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Losing to Shirley

Author: sylvia
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-01 20:59:43

Kelly’s POV

The classroom walls close in on me, the whispers and stares pressing like knives into my skin. Ivan’s words echo in my head, each one slicing deeper than the last. “I do not love you. I will never choose you.”

He said it in front of everyone. Everyone.

My cheeks burn so hot I can barely stand it. I see their eyes, my classmates, mocking, pitying, some even smirking. Shirley sits there, glowing with tears of joy, holding his hand like she has won some kind of prize. And maybe she has. She has taken everything from me.

I can’t stay here. I grab my bag, my fingers fumbling with the zipper, and I storm out before anyone can laugh in my face. The hallway blurs as I walk faster, then faster still, until I am outside. The cool air slaps my skin, but it doesn’t soothe me. It only makes the tears sting harder.

* * * * * * * * * *

At home, I lock myself in my room. I pace, I cry, and I scream into my pillow. Hours pass, but the ache does not fade instead, it festers, turning into so
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