The Support Group.

The story begins.

Most people would say that youth is the spring of one's life, a warm time they will always long and yearn for after it passes.

When people talk about youth, they talk about beautifully beautiful days filled with laughter and joy, the ability and will to conquer the whole world, and hearts filled with hope and dreams.

However, that is not always the case. As they say, the grass is always greener on the other side.

Youth can also be a time full of hardships,regret and confusion

We are no longer children but we also don't feel like grown ups yet. We're still too vulnerable and clumsy to face the world.

So we continuously fight our own demons, while desparetly looking for the silver lining and hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

That is exactly what this story is about.

A story where hopefully one can see his ownself in each one of the characters.

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The story begins on a chilly Monday afternoon..

Nine students are told by the talktive yet wise school counselor to join a certain meeting they never asked to be part of.

Suddenly, they all find themselves sitting in a room full of strangers, in a setting that is supposed to be a support group.

The whole atmosphere is very awkward.

The room is filled with silence. All they keep doing is awkwardly stealing glances at each other.

That is until one of the students finally decides to break the silence.

" Uhm, what about we introduce ourselves ? " Cloe says with a rather confident attitude

" Okay, you start. " Mark, who's sitting next to her responds with a smile on his face

" I'm Cloe, a senior student. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all. "

" Hi I'm Mark,a freshman ! I'm happy to be here. "

" I'm Jessica, also a senior student, glad to be here."

" I'm.. Megan. A junior. "

" You don't seem like you want to be here, right ? " Cloe asks while grining a bit.

" I guess it's obvious." Megan replies with a poker face

" Uhm.. Hi, I'm kevin. A sophomore. I'm glad to be- " Kevin murmurs before getting cut off

"Wait wait, we aren't even hearing you. Talk louder please, you're a shy one aren't you ? " Cloe butts in again.

Kevin blushes a little then repeats himself.

Megan sighs and looks annoyed.

" I'm Judy, a junior. It's nice to meet you all. "

" I'm Ashley, a senior. I hope we can help each other throughout this support group. "

" I'm eric, a senior. Glad to be here. "

" Hi I'm Joshua, a junior. It's pleasant to meet you."

Silence breaks through the room again.

All you can hear is the sound of Eric continuously coughing and Judy fidgeting with her keys.

That is until Mark suddenly decides to blurt out a dreaded but important question.

" But why are you all here though ? I know it's a support group, but what do we have in common ? The counselor didn't make it quite clear to me.. "

Thanx for reading, I hope you all look forward to the next chapter.