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Come Up For Air

Teen Fiction

Sasha always thought of herself as average. Her childhood was like something out of a horror movie. In her senior year her life changed permanently. She met a boy, Christian Vitalli. He loved her with everything, she could tell him anything. He coul...

Prologue

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by lifewelllived

by lifewelllived

I sat on the blanket just looking up at the stars.

I'm happy.

I'm happy

I 'm happy

Could I be happier?

Probably.

I start my senior year in two weeks. I'm captain of The Spirit Squad. I get good grades. I'm a good girl for my Papa, but I have a good time on the low. I have friends that love and support me.

I'm fine, I'm happy

Sometimes I had to remind myself, that I was ok. I came out here and laid this blanket down and I breathed.

I breathed

I occasionally got so overwhelmed with my life that I pictured myself back in that tub. Gasping for air, my hands desperately searching for something, anything to grab onto.

No! No! No!

That's not where I am. I'm above water and I'm not going to drown.