Chapter 1 - The worst place at the worst time

She sat on her porch looking at the moon. Three in the morning. She knew she had school soon but she knew sleep wasn't going to be an option at this point so might as well make the best of it. Texas. One of the largest parts of the USA. A country known for freedom but yet she didn't feel free. She had a secret. One that would surely make everyone hate her. Her classmates would probably bully her, her gym teacher wouldn't feel safe with her in the same locker room with her classmates probably. She had no friends already, a couple acquaintances, so why was she scared it could come out? She looked at the moon. How could it shine so brightly without fear? Her dog, the reason she was even out here finally came back from her bathroom break, returned to the porch. She stood up, grabbing her phone and opening the door and entering the house, almost forgetting to lock the door. Heading to her room, she thought about letting her dog in it too but decided she wanted alone time. She flopped on the bed, her phone fell but she didn't notice. At school, she saw girls with boyfriends, why didn't she want a boyfriend? Why did she have to want a girl. She felt so broken. Normally she didn't care, she could think "if someone bullied me they were the weirdos for caring so much!" But this time she couldn't. There was no place for someone like her here. The one place there was was hundreds of miles away. It felt like all the plushies on her bed she normally was comforted by were judging her silently. She sighed, suddenly exhaustion hit her, she welcomed it and forced herself to calm down, she still had online friends who didn't care. They didn't even think about it. Soon, she finally fell asleep.