American Teen Page #4

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Is she ever going

to come back to school?

I hope so.

She's gonna fail by missing so much.

I got sick this morning

just thinking about going to school.

I can't go today.

I just can't.

I have to tomorrow.

The reason why I stopped going

to school in the first place

was because I was scared to see Joel.

And now, it's created this whole new

fear that has nothing to do with Joel.

It basically has to do with me.

I fear that I'm disgusting.

The reason why I stopped going

to school in the first place

was because I was scared to see Joel.

I'm completely worthless,

this piece of sh*t,

worthless, disgusting person.

I'm stupid. I'm ugly.

I'm a complete failure.

Who am I?

I'm just Joel's ex-girlfriend.

I'm nothing.

I'm scared of

people asking me what's wrong.

People thinking I'm crazy.

I don't want people making fun of me.

That would just make it so much worse.

It's one of my biggest fears.

And my mom,

she has a chemical imbalance,

and it is hereditary.

I don't want to be like my mom.

But it's almost like... It's happening.

I can feel it happening.

I feel completely crazy.

I hate that feeling.

Dad, I missed 17 days this term?

When is she supposed to meet me?

Okay, well, I'll talk to her.

You need to get with the program.

Because it's not fair for you

to miss a third of the classes

and still get credit in the class.

What is it that you're dealing with?

Like, what makes you

not want to come to school?

I'm just scared.

I mean, what is it that scares you

about coming to school?

I don't know. Just...

I don't want people to think I'm weak.

Okay.

I don't want people asking

what's wrong with me.

I don't want to start crying

in front of people.

I don't know. I'm on medicine.

I don't know.

I haven't been on very long, so...

Okay, so what do they have you on?

An anti-depressant...

- Yeah. Yeah.

...or something like that? Okay.

I'm going to do a little bit of

tough love here,

and say, you know what, Hannah?

You need to come to school.

And right now, you're at your limit.

If you miss one or two more days,

I would be like, "You know what,

"she hasn't been here enough

to even give her the credit."

You know, I just don't want you

to look back and think,

"Okay, I went through

this really bad time,

"and I ended up missing out on

a whole high-school diploma

"because I couldn't be at school."

- Tomorrow.

- It's got to be today.

It's got to be now or never.

Remember what I said

about people being mean.

I do...

I don't think anybody

is going to be like that,

but if they are, then they're not

worth caring about what they say.

I'm just not ready today.

But that's why we decided

I was gonna come here.

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