Teach Me How to Love Again (Sequel to Dirty Little Secret)

Chapter 1: Since You Been Gone, My Life Has Moved Along...(With Commentary)

...Quite Nicely Actually" ADDING (WITH COMMENTARY) MADE THE FULL TITLE TOO LONG TO PUBLISH LMFAO

*~(The title of this chapter is from Since You're Gone by The Pretty Reckless.)~*

Oh boy, here we go. As you can see, it's time to begin the long-awaited sequel commentary. I, for one, could not be dreading this even more. However, I just downed a Red Bull and I'm watching Impractical Jokers, so I think I'm in a strange enough headspace to tackle a few chapters. Let's goooo. -2021 M

A lot can happen in seven months. This is a very cliche first line. This is already unpleasant. 

I learned that the hard way.

It's been seven months since Gerard and I broke up. It was October then, and it's May now.

Mikey, Kristin, Ray and Frank had gotten me through it. Of course Frank was still my best friend, but they were all a close second. "Gotten" isn't a real word. Shoddy writing, 2015 M. 

Once I was doing better, Frank and I got our own apartment in the same complex as Kristin and Mikey's, so we could visit often. Frank was eighteen now, so he could do that. Ray lived in his own house still, but he visited a lot too. ok

My hair was now light pink instead of blue. I had gotten my right eyebrow pierced, and also my lip. I still had my nose piercing from before. I love piercings and tattoos. Frank said he was going to take me to get my first tattoo soon. He had gotten a lot more since then. He's covered in them. Don't care. Didn't ask. 

Personality-wise, I hadn't changed much. I looked different now, but I was the same old Skylar. Sure, I was a bit less confident after what Gerard did, but that's not a big change. I'm still the same girl. I still like to joke around and have fun. I still listen to the same music. I still visit Katie and Denise as often as I can. Katie is my world. I love her more than anything. ok????????? 

Things had been tough without Gerard at first, but I think it's better now. He's probably so excited right now, because his baby will be born soon. I bet he knows the gender now, and maybe he's even picked out a name. I bet he fell in love with Eliza again. Maybe she moved to California to be with him. He still taught at school, but he never even glanced in my direction. I wasn't in his class anymore, but I still saw him around. I'd give him a friendly wave occasionally, but he never waved back. I bet he doesn't even remember who I was. If he doesn't remember who she is I think he has a serious medical problem

Maybe now that he's almost a father, I'm just another girl to him. Another one of the hundreds of girls who have gotten their heart broken by him. He probably already forgot which one of the many, many girls I am. okay this little paragraph is extremely redundant but also I feel obligated to say ALL OF MY FRIENDS SAY I SHOULD MOVE ON SHE'S JUST ANOTHER GIRL DON'T LET HER STICK IT TO YOUR HEART SO HARD

Oh well. That's for the best. I'm better without him. I only had one more month of high school, and I wasn't going to waste it thinking about my fucking cheating ex-boyfriend. Ok but it sounds like you are

I'll be eighteen this month! Fucking finally! I'm so excited for the future. Who needs Gerard? nobody