уσυя υgℓу, fαт, ѕℓυт, вιт¢н, ємσ, иσ σиє ℓσνєѕ уσυ./ Those words get thrown at my face everyday. I act like I don't get phased by it, but it hurts so much. People say why don't you tell the police, I wish I could. Every one says it's easy but it's not, I am the victim not you. Because once you get the police involved there is no going back, the pain I feel inside my chest is undescribable. I tell my self everyday that I shouldn't live anymore, that I should die because no one loves or cares about me. I wish that I could move out of my house, find a job or go to college. I hate getting abused, my daily routine is I get up, get beaten by my step dad. Get cleaned up then get dressed, then go to school. Then when I get to school I get bullied by everyone I see, once they see me they feel like I am an easy target. They say hurtful words, I hold back my tears as much as I can not trying to look weak in front of them.
My name is Skylar Hanna, I grew up in Colorado Springs, I moved to Trenton Illinois. I grew up with abusive parents, no one tried to help me. No one cared. When I moved to my new highschool, I thought it would be different. But I was mistakenly wrong, there was a boy who loved to see people suffer. I guess when he first saw me he thought I could be his bate. His name was Cole Smith , he loved seeing people bleed, or suffer so much that they feel like they are going to die. I ask this same question everyday, 'How could someone be so beautiful on the outside just to be so cruel on the inside?'
Have you ever met someone who alters the course
of your life? For good or for bad, they've come in, given and taken, and then- BOOM! Your life was never the same. There's always a change, an altering of reality. When you meet those people, the reality that you've known your whole life is suddenly gone and a new one has taken its place. When those moments happen, there's no going back. You can try to return to the way things were but nothing, and I mean nothing, can take you back to exactly how it was. That's what happened to us. I think that's why we're still trying so desperately to get back to some sort of normalcy. Four years later and we're still on the ground, crawling, in search of the happiness that was lost that June. Summers will never be the same. Midnight walks through my neighborhood will never be the same. Field parties with bonfires and loud music will never be the same. I still don't know why you left and what lead you to the decision you made. What I do know is that we're here. We're alive and we're pushing forward to the future. A future that you're not a part of. But in some ways, I'm glad
you're not a part of it. I just wish it wasn't like this.
*** TRIGGER WARNING***
SA, abuse, suicide, substance abuse, and mental illness.
This is a complete story that is much like life; fast, full of surprises, and not always how we want it to be. This has been a project of mine for over three years. It was self-published on Amazon, but after some issues in publication, I decided to just upload it on here. I hope you fall in love with these characters like I have.
The friends in this story are trying to make names for themselves, figure out who they are, who they can trust, how to love, and how to separate themselves from a restrictive community. As in any coming of age story, they will experience growing pains... but will they survive them before its too late?
PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS.