Great News For Someone Is Always Bad

She Said 'i Love You' As If It Were A Secret, And An Immense One.

Something Invisible Snapped Inside Her.

Because You're Only Thinking They-might-not-like-me-they-might-not-like-me, And Guess What? When You Act Like That, No One Likes You.

And As Paralyzing And Upsetting As All The Never Agains Were, The Final Leaving Felt Perfect. Pure. The Most Distilled Possible Form Of Liberation. Everything That Mattered Except One Lousy Picture Was In The Trash, But It Felt So Great. I Started Jogging, Wanting To Put Even More Distance Between Myself And School. It Is So Hard To Leave—until You Leave. And Then It Is The Easiest Goddamned Thing In The World.

High School Made Me Realize That The People Who Say They Will Never Change, Are Always The Ones Who Change The Most.