Just A Little Crazy (Short Story)

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On the outside, Elliott Addison looks like your average all-star high schooler. He's the jock with the good grades and the perfect girlfriend. You know, the one where girls practically faint at his feet with a flash of a smile. The one who bumps knuckles with the fellas in the hallway and high-fives the down to earth teachers. He's the epitome of upperclassmen cool.

Except, that's not the real Elliott. It's all a façade.

With just a couple of days to go before the first day of his senior year, he's scared about the gossip that might swirl around him. Other than his closest friends, no one knows that he's spent the summer in a psych ward. And he plans to keep it that way. If only that girl in the hospital with him, the one with the staring problem, would stop being so curious!

What does she know about Elliott? And will she blow his cover when they get back to school?