"The smoke shifted direction and I breathed in. Breathed out. On the inhale I was angry. On the exhale there it was again. Fear. The fear made me angry and the anger made me afraid and I wasn't sure who he was anymore. Or who I was."

Fear, Anger, Identity, Emotion

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"The smoke shifted direction and I breathed in. Breathed out. On the inhale I was angry. On the exhale there it was again. Fear. The fear made me angry and the anger made me afraid and I wasn't sure who he was anymore. Or who I was."

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"I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel or look so stupid."

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"I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin."

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"It was hard to know how to play the game when the rules kept changing."

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"IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding."

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