but I couldn't wipe them through the mask as I walked. I was looking for a little tiny spot to disappear into.
I wanted a hole I could fall inside of: a little black hole that would eat me up.
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Rat boy. Freak. Monster. Freddy Krueger. E.T. Gross-out. Lizard face. Mutant.
I know the names they call me. I've been in enough playgrounds to know kids can be mean. I know, I know, I know.
I ended up in the second-floor bathroom. No one was there because first period had started and everyone was in class.
I locked the door to my stall and took off my mask and just cried for I don't know how long.
Then I went to the nurse's office and told her I had a stomach ache, which was true, because I felt like I'd been kicked in the gut.
Nurse Molly called Mom and had me lie down on the sofa next to her desk. Fifteen minutes later, Mom was at the door.
“Sweetness,” she said, coming over to hug me. “Hi,” I mumbled.
I didn't want her to ask anything until afterward. “You have a stomach ache?” she asked,
automatically putting her hand on my forehead to check for my temperature.
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