Lily Monologue

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Ugh…. I hate my life. I wish I hadn’t gone to school today! Lily slams the door behind her as she sprints up the wood stairs and into her room. Lily slings her backpack onto the floor and flops down on her beanbag. She starts to weep. Why did I entrust my feelings to them!? How could I be so stupid? Lily throws a peculiar piece of paper at the black aluminum trashcan and looks up at her moonlight mural. Why can’t I have a normal life? Why does everyone pick on me? She heaves herself off the beanbag and drags her feet across the navy blue carpet over to her backpack. She rummages through the front pocket and takes out her phone and earplugs. She sticks the purple earbuds in her ears, scrolls through her music playlists, selects her favorite …show more content…

She quickly pulls out the earplugs and looks at the time and realizes it must be her sister. “Hey! You home Lily?” Lily’s sister yells, “you didn't text me!” Crap, I forgot to do that… Lily can hear aggravated footsteps coming up the stairs. An angered teenaged girl steps into the room, she has clear gray eyes, straight dark brown hair that falls to her elbows and is wearing jeans and a black hoodie. The girl’s angered expression quickly fades into one of concern as she looks at Lily’s swollen, red eyes and face. “What happened to you, Lily?” She asks in clearly softer voice than before, making her way to …show more content…

I’m so stupid, She must think I’m crazy blowing up at her like that. Lily is so absorbed in her thought that she doesn’t even hear the soft footsteps coming towards her room. Lily’s door opens, she looks up to see her sister. Before Lily can stutter out any words of apology Alex drops next to Lily and embraces her. Alex begins to whisper in Lily’s ear, “I know how you feel, I’ve been in your place but you need to know something. No matter if it seems as though the whole world hates you right now you need to stay yourself, ok? You don’t hate how we do things here, right?” Lily shakes her head on Alex's shoulder. “See? You're being yourself, some people might try to change you, but you will find friends that love you for you, got it?” Alex pushes herself away from Lily to look at her and burst into a grin. I guess I at least have one person who loves me for me. That Grin is just priceless though, and contagious! Lily starts to smile and rubs away the remaining tears. She shakes her head and says, “Alex, I hate to say it but you’re right. All this drama has made me hungry. maybe we should finish those

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