"Hazel, get up sweetheart. You don't want to be late on your last day now, do you?", I heard my mom's sweet and melodic voice calls out for me.

"I'm up mum", I reply in my hoarse voice while getting up from my comfortable bed. I rub my eyes and start brushing my teeth. My reflection in the mirror showing dark circles under my eyes, messy hair and my chubby cheeks and double chin.

I sigh and close my eyes, not wanting to look at myself any longer. I get ready and go downstairs to see all things ready and packed up in huge boxes and my baby brother sitting on the sofa having fruit loops and milk for breakfast.

"Good morning baby", my dad comes from behind me and kisses my cheek and smiles at me.

"Hazel, come and have your breakfast", mom calls out from the kitchen. I see her making pancakes and a stack of it already placed in one of the plates.

"Come and eat. You don't wanna be late now, do you? Take the syrup if you want", she says and smiles at me warmly. I nod my head and sit on one of the chairs and pour chocolate syrup on my pancakes.

"Hazel, we are leaving in ten, alright", comes dad's booming voice which makes me eat faster.

"Mom, I'm leaving", Ace and I both shout and she responds with a flying kiss and a wave, too busy with her paperwork.

"Buckle up kids", dad says as we get inside the car.

"We are not kids anymore", we both shout, just like everyday while dad laughs and ruffles Ace's hair.

"You'll always be kids to me", saying so, he starts driving while the radio hums a song in the background.

Now, let me start by introducing myself. I'm Hazel Campbell, 17 year old, a senior at Robinson high in a small town located in California. I would say I'm normal but for others I'm overweight. I get bullied at school because of it by my fellow classmates. My parents are unaware of that, I would like to keep it that way.

I'm overweight not because of eating too much but because I've a medical condition. More specifically, Hypothyroidism. It is condition in which, the thyroid gland that is located at the base of our neck, does not secrete hormones properly. This is the easiest way of explaining it without going into deep. And being overweight is one of the side effects. But people don't know that, well except for my family and I intend on keeping it that way.

Today, we are leaving for New York because my parents got better job opportunities there after all their hard work. And I cannot be more happy about that. Because, leaving is the easy part when you don't have anything to hold onto at the place you currently are.

"We are here guys", dad's voice breaks the chain of my thoughts. I look out of the window and see the school that I have been to for last thirteen years of my life and I won't miss it at all. All the memories are about people bullying me. There are some good things that happened but I can count them on my hands and they are not more than five.

"Hazel, you need to get out of the car hun", dad's soothing voice brings me out of my bubble.

"I'll see you in the evening dad. Love you", saying so, I get out of the car and follow my brother inside.

"You ready?", Ace asks me. My brother knows about the bullying. He keeps it from our parents just because I told him to. He always tells me to talk to them but me being th stubborn ass doesn't listen to him.

"I was born ready. Let's do this", I say and he sighs.

As we walk through the doors, I hear the disgusted snickers from the students around me. This is a regular thing for me to endure but I tell myself that it is the last day here. I'm going to leave this place for good.

"Hey there fatty", comes the disgusting voice of my number one bully.

"Ace, go to the locker room, I'll be there once I've dealt with this person", I tell him and he reluctantly leaves.

"Still sticking your nose where it's unwanted, Tobias?", I reply with a smirk while his nostrils flare like that of the dragon's. If this was a fantasy world, he would be breathing fire.

"I see you have become bold fatso", comes another voice which belongs to my bully number two, River Wilson.

"I was always like this, you just don't know me well", I reply while smiling sarcastically at him.

"Oh is it. I really hope you don't go crying back home", saying so, Tobias and River drench me in coke. This was out of the blue so obviously I was frozen on the spot.

"Aww, is the baby girl going to cry now?", River says and I am too shocked to reply.

"What the hell guys?", comes another voice that belongs to one of the nicer people around here.

"Why would you do that to Tobias?!", Finn exclaims while Willow, my only friend here, hands me towel to wipe myself.

"She deserves it Finn", River says while smirking at me.

"And why is that asshole?!", comes an angry voice and everyone in the hall is stunned and that's when I realise that it belongs to me.

"You dare back answer me fatso?!", River exclaims while Tobias looks at me with an intense stare which shows anger.

"You answer me now, that why do I deserve this?! Do you have any idea what I go through?! You don't know anything about me. I've endured this for a very long time but today as I'm about to leave this godforsaken school, I'm going to ask you one question. Tell me, why do I deserve the bullying?"

"That's because, you're a nobody. You don't have any standard and all you are to the world is a burden", he says and that pierces right through my heart but I don't show it. I hate showing weakness. I'm not weak and I'm certainly not going to cry in front of my bully. I don't want to give him the satisfaction.

"Shut the hell up River! How fucking dare you say that to her?!", Finn says, anger evident on his face.

"Let's go Hazel", Willow grabs my elbow and tries to get me to follow her.

"No Willow. River, I know I'm a nobody here but who do you think you are? If you think that you have a command in this place, you are sadly mistaken. You have no idea how many people hate you here. You hurt girls as if their are just dolls who have no emotions. You use them for your own pleasure and then throw them away like crumbled tissues. Everyone hates because of how you are but people apparently are disgusted by me because of the my outer appearance. So, who do you think wins here?", I say this while staring him in the eye and he looks taken aback and stunned for a minute. He is speechless and no one says anything. I just glare at them one more time and leave the premises.

By the time I reach my spot which is a huge tree in a secluded place in the park, I'm hyperventilating. I have shortness of breath and my cheeks are red and my chest hurts.

I take out my pills for panic attacks and pop them in my mouth. My breath slows down and breathing becomes normal.

The pain in my chest intensifies but I know it's hot because of the panic attack, it's because of the things River said to me. I know I always stand up for myself but today, my self confidence is completely destroyed and my depression which I had managed to suppress all these years is showing up.

I feel wetness on my hands. I touch my face and the tears that I had managed to hold in have broke in full swing. I sit under that tree and cry my heart out. All these years of holding my emotions has had an effect on me. I put a scarf to my mouth to stop myself from screaming out loud. All the bullying, the torture has affected me in worst way possible and now I feel like giving up everything. I feel like ending my life but the thing is, I can't.

My phone suddenly start ringing and look at it to see my mom calling me. I wipe my tears and answer the phone.

"Hey mo-", I'm cut off by her panting heavily.

"Where are you Hazel?! The teachers called me and told me what happened in school. Please tell me you're safe. I'm so worried about you. Tell me where you are, I am coming to pick you up right now", mom says while hyperventilating and I could sense that she is crying.

"Mom, I'm fine. I'm at the park", before I could say anything else, the line cuts off.

After fifteen minutes, I see my mom, dad and Ace coming running towards me. I stand up and they engulf me in a tight hug.

"Why didn't you tell us before baby? We could've done something", dad say and I sigh and give him a small but a sad smile.

"I didn't want you guys to worry about me. You already have a lot on your plate", I reply and mom continues crying.

"We are leaving right now. I don't want you to stay here. I already talked to the principal and they are going to take strict action against them. Let's go home. We have a plane to catch", dad says. He holds my hand in his and leads us to the car. Ace is holding mom and she calms down, eventually.

That's why I said that, leaving is the easy part, isn't it?

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A/N

This is the most intense chapter I have ever written in my life. I hope you guys like it.

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