• 44 •

8 1 0
                                        

The school library became my safe place.

My safe space in the school anyway.

There was always one table empty and isolated at the back of the room.

It was perfect.

There was no one else who was there either.

Almost as if it was reserved for me.

I soon began studying there everyday after school for a while.

The last thing I wanted was for my room to have a stressful atmosphere.

And it just so happened that the library was the only other quiet place I could go.

PistanthrophobiaWhere stories live. Discover now