Fallen into oblivion

"You've become so damaged that when someone tries to give you what you deserved, you have no fucking idea how to respond" he snapped.
I flinch. My heart wrenched at the truth that lied behind it as unshed tears began to sting my eyes. Because that's when realisation hit me.
Everything is true. But I refuse to believe it.

Natalie McKnight's life might seem perfect at first glance. With amazing friends, excellent grades, a bright future, and a happy, outgoing personality to go with it. But little do you know that behind those curtains of brown locks, lies a broken girl who's life consist of the dying and the dead, the fallen and falling, but most importantly, a girl who's desperately fighting to break free of the demons inside.

After all, when you start to really look at someone, you begin to notice the painted mask on their faces chipping away.