Chapter 2:
Alex
"Alex we are leaving in 10 min. " my mom said to me. "Ok.." I said with my back to her. I didn't want her to see me crying. Although it was a year since my brother died, not a day goes by that I don't think about him. He was literally my saviour from the bullies at school. If you don't know I'm gay and I often get teased at school because of it. Nothing serious just name calling but it was enough to make me go home crying.It's sad to say but Toms was my only friend I've ever had. Mom always tells me how Tom absolutely adored me. He would put my problems infront of his own.
Which is probably why it was a surprise to me that he slit his wrists and commited suicide. It's strange to me. He was always so happy. I wiped away several tears that made there way down my cheeks. Memories of everything these past few months made me wanna run away and die. After Tom died and word got out at school, it became a hell. One day in homeroom after it happened I was crying and I overheard someone say " Did his emo brother finally kill himself?" and I stood up and punched him right in the face, knocking him out. People in this world really are spiteful. "Alex it's time." my mom said. Without word I turned around to take a final look at my bare room. A place that I was happy to leave but I knew i couldn't. The memories of Tom and I playing and watching movies made me tear up again. But I know I'll never get better if I don't leave. I'm Alex Gaskarth with a depressed state of mind. Leaving Essex, and traveling to live in Baltimore Maryland for a new start. Maybe for once having a friend or perhaps a boyfriend. " Don't kid yourself Alex.." I said to myself as I got in the passanger side of the mini van my mom drove. Off to big scary Baltimore.
