Gone

Chapter 1

It's funny how people laugh a lot, and joke a lot, but usually that's only around people. Most people, when they are alone they don't know what to think. They don't know if they are happy, sad, angry, excited, tired, there's lots of emotions that someone can feel. But in my generation, lots of people have a feeling that's called depression. Depression isn't just an emotion or feeling, it's a mental illness. It's most likely caused by bullying. Not just physical bullying but also cyber bullying and verbal bullying, they are the most common.

I'm not depressed, well, i try not to but anyway my friend Faith is, i support her and all but i hate to look at her. Her arms and legs, covered in scars, burns, bruises i just don't get it. Fair enough that shes angry and all but i just don't like the self harm. I get bullied but I just move on, I'm used to it now but it still bothers me.

When I was at school one day Faith and I walked out of class to eat our lunch. "What have u got today? I asked. She just stared at me like i said something wrong. A group of Grade 10's walked towards us laughing. "Hey Willow!" said one of the boys, I looked at him with a dirty look. "Whats wrong?" He asked. I didn't say anything, I thought that maybe if I kept quiet he wouldn't bother me. But I was wrong, he walked over to me, picked me up by my shirt and threw me to the ground. Faith sat on the table crying, she knew that telling a teacher wont do anything. The boys started kicking me and bashing me, except one, he just stood there staring at me. "Stop!" He yelled. The boys that were bashing me stared at him, then they walked away. I layed on the ground sobbing. My vision was really blurry. I saw a blurry figure, then i felt a hand touch mine. I wiped my eyes and saw the boy. He helped me up then said "Hey I'm Alex". I smiled and said thanks. "I'm Willow" I told him. He smirked then walked away. As he was walking away I had a feeling in my stomach that I've never felt before