Ignored By Hannah Mahaffey This is a story of a girl who was terribly ignored. Hello, my name is Alyssa Adams. I’m sixteen and might as well be invisible. No one at school talks to me except for my best friend Catherine. And of all people, she’s head cheerleader, year book editor, and captain of our debate team. Needless to say, she’s pretty popular. Needless to say, I’m not. I don’t even know why she even talks to me. I’m so unpopular I might as well be invisible. I’m so unpopular I might as well be dead. “ Di do di dum. ‘Good morning.’ Dum di do di do.” Ahh! That stupid alarm clock. I’ve had it since I was five. I want to get rid of it, but I just can’t bring myself to throw it away. Oh well, time to get up for another glorious day at Alexander High. As I walk out my bedroom door, I smell the overwhelming scent of cigarette smoke. I cough slightly then walk down stairs. I see my mother passed out on the kitchen table, cigarette still in hand. Mom’s been binge drinking again, I see. She hasn’t always been like this. She used to be quite productive, always keeping busy. Now she barely bathes, drinks all the time, and when she’s not drunk, she’s sleeping it off. “Mother, what’s happened to you,” I think to myself. I shake my head and then run out the door where Catherine is waiting. “Hey, Cat, what’s kicking?” I say, trying to give her a hug. “Stop that, Alyssa; people will think that we’re gay,” she laughs. “When did you become the little homophobe” I joke. We continue on until we get to school. “Well, I got to book. Don’t want to be late to snore, I mean math class,” Cat says waving. “Can’t stand to be seen with me, huh, Cat,” I yell after her laughing. But, I kind of mean it. As I walk to first period, no one even looks at me. No one says hello. It’s like no one even knows that I’m alive. And, I’m not even new here. Most of these people have known me since elementary school. It’s sad when not even they will wave, nod, or at least smile at you. I wasn’t always this unpopular. I don’t know what could have happened. I just have the worst
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