People grow apart, and sometimes, there nothing anyone can do about it.

But they were wrong. There was a reason.

Stories about sensitive issues like sex, drugs or sexual assault, suicide and teen drinking, are often censored because people just don't want to talk about those things. It's not that these things don't happen, but when they're shared in a fictional setting, for some reason they make some people uncomfortable.

What you don't understand, you can make mean anything.

And concentrating on the spot where the two spindles should be is the closest I get to looking Hannah's eyes as she tells my story.

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.

And as I stood there in the hallway―alone―trying to understand what had just happened and why, I realized the truth: I wasn't worth an explanation―not even a reaction. Not in your eyes.