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Answerless questions can destroy you Move on

It’s the truth, but it’s not enough

That would be easy for you, right? If I ive hihtens the burden of my responsibility thattoward his hostility

Nathan, what you do or don’t do is no concern of uy I am not your enemy I never have been Our paths just happened to cross Now they’ve diverged

I’o now

I close the , then open a new one to see if Rhiannon will appear in it I realize I haven’t yet determined how far away I am from her, and am disheartened to find she’s nearly four hours away I break the news to her in an e to be hard to meet up today, anyway So we aim for tomorrow

In the meantime, there’s Vanessa Martinez to contend with She runs at least two , and I ale--Vanessa’s parents and sister seeenuinely afraid of her

This is ain throughout the day: Vanessa Martinez is not a kind person

It’s there when she meets up with her friends at the start of school They, too, are afraid of her They’re not dressed identically, but it’s clear they’ve all dressed within the sauidelines, dictated by you-knoho

She has a poison personality, and I feel that even I a mean to be said, everyone looks to her for a comment Even the teachers And I find myself stuck in those silences, ords on the venoirls who aren’t dressed within the guidelines, and see how easy it would be to tear theuess she’s acting like she’s in third grade until her chest fills in And, ohthose socks? Are those kittens? I thought only convicted child molesters were allowed to wear those And Kendall’s top? I don’t think there’s anything sadder than an unsexy girl trying to dress sexy We should have a fund-raiser for her, it’s so sad Like, tornado victims would look at her and say, "No, really, we don’t need the irl"

I don’t want these thoughts anywhere nearis that when I withhold them, when I don’t let Vanessa say them out loud, I don’t sense relief from any of the people around me I sense disappoint that the meanness feeds on