Teenage years
Don't Hesitate
I was 14 years old when I saw him. He was standing in the school quad, sun shining directly on him. It was early spring where everything seemed possible. I noticed how soft his brown hair looked. It was straight down in front of his face, you know, that Justin Bieber looking phase, before we even knew who JB was. I was immediately crushing hard but of course me being the lovely introvert that I am, I did not, could not, say anything to him. I mean come on; I was only in the 7th grade. Next thing I knew, he was some how dating my best friend?? Yes, just like the plot directly from any adolescent movie there is.. but this was MY LIFE. How in the hell did they even know each other I pondered as my world was quite literally swirling around me. Play it cool, I thought, I really had no other choice. All my friends from elementary school dropped me as quick as flies flock to shit. Why you may ask? well that’s for a different time, doesn’t matter now. What matters is that I couldn’t afford to lose anymore friends. It was a miracle I found this one. The rest of my “friends” were honestly just friends of hers. Friends by association if you will.
By Kenzie Lea 4 years ago in Confessions
Rotten Apple Tree
At 18, life was simple and there were a few guarantees. One, for starters, was that my mother would overreact when I told her I had a migraine, another would be that I would, without a doubt, zone out during my 5th period economics class, and the last was due to the fact that I was a senior, I would get any role I wanted in the school play.
By Alexandra Regueiro4 years ago in Confessions
Creator of Chaos
I began my school years as the annoying kid with no friends. Growing up, I was always left alone by myself for recess until I switched schools for grade eight. My last year of elementary was spent carefully selecting my social circle since they would be the ones accompanying me into high school. I would only consider those who clearly dressed the part and wore upscale brands. I needed friends who were trendy, who would have all the boys around them. I couldn’t get the attention of any of the super cool kids at this new school because they had the same mindset, and I couldn’t meet their expectations. Because of my “too good for you” attitude my family held at such high standards I spent my time alone before I would make any friends in this new school. I went to city dances, which were held at a local hall. Kids from every school would attend, get sugar highs and run around crazy trying to find their crush to slow dance with. This is where I found my first friends’ group in my life. They were one year younger and went to a different school, but they were so called “popular”, so I stuck with them. This created the mindset that I really was queen bee. I felt like I finally was accepted for who I was, which was the cool girl, and I would do anything to maintain that mindset. Somewhere between the stereotypical movies I grew up on and sick humor, I found it socially acceptable to point out every flaw in those around me and call it joking around. What began as sarcasm turned into straight up bullying, and the more people that laughed at my insults disguised as a “joke” the more it enabled me to keep people interested in me. Halfway through high school, I began another new school in another new city, despite me not living in this city. My mother gave me permission for everything I asked for and was my partner in crime during these few years of my life. She was my best friend, and she wanted me to be happy. I went to school 20 minutes away from where I lived and made new connections that helped shape me into who I am today. It was here that my unintentional rude comments shifted into deliberate and intentional bullying. Once I began at this new school, I began skipping class to get high and shoplift candy from convenience stores. I remember clearly, one day I was at a clothing store with one of my friends, and she wanted to shop lift a new pair of shoes. In her defense, she was a child. She was also in foster care, and her current shoes were so worn down the heel was walking on bare pavement. I didn’t support lifting this time, because it felt like too big of an item to steal. Nevertheless, I watched her as she did, and we continued around the store until our next class began in 30 minutes. She ended up getting caught, as the security guard was suspicious and began watching us on the cameras the minute we walked in. I just got lucky I didn’t steal that day, but I stayed with her while the police were called and she was escorted home. She got abused that night when she got back to her foster home before they removed her from school immediately and sent her to a new family. It would take 10 years and an accidental run in at a play group for our kids for me reconnect and have the chance to ask what happened to her when she got home that day.
By Bethany Lazuli4 years ago in Confessions
I Wrote about Toxic relationships in my Stories as a preteen and Teenager.
I remember as a kid I wrote so many story ideas. I was inspired by the incredible and magnificent Hayao Miyazaki after "Month of Miyazaki" which showed masterpieces like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. You would think a man who wrote these gems, I would know better than to write about girls being OK with overprotective boyfriends who kill when even the slightest person looks at them wrong, but I was 12-14, I didn't know any better. I did fall in love with Twilight when It came out in 2008 and was just as obsessed with it as everybody else was.
By Diamond Gossett4 years ago in Confessions
Unrequited Love. Top Story - November 2021.
No one knows of my infatuation with you. There is no one to tell of the sleepless nights, the sudden lack of appetite; how the mere glimpses of you cause my heart to shift into fifth gear and my breath to catch inside my lungs.
By Judy Walker 4 years ago in Confessions
I ruined my Life
I met this girl in Feb 2020. We are cohabiting but then after 5 months, she quit due to health reasons that's what she said so I say okay and she should always eat on time and sleep early. After that, I just play SOLO cause I'm still enjoying this game. Everything is so smooth, We are in a Long Distance Relationship. I love her so much. She's different from others. She's funny and her heart is so pure. She always thinks of me and my family. She'll send food and fruits over. We're from a different country but the effort she made just because I haven't eaten dinner or what is so priceless. In my mind that time, she is the one, the one I want to marry and the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. She was preparing everything to come to my country and settle down with me. I was so happy. Because I couldn't leave my country as I was taking care of my dad and my job. So she took the risk and plan everything here. I was so excited and happy at the same time. My girl is coming here, the girl I love to have kids with. But then everything changed when I met this girl in this game she asked for a cohab so I thought just a game why to make it a big deal. After a few months she said that she liked me, she is fun to be with and I told her I like her too but I have a girlfriend and then everything went back to normal until one day my GF and I fought. My cohab was there for me and as the day passes by, my cohab and I are slowly becoming romantic with each other to the point that she'll send a photo and I'll send mine too. I call her when I am not on call with my current girlfriend. Then one morning my girlfriend keep bugging me to video call with her or watch some movies over discord but I keep on refusing because I was in a call with my cohab. And I say hurtful things in text and I blocked her. 2 days went by I feel weird because usually she'll chat with me on my FB or discord, Instagram, or iMessage but I received none. So I unblock her on WhatsApp and I say hello and I'm sorry. After how many hours she hadn't replied to me back so I decided to call her and her mom answered and of course, I said hello and look for my GF and then her mom started to cry and said that her daughter passed away yesterday morning. The lines her mom told me are still vivid in my memory. I felt my heart is slowly tearing into pieces. She's GONE. The woman I love is gone. Little did I know that she had cancer and they found out later as well. After 3 days of her death, I received an email and its from her. In a scheduled email, it was written there how much she love me and how she know that I've been cheating with another girl. It pains me to know that she left this world feeling unloved and unworthy of my love. It's so painful to know that she left this world unhappy because of an asshole like me. I knew I would be living in regret my whole life. The girl I love died, if I am just only loyal and faithful at least she may leave this world with a smile on her face but what I did was to shed tears in her eyes. I didn't even get to see her face one last time… I couldn't do anything but face the consequences of what I've done. It may not look like it. But I killed her. I killed the joy in her. I will never stop blaming myself for what happened. I was a jerk to a one-of-a-kind woman who only know how to love me faithfully and truthfully. If only I can bring back time. If only.
By Vanessa Harmon4 years ago in Confessions
I Had Never Left Washington State.
I had have never left Washington state Until I hit 16 and found myself pregnant I had a high school boyfriend with whom I was very much in love. We were 16 and both rebels. We liked to smoke, drink and do drugs. We had intense chemistry and when we met that day in study hall and then later again and again in in-school suspension we knew we were a match made in heaven.
By Melissa Steussy4 years ago in Confessions
