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Hunten sighed as he looked down at his arms and saw the crisscrossing scars there. He remembered why every scar was there and the relief he felt when he opened up another fountain of blood. Today was the day he decided he would kill himself. He looked around the locker room for the final time as he locked himself into the toilet stall.
While he was locking the door, he was muttering to himself saying “I wish it could have happened differently.”
It was after the game was over – we won – that it happened. Hunten and the rest of the team were showering and Hunten saw his long time crush pass by him. His crush was his childhood friend Alex Turner who had moved from Texas to Florida and moved in next door. He remembers when he first met Alex, he had been skating down the street when he ran into someone. The person he ran into turned out to be a cute boy with blonde hair and brown eyes.
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“Oh my god, I am so sorry. Are you ok?” Hunten asked.
“Huh, oh I’m fine. My name is Alex Turner, what’s yours?”
“Oh I’m Hunten Cross. Did you just move here because I’ve never seen you before?”
“Yea we moved here from Texas.” Alex said while sitting up. “Do you think you can get off of me?”
Hunten blushed and jumped up, stuttering. “I-I’m so-sorry.”
“It’s ok Hunten. Hey do you want to be friends?” Alex asked smiling.
“Sure! I’d loved to be friends.” Hunten grinned.
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Hunten shook his head to rid himself of the memories. He sighed and watched Alex walk away and thought to himself. There’s no way he would like me. He paused his thoughts as he felt a familiar heat in his stomach. If anyone asks pretend it’s for your girlfriend. A part of his mind said to him. He blushed and while he was fighting with his thoughts, his friend looked over and clapped him on the shoulder.
“Who you thinking about, buddy?” His friend winked at him.
“Oh uh, my g-girlfriend.” Hunten muttered looking back at Alex secretly.
Dakota watched him look back and stare at Alex and he looked back at Hunten with disgust on his face. His friend was staring at another guy!
“Well you better turn on the cold water soon. The bells about to ring.” Dakota said
“Yea, you’re right.” Hunten closed his eyes and tried to get his mind off of Alex. A few moments later he opened them again and turned off the shower. He walked out of the shower and started getting dressed. Looking around he could swear he felt eyes watching him and he hoped it was just his imagination. No one is looking at you stupid stop kidding yourself.
Yea, you’re right I really shouldn’t kid myself. No one would look at me.
That’s right, no one likes you.
Shaking his head to clear himself of those thoughts, he picked up his bag and left the locker room.