Bully

29. bully

he clutched elliott's letter gently. he tries not to cry

dear elliot,

i never properly apologised, so i'm writing this letter.i feel horrible when I look back on the things i did to you. i still wonder what i did to deserve you, i don't feel worthy enough. i can believe i let them get to me. i let them blind me. i'm surprised you forgave me. i asked you and you said it was because i was your best friend. the messed up bit is that i pushed you down because you we're my best friend. if i could push my best friend down it could start a riot, and it did. it made popular- but it also made me a monster. you warned me about this- about falling in love with the moment- it wouldn't last, and it certainly wasn't worth it. it wasn't worth losing you and hurting others. i'm so sorry, you don't even know. i promise you this won't happen again. i am so sorry. so so so sorry elliott. i don't deserve you- i can't even make proud with my decisions. i don't know what made you forgive me, but i'm happy you did. i'm sorry.

-george (he/bully)

he was content now. he had changed, he had fixed things as much as he could.

he made a difference.

and so did fiona, jace and elliott.

they made people stand up for themselves, and nothing made them happier than that.

he didn't belong to them anymore.

he wasn't a bully anymore.

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FIN

it's over and i'm crying. i can't believe it. for the first time in my life i'm marking a book as complete. i'm so thankful for all my readers and voters and and comment leavers. i'm thankful for every single one of you. i'm thankful for the FIFTEEN THOUSAND reads. i've never gotten that many on a book and i'm in tears. "bully" is also #27 in short story. what did i do to deserve such blessings. thank you all so very much. i love you all soo much.

- Karste xx