" I Don’t Think Anyone Would Notice If I Stopped Showing Up" - Issue #6 — I Almost Took It All Back

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKY35nEely8

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewdRv7cLTc

I saw Lena talking to Eli today. They laughed at something on his phone.

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvvPB0FA0f

I don’t know why it hit me the way it did. Maybe because I was starting to feel safe again. Starting to think maybe someone really saw me, really chose to stay.

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9abzydMom

But in that moment, it all twisted.

My brain told me: Of course she talks to others. Of course you’re just a project. A charity case. Something broken to fix, not something worth keeping.

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfNsi54yMM

I skipped lunch. Went to the back stairs and sat there until the bell rang.

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyp6TynwT1d

That familiar weight sat on my chest again. That voice that says, “This is why you keep it all inside.”

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaZkwSTATd

When I got home, I almost didn’t write this entry. I almost deleted the journal entirely.

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYXTAKHH6a

But then I saw the sticky note again. The one from my locker. I had folded it small and tucked it into the back of the journal.

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2auF2xFGqN

“I see you. Please wait before you disappear.”

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ36yzB9Kp

I read it ten times. Maybe twenty.

92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG4SMo3Qwf

And I kept writing

ns216.73.216.176da2

Reading Theme:

Font Size:

Line Spacing:

Paragraph Spacing:

Load the next issue automatically