I found out later on in the story "speak" that Malinda was raped at a party the summer before school, everyone hated her because they thought she called the cops because of the party, but she actually called the cops because she was being raped and hurt. I think it's sad because no one knows the real story and they didn't bother to ask. It reminds me of people spreading rumors at school, people think something they're not sure about happened, and they start telling it to other people. I can relate to this because people spread rumors about me all the time in elementary school. They would say things like, "she hurt this person" "she kissed this guy," this was said in elementary school. Because of this people stayed away from me, just like people are staying away from Malinda. She found out that one of her ex best friends was dating the same guy that raped her. When Malinda tried to tell Rachel what really happened at the party, Rachel actually felt sorry for her, and wanted to know who did it, but when Malinda told Rachel who it was she got really mad and said that she was jealous and mad that she got the boy instead of Malinda, but later during the prom dance Rachel found out that Malinda was telling the truth, the guy that raped Malinda was trying to do the same thing to Rachel, and after that people started talking to Malinda again because they finally knew what happened. This reminds me of when me and my ex boyfriend used to fight. We were yelling at each other and finally he said you're just jealous because I found another girl, it broke my heart when he said that, but when she broke up with him I was there for him and helped him get through his sadness, we are good friends now and things are a lot better between us.