Drown

Two

{Violet}
Everyday it gets worse.

I open the doors to that awful building and I see the people I don't want to see.

But they don't see me.

At least when I want them to.

In school, I'm known as the girl that learned how to stare at the ground.

The girl who learned how to block everybody out.

Or even everything.

The same thing happens everyday.

People say rude things as I pass them.

Why does she look sad all the time?

What even is her actual name?

I've never seen her speak before.

I want to tell why I look sad all the time or tell them my actual name, but I don't have the strength.

I want them to hear my voice.

I want them to stop.

I nervously pass the popular kids.

They stop me by pressing their hands against my shoulders.

"Think ya get past us this time, huh?" Landon said.

Landon is the worst.

He is also Hudson's best friend.

But he lets it all happen.

Or he turns around and pretends that nothing is happening.

"Get away from me. I have classes to get to", I say rudely.

"Sassy today, are we?" He says like a jerk.

I roll my eyes and he pushes me.

I push back.

All of Landon's friends, in including Hudson, are in shock.

I've never stood up for myself like that before.

Before I left I looked at Hudson, and I could see he was sorry for me.

But why wouldn't he do something?