This story is told in the point of view of Harry, a 15 year old boy who is just entering high school as a freshman. He is very quiet yet he notices everything and is a silet obsever. Harry has sufferred from two important people in his life dying - his aunt when he was younger and his bestfriend last summer. Because of these traumatic deaths, Harry suffers from social anxiety/awkwardness as well as depression.
[[You start your first day of high school, you walk into your english class in business proffesional clothes.]]You start your first day of high school, you walk into your english class in business proffesional clothes.
[[You stay quiet and listen to the teacher teach his class. The teacher notices that you're very smart. ]]
[[Your classmates start to make fun of your clothes.]]You take the book he gave you - The Katcher in the Rye - to lunch with you and sit down at a table alone.
[[A senior named Benjamin sees the book and stops to tell you that's his favorite book. He sits down to talk to you. He invites you to a football game with him and his sister Ellie.]]
[[Students from your class see you leaving with the book and make fun of you and say you kiss the teachers ass.]]A senior named Benjamin sees the book and stops to tell you that's his favorite book. He sits down to talk to you. He invites you to a football game with him and his sister Ellie.
[[Go to the football game.]]
[[Say no because you think it's a pitty ask.]]Students from your class see you leaving with the book and make fun of you and say you kiss the teachers ass.
[[You start to take what they're saying to heart.]]Go to the football game.
[[Tag along with them to a diner after.]]
[[Don't go with them to the diner because you think they're only asking you to be nice and you don't want to bug them.]]Tag along with them to a diner after.
[[Ellie talks about all her favorite music and books. You think you might be in love with her but you feel crazy because you just met her.]]Ellie talks about all her favorite music and books. You think you might be in love with her but you feel crazy because you just met her.
[[You stay quiet and admire Ellie while she talks. ]]
[[You tell Ellie she's amazing.]]You stay quiet and admire Ellie while she talks.
[[She tells you that she likes how you're a good listener and that she loves your music taste. Benjamin says he thinks you fit in great with them and he invites you to go to a party with them that night.]]You tell Ellie she's amazing.
[[She tells you that she likes how you're a good listener and that she loves your music taste. Benjamin says he thinks you fit in great with them and he invites you to go to a party with them that night.]]She tells you that she likes how you're a good listener and that she loves your music taste. Benjamin says he thinks you fit in great with them and he invites you to go to a party with them that night.
[[At the party someone offers you brownies in the kitchen and you eat one because you're starving.]]
[[You decide to move past the kitchen and sit on the couch because you already ate at the diner.]]At the party someone offers you brownies in the kitchen and you eat one because you're starving.
[[You talk to everyone about your feelings.]]
[[You go to the bathroom to be alone.]]You decide to move past the kitchen and sit on the couch because you already ate at the diner.
[[You start to see how happy everyone is and it makes you upset that you aren't the same.]]You talk to everyone about your feelings.
[[Ellie takes you in the other room to make you a milkshake and takes care of you.]]
[[You realize everyones laughing and you walk to the bathroom to get ahold of yourself.]]Ellie takes you in the other room to make you a milkshake and takes care of you.
[[When she's making your milkshake you tell her your bestfriend loved milkshakes. She asks you how he is doing.]]When she's making your milkshake you tell her your bestfriend loved milkshakes. She asks you how he is doing.
[[You tell her he killed himself last summer. She looks up at you and a wave of sadness hits her, she tells you she's so sorry.]]
You tell her he killed himself last summer. She looks up at you and a wave of sadness hits her, she tells you she's so sorry.
[[You tell her it's okay and that you just want to be alone so you go to the bathroom.]]
[[She walks over to you and hands you your milkshake and hugs you for a long time. She asks if you have a favorite person in your life that you can talk to.]]You tell her it's okay and that you just want to be alone so you go to the bathroom.
[[You stare at yourself in the bathroom mirror and start to realize your sadness even more.]]She walks over to you and hands you your milkshake and hugs you for a long time. She asks if you have a favorite person in your life that you can talk to.
[[You tell her your favorite person was you Aunt Elena but she died on your birthday a long time ago.]]
[[You don't say anything and just hug her silently.]]You tell her your favorite person was you Aunt Elena but she died on your birthday a long time ago.
[[Both you and Ellie start to cry. Ellie holds you in her arms and you both sit on the floor together. Ellie tells you she will always be there for you and that she will do everything in her power to take care of you and be your favorite person.]]Both you and Ellie start to cry. Ellie holds you in her arms and you both sit on the floor together. Ellie tells you she will always be there for you and that she will do everything in her power to take care of you and be your favorite person.
You smile a little bit because even though you just met her that day ... she already is.You stay quiet and listen to the teacher teach his class. The teacher notices that you're very smart.
[[He asks you to stay after class, he likes you and gives you some of his favorite books to read.]]
He asks you to stay after class, he likes you and gives you some of his favorite books to read.
[[You take the book he gave you - The Katcher in the Rye - to lunch with you and sit down at a table alone.]]
[[You get stopped by classmates in the hallway.]]Say no because you think it's a pitty ask.
[[He insists and you tells you that you have to come!]]Don't go with them to the diner because you think they're only asking you to be nice and you don't want to bug them.
[[They insist you come and drag you to the car with them.]]
You go to the bathroom to be alone.
[[You stare at yourself in the bathroom mirror and start to realize your sadness even more.]]
[[You decide that going back to talk to Ellie is the best decision.]]You don't say anything and just hug her silently.
Ellie holds you tight and tells you, you now finally have someone to be there for you through every problem. You know you do and you smile.You get stopped by classmates in the hallway.
[[You ignore their hateful comments and continue to the lunch room.]]
[[You start to take what they're saying to heart.]]Your classmates start to make fun of your clothes.
[[You stay quiet and listen to the teacher teach his class. The teacher notices that you're very smart. ]]You ignore their hateful comments and continue to the lunch room.
[[You continue to the lunchroom with the book the teacher gave you - The Katcher In The Rye - and sit down at an empty table.]]You start to take what they're saying to heart.
[[You leave school and walk home in the middle of your first day.]]You continue to the lunchroom with the book the teacher gave you - The Katcher In The Rye - and sit down at an empty table.
[[A senior named Benjamin sees the book and stops to tell you that's his favorite book. He sits down to talk to you. He invites you to a football game with him and his sister Ellie.]]You leave school and walk home in the middle of your first day.
[[You start to think about how you don't have any important people in your life.]]
[[You try to stay clear minded and get home.]]You start to think about how you don't have any important people in your life.
[[You get home and sit down on the kitchen floor because the thoughts are too much to handle.]]You try to stay clear minded and get home.
[[You get home and thoughts of the past start to flood your brain. You sit down on the kitchen floor.]]
You get home and thoughts of the past start to flood your brain. You sit down on the kitchen floor.
[[You reach up at the counter and you feel the kitchen knife ... You call your sister because you need her help.]]You get home and sit down on the kitchen floor because the thoughts are too much to handle.
[[You reach up at the counter and you feel the kitchen knife ... You call your sister because you need her help.]]You reach up at the counter and you feel the kitchen knife ... You call your sister because you need her help.
She doesn't answer the phone; you look down at the knife in your hands.They insist you come and drag you to the car with them.
[[Ellie talks about all her favorite music and books. You think you might be in love with her but you feel crazy because you just met her.]]You start to see how happy everyone is and it makes you upset that you aren't the same.
[[You decide you should eat a brownie now.]]
[[You go to the bathroom to be alone.]]You decide you should eat a brownie now.
[[You talk to everyone about your feelings.]]You realize everyones laughing and you walk to the bathroom to get ahold of yourself.
[[You stare at yourself in the bathroom mirror and start to realize your sadness even more.]]
[[You decide that going back to talk to Ellie is the best decision.]]You stare at yourself in the bathroom mirror and start to realize your sadness even more.
You start to imagine your bestfriend. You imagine being with him. You blackout and realize ... you finally really are with him.You decide that going back to talk to Ellie is the best decision.
[[Ellie takes you in the other room to make you a milkshake and takes care of you.]]He insists and you tells you that you have to come!
[[Go to the football game.]]