The Friend Whom You Trusted

MeiMei

It all started on Tuesday, February 19. I was going home on the trolley with my friend, Linh. We were talking about anything we could think of. But then, we got on the topic of her best friend. She told me that her best friend was the only person she truly trusted. He was everything to Linh. He was always there for Linh and he was the one who would do anything for her. But something collapsed in Linh's eyes. "He wants to suicide." Those words struck me and tears came into my eyes. "Why?" I asked as I stared at Linh, worried what she would say.

"He's being cyber bullied...because he is gay." Linh said looking down at her phone. I stared at Linh and got angry. I don't see why people are so judgmental. Why cant they just accept people as they are? Why cant they shut up and not judge people? "Can I... meet him one day?" I questioned Linh, hoping that I will be able to change her friend's mind of suicide. Linh thought about it and nodded. "I'll set up a date and you guys can talk. I just need to ask him," Linh said as she got up, "Bye." She said that to me when we reached her stop and then she got off.

Two days had passed since Linh told me about her friend. I went to school like usual. And went to my locker like usual. Then I saw one of my other friends, Cassie. "Hi." She said calmly as she rushed to do her homework. "Hey," I said glumly. I was never good at waking up in the morning. "Linh was looking for you. Like she just looked in the room and then left." Cassie exclaimed as she looked up at me. "Really?" I asked but at that moment, Linh came into the room. "Monica, Come here..." Linh ordered as she stood at the entrance. "Okay..." I said but when I looked at Linh... Something was wrong. I was scared, but I didnt show it. "Its about the friend I told you before," Linh said as I started walking towards her. Before I got to her, I thought she was going to tell me the date when I meet her friend. So I was smiling cheerfully as I walked to her. When I got to Linh, she said the most unexpected thing in the whole world..."He died."
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I just stood there. No words came out of my mouth. I stood there looking at Linh with this shocked look. Tears welled up in my eyes. Linh continued. "He died this morning..." Linh started tearing up. We just stood there and teared up. No one said a word for a while. Linh talked for a little bit. "I dont know what to do... I think I will do my best..." After Linh said that, she left the room. Leaving me to stand there like an idiot. I really wanted to hug her and tell her it was going to be okay. But I knew, it wasn't going to be okay. I couldn't say the words I wanted to say. All I did, was stand there until the bell rang....

Why...did he die... Why couldn't he live... Didn't he know how much Linh loved him? He didn't deserve to die. The people who made him die should have died. He didn't deserve it. He had a future ahead of him, but they made him kill his future. Why? Just... Why? I could've driven him out of it... I could've been his friend... I could've help him with his problems... I could've seen him happy. But because of these judgmental people, he died. An innocent life was killed. But what I was scared of the most was Linh. On the same day she told me about her friend, she said, "If he dies, I don't know what I would do. I might even go with him..."

That day... 3 people died... 3 people I knew... One of them was gonna be my friend... The other one emotionally collapsed... and I... I died mentally and emotionally. We lost ourselves. Lost our minds... and lost our everything.

Help the people around you who are being judged unfairly ....being bullied just because they are different. They have a heart just like us where they feel pain and tend to give up at some point. Stop judging and love people for what they are......