𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒕. 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫.

• 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒘𝒐 •

𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 24.
𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚.

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I throw my backpack over my shoulders and make sure to grab my flute case as I head out the door for school.
It's a cold quiet morning, no birds to be heard, not even the wind.
I stand on my wooden porch and breath it all in..
This feeling of being calm, I missed this.
I make sure to be extra careful and take slow careful steps off my porch and onto the cold ground.
It smells earthy.

I walk to my bus stop, I was a little late but it's fine.
I tread through the dense trees, slight snow forming on the ground..
I looked up and It was there. the obnoxious yellow sign saying "Bus Stop" with a picture of a kid walking on it, that same sign I've been seeing sense I was a girl, it's never changed.
At the same time i noticed something, out of the couple of kids that were there Athen was nowhere to be found!
Is she sick??
I feel washed over with slight anxiety.
Whenever Athena isn't here at school I always have trouble with bullies who like to taunt me.
Athena is always there to make me feel better..
But she isn't here today.
I get a tighter grasp on my backpacks strap and head to the bus stop.
The other kids not even talking, not even moving, just staring at their phone screens.
I accidentally forgot to charge my phone the other night and so it was dead and I found no point in bringing it if it was dead.
Although I felt awkward and alone.. usually I'll have Athena with me by my side to talk too, but this time im alone.
I hate this feeling, I feel awkward.
I'm the only not staring at a screen.
I know its a dumb reason to be anxious about but I can't seem to help it.
I shifted my hands from my backpacks strap to my skirts pockets.
As soon as I did this the bus slowly, and very loudly made it's entrance.
It made a loud thud and stopped in it tracks.
Everyone starts to head onto the bus, and I follow shortly after making sure to not forget my flute!
Not like last time.
I know it's weird to take your flute around with you but I like having it.
I can use it to block the teachers view of what I'm doing, like being on my phone.
I snickered to myself.

I sat on the bus, it's oddly silent when all of sudden something hits me in the back of the head!
"Wha-"
Before I could even finish my sentence a paper ball falls into my hands, and I hear two snide girls giggle to themselves, feeling pride in what they're done.
I forgot how much I hate school.
I don't let it bother me too much but sometimes you can't help it.
I feel a lump in my throat and do my best to keep it down till we are at the school.

Time passes, And now I'm in my first period class, Biology.
I hate biology, it's hard and I hate it.
The teacher goes around making sure to spread the work papers to each desk.
"Alright class, I need you to finish these, make sure to sight your evidence in the text."
The teacher, Mrs melborne said as she finished passing the last paper and heading back to the desk.
Ughhh, I dislike this class..
I wish Athena was here with me, she was always really good at biology.
I grab my pencil and get to work.
This is boring.
Suddenly my pencil fell to the ground, making a loud *Clack!* as it made its way!
Now the kids in my class including Mrs Melborne are staring at me, how embarrassing!!
My cheeks flush a deep red as I go down to grab it-
"AGH-"
Suddenly someone with pink heels stomped my hand as I reached down!
"Pfft- freak."
She stares down at me, my face warm as hot tears slowly streak down on my face.
I'm defenseless.
The mean girl was Jessica.
She was the girl who most often bullied me, whats even worse is that she is friends with Athena! Of all people, but apparently Athena says she is fun to hangout with.
The reason Jessica doesn't strike at me often is because Athena always tells her off for trying.
But she isn't here today.. now their isn't anything to stop her from tormenting me.
Jessica has long brown hair, blue eyes and often wears stuff out of the uniform.
But she never gets in trouble for doing so because her dad is rich.
I often see her wearing extra pink outfits with heels and skirts, like as if shes a character I know from "Dork Diary"

"Jessica Newman! Make your way to the front office."
Mrs melborne gets up and points to the door, shes fuming.
Jessica roles her eyes, other kids in the class snicker while shes doing so.
And snidely makes her way to the door.
A few kids still stare at me, but currently that isn't my biggest concern.
The hand that she pierced with her heels was red, it didn't look good for me.
Ms Melbourne tells the other class to continue on their work as she makes her way to where I'm sitting.
"Are you okay? I'm gonna send you to the nurses office, how do you spell your name?"
She says as she gingerly lifts my hands to aspect it, and then she grabs a pink slip from her purse and begins to write on it.
She then stares at me for an answer, but I blanked out.
"Lilith? How do you spell your name?"
I look straight up, more flushed then before and apologize.
"L-i-l-i-t-h"
I slowly say to her as she writes it down and hands it to me.
"Ill excuse you on this work sheet for now, just head to the nurses office."
She hands me the pink slip and i get up to grab my stuff to leave.

I walk through the empty hallway's till I make it to the nurses office, the second period bell already rang so Atleast I was missing some classes from this ordeal.

I open the door to find an old lady sitting at her desk staring at her computer typing something.
She has white short hair and is wearing a blue nurses outfit.
The old lady noticed me, and without a word motioned me to a chair near her desk, I clutch gently my swollen red hand as I make my way to her chair.
"And why are you here today"
She muttered to herself, not even staring away from her screen.
For an old lady she seems rude.
"Someone stepped on my hand, and my teacher Ms Melbourne sent me to your office.."
She finally looks away from her screen and notices my hand.
"It's not that bad, just swollen. Who did this to you?"
She says as she reaches for ice.
"Jessica Newman."
I say as i shyly look away, my swollen hand still on her desk.
She gave me a bag of ice to help the swelling go down.
"Of course, that Jessica is never up to any good."
She then motions me to put in my student number into her keyboard.
I do so and while I do the 2nd period bell rang telling me I missed the entirety of english.

I walk out of her office, an ice bag on my hand.
"What a slow day" I say to myself.
I walk to my third period, passing by students rushing into class.
I few students pushed me as I walked by, mainly Jessica.
She muttered something under her breath about me being a snitch.

By the time school ended I felt exhausted, People bullied me enough today.
I even had someone throw a water bottle at me!
I slowly walk off the bus as a few kids behind me giggled at my messy appearance.
I go back to walking through the forest to my home, a few kids doing the same.
Instead of the nice crisp feeling of the forest i had this morning, it was damp and felt wet and humid.
It was a gross feeling as my uniform has long sleeves.

When i finally made it back to my house it was already turning dark outside.
I opened my door, warm cozy air gently hitting my face as I do.
"Lilith your home! I'm sorry I wasn't here this morning, I had to go in early..." my mom said as she made her way to me from the fireplace.
"Oh, hey Mom. I'm sorry I came a little late, it was a long walk from the bus stop."
I say as I make my way to hug my mom.

I put down my backpack and flute and head upstairs as my mom makes pasta for dinner.
"Ughh, what a long day..."
I start to get changed and make sure to undress from my school uniform carefully as to not tare it.
I change into some loose black shorts and a big T-shirt that says
"Feed Me"
With a picture of a drawn cat looking grumpy.
"That cat is so me.." I say to myself as I head downstairs for dinner.
Little did i know someone has been watching me through my window.

I head into my bed as I get ready to sleep.
As I drift into deep slumber I can't help but feel a presence around me, but excused it as nothing and fell asleep anyway.
I dream the same darkness, the same voice, and the same loss of breath.
It feels almost normal now.
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Chapter Two : End.
𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 :1641