So I have a friend who is currently in a homeless situation and was staying in a cocoon house, and today was his last day to stay there. My parents were too skeptical to take him in because he had no authorities helping him. He doesn’t want to go back to living with his dad because his dad is verbally abusive. He is most likely staying with one of our other friends for a bit. This morning I went to the family counselor at school to ask if there was any way I could safely help my friend, and felt better for a bit after the counselor told me that he would be okay, that the cocoon house would help him find a place to stay, but my friend had been telling me that he was basically out on the streets today. The counselor called the shelter that he had been staying at and called him down to the office. I was fine until I saw a message from him on one of our friend group chats. It said “and someone went to the school and cried to them that they’re ‘worried’ but that just caused problems”. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know it was me, but I think I’m gonna video call him tomorrow and tell him anyways. I think I would rather he hate me and force me to learn from my mistakes than having to live with the guilt of lying to him forever. It’s funny, adults always tell you that if you know someone that is in trouble but they won’t get help, that you should. They never explained how it effects everything. I think I just made everything so much worse. I should’ve just not said anything.