy returns to class, and happily waits until dismissal, so she could go home, away from Chloe. Maria can’t shake what happened in the hallway out of her head. It rambled around her skull like a tornado and shook up all of her thoughts for the rest of fourth block and the rest of the day. Maria reasoned, and came to the conclusion that it wasn’t any of her business to get in the middle of their problems.
When Maria strided through the mahogany door to her house, she informed her mom about her day, as she normally does. When Maria told her mother about what happened with Cassidy, her mother was so upset to hear the conclusion that Maria came