She didn't realized that behind her smile she was crumbling inside, until she became aware of the water dragging her down, thrashing her about, sucking out her breath, and the image that popped into her head of the bridge she had stood upon moments before. she had jumped.

*realize

she was falling- almost in slow motion. she saw everything in slow motion- and she was helpless to stop any of it

and once the water had wrapped itself around her pushing her under, she had realized that she had been barking with depression this whole time, and she didn't even know it.

battling NOT barking

McKenna ate the junky meal the lady from early had given her. She had been informed that someone saw her jump off the bridge and a rescue mission was launched. McKenna felt a tiny bit of dread in the back of her mind, where she almost wished she had died in the murderous waters of San Francisco Bay. Her parents were yet to visit her. She wondered if they even cared....maybe they were mortified that there so called "perfect" daughter tried to commit suicide, and was in fact not so perfect after all. What if they wanted to disown her now. A fresh tear cascaded down her cheek.

When McKenna awoke 'they' were there; her parents.

😂

After she had talked with her parents they had made it clear that she was to go back and live her normal life and pretend like her suicidal attempt had NEVER happened. McKenna knew this wouldn't help. It would tear her apart even more, so that night she had made a decision. McKenna was done she was leaving, her home, her town, family, friend, all of it. She was creating a new beginning, where she'd meet Joanna and Felix; two broken teens, like her.

*friends

She didn't know where or how long she'd run, but she knew she was getting as far away as possible.

The lady introduced herself as Joana, and the man as Felix. The other man hadn't said a word yet. He looked angry of my arrival. Felix lead me to a comfy lounge chair where I was provided a blanket and a cup of GOT chocolate.

*hot

"What is a young girl like you doing outside in this godforsaken town, this late? Do you have no sense of awareness?!" the man who hadn't spoken yet asked. "Bax lay off the girl!" Joana yapped back. than she looked over towards me and said, "Sorry about Baxter, you just caught him at the wrong time, he shouldn't be so stingy later---I hope." "Anyway darling what's your name?"

"I don't wanna talk about it.."

The next morning McKenna woke up on the same lounge chair from the night before. She stifled out a big yawn and set off to the kitchen to cure her grumbling stomach. There she found Baxter perched on a white stool. "Uhhh, hi," she said awkwardly. "Oh, hey. Sorry about yesterday I was mad. Would you like some coffee?" This was a totally different boy than from yesterday McKenna thought. "Yeah, that would be really nice actually. Oh um... thanks," she answered back, ending her sentence with a breathy laugh.

Right at that time Joana had walked in. "Well aren't you two just adorable!" she stated with a loud laugh. "Shut up Jo, you're not even funny, AT ALL!" Baxter yelled back, angrily. "jeez ok I'll lay off," she replied back laughing again. "So anyway, How was your night McKenna?" Joana asked.