CLAIRE.There are times when I wished that I could not be who I was, that I didn't need to act the way I acted sometimes, or say some of the things I ended up saying. The day of homecoming, when Scott had tried to be the best boyfriend anyone could ask for, when he'd tried to make me see my truth and how I always tended to push people away, that was when I truly realized how horrible of a person I was. Of course, people didn't just abandon me or treat me the way I thought they treated me for no reason, I was merely the one at fault. I was the terrible person who didn't try enough, who made others feel like shit, and when they'd succeeded in turning their backs on me and treating me with the hate I had once treated them, I had somehow got it in my mind that I was being maltreated. Becky was right, I was the most selfish person. And because of that, Scott had left me. I was sure that it was just an argument and that we'd be back to the way things were after that day, but Scott hadn't
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