The town of Millburrow. Early in 1962. Edgewood Hybrid School is the only school for Hybrids in town.
The entire town, like the rest of the country, treat Hybrids like second class citizens. They have to go to the back of the line in the grocery sto...
I learned about depression from a book I found at school; it was on mental health; it described it as a feeling of hopelessness and emptiness. Everything made sense to me after that, well, everything but one thing, why I like boys the way I do.
It's the following day after my talk with Jason, and I awoke to my alarm going off. I turned it off and sat up and against the headboard of my bed. I threw myself off of the bed and stood up. I took my shirt off and threw it on the floor, and walked into the bathroom. I turned the shower on, and I was about to step in......but I don't want to. I just watched the water hit the plastic tub and go down the drain. After a couple of minutes, I stopped the shower and put my robe on.
I went back to my room.....but-
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"What do you?" I asked. "Your hair and tail fur are disgusting," he said bluntly. "I know you better than you; I can see things." I sighed and walked back to the bathroom.
Honestly is felt nice having water on my skin and felt myself getting clean. I returned to my room, passing Jason in the hall; he seemed happy.
After drying myself off and changing into my uniform, I walked downstairs to get all toast. Then in the kitchen, I noticed a book on the kitchen table. Joey's school bag was next to it. I started to read it while I waited for my toast.
'To brew a sleeping potion, gather the following ingredients, and follow the recipe with exact precision or risk an uncertain outcome. - 2 dashes of Pearl Petal - 2 pinches of Cavern Herb - 6 bits of Emerald Sage - 3 batches of Forest Chicory - 2 dashes of Silk Angelica
Crunch the Pearl Petal very delicately at first, then with unleashed fury at the end. Put the result in a cup-'
Then I felt someone put a hand on my shoulder, and I jumped and almost knocked the book off the table. It was Justine. "Sorry," She yelped after seeing my reaction. "Justine, don't walk up on a pearl boy while he's reading; we get scared." "I know, I almost got burned when dad ironed while reading a newspaper"
