To: Diana
From: Liam
"hey :)"

To: Liam
From: Diana
"hi :)"

To: Diana
From: Liam
"How have you been?"

I don't know what to reply.

Me and Liam met eachother by texting. I know what sound weird. He accedentaly texted, but ment to send it to someone else. One day, I was bored and texted him. We started texting eachother then knew more about eachother. For example, he lives in Wolverhampton, England. I live in Los Angeles, California. We talked and talked about eachother. Then we sent pictures of eachother. He is a really handsome young man. We were both the same age. He told me about how he was born ill and that he has to take medicine all the time. He told me about how he is always bullied in school and that one day he wants to be someone who is famous. I didn't talk much about myself as much as he did. I did, but they were all lies. Complete lies. Like how my family lives in a mansion and that we have a summer home in England, which Liam was so happy about because he wanted to meet me. But like I said, they were all lies. My parents abuse and wish I was never born. I'm bullied physically and verbally by everyone at my school. I get called names. I'm ugly. Fat. Worthless. They tell me I should kill myself, which I want to. I respond with a 'I know' of a 'I trying' or something. For god sakes, even my teacher hate me. They tell me shit, and lower my grades on purpose and talks behind my back. Liam thinks I'm one of those girls who are rich and popular. But I'm not. I just want all the pain to end. I've already held too long and now I the perfect time.

To: Liam
From: Diana
"what would you do if I died?"

To: Diana
From: Liam
"I don't know how to answer that"

I don't know how to feel. I feel sad, but also heartbroken and disappointed.

To: Liam
From: Diana
"can you keep a secret?"

To: Diana
From: Liam
"sure ;)"

These words are hard to say.

To: Liam
From: Diana
"I cut myself, I'm so sorry to tell you this, I just needed to get the weigh off my shoulders. I've been lying this whole time. I'm not rich nor popular. I'm the complete opposite. My parents wished I was never born and even my teacher hate me. And I want to kill myself right now. I jut can't take the pain anymore. I just don't know what to do."

I send him the message and wait for his response.

5 minutes have passed and he still hasn't replied. He probably thinks I'm a freak now and won't probably talk to me again.

Another 5 minutes passed and I hear a 'ding' signaling he replied.

I unlock my phone and feel shocked at what he sent me.

To: Diana
From: Liam

"I do it too :)"
He sent me pictures of his arms and legs all cover in cuts and scars. There's a not on the pictures that reads "everything will be alright".

I feel tears forming in my eyes and soon slid down my cheeks.

To: Diana
From: Liam
"everything will be alright, I promise"

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We walk hand in hand. Those two kids that met by accident. The two that suffered pain, are now walking hand in hand. Who would believe it.

A couple years after that night, we still texted and promised that one day we were going to be together. Then Liam audition for the X-Factor, where he was put in a band. Now they are known as the biggest boy band on earth. When I turned 20, I escaped the torture and moved to England. That's when I saw him, the broken boy I met on the phone.

Now we are married. Walking hand in had in a park. Our scars will stay with us forever, but they show that we on a battle against our dark past.

Right now, I've never been so happy. I'm having a baby due less than a month. Our baby. The baby that I never thought I would ever have. But now I do, with the boy I loved since the first text message.

To: Diana
From: Liam
"I told you everything would be alight"

Notes

So I wrote this a while back when I was having a really hard time. I wrote this to make me feel like there's hope. A ray of sunshine after a storm. This is how I would've love to find love. I self harmed myself too. And this was written after my family found out. That day, we went out and I saw a poster that said "everything will be alright". That is why I used that quote because it made me feel like everything will be alright. That there is going to be a beautiful feature in the years to come and that everything will be alright.

I really wanted to share this story with all of you reading because I know some of you are feeling this way. Just remember that everything will be alright and that there's also hope. That after the storm, you'll find the warm sunshine you need.

Please tell me what you think about this story. Thank you so much for reading.