1 WEEK AGO

Kaitlin stood at her school locker trying to find her math notebook. She had so many notebooks in her locker that were the same that she kept grabbing the wrong one. As she stood up, she felt someone push her to the ground causing her to hit her head on her locker door. She looked up to find the snobbiest people in school standing there with smirks on their faces.

"How are you today, geek?" Tanner asked.

"Why do you care?" she asked standing up.

"You know that we love to make your life miserable," Callie said.

"Beware," Sarah said, "We will hurt you."

With that, they walked away.

"Katie!" she heard. She looked behind her and saw her best friend, Sean walking up to her with his video camera. "How are we today?" he asked taping her.

"Shut it off," she said slamming her locker shut.

Sean stopped recording and placed the camera at his side. "Did they do something to you?" he asked with concern.

"Is there ever a time or day when they don't?" she asked walking off.

Kaitlin sat in Math class trying to concentrate on what the teacher was saying. All she could do was think about her fucked up life. Everything that she ever did was a mistake. Then, she began to think and wonder if she was a mistake. She had no friends, besides Sean, and his girlfriend, Stacey. They were the only two people that actually cared for and tried to help her through her problems. She closed her eyes as she felt tears forming in her eyes. She covered her face up to prevent anyone from seeing her cry.

Bradin sat in Math class copying notes the teacher wrote on the board. As he wrote, he heard someone in the seat next to him crying. He peered up from his notes and noticed that the girl next to him was crying. He knew who she was. But, he still felt sorry for her.

"Hey," he whispered.

"Mr. Westerly is there a problem?" the teacher asked.

Bradin pointed to the girl.

"Kaitlin?" the teacher asked. She looked up from her arms. "Are you okay?" The girl shook her head and wiped her eyes to let more tears take over her face. "Can I see you in the hall?" the teacher asked her. She stood up and walked out of the class room. "Okay, class. Try the few problems on page 375. I'll be right back."

Out in the hall, Kaitlin leaned against a nearby wall.

"Kaitlin, what's wrong?" Mrs. Santos asked.

"Everything. My life to be exact. I can't stand it anymore," she said wiping her eyes.

"Are they bullying you again?"

"It's not just them. It's everyone else. I can't be happy at any point in life. Everything I do is wrong. Everyone treats me like shit. No one cares about what I go through."

"I do," the two heard. Kaitlin looked to her left side to find Sean there.

Bradin finished working on the problems and put his pencil down. He looked into the hall and saw Mrs. Santos watch as the girl got hugged by a guy. He, then, realized that the girl crying was the girl that he and his friends always picked on. His heart broke when he realized how bad she was hurt.

The bell finally rang and everyone scurried to the door to leave. Bradin noticed that Kaitlin left her notebook behind and took it with him. As he headed to his locker, he saw her trying to balance her books in her hands. He took a deep breath and walked up to her.

"Hey," he said.

She looked at him and ignored him.

"You left this in Math," he said handing her the notebook.

"Thanks," she said taking it and throwing it into her locker.

"Are you okay?"

"Why do you care? So you can tell your friends to cause me more pain?" she asked walking away.