x
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1NQ5JLqiI
We sat under the tree behind the gym after school. Lena and I. It was her idea.
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByTNuDApLV
She didn’t ask questions, didn’t push. She just sat. Gave me space to fill or leave empty.
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwjgRk7jif
After about ten minutes, I said something I hadn’t told anyone in years.
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcmHqPafB1
“I don’t think I’ve ever really felt wanted. Like… if I disappeared, people would move on in a week.”
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IpC99Kg92
She didn’t flinch. She didn’t argue. She just nodded slowly, like she understood that silence sometimes hurts more than shouting.
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYYLYP13a5
She said, “That’s heavy. But you don’t have to carry it alone.”
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQAL1rCv0L
Then she pulled a crumpled page from her notebook. It had small writing across it.
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnwAMGRyFb
“My brother felt the same. He never told anyone until it was almost too late. I learned the hard way that quiet people still scream.”
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7sx7NL2fW
That was the first time I felt something crack inside me. A good kind of crack. Not the one that breaks you..... the one that lets light in.
ns216.73.216.65da2
