I hated him. I hated them all. They made me hate myself even more than I already did.
Year after year. "Please don't make me go [to school]" "You have to go," Kim would say. "It's a new school, make a new start." "Sticks and stones." from Chip. Words will only kill you.
Everyone's a liar. Everyone I've ever known.
I wish I was invisible to him, to everyone.
Don't choose me. I'm not worth your time.
As they were carting him off on a gurney, all I could think was, I wish that was me.