I used to be miserable and insecure. And then I met Hunter.
It all stared when I was in Kindergarten. When the whole class called me weird. I didn't get it. All I was doing was being myself. And it continued....year after year. I realized I had Attention Deficit Disorder. But just because I realized that I had A.D.D. didn't mean that the situation magically got better. It seemed to get worse. Every year the teasing continued... By the eighth grade I was miserable and insecure. I'd lie about who I was so I wouldn't be teased. I wasn't myself anymore. And one day it was too much. Someone said something that they shouldn't have, something that really hurt me. And I found myself on the bathroom floor, crying. All of the comments filled my head. They were dizzying. I've thought about killing myself before, and I was getting to the point where I was actually considering going through with it. I was overwhelmed and knew I needed to get my mind off of things before I did something irreversible. Crying in the bathroom wouldn't do me any good. I tried to distract myself with this app that I had heard of called YouNow. And that's when I found Hunter. I was scrolling though the app and saw one of his broadcasts. He was just like me. Or who I used to be. He was silly and goofy. He was just being himself. And everyone seemed to love him for it. I thought to myself, 'Could he have ADD too?' I couldn't believe that being accepted as who you were and not being judged was an option. I always thought I had to be what other people wanted me to be. That was how it worked at my school. I guess I thought it was a general rule of thumb. I still didn't feel better about my situation. I needed more. I needed to know how Hunter did it. How he got people to love him for himself. But what I really needed was someone I could turn to. Someone like Hunter. I found him on Instagram and tried reaching out to him. I told him about how I'm teased for having ADD and how I found him on YouNow. I waited for weeks to hear back from him. Until one day I looked at my phone. There was one notification from Instagram. It read:
Hunterrowland: 'Hey cutie! Thanks for DMing me. I can't believe this happened to you, I'm so sorry! But just remember I love you so much and am always here for you. I want to keep in touch with you to see how you're doing, if that's okay with you. Here's my FaceTime. Call whenever you need me. Love you beautiful!'
I was so happy. Hunter Rowland just responded to me!! He said he wanted to keep in touch!! I replied to him:
'You just made my day. Thank you so much for responding!! I'd love to keep in touch. No one ever listens to me except for my best friend. Are you free right now? I'd love to FaceTime with you ASAP. Love you too Hunter!'
Hunterrowland: 'Go ahead! I'm all ears. Can't wait to see your beautiful face.'
So I called him.
And this is where our story begins.
A/N ~
This story was actually inspired by two dreams that I had, so if something seems a little odd or sudden or out of place, that's why. I'm trying to stick to what happened in my dreams as much as possible. Dreams are weird, y'all. But they're awesome.😂
