Unhappy Teenage Girl Being Gossiped About By PeersI was in eighth grade when I overheard a group of boys discussing a female classmate in the library. I sat frozen in a cubby desk hidden from their view. I attempted to finish a make-up vocabulary test, but my focus disappeared as I listened to ... read more
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