Now:
Soon everyone knew about our silence: Teachers, friends, families.
The last was the hardest to deal with. It’s hard to make your friends understand your actions, but it’s even harder to make your parents accept your decisions.
And that night they first realized the truth of my quiet game, when I fell asleep with ears still ringing from their frustration, I played a new game. A game I had played when I was little and my parents had fought against my brother instead of me. When everything got too much to handle, I would cover my ears and pretend to be someone else. It’s so so easy to slip away and become someone new.
Holding on to who you are is the problem
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The Quiet Game
Teen FictionTwo troubled teenagers are on the brink of devastation. Connor is unloved, overshadowed by everyone who surrounds him. Amy is falling apart, under constant pressure to succeed. And then they play the Quiet Game. They confound their friends and fa...
