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Trigger warning! Slurs!
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Max was playing hopscotch with Will when a girl from her class came up to them. "Look! It's the mute and Zombie boy! Well she isn't really mute anymore, she talks too much!" Max looked down and Will put his arm around her shoulder. The rest of the party walked up to them. "Come on mute, talk!"
"Hey! Don't you dare talk about the like that!"
"Sorry El, didn't know you two were dykes."
El looked down defeated. Max looked at with a sad look, then she saw red. "Hey Stacey!" The girl, Stacey, turned around. Max walked up to her, punching her right in the nose.
"MAX!"
Stacey looked up from her spot on the floor, holding her now bleeding nose. "You bitch!" She stood up and pushed Max to the floor. The blonde got on top of her, choking her while repeatedly slamming her head into the ground. Max could feel her brain shaking around. There was a crowd around them, chanting 'fight.' The Party was screaming at Stacey to get off of her.
"I'll show you what a dyke can do," Max kicked her leg up, hitting Stacey right on her private area. The girl moaned in pain, her grip becoming lose. Max grabbed her arm and flipped them over. She punched Stacey in the eye. Stacey yelped as she scratched Max across the cheek, ripping off her skin.
Max let out a loud laugh, "that's all you can do?! Come one Stacey! I was abused all my life for Christ's sake, I can take it!" Stacey yelled again when Max punched her on her cheek. She yanked Max's hair, hard.
"Max stop! Stop!" Mike yelled, pulling Max off of her. Mr. Clarke ran over, sending both girls to the office and nurse.
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"Max! Honey, oh my God what happened!"
"Mom, dad, I'm s-sorry. P-please don't send me back." Max was sobbing as she pressed an ice pack to her bandaged cheek. Karen sat next to her, wrapping her in a hug. "We would never do that to you sweetheart."
"How did this happen?"
"Stacey she was being mean to me then called me and El dykes. I didn't care but El, she looked so heart broken. I got suspended, I'm sorry."
"She did what now?"
Karen was holding Max as Ted was using some very... colorful words at the principal.
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"Ted-"
"Max be honest with me, are you gay?"
"Ted! You d-"
"No its okay mom, yeah I am. Is that a problem?"
"Good, good. As long as I don't have to worry about any boys and I can still interrogate people I'm fine."
Max had the biggest smile ever, even after she got checked at the hospital, got ice cream, got yelled at by Billy, gotten a lecture from Billy Karen and Ted, and gotten checked over once more by Billy. She still had a smile on her face because her new dad loves her for who she is.
