Rich was popular. He had a lot of friends, and everyone liked him. No one ever saw him walking around without a herd of girls following. Barely anyone could reach his social status.
Rich was athletic. Almost in every sports team, it was impossible to avoid him, even if not on the same team. Derry High School won almost all of their games because of his incredible skill.
But he was also suicidal.
Whatever drove him to ending his own life was something that will get the rest of the students. If we're not supporting each other, that's just gonna make things worse. The suicide rate in Derry is rising every year. You could blame it on social media, but it was something worse, because it hit him from the inside.
So for the safety of every teenager here, I beg of you; stop blaming our deaths on one thing, and then forgetting about it forever.


           Sincerely,
                         𝓚𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓔. 𝓟𝓵𝓾𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻

"This is perfect, Rin!" Whizzer exclaimed, spinning around in his swivel chair as he held out the paper. "Now, if we just get this in the paper, the entire world will know! We'll be the most famous gay theatre kids out there!"

Katherine nervously laughed. "Yeah, maybe that would've happened if we had the chance to even give it to the principal."

"You're not saying.." He turned to face her.

"He refused to read it. Said that if we continued talking about Rich and Martha's suicides, we'd make even more people end their lives. I guess he does have a point.."

"But we can't just give up!"

"I know. That's why I have a plan."

He perked up. "Oh? What is it?" This better not be another strike..

"LET'S GO ON STRIKE!"

"God fucking damn it!"