The day passed uneventfully. I laughed and smiled when I was meant to, trying not to convey what lay within. sometimes I wonder if Im really good at pretending to be ok, or if no-one simply cares enough to notice. It's most likely the second. not one of my 'friends' noticed how I was silent and detached throughout the day. it was hell.
Finally the half three bell rang, and I listened to Kat explain in detail about the plans she had made with Hannah for that evening. Of course, I wasn't invited. I never am. I felt like screaming at her to shut up if I wasn't going, it was only going to make me feel worse. Instead I walked beside her nodding and smiling, hiding.
I walked home slowly, knowing I would be going home to an empty house, where I would spend my Friday night alone. I entered through the front door and closed it behind me, the noise echoing through the deserted house.
I climbed the stairs and went into my bedroom. flinging myself onto the unmade bed , I sighed before picking up my phone and toying with it, knowing fine rightly I didn't have any messages. I don't even know why I bother to check anymore.
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Behind the smile
Teen FictionNo one ever looks past the fake smile. Lex is lost deep within her own mind. Her internal struggle goes unnoticed among her friends, no one knows the real lex.she needs help and no one seems willing to offer.
