The blaring sound of my morning alarm pierced through my ear holes, forcing me awake. I groaned loudly, slamming my hand against my phone until the sound stopped. Sunlight streamed through the curtains, casting soft beams across my scattered desk where unfinished homework from the previous day lay abandoned.
Today was another school day, another day to pretend like my life wasn’t in a mess.
I stared at the outfit I had picked last night hanging on the closet door and ready to be worn. The thought of facing my friends, teachers, and the judgmental eyes of my classmates made my chest tighten. How long could I keep up the secrets when the cracks in my life were growing deeper by the day?
The pressure felt so suffocating, like invisible hands were gripping her throat tightly. My fingers tre
