I am stronger than you give me credit for.

You had been through...so much...and yet no one ever let you do anything dangerous to help

Aiden and Ben always wanted to protect you, Logan wanted you to be safe, Taylor never wanted you to get involved, Tyler wanted you to get proper training for the phantom dimension, since he thought you were "ill-suited" for it, and Ashlyn thought you were just plain weak

But, you were still apart of their group nonetheless, which means you had to help them

In the 2 months you've all been traveling to the phantom dimension for 7 hours each night, you've been through so much. You've taken everyone's hits. You pushed Logan out of the way when he almost got scratched by a phantom on the side, taking the hit instead, you stayed behind with Aiden when he had a sprained ankle and ended up getting dragged onto the roof of Ashlyns house and got a concussion, you snagged Tyler and pulled him inside the jeep when he almost fell out, accidentally sending you out and ending in you impaled on the tree instead of him, and you pushed Aiden out of the way when the roof collapsed at the school, crushing you underneath

You just got stabbed through a shoulder in the phantom dimension, and it took you a few minutes longer than the others to wake up, but when you finally did, your whole body ached. You could still feel your injuries despite not transferring physically. You could feel the deep scratches on your side, the throbbing of a concussion, the searing pain in your stomach from the hole, your entire body ached from being crushed, and now you had a sharp sting on your shoulder

Immediately, everyone began to argue about how you needed to be more careful, that you weren't as strong as them (except Ben, cause he's mute), and you were fed up with it

"I am stronger than you give me credit for!"

You snapped at them, your hands balled into tight fists at your sides and tears burning in your eyes from the pain your body was in