THE FINAL STRAW || 13 Reasons Why

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CLEO GOT OUT OF THE CAR, FOLLOWING HER BROTHER, CLAY JENSEN, SHE DIDN'T LOOK UP, SHE DIDN'T WANNA SEE THOSE SUICIDE PREVENTION POSTERS ON THE WALLS, PAINTED BY HANDS THAT strangled Hannah to death, read by mouths that bit into her soul and cut every pieces that was left of her, Cleo flinched when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she quickly pushed it off before looking up at the person. Her brother, he looked at her, concerned.

"You good?" he asked

"Yeah..." Cleo answered as she narrowed her eyes at him before walking into the shitty school 

She walked to her locker, which was next to Hannah's she stared at the picture, reminiscing Hannah's features, how she used to smile every time she looked at her.

Cleo looked over her shoulder when a motion caught her attention, Clay Jensen, she stared at her brother, following his gaze that fell on Hannah's picture, she got interrupted by a Justin, who slammed himself against the lockers, making her look at him.

"How you doing?" he asked, concerned, she frowned at the boy's question, Cleo wasn't close to Justin anymore, she had stopped hanging out with the jocks and now Justin was talking to her, the bell suddenly rang, the girl ignored him as she let out a sigh, she closed her locker and walked away from the boy, she could see him talking to Clay from the corner of her eyes.

When she arrived in class, she directly put her head on the table, so she wouldn't look around to check who was judging her, as usual she was ignoring the teacher's speech about suicide prevention, if Hannah hadn't killed herself, the school wouldn't have done anything about anything, Hannah's suicide was an opportunity for them to show that they cared, but they never cared, they hadn't done anything to protect Hannah, no one did.

Cleo was disgusted by the students even more, they even made a memorial for the girl, as if they weren't the ones sharing the rumors about her, not that Cleo was any better, she didn't notice what was going on until Hannah died, as they say, you only notice the signs when it's too late, Hannah was a perfect example.

"I mean it's been over a week, isn't it healthy to like move on?" A boy said, earning the teens' groans, the teacher trying her best to calm them "i know, it's tragic but i don't wanna keep being reminded of it all the time, it's depressing" 

"We're never done with it, mr. Pratters" the teacher answered, Cleo quietly scoffed, trying to swallow the lump in her throat, she bit her lip.

"Cleo Jensen...?" The teacher called, making the girl raise her head, she shot a glare at the teacher "are you with us?" she asked

"Where else would i be? Up your ass?" The girl retorted, making the class burst into laughter, the teacher cleared her throat, embarrassed, she tried to calm the students, she looked at Cleo who put her head on the table again.

The teacher ended up calling out Clay, pulling him out of his thoughts

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Cleo walked out of the school beside her brother when suddenly Courtney came out of nowhere and hugged Clay, Cleo's face twisted in a grimace when the girl wrapped her hands around her, hugging her, she didn't know why everyone was acting so weird.

"I just feel like we all need to be there for each other, at a time like this" Courtney said 

"Sure"

"It's all just so sad, it just doesn't make sense, right?"

"No" Cleo answered "a lot of things don't make sense" she added, looking at Courtney up and down, the girl seemed to notice since she lowered her eyes.