Hold On Tight

Chapter 33

"No one ever complemented my smile before." Her voice was shallow as she spoke.

"Really that's a shocker."

Our waitress came back with our replace order and apologized again for the first time, but Alexis wasn't eating she was just poking around.

"Is everything okay? Your not eating." I asked her concerned. Her head lifted  a bit.

"I'll tell you why I'm different at school." She softly spoken.

"Huh I thought you didn't want to talk about it." I raised an eyebrow.

"Shut up before I change my mind." Her attitude came back like before.

"Okay okay." I threw my hands up.

"What's said her stays here." Her voice was serious, I nodded my head and she began her story.

"Since I was a little girl I always loved to help people. Bullying wasn't my thing I hated when people were sad or upset. Coming up to my jr high and high school days. I seen being as nice to people wasn't as easy as it was when I was a child. People was just nasty and rude to people for no reason. And everytime I tried to be the kind kid I always got shut down."

"So you just wanted to fit in huh?" I commented understanding why.

"No well not at first you see. I took a different approach when I couldn't be nice because my mom gotten sick and passed away. So I just been honest, and really blunt. And it started distancing me and others. I started not to care about no one's feelings. I just called everyone out. I was always by myself so It didn't matter when people stop hanging around me, but to be honest I was happy a bit. I know it sounds crazy but me being that why stopped alot of bullying for others, but after a while I think people started taking it the wrong way. Bullies started coming around me more. And started laughing when I was honest with someone. Before I knew it they started following me. And slowly I started becoming something I never wanted to be. I just went with it you know. I started liking the attention and the drama. They told me honesty was the same thing they were doing. I hate myself for it I really do. I know my mother wouldn't be proud of the person I've become." Tears started to form in her eyes and her voice began to crack. I grabbed her hand.

"Alexis, listen it's not too late. To be that loving person again or to be that honest person you always were. Be the person that best fits you."

"You're right I'm going to be myself from now on." She wiped her eyes and smiled. I smiled to and we finished eating, paid then walked outside.

"Hey Alexis you know maybe you could hang out with us." I suggested to her.

"No I'm fine and besides your group probably wouldn't accept me anyway."

"I could talk to them and we could explain.." she cut me off.

"Troy I'm fine, I want to back away from people a bit get back to my old self." She smiled I guess she picked brutally honest.

"Oh okay if that's what you want."

"Troy thank you."

"Thanks for what?" I asked she turned around to face me.

"For listening." She gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"See you around." She smiled and walk off.

I smiled too because maybe she picked both honesty and being that loving person again.

End of chapter