Zoe, is an 18 year old senior student at Little Elm High. She is smart, sweet, beautiful but didn't have the right self esteem to claim it. She used to be the girl with pigtails, lots of freckles, glasses and braces. You can probably tell that her childhood wasn't that neat. Well, it was for awhile, until the confession happened. Oh wait, let me slow down for you. Zoe hasn't been alone, she had a bestfriend named Oliver. They pretty much grew up together. They were bestfriends right from the sandbox. They went to preschool together, then kindergarten, they had swimming and gym classes together, piano lessons, they even had schedule of playtime together, they had matching everything, and their friendship went on and on.... not forever though. At the age of 10, Zoe claimed to be inlove with her bestfriend, and when she finally thought it was time, she declared her feelings to Oliver. But, for some reasons, Oliver didnt say anything about it. He just stood there, watched her nervously waiting for his response, then.... he ran away. When Oliver left, nobody protected Zoe from the bullies. She was bullied since the 6th grade all through middle school. But then she decided to be strong for High School. So she started fighting back. She was still bullied though. This is why she wanted to get out of school asap. And this year is finally the last year, she thinks its going to be just the same year all over again. Oh but she is wrong, because, this year, everything is about to change for Zoe...
Oliver is going to come back and make things right between him and Zoe. Why did he leave? Where did he go? Will Zoe forgive him? If Oliver wasn't able to explain everything to Zoe, MAYBE THIS TIME, He will.
*(COMPLETED)
"The worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren't worth the truth."
He bit his lip.
"I wanted to te-"
His eyes began to water and as a single tear fell he looked at me and said "but what if you've been lying for so long you don't know how to tell the truth?"
"I have and so will you."
He shook his head, shut his eyes, and leaned his forehead against the glass. "And here I was thinking you would admit that you don't tell the truth either."
I gripped the telephone as my knuckles turned white. "What do you mean?"
"Come on Zoey I've seen you sneaking around acting like you're busy. You're hiding something and you won't tell me."
All Zoey Campbell ever wanted to do was keep her head down and get through high school. Too bad it isn't that easy.
Zoey is tired of everything and everyone. She is tired of being pushed around and tired of watching in the shadows. She is tired of pretending to like that girl that doesn't even know her name. Tired of pretending that she is ok when she isn't.
She is constantly hoping for a better way out thinking she should just disappear. All she wants to do is scream but no matter how loud she screams no one can hear her.
Don't worry things just get worse. Everyone thinks she's a "sick" girl and just another suicide case waiting to happen. I mean what kind of girl sits by herself everyday right?
Zoey is running out of time and she thinks no one has tried to help her until her "special" speech in class. No one really cares about what she really thinks anyway. It just that feeling of pity. Everyone thinks she really is sick but she knows she's not. But what if she is? Maybe all it takes is that one thing to make her snap. As her life gets thrown into chaos and deep dark secrets she can't help but try to figure out the truth. Will she find a way to let her new friends save her or will she just end up as another suicide case?
*Disclaimer wrote this in 2017 when I was 14.