This isn't a story where everyone's live is perfect and everyone lives happy ever after! This is about a girl named Elizabeth
Elizabeth is always there for everyone but when things get tuff, and she needs someone it seems like everyone disappeared of the face of this dang Earth!
How come when she's going thru things! Everyone doubts what she's going thru, as if her life is perfect, like she Has no insecurities, like everything is going great for her!
But when someone asks her ,
" Are you okay? " they ask
" I'm fine " she says
When people ask you how you are, they don't want you to say, " well I suffer from Depression I also cut my wrist when I'm alone! Oh and I could never forget that I barely eat, when I'm sad! Oh yea, and that I can't feel anything at the moment, ummm.. how are you? "
I'm sorry I know that, You Don't wanna hear the bad things about me! You don't Wanna hear me explaining to You that I don't go outside anymore, or that put a blade to my wrist , over a stupid guy!
You don't want me to explain to you , that you don't give a shit about me!
You don't Wanna hear your daughter in the other room , throwing things around, cause she's looking for a blade
Or your neice, that wants to the a rope around her neck at all times!
Or your sister, your sister hates herself, for not caring about herself!
Or your grand daughter isn't always sick! She just can't bring herself to get out of bed!
Or your cousin, they don't Wanna know that you cry your self to sleep, every night!
Or your best friend, He/She doesnt want to know, that when you guys fight, she takes that blade and cuts even deeper
You don't Wanna know that!
Do you?
So stop asking me if I'm okay!
Cause I'm not!
And it's not that hard to figure out! It's not rocket science!
She didn't believe she had a reason and a purpose to live, Until A boy changed her life forever, good or bad?
Trigger warning
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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