From her friends perspective and what it means to be a friend

One of Mia’s good friends, Chris Durant, had a big part in this incident. Chris had been Mia's friend since middle school when they ran on the track team together.

The week of the tournament they had 3 tests together. On Monday they had their Honors Pre-Calculus exam and they both felt like they aced it. They had 2 more tests left that week. Mia said that she was glad she would have a chance to blow off some steam at practice that night. But Tuesday when Mia came to Advanced Personal Fitness she seemed different, quieter than usual and kind of down. Chris asked her what was wrong and Mia said "nothing, nothing’s wrong." But when she looked uncoordinated in zumba, and asked to sit out halfway through, Chris asked her again. “She told me that she had a headache and asked me if I had medicine so I gave her some Ibuprofen.” says Chris.

When they were walking to AP chemistry “I asked Mia whether she was feeling better. She said no, not really. I asked her whether the headache was from the stress of all our tests." says Chris, "She said, maybe that's part of it, but mostly I think it's because I tripped in practice last night and hit my head really hard when I fell. Do you remember the concussion I got last spring? I'm feeling a bit like I did then, sort of woozy and out of it. I started getting the headache last night. I asked if she'd told her mom or anyone besides me about hitting her head and she said, “Are you kidding? If I did, they wouldn't let me play in the Showcase. I have to play; it's my big chance. You know I can't afford college without a scholarship. Promise you won't tell anyone about this!” I must have looked concerned, because I was. I had read the posters Ms. O'Reilly posted in the gym about concussions. She grabbed my arm and said, Promise, promise you won't tell anyone!! Promise!” Reluctantly I promised," (www.classroomlaw.org).

Now I will talk about what it means to be a friend. Take a walk in Chris' shoes, think what he's thinking, look from his perspective. Mia has just told him information that pretty much decides his and her future, if he tells somebody and Mia doesn't play in the game and therefore doesn't get hurt and Mia finds out Chris told on her then Chris is in big trouble but if Chris doesn't tell like he did and Mia Gets badly injured then Mia is injured for life, what do you do? Comment down below and write what you would do and what you think a good friend would do. If it was me, I would attempt to make an anonymous phone call to her mom or coach, or maybe write an anonymous letter to her mom or coach. If Mia would find out, then good for her. If you are a good friend, I think you tell and hope that she will forgive you for it.