Escaping Life

The Help

She walks in, terrified.

She walks towards the room the support group is meeting in, trying to find Dani.

She finds her and says hi, and hugs her automatically.

It's been so hard for both of them, and she's trying so hard not to cry.

'I'm glad you are here, it really sucks here.' Dani says.

She goes in the room with Dani and a bunch of people are gathered in the room.

Everyone looks pretty upset.

The leader starts talking and all she really wants to do is cry.

She doesn't like hearing about it, it just makes her feel worse, and she doesn't want to talk.

She can tell Dani feels the same.

Some people like talking because it helps them.

It just makes her feel worse.

The leader asks if she'd like to talk about any of it, and she says no.

He says the reason that they are here is to let out their emotions and to talk about it to make them feel better.

But the truth of the matter is, she doesn't feel better talking about it.

But he makes her talk a little, so she sighs, and begins.

'Well, it all started in about 5th grade. Back then it wasn't such a big deal, it was just mainly people leaving me out and calling me a loser, but it was a big deal for me back then. Then about 7th grade, all my friends were gone by then. I just sat alone, didn't really talk to anyone. People, of course, kept bullying me, sometimes physical abuse too, hitting, kicking. They called me names, and i had a rough time, I did. Then, in 8th grade I started going on social networks such as Instagram, tumblr, Twitter, and things like that. Of course, once people at my school found out I went on there, the hate started just from them and then, more people I didn't know started to say meant things.' the tears start forming in her eyes.

'I didn't know what I did wrong.' she says, looking down at her hands as a single tear rolls down her cheek.

'I still don't know what I'm doing wrong.' her voice cracks.

Everyone else knows what she's going through, they give her a sympathetic look.

'Excuse me please.' she whispers and walks out of the room.

She goes in the bathroom and grabs a tissue and blows her nose.

She wipes her eyes and fixes her makeup.

'I know, I hate it here too.' Dani's voice says behind her.

'Don't feel embarrassed or anything about crying. A lot of people cry. I cried a lot too here.'

She turns around and Dani is standing there.

'Are you ok?' she asks.

'Yeah.' she says and hugs her.

They walk back and the leader welcomes her back.

'Lexi you may continue.' the leader says to a gorgeous brunette girl who is trying to hold in her tears.

'They called me things like a- a-'

'A what?'

'I don't want to say it, it wasn't a good word.'

'It's ok, tell us.'

'A- a sl*t. But I don't know why they can say that. It's not true. And they called me a wh*re.' she mouthed, not actually saying the words.