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Submitted to Contest #234
(Trigger Warning: Mental Health, Suicide, Self Harm, Substance Abuse)Normal kids love summer break, but I dread it. This summer, anyway. Too much time alone and—well, I ought not to think about that. I blow out a long breath and flip open my locker, the last flakes of green paint cling to it in defiance. One last day of classes to distract me from my miserable life.My phone buzzes, the ten minute warning bell rings in five, and Reed’s not here yet. He insisted I wait for him by my locker this morning, so I pop open the small cubby above my m...
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