 Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
"I'm fine," Brandon said immediately, even though he hadn't checked. He was pretty sure his knee was bruised, but the more he thought about having a bruise the more the thought upset him and he did his best to ignore that whole idea for later. Another reason he said he was fine was that even if he WAS sure that he bruised his knee, the other kid would be concerned or something like that and Brandon didn't want him to be concerned because he just didn't. He didn't like people being concerned for him at all. He tried his best to pick himself back up again as fast as possible and collect all his things that fell. "I'm sorry I tripped. I didn't mess up your diagrams, did I?" It would be the worst if he'd accidentally messed up the writings. Even though the boy didn't seem to be mad. |