Mental Disorder: A Short Story

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Mental Disorder Short Story I wake up and instantly feel nauseous. I have to present my group presentation for english class today. Talking to and working with my group was bad enough, I don’t understand why my teacher is making us present it too. I don’t want to go to school today.
“Time to get up for school sweetie, you’re going to be late” my mom says as she comes into my room.
“I’m not going, I’m sick.” I reply. She comes over and feels my forehead.
“No fever, you’re going to school. Come on, get up.” I reluctantly pull myself out of bed and try to get ready for the day. In second period I need to ask the teacher to sign a form after class. As the bell to end class rings my heart starts pounding and as I get up to go to the teacher’s desk I almost run into another student walking the other way, I should’ve waited to get out of my seat until they passed. As I walk up to the teacher’s desk I’m trying to practice what to say in my head. When I reach the desk her phone rings and she holds her …show more content…

“Yes, please” I say relieved and hurry to get to class. At lunch I sit in my usual spot with my friends. Well, friend. My other three friends had lunch at a different time. We start talking about our english presentation next period. I mention wanting to skip class so that I didn’t have to present. “Don’t overreact, it’s just a presentation, everyone gets a little nervous. It’s only a participation grade anyway. You’ll be fine. Plus, you can’t skip class, it’s a participation grade, if you miss it you’ll get a 0 and your grade will drop even more, you already have a C since you wouldn’t present in front of the class last time.” “You’ll be fine” I wish I would be. I’m not good at presentations, what if I mess up? What if I say the wrong thing? Everyone will be looking at me, everyone will be watching me. Will they laugh at me if I mess up? I don’t think I can do this. I feel like I’m going to throw

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