Warning: This post contains bullying topic.
Wil follows Linda, where she quickly walks to the gazebo. He sees Linda’s face, broken, lost of hope.
“Linda? Hey, how did you…?”
“Stop… Ya see, I’m not in the mood right now. I yelled at the guests. And they…they…*sob*” She cries a lot of tears. Some voices are playing in her head.
“Meanie!”
“Look at the mirror! You’re ugly!”
“Normal Zorua is better than you”
“You’re not belong here!”
“I…I don’t belong here… Every time I talk to people, there’s always dumb questions, so I decide to yell… This memory… I still can’t forget it…” Linda remembers her time at school where some students bullied her.
“It’s not your fault that happened, it’s that bully memory that changed you completely. You need to always apologize for what you did wrong. Be kind, be strong, be yourself.” Wil said this with determination.
Linda is unsure how she’s gonna hold this with the apologies cause she didn't apologize after the previous conflicts (including the one particular event), but she accepts Wil’s proposition. After that she returns inside and sees upset Snow and Nick.
“Hey, you can still hate me, but I did the wrong thing when I yelled at you. I’m so sorry, it’s really wrong to do that… I need to be more softer when answering some questions, but when I do that…it’s…wrong. I hope you can understand.” She says kindly with a soft smile on her face.
And she needs to wait for the response. Do they accept the apology or do they still ignore her?
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