That autumn

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TW BLOOD AND BULLYING/BODY SHAMING

Her phone was consistently going off now. The vibrations from the notifications were making her ears hurt. She sat in a ball on the floor covering her ears allowing the dark thoughts to become overwhelming and the only thing on her mind

A few hours had passed and the sound of her alarm rang out. She stood up and switched off the alarm before swiftly walking into her bathroom and getting ready for school. As she looked at her reflection in the mirror she saw the dark circles under her eyes which were bloodshot from the all nighter and the crying. She hated her reflection. In a fit of rage she punched the mirror, shattering it into hundreds of small pieces.

After she had registered what she had done she looked at her hands. The mirror had cut her knuckles to shreds and there were small bits of the mirror stuck in her skin. As she cleaned the wounds she heard her phone vibrating once more

She hesitated before picking her phone up but she did it Anyway. Looking at the messages she saw nothing that surprised her.

Her dad dropped her off at school and drove away rather quickly. After he did a girl came up to her and shoved her into the road. narrowly missing a car she fell backwards into the road landing on her butt. She winced as she felt the back of her thighs scape harshly against the tarmac of the road.

Managing to quickly scramble out of the road she felt hands push her onto her knees and violently pull her hair. "We won't go easy on you next time fat freak"

They walked away leaving her by herself bleeding and in agony. She found enough strength to get herself off of the floor and to class, making it just in time. She then quickly sat down feeling the blood from her scratched legs slowly pool on the chair. It was still agonizing and the teacher clearly saw this.
"Christina you may go to first aid"
"T-thank you..."