Freedom again: under this sky it all began

I am my own

ssi

like this, yet I don't know why today is different. I feel like something terrible is about to

sked yourself t

me? Am I the reason? Do I have a fatal

dered such things

d friend, Tania, as she jokes and laughs with the

ointment, betrayal, and hurt. Th

a new fe

ect it? A

hetic excuse for a life, just as everyone else did. Every ti

ways caught me before I fell. She was my only hope, the one who cleaned up my wounds

answers from her, but I couldn't ask. I wanted to cry and shout at her, t

k down in front of the people who made me like this. I'd look like a coward, desperate and miser

outed Melissa, the per

elt something hard hit my head. I winced in pain, looking at the ground and seeing a r

black leather jacket to complete the look. But what shocked me more was her golden hair, now uncovered, h

d me up and down with disdain, and th

," she said, the look of disgust

and removing it? I mean, who does that? I would've respected her choice if she wasn't staring at me like t

d to even speak," she said

ned to leave. No point i

done with you yet," she

shed it off, only for h

around

I yelled, fixing my sca

group of girls she

etic friend of a piece of dirt like your

al, huh? God, what was I thinking, being f

rea

e was like a sister to

ling. I can't let her see me cry, n

like you're the victim. Who can blame them

She can't b

e said mockingly. My eyes widened. Sh

ent t

nerve?" she s

nable to bel

ng, my heart ached. I t

ueler can m

eserve this, my subconscious told

this isn't the end. She grabbed

ppening; she can

shouted, covering my hair with my han

all she did was smirk and throw m

, only for him to throw it

beautiful," he said, mocking me.

They knew it was a neces

rom the bun, making the situation worse. I w

whole thing, while I remained numb. Everyone saw me and my hair. I was trying my best to respect my

nd endure all this? Everyone was laughing when I finally succeede

anding up only to look at Ta

running to the girls' bathroom to salvage whatever pride or

d happened.