Surviving Freshman Year: A Personal Journey

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“Leave the past where it belongs.” High school is every kid’s dream: less rules, more freedom, more fun. That wasn’t necessarily how it happened for me. In fact, so far my freshman year has been the worst year of my life. It started out alright. It was like a fresh start. I stopped self harming. I started eating more. Actually, I started eating a lot more, bring me to my third and final eating disorder. Binge eating. I gained weight my freshman year. This entire school year, I did not participate in one sport. I kept to myself in high school, because the monstrosity of people honestly intimidated me quite a bit. The January after Christmas break, a girl named Jaszlyne moved to my school. I soon enough befriended her because I was desperate …show more content…

The only way Jaszlyne and I would be able to hang out was if we snuck out and lied to both of our parents on where we were both staying, so we told them we were saying at the other’s house. This is one of the two times I have lied to my parents on where I have been. We all went on another drive. The late night, windows down kind of drive. Then it got to be so late out that Jaszlyne and I couldn’t stay at her house, because we would wake her dog and get busted. It was about 3 in the morning and Jake had thought that it would be a good idea to go crash at his step dad’s …show more content…

What I didn’t know was that Jaz had been texting Darren, talking to him as if she were me, and was deeply… flirting with him. I had no idea. So when we got to Sandis’ house, Darren asked if I wanted to go upstairs and watch The Walking Dead. We went upstairs and watched the show for a while when he started trying to kiss me. He then tried advancing himself onto me and I told him no. He asked me if I would have sex with him. I obviously objected, even though I did like him. He then guilt tripped me into it. Apparently in the texts that Jaszlyne sent him off of my phone, she said I would have sex with him. He kept saying things about how I said I would, but I never said anything like that. Eventually, I gave in because I knew he wouldn’t stop until he got what he wanted. I may have let it happen, but I never said yes and I did not want to. He knew that I liked him a great deal, and he took advantage of

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