DELIA
February 2nd
Dear D,
Good news! I can switch to online homeschooling. Aunt Sue is setting up my laptop in my room right now as I'm writing this. It's so much better than in person. I don't have to speak to anyone and I can do everything at my own pace. I'm hoping a lot of things will change. Those kids are mean to me for a lot of reasons, but there's only 1 that stands above the rest. I was gonna tell you eventually, so I guess now's a good time.
I'm gay. I'm a lesbian.
Those kids bully me because of it. At first they just picked on me for stupid stuff. How my clothes look or being a teacher's pet (which I am NOT). During gym class, this bitch broke into my locker and stole my journal. Outed me to the entire school.
Remember my letter from November? The one where I 'joked' about throwing myself off a bridge? That's when the bullying got worse. They started saying horrible things to me, telling me to kill myself and calling me every slur ever created. Though, I'm sure they had to google a few. You know what's ironic, though?
The bitch who broke into my locker? Her dad is the pastor at church (which I've been attending- be proud of me). Recently he's been teaching and preaching about loving your neighbor and accepting those who are 'different'. How do you think he'd feel if he knew his picture-perfect Christian daughter outed a young girl and told her to kill herself? How do you think Jesus feels?
You're the first person I've come out to, willingly.
Love, Delia
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DEAR D (pen pal edition) ✔️
Teen FictionDimitri and Delia. Two strangers. Two pen pals. Two broken hearts. Trigger Warnings: Mentions of heavy drinking, sexual assault, abuse, and suicide
