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I had a friend, his name is Ethan, and me and him were close. I met him in 9th grade when we had to work on a writing assignment together because we were the only two students that hour for English. The next year, I joined the D&D club at my school. At some point, Ethan got mad and started saying, 'I'm going to replaced,' or whatever because I was in D&D. He even went as far as saying that he could convince me to quit, claiming he's a great negotiator. At another time, he said he wished he could go back in time and kill the creators of D&D before they created it. So basically, he was obsessed with me. It got worse, and every time I told him I didn't like him romanticly, he said there was always a chance in the future. Don't know why, but him saying that pissed me the fuck off. A lot of the things he said does, literally everything he says. He once said that one of the DM's at D&D shouldn't be doing that and should be having a job '9 to 5'. What a dick. My English teacher stepped in and talked to him a lot, especially when he'd break down crying about D&D replacing him or whatever. My English teacher said it was best that I should change my classes so I didn't have the same ones as his. I did. I know I shouldn't have told him at lunch and let the adults handle it, but I told him my classes had changed. He got mad, punched the wall, and broke down crying on the floor. One of his coaches walked by and dealt with him, and he went home, I guess. I also remember my English teacher telling me that at the beginning of the year he had a meltdown if he didn't have classes with me, and I felt utterly embarrassed. I didn't learn that fact till way later into the year. He also once got mad at me for walking away from him when he was talking or something, even the day before he literally had done the same thing to me. Like, he got pissed at me! We went no contact for awhile, months, and when I did text him, he told me he couldn't trust for what HE did! And later got pissed when I said I like hanging out with other people, different people, and lot always him. He wrote 5+ fucking pages about that that day. He has a stupid notebook with things about me. His mother said she'd tell me what was in it when I told her about it. My English teacher advised me to block him on my phone. He used to follow me on Tumblr, but I blocked him here. I don't know whether he'd stalk that, but I'm not taking any chances.
I get jealous a lot, so it angers me when one of the teachers who knew first hand how Ethan was was talking to him like an old friend, a close friend. I know that's dumb, but I'm super duper pissed at Ethan. He even once 'accidentally' touched my chest... yk. He said it was an accident, but with everything that happened, I can't help but be cautious.
My Study Skills teacher(who is the one who knows first hand what Ethan did, the one who talks to him like a good old friend) was very dismissive of the things I said Ethan did. Like, the thing about trying to get me to quit D&D and wishing the D&D creators were killed before they created D&D. He's my favorite teacher, sure, but he's not the person to go to for that type of stuff. Lack of experience: He's like 22 years old. My English teacher is usually who I go to. I miss her right now. She's not dead. She had heart surgery and has been gone. She's mean and strict, but I can only stand so much of my Study Skills teacher for so long with his 'tough love' bullshit and dismissive ways. My English teacher was way more understanding than he is. He cares, but he's still a pain in the ass.
Also, I'm pissed at my Study Skills teacher because he said no more D&D sessions until the last remaining person pays their 15 dollar dues. Like?! Why should we be fucking punished for that!? It's one kid! Kick him out! Half the time, he hardly shows up and only shows up later with an hour left because votech. And the Study Skills teacher won't reply to my email about who hasn't paid their dues(just to make sure) so I can tell him I'll pay for the remaining kid's dues and tell him we should not be punished for that! Un-fucking-fair! I want D&D to continue I do not care what the kid is like or not I want to have D&D sessions!