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“Hey squirt!” his father called as he walked by the kitchen, “how was school?”
“Horrible. As usual.” Was Rays disgruntled response as he turned to look at his father.
Jameson frowned, looking up from the newspaper. “I’m sorry to hear that son. Do you want to talk about it?”
“No, it’s fine.” Sighed Ray.
He continued towards his room.
“Don’t forget!” Called his father, “report cards came in today. We’ll be discussing them at dinner tonight.”
Back in his room Ray collapsed on his bed. How could he have forgotten? He had been dreading it all week. It was just another chance for him to be compared to his perfect brother and his perfect sister. The two of them were constantly making the honor roll, a list of students who had achieved either a B+ average or better. Something that never happened for Raymond. Inevitably he would be lectured by the whole family tonight.
He knew exactly how the conversation would go. Depending on how poorly he did he may even be grounded for a few weeks. All of his inhibitions and self-loathing came bubbling to the surface. The tears he seemed to have been holding back all day finally overwhelmed him. He laid in bed crying quietly, feeling more trapped then usual.
“Why was I ever even born?”
Admin Note: Originally published on BigCloset TopShelf on Saturday, 03/04/2017 - 03:06:47 AM.(-0400), A Blank Page was pulled out of the closet, and re-presented for our newer readers to enjoy. ~Sephrena
Comments
Just Beautiful
Flummox,
This is a wonderful story and i enjoy reading every part that you are willing to share. I can understand how posting these chapters can be stressful at times. All I can say is post what you are comfortable with when you can, you will have several readers waiting. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderfully written and exquisite story with us here...
Now that book one is finished I eagerly yet patiently wait to see what Rayne is going to do next...
Flummox thank you for taking the time to share your wonderful stories with us here. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your stories. Bringing characters to life can be hard at times. You have a fantastic muse who is able to get your ideas enhanced enough to write them down, then you find the courage to share them with us here. Thank you so much for everything you have done.
The answers to all of life's questions can be found in the face of a true friend
WOW, WOW, WOW...
Thank you for writing this. I have never been in so many tears...
I am an artist too and the getting lost in the creative process while being 'other' and alone, and close to suicide...
Just WOW.
THANK YOU...
but it is the rare moments of beauty and peace
in between the chaos,
That makes it worth living."
- Tertia Hill
Great to see this back
Great to see this back now with a 'blank page' photo. I think it a very suitable cover for this book. Great to see this back now with some ghrapic. For those who have not read this yet, read it. One of the story that will use up your tissue papers, well it does that to me.