"Fag!!""Freak!!"
"Dumb ass piece of shit!!"
"No one wants you! Just kill yourself already goddamn it!"
These are the words that brought a boy to tears. A boy that was all alone in this cruel, lonely world. Everywhere he went he was faced with hate. It was so bad that he believed every single one of those words to be true. Those words, those cruel, hateful words, they were...all true...
No one truly accepted him. Some faked it out of pity. Some faked it because they had no other options. Some faked it just for the pure pleasure of building him up and breaking him down.
This boy, his life, everything sucked. It all just sucked. Especially him. He wasn't worth the bloody time of day. He was truly...worthless...
For once things seemed to be going great in his life. He had a girlfriend that loved him. He had friends. He actually smiled. He looked happy, but still, underneath all that good, he still felt lonely, not accepted, unloved, and most of all, unwanted.
One week, he went to a church camp. This wasn't his first time though. All the other times he went, he had fun, he enjoyed himself, but non of lasted. So he went to this camp expecting a sort of "high" that would make him feel good, but only for a short while.
The first day went as well as he expected. He had fun. He was happy. He was distracted.
But on the second day, something unexpected happened. He met a girl.
It started out just like every year. Just another Tuesday. Just another morning. Just another meal.
He was talking to his "friend," he actually talked to the boy, but the boy knew it wouldn't last. Just like all the others. They were talking about Phantom of the Opera. That's all. Just a normal conversation. But this girl, she overheard their conversation. Her ears perked up and moved over a few chairs closer to the boy and said, "Did you say Phantom of the Opera?"
He would never forget that first meeting. Never.
They started to talk almost nonstop. The conversation just flowed. It was so perfect. He was so scared it would end, but he didn't let it show.
He tried his hardest to stay as close as possible to her for the rest of the week. He didn't want to lose another friend. But he noticed something different about this girl. It seemed as if she truly accepted him. And he would soon come to learn that she did.
For the first time in his life, he was truly and completely accepted.
The week had soon came to an end. Another camp friendship. "Keep in touch!" "Will do!" He knew the routine. That's what everyone says. They do at first, but slowly stop until they completely forget they ever met.
But this girl, this one, truly, amazing girl, his first real friend, promised to keep in touch. And she did.
They didn't just keep talking. They grew closer with each conversation. They texted. Called. Skyped. As long as they were talking they were happy.
A year passed, they had completely opened up to each other. They trusted each other completely. There's not a thing they couldn't talk about. They had been best friends from the very start. But now, now they were siblings. There is nothing they wouldn't do for each other.
Camp came back around. They were so excited. So excited to see each other in person after a whole year.
As soon as they saw each other, they ran and hugged as tight as possible and held it for at least three minutes.
The rest of the week, they stayed as close as possible, every possible second, every chance they got, they were standing side by side.
Camp had ended, they continued to talk. That would never end.
The boy knew that the girl meant more than the world to him. But it wasn't until he decided to write about it all that he truly realised that she was the best thing that ever happened to him. He cried all the while as he wrote. He was, and still is, and forever will be so unexplainably happy and honoured to just even know her. He is so glad that he is able to look the girl in her eyes, and tell her, "I love you sis."