TragediesThatMadeHerStrong.
BY
LixzDanyelle
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DearReader,
Thisbookistoshowyouthatyoucanfacemanychallengesandstillmakethemostoutoflife.Inthisworldwearefacingapandemicleavingmanysickandotherslosingtheirfamilymembers.Knowingthateveryonefacestroublesandtribulations,Iprayforthosewhoarefacingsicknessanddeath.
–ElizabethWilliams
——-ThisisforMyDadwhoalwaystoldmethatIcouldaccomplishanythingifIputmymindtoit.—---
TableofContents
Contents
Chapter1HowitBegan
Chapter2MackenziesGoodbye
Chapter3MadisonStarts
Chapter4NewExperiences
Chapter5TheNextBigChange
Chapter6BigNewSmallTown
Chapter7TheEnemyUndefetable
Chapter8What'sNext
Chapter9RosesTrueLove
Chapter10TheFallatTheWedding
Chapter11Regrets
Chapter1HowitBegan
MackenzieBaltimorewasjustanaverageteen,welluntilnow.Mackenzieisa16-year-old,whowasraisedinasmalltown. Shehadbeen“normal”herwholelife.Atleastuntilhighschooltoldherotherwise.Shewasn’tanormalgirlwhenshereachedhighschool.Makenziebecamepopularwhensheshoweduponthefirstdayofschool.Thepopulargirlswalkeduptoherandfromthatpointonshewasneverforgotten.Mackenziedoesn’tunderstandthereasonwhypeoplelikedherwhenshedidn’tevenlikeherself.Buteverydayshewalksintotheschoolandsitswithherfriends.Everydaythesamethinghappens;arandompersonwalksuptoherandcallsher‘beautiful.’Shesaysthankyou,butinrealityherlowself-esteemmakesherwanttostartadebate.Shegrewupthinkingthatshewasuglynoreasonatallthatwouldcometohermindwhenpeopleaskedherwhyshefeltthatway.Lowself-esteemmaybe? Makenziewouldneversaywhyshefeltthatway.ShehadalwaysseenhersisterastheprettyoneMadisonwasonewhowasbulliedforhundredsofthings.Thetwosisters,althoughayearapart,lookedsimilar.Makenziehaddeepbrownhairandblueish-greeneyesandanathleticbuild,andMadisonwithblonde-ishhairandblueeyes,aslimwaist. Shefightswithdepressionandbipolardisorder,withnoonerealizingsheisnotokayandsheneedsthehelpthatsheisn’tgetting.Herhomelifeisn’tgreateitherwithalittlesisterandtwolittlebrothers.Sheispracticallyraisinghersiblingsonherown.Herfatherisadrunkandhermotherneverbotheredtobearound.Hersisterisjustturning13.HernameisMadison.Thebrothersaretwinsandattheageof5.TheirnamesareMicahandMason.Mackenziedoesn’twanttoloseherlittlesiblings.Shewantsthemsafeandshefeelslikeallthreeofthemaresafestwheninhercare.OverprotectiveofMadisonbecausesheisattheagewhereshecanstartdating.OnedayaguybythenameofChrisFarnsworthaskedMadisonout,butrejectionissomethingheisfamiliarwithandeverygirlknowsit.MadisonfeltbadsosheaskedifhecouldcomeandtalktoMackenzie.Heagreed.Thatnight,theywenttothemovies.
MackenzieisaSeniorthisyearandshehashereyesonhim.HeisasweetcountryboywiththenameofHankEaston,butsheknewhewouldn’tevenpayanymindtoher.Eventhoughshedidn’tknowifhefeltthesameway.
Afterschooltoday,sheistryingoutfortheschoolplay.Shegetstheleadnowallshehastofindouthowshecandotheplaywithoutherfriendsfindingout.Shefinallygetsthetimesheneedsawayfromthem.
TherearethreemoredaysuntiltheschoolplaysandMackenziehasaplan,shewantstoenditall.Shehasbeendepressedforawhilenowandshejustdoesn’twanttoliveanylonger.Afterall,sheistheleadoftheplayandshewillhavealltheattentioninthebeginning.Inhergroupsheistheonlynerd,nooneknowsiteither.ShelovesArt,Theater,MathandScience.Inasmallschool,andstill,nooneknowsit.Sheisverygoodatallherclasses.
Todayisthedaysheisfinallygoingtogooutwithherplan.Butshedoesn’tknowifit'sgoingtowork.Thisiswhathappened…LightsfadeintoAct1Scene1.Herline.Spotlightonherandher… Shepulledagunout,pointeditouttohertemple,andpulledthetriggerclick…click…click… withoutherknowingthebarrelwasempty.Shehadn'tcheckedatallbecauseshethoughtitwasfull.Itwasneverrefilledafterthelasttimeshewenthuntingwithherdad.Theplayendedrightafterandherfatherwascalledandwastoldthatsheneededtobehome.
Soherfatherandshesatandtalkedtofigureoutwhyshewoulddothat.Thenshewasbroughttoamentalhospital.Cometofindoutshewasgettingbulliedbyherfriends.Shewasjusttooafraidtoleavethemsoshestayedanddealtwith