wo – The

I quickly wiped it off. The thoughts of Jana, my one and only friend s

y her, she looked down at her food but s

e gone through more emotiona

ns on bullying. It was a

ng your first love”. My mom once read to me an art

d why but for eight years, I tried not to talk about it much – for my mom’s sake. But I

arles James, left me too. He was a black like me – we grew up together – sin

. I tried calling at all his birthdays but no one answered. For a lon

g. I’ve heard of countless kids who committed suicide – though, I doubt

ed suicide realized the hard

– is death in Hell. No matter what I face, I’ll just hav

up my mind to fight back. Not even the devil can stop me

my beauty, skin color or popularity at school. These

While clearing up the dishes, I let my mind wander to my new

ve my own gang – a group of other kids – kids who are t

ike, I had done some major orientations on myself. I wa

n’t you tell me why you were sad?” she asked. I kne

e who didn’t like being too nosy, she believes if you want to talk, you’

I said with my most formal accent. “Oh, sorry. Wrong number” and the line was cut.

call. My phone buzzed again. “Hey, what’s this all about?” I mumbled while wiping my hands on

the unknown number again, and I had few f

g down the stairs. She almost fell!!! “Its him” she wh

r. I was almost cutting the line when I heard “Bye, on my way”. T

phone and my mom. “Its w

pened

” earlier, no one came to mind. After pondering on it for a

crash down the stairs for but I was wrong. Well i

r a moment, my feelings of uneasiness came, my best friend looked like now a typical black Amer

ly but I felt like a

Charles wasn’t looking at me, somehow, it felt like he was avoiding my gaze, the same way

as half-way up the stairs. He didn’t come after me – why should he anyway?

feel like I

I was trying to absorb the shock of their sudden arrival, the complete transformati

be seen as “rude” to not com

I should still change them. On second thoughts, I shouldn’t, Cha

room. If he was the last obstacle I had to overcome so my l