chapter 19

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a month later

it had been a month since the skateboard accident, max was finally starting her sessions at school.

she's nervous.

scared.

she doesn't want to do this.

max sat in english class, dreading the moment the bell would ring.

although max hated class, she knew she would hate her sessions more.

max is a smart girl, but, her grades went down A LOT since the summer, and she tried to act fine and normal this past month but it had been hard for her, for el, for everyone around max to act normal.

max eventually started eating alone at lunch, to not eating at all at lunch break.

she stopped accepting invites to hangout with her friends.

she stopped talking to them all in general.

even el.

max sat at her desk in silence, el stared back at max.

as soon as the bell rang, el noticed the fear in max's eyes.

el stood up and walked over to max.

el: max, are you alright?

max opened her locker to put her books away, then she looked at el.

max: im fine.

el: max, you can talk to me.

max: i know.

el: then what are you waiting for?

max slams her locker door.

max: i have to go.

max walks off but el follows her.

max turns back to el.

max: are you stalking me now?

el says nothing, letting max walk into the counselor's room.

el sighs, then turns around and sees a girl standing there.

girl: hi.

el: hi..?

girl: im rosey, a friend of max.

el: im el.

rosey: uh, is max okay?

el shrugs her shoulders

rosey: it's just, we got assigned a project to do together and she let me do all the work, she didn't even talk at all the whole class.

el: she's had a tough year. tough life, really.

rosey looks down.

rosey: what happened?

el: it's a long story, i don't think max wants people to know all about it.

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