While our year went by, I grew more attached to Mattie then ever. He was funnier than I remembered, and sexier. Or maybe it was just the fact that he was finally mine. Mine. It felt so good to say that. I've been waiting for so long to say that.
But then, my world shattered. Shattered. And I couldn't pick up the pieces. Mattie left me. He told me that because he was moving on to twelfth grade and then moving on to college, he didn't want to have to be torn away from me. From us. Even though he'd be leaving me there.
Leaving me.
Maybe he didn't realize what that meant to me. All I know is that he would even pass me in the hall for the rest of the year. It hurt. It hurt like hell, waiting for him to say something, to tell me it would be okay. But that never happened.
And I fell away.
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That summer passed without a word from me to my friends. I lost contact with the world. With myself. And I was tired.
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Falling Too Hard
JugendliteraturWe've all heard the teenage love story, the epic saga of a girl chasing her dream and keeping it close. Maybe this story is no different. But, if you look closely, if you see what she saw, and what she knew, maybe this story isn't so unoriginal afte...
