Bare

six - man enough

A/N : The story is always gonna be told from Livia's point of view but those first paragraphs in every chapter will vary throughout the book to give us glimpses about every character's life and personality.

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William

I've always been taught that vulnerability equals weakness.

In society's fucked up mind, I was never 'man' enough.

When I came out as bisexual, everyone thought it made sense.

'Oh you're so cute, you're so nice, and you're so sweet.'

While that was flattering, it was also incredibly stupid.

Girls were nice to me because they wanted that gay best friend who bought lingerie with them and did their makeup. Guys sometimes befriended me because they thought I could be their 'ultimate guide to understanding girls'.

But being into the same gender didn't mean I had to become the opposite gender.

Why was it so hard to understand?

Livia never cared. In fact, the first time she addressed my sexual orientation, it was to ask me if one of the guys in our school was a good kisser.

He wasn't.

Too much tongue.

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"Ally has an eating disorder, according to the storyline, right?" Ethan, my classmate, asks me.

"Yes, but I don't know what type it should be or how it manifests. That's why I need to do some research before I start writing."

"I can help you out with some research online." Tina suggests, putting her phone away, giving us her attention for the first time.

"The professor said she would give us extra credit if we use some help from students majoring in different fields." Phillip starts, crossing his legs under him on the chair. "We already agreed we'll give a chance to people in the acting club even if it's not their major and Livia, you could use a nutritionist's help-"

"A psychologist's help would be better though." I argue, knowing how a psychologist's point of view would help me figure out Ally's character. "Dr. Jensen wants us to write a character analysis for her too, and then show how we portrayed her issues in the script. I need someone who understands those stuff." 

"I agree." A girl -whom I didn't know her name yet- interjects.

We just got assigned with this project and I proposed to be the script writer. Ethan is going to be part of the cast and we'll make auditions for the other roles. Tina will be working on costumes and arranging locations for filming, thus making our work easier. While Phillip and the other girl will be in charge of filming and editing. We also had a group of second years supervising us, but the essential work would be on us. 

God, it's only a short movie and it requires so much work. It's good that we have the whole semester for it but even that sounded like a short time.

"Do you know anyone majoring in psychology?" Phillip questions.

"I don't think so-" I shake my head no before I remember that I do know someone. "Wait, there's this guy in second year maybe? Julian Reed, we're kind of friends, I could ask for his help."

We're not friends but then again, what do I say? 

'We follow each other on Instagram? He says hi whenever he sees me?'