Outlined

Intro

"So... Did you break up with him?" He asked.

I didn't answer. I didn't need to. He knew the answer- no.

"Cori..... I can't believe you. All this time, I thought you were different than they made you out to be. But you're the same girl I saw the day I walked in".

Ouch. I had to hit him hard.

"You're not who they think you are", I said.

He stopped walking and turned to me. "And you're exactly who they think you are. In fact, they are more right about you than you are".

I rolled my eyes. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"No. You know I know exactly what I'm talking about. They control you. You care more about what strangers think than what you or your friends think. They know your exact next move. They know your exact next words. They even know your exact next thoughts. Face it, Coralin. You're a traceable drawing. You're outlined".

Outlined.

That's right. Outlined.

They could make an outline of me and I'd match up to it exactly at the exact moment planned. That's how predictable I was.

I was more than predictable. I was written out. I was like a story. A story that everyone but me knew the ending to. Everyone knew my next move better than I did.

And that's the way I wanted it.

I wanted to be that girl. Because if everyone, even my best friend thought that, than they were safe.

Safe from the secrets that lay behind this smile. Behind all these long sleeved shirts.

I did it to protect everyone. Even if they never knew it. I did it to keep one extra frown or tear off someone's face.

Because secrets came with a cost. If you knew a secret, a big one, you'd feel that weight everywhere you went. And you'd feel the sadness creeping into your mind. And you would never be the same.

And I thought I had done the best job possible at keeping that burden away from everyone. Until senior year.

One person. One person who was nosy, annoying, and relentless enough to slip into my life. And little did they know.....

Hey! New book! I decided to publish it since I'll be discontinuing "Nothing but trouble" for a while. Don't worry. I'll still finish it. I just don't have the motivation currently. Tell me what you think if this! Are you actually interested In reading it? Please comment!!! Love ya!