But you can't get away from yourself. You can't decide not to see yourself anymore. You can't decide to turn off the noise in your head.

I sat. And I thought. And the more I thought, connecting the events in my life, the more my heart collapsed.

I decided to find out how people at school might react if one of the students never came back.

Soul Alone by Hannah Baker I meet your eyes you don't even see me You hardly respond when I whisper hello Could be my soul mate two kindred spirits Maybe we're not I guess we'll never know My own mother you carried me in you Now you see nothing but what I wear People ask you how I'm doing You smile and nod don't let it end there Put me underneath God's sky and know me don't just see me with your eyes Take away this mask of flesh and bone and See me for my soul alone

I hope you're ready, because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you're listening to these tapes, you're one of the reasons why.

In the end....everything matters.

Teens in the '90s had the same basic desires as they do now.