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I’m not being rude, or at least I’m not trying to, I just can’t speak to you. I bet they’ll be off talking about me behind my back, I bet they hate me, they think I’m stupid or arrogant. How dare they, what do they know anyway? No, I can’t just calm down, no I won’t forget this, I will not ignore it. Hmm?... I feel sick...

“Awe… you used to be so happy, always looking for attention anyway you can, smiling, playing and pretending.” Then what happened? What caused me to change so drastically? ‘Looking for attention?’ I’d rather be out of sight out of mind, ‘Smiling?’ I don’t even remember the last time I was genuinely happy or even content. I couldn’t have always been that way, I remember, “You couldn’t even look at him,” you’ve said to me.

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