Love at First Text

Elizabeth

Hi my name is Elizabeth and I'm 18 years old now.  I have a little sister named Hazel, an older brother named Caden, and an older sister named Lynn. So here's a little bit about me, my best-friend is Gracie. I have red hair and blue eyes and I LOVE Tennessee. I got bullied all through middle school and high school and people started bullying me in college too.

Me and Gracie met in preschool when we were babies. The teacher noticed we had been 'talking' to each other and she told our moms. They were both delighted we had made a friend. When got older we became close and always hung out. Then came elementary school and we hung out and had many other friends without having drama. When we soon got to middle school in 6th grade the drama started for Gracie. She couldn't take it anymore even with the help of me and her other close friends. She moved to a school a town over and loved it there. We still kept in touch because she still lived down the street from me. We saw each other everyday after school but it was weird not having her with me at school.

Now I'm going to tell you about the bully or should I say drama starter. Her name is Shelby. She has light brown/dirty blonde hair. Her eyes are brown and she isn't very pretty. She has many (fake) friends but she doesn't know that they don't like her. She started bullying me when I made the basketball team and she didn't. She just kind of turned two faced. She made me and my other friend Julia turn on each other and we got into a huge fight. I stayed awake until I cried myself to sleep most nights. My mom told me she was just jealous but deep down inside I felt that all the things she said about me were true.

She told me I was ugly, that no one liked me, she said I would never succeed in life. She called me a lesbian (even though I like guys) and she told me to kill myself. She told me no one would miss me and I was tempted to take her advice once.

After awhile of her bullying me she pushed me and I pushed her back and she punched me and I slammed her hard in the face. I got suspended for fighting back and then me and Julia became friends again.

Me and Julia talked that night about how the only reason we got into that big fight was because of Shelby.

One day Shelby yelled down the hallway, "hey Lizzyhoebag" I walked up to her and said, "what did you say" she repeated herself and then it was on. I beat the crap out of her and she never bothered me again. But don't think her friends didn't, they threatened me almost everyday. I couldn't take it anymore and I thought about ending it all but thought of my family and didn't.

Then I met Jayden. Jayden was the new kid at school sophomore year. He was my gay best friend who helped me get through almost everything. No one understood me like Jayden did. I don't know how it happened, but me and him got really close. I would say Jayden and Gracie were tied on the best friend list.

Jayden helped me at school when Gracie couldn't because she wasn't there to. It's not her fault and I never blamed her for it, it was just that Jayden and me saw each other more. Once I even helped Jayden talk to the guy he liked because he had been bugging me about this guy for 2 months. I asked the guy if he was interested in my friend and he said, "are you serious, I've had a crush on Jayden since he came here". I told Jayden the good news and he has been happy ever since.

Jayden helped me get through all the threats I got from that whole group. Once he encouraged me to take on one of the biggest girls in the group. I didn't because I didn't know who would win. One day she walked up to me and said, "hey, look at me again and I'll break your neck". Jayden looked at me and said, "take her down". Then it started...but in the end, no one really won. We both got two good punches in and then the teachers broke us up.

After that my senior year wasn't as bad, just nasty looks and rumors. That is still bullying though. Now that you know a lot about me, I think it's time to move on to the next chapter...which will be out soon!