Getting shoved into the lockers and pushed on the ground is not fun at all. After getting told five days on the seven days that you're fat, worthless and ugly, you eventually start to believe it. If everyone keeps repeating it, it must be true, right? For Missy Vega, being bullied at school and going home to an empty house at the end of the day is a daily occurrence. The jocks, the cheerleaders, and everyone at school pick on her because she's different. She wears mostly wears black because it matches her mood. She wears long sleeves even in the summer to hide the scars on her wrists and avoid drawing more attention to her, She doesn't talk. No, she's not mute; she just doesn't talk because what's the point of talking when nobody listens to you She has already tried to tell them to stop, when they first started harassing her, but they wouldn't stop no matter how much she pleaded. Who knew high school students could be so cruel, so heartless? At
2017 is coming to an end soon. It has been one crazy ride. I met new people. Friends became strangers. Strangers became friends. Friends became family. Lover turned out to be an abuser. I found comfort in the most unexpected place. These past few months has taught me a lot about the people around me and all these lessons made me wiser. I've made so many mistakes throughout the year. I've made decisions I regret till day. I've meet people who I wished I didn't meet. But, all these moments made me for who I am today. I've learnt that settling for anything is not good. Settling down for the first thing you get, is not always the best for you. It could bring more harm than good. It is never right to settle for the first guy that walks into your life because then you wouldn't explore and mingle around. There is always a right guy out there for you but you got to find that one and settling down for the first guy that walks into your life would not make it happ