Avery
I could taste the salty waterfall of tears that raced down my cheeks. As I ran, bitter, cold air blasted in my face, making my eyes sting. Despite fighting against it, I let out gut-wrenching sobs that tore through my chest, breaking the warm evening's blissful silence. Collapsing in a disheveled heap on the nearest bench, my grief and pain poured out like blood from a fresh wound. Wind whistled in the tall trees as I sat under the dim light, curled up into a ball with the tiniest drop of hope. Hope that I can find a way to escape reality. Using my hoodie sleeve, I wiped my cheeks every few seconds, but the tears still came anyway. I mumbled incoherent things through my hands, even though I knew very well that no one could hear me. Maybe that's what I wanted, though. My vision was blurry; it was difficult to see into the suffocating darkness that surrounded me. With each tear came another agonizing thought.
Sometimes, I wish I was a boy. Not because I want to be a boy, but because it'd make things so much easier for me. All I want is to be normal. I think it'd be lovely if I didn't constantly feel like I have to hide who I am. Ironically, the boy I want to be right now is Aiden. Who would've thought you could be this jealous of your own twin brother? He could have any girl in the whole school, maybe even the world, and he chose her? She's all I really want, but he has her. He has her, and I have no one. I care about Amaya more than anyone else, but the real reason as to why I'm so angry with Aiden is because I want her for myself; he was right. I do suppose that if they get married, then I'll get to keep her in my life forever, so she won't be completely gone.
My eyelids began to grow heavy as I was whisked away to a world where I didn't have to feel anything that I was feeling as I sat on that bench. I don't know how long I'd been out for when I was startled awake by someone gently shaking me and whispering my name.
"Avery... Avery. Avery?" The voice was husky, gloomy, and comfortingly familiar.
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General FictionAmaya is from the poorer side of town and joins Maple Park Private School on an athletics scholarship. However, being the only black student proves to be rather difficult, despite the school's outstanding reputation. Head of the school council, Ave...
