Outdoor Pool — Maisie Peters 00:52 ━●─────── 03:17

”’I was 15, now I’m 15 and a fool”

You were obsessed with a boy in your grade. Niall Theodore. He was semi-popular, but that wasn’t the issue. He was straight and questioning… the WORST stage of self-discovery…

In school, he never paid you any attention, but you guys talked SOMETIMES outside of school. One night, he asked to meet you at the community pool. It was midnight, and you had your pajamas on and everything…

But who were you to turn down THAT offer? Before this, you didn’t really hang out in person, just the occasional “you up?” or running into each other at the supermarket. Maybe this would change everything

Not much happened, until he kissed you. He KISSED you. You were over the moon… but with every record breaking high comes a record breaking low…

The next day in school, you expected at least a smile and wave, but you received the daily treatment: a pitiful once-over glance…

What a fool… you expected him to like you? How pathetic…

After blinking away a few tears, you make your way to your last class of the day with the mindset “when you hit rock bottom, all you can do is rise”

You were wrong, it’s becoming pretty frequent…

There he was, at the science-wing lockers with the new exchange student. It felt like a switchblade in your stomach…

Later, he texted you as if everything was normal…

”you awake?”