Positivity

Chapter 1

Flashback to 2013 on June 22nd, the day before Alex's birthday.
-Alex was 6 about to turn 7

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I could hear children laughing and playing outside while I was chasing my cousin around the house.

Alex "Jacob!! Get back here and show me what you have!"

Jacob "Nananana boo boo. You can't catch me."

I start to cry while running not noticing that Jacob was slamming the door in front of me. All of a sudden I felt in pain. I couldn't feel my lips so I tool my hands and tried to wipe something off that I thought I had imagined. I swipe and swipe at my lips until I started to feel drips on my knees one by one. I look down and I see blood all over my hands, knees, and all over my clothes. I thought that I just stumbled upon some red paint and I get up and start walking over to where all the grown ups were.

Alex "Hey mom, I think I need a bath."

Mom "Alex honey! What happened? Are you ok?"

Alex "Yeah but I got a little dirty with red paint."

As the grown ups were investigating me, pain, started to flow through out my lips to the tip of my fingertips. It was the first time I've felt so much pain in my entire life, but, I couldn't cry. I just stood there staring at the ground, hoping someone would notice. Did they?

Mom "Alex let's go inside and get you cleaned up Aunt C's going to help alright?"

I just shook my head, knowing that if I tried to speak it would hurt more than it already does. We walk inside and I can see the door and point to it. My mom noticed and starts piecing up what had happened.

Mom "Jacob! Do you know what happened to Alex?"

At that moment I knew she was pissed, but I didn't want Jacob to get into trouble because of me. So instinctively I ran away from Aunt C, and tugged on to my mom's shirt.

Alex "He Di- Didn'th do anythwing."

My mom sighed as she looked down at me knowing that I lied.

Mom "Jacob, I'm sorry that I accused you, but do you perhaps know what happened?"

Alex "Mom I was-h running in the houshe thring to find Jacob. I- it was my faulth."

Mom "Ok but this is why you shouldn't be running around in the house. Now let's go get you cleaned up."

I nodded and walked away with my mom. I fell asleep while they were cleaning my injury, so when I woke up it was already 8pm. (20pm in military time) I walk downstairs in a daze trying to find mom. I start to smell food that you would cook on a grill. My stomach started to curl in ways that would make me feel sick. Aunt C saw me hurdled up in the stairway looking pale.

Aunt C "Hey Sweetie, what's wrong?"

Alex "I don'th feel good"

Turns out I couldn't eat because of the pain from my lip, and the stomach ach was because I had an empty stomach. I decided I was going to go to sleep and hope to feel betting in the morning. When I woke up I could feel that my lip healed faster that I could run to the river. I felt my lip cut right down the middle. By the time I got downstairs dad were waiting for me with 5 powdered donuts and 2 candles on each one.

Mom+Dad "Happy Birthday to you..."

I started laughing with joy and waited till they were done, and left into the other room. They started to talk loud enough to where I could eavesdrop, hoping it was about birthday presents.

Mom "Why didn't we get a cake again?"

Dad "Because I don't want her to feel bad that she can't eat something due to he lip."

This was when I zoned out and started to feel kind of sad. I couldn't tell if I was sad enough to cry though, but I somehow knew that everyone would worry about me if I cried. So I held my sorrows and smiled.

That was the first day I learned how to use a mask.

Authors Note- this took me from 10 pm to 2:30 am ( 22 pm to 2:30 am in military time ). I am tired.