Borderlines

By talayafrancois

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Zafira sees her mental illness as characters that interact with on a daily basis. Zafira struggles with Borde... More

Chapter 1~Flying Metal Deathtraps
Chapter 2~Can of Worms
Chapter 3~Stranded
Chapter 4~Sunset
Chapter 5~Hello Stranger
Chapter 6~The Pound
Chapter 8~Meeting Shame
Chapter 9~Stabbing
Chapter 10~Confession
Chapter 11~Lost and Found
Chapter 12~The Accident
Chapter 13~White Flowers
Chapter 14~The Ugly Truth
Chapter 15 ~The Chase
Chapter 16~The Plan
Chapter 17~Blue and Red lights
Chapter 18~Mental Health Facility
Chapter 19~Partner Activity
Chapter 20~Freetime

Chapter 7~Mystery Solved

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By talayafrancois

I'm clicking through a module for my law school exam when my arm accidentally reaches over and spills my light brown earl gray black tea all over my keyboard.

"No!" My heart seizes in my chest as I watch the screen glitch then go black and green.

"Clumsy ass." Depression appears and sits on the edge of my bed.

"Unhelpful."

"No! How are we going to do our law school homework now? And this laptop cost $2,000, you don't have that type of money to spend on a new laptop. Mom just bought Manny, and he wasn't cheap," Anxiety says then takes a sip of coffee.

"Unhelpful," I sing. I get up and grab some napkins then attempt to sponge up the mess.

"Now what are you going to do? You can't do any of your homework. You can't play the sims. There's nothing to do but sit and think," Depression says.

"I'll be damned if that's what I do," I say and reach for my ukulele. I start playing chords, but get no joy out of it. "Oh. I met a man who wears a bowtie and he has golden curls. Who is he?"

"Ugh," Depression groans. "That motherfucker."

"That's Happiness," Anxiety says.

"Ahhh... Makes sense." 

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