Fooling the World

Prologue

* Hey! Im Tori <3 I have never written a wattpad novel before, but hope that all of you will enjoy it. *

PROLOGUE

I couldn't hear anything but an obnoxious ringing in my ears. "GET UP!" my mother screamed. I felt a warm liquid dripping down the side of my face. I tried to stay awake, but the effort was futile. I could see a light somewhere in the distance. My head was pounding. I heard my mother scream a couple more profanities at me, but I could no longer comprehend what she was saying. The last thing I heard before giving into the darkness was the sound of my dad talking on the phone, sounding rather hurried. Then I felt the peace take over my body.

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When I woke up the first thing I felt was a gut wrenching dissapointment take over every inch of my being. Im still alive. You are probably wondering what drove me to try and kill myself. What caused me to commit the act that some people would call cowardly? Many things, but the biggest being my lack of perfection. I don't understand why we must all fit society's perception of "perfect", or why I am not considered pretty unless I have the perfect hair and body. But just like many other people, I found myself giving up everything to try and become perfect. First I gave up my sleep. I stayed up late constantly, trying to get the perfect grades. Then I began waking early as well, so that I could do my hair, and find the cuttest outfit. Eventually, I gave up food. I needed to be tall and thin. I needed to look "beautiful", so I purchased appetite suppressants. Soon I realized that nobody cared for my presence, I was simply another being. My "friends" had other friends, ones that were better than me. Even my family would be better off without me, or so I was told by the kids at my school. I later realized that it was true. I was soon diagnosed with depression. My grades were less than satisfactory and I was in grave danger of failing my sophmore year in high school. I decided to relive the world of the burden that was myself.

So I tried to die.