September Song

"You are my September song. My September song that I can't forget. I replay it until it's all I can sing."

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It was September. A new boy was moving to a new school and another girl was simply returning after her Summer break.

She was broken. Everyone would insult her. They told her to lose weight. They told her she wasn't beautiful because she was plus-size. They were so quick to judge her. She would eat near the garbage cans so, they'd leave her alone. She had no friends because nobody wanted to hang with the lonely fat girl. She couldn't look in the mirror anymore. She couldn't be happy. She was too ugly to be happy. Her parents were sick of her sad attitude and wanted her to change. She just took up too much space.

He was ashamed. Everyone was scared of him. They mumbled about him nervously in the halls. They'd say they heard he was the one who killed his mother. They never believed that it was his alcoholic father who killed her. He would skip lunch and hang in the bathroom just to not hear their whispers. He had no friends because nobody wanted to be near the mindless monster. He couldn't look at himself without feeling broken. He was too hostile to be happy. His grandparents were sick of trying to move him to new schools where he wouldn't get kicked out of. He caused too many fights.

He doesn't see her as a continually-eating fatty.

She doesn't see him as a hostile mindless monster.

So, the two collide, they find themselves both broken. Secrets are out and plans are being made. They get a little bit too close. Will these plans and secrets become a disaster waiting to happen?

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