Repression...

by someday_93

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Lights blare; music pulses. Screaming echoes from all corners of the gymnasium, decked out with streamers. This is my first high school dance.

After a bit, the music changes, getting softer and calmer. Kids break out of their groups and form couples, swaying gently. So this is a slow dance.

A shadow comes up behind me. “Would you like to dance with me?” He asks, shyly.

I don’t. want to do it. But my friends are pushing me towards him, so I really have no choice. He puts his arms around my waist, after positioning mine. “It’s okay,” he tells me. “I’m kinda nervous too.”

But I’m not nervous. Nothing, really. Until afterwards. That’s when I go to the bathroom and throw up, throw up until I feel completely empty. Why do I always get sick when boys touch me? I feel so awful; inside and out.

I’m in the bathroom of my elementary school. That’s where it happened. That’s where he hurt me. That’s where I lost…what I didn’t even know was mine to give, at age seven.

So that’s why. But I don’t know that.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Repression...

    SupRspi's Buddy Icon SupRspi

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Holy fricken wow. This is an excellent piece, and scary – in a very real sort of way.

    Great job – really great job.

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    pie_is_good's Buddy Icon pie_is_good

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oh my god, that is so absolutely terrible—in a good way, of course. The writing is phenomenal, of course. Wonderful job. :)

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    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    sad, creepy, well told. too real.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Nicely done, and you even hit two mechanisms in one heart wrenching story…repression and somatisation.

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    Batak Beatrix's Buddy Icon Batak Beatrix

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    What a sad story. Nicely done.

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    One Time, One Chance's Buddy Icon One Time, One Chance

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    omg. whoa.. seven?! excellent story.

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    wytherwings' Buddy Icon wytherwings

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    omg that was amazing
    your really a great writer

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    blackbearsrock's Buddy Icon blackbearsrock

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    That was awesome!

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    The final announcement has been made. Check it out in the prequel to the challenge, as odd as that is.

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