Megan stared at me for a second before she nodded. She ran to the clearing, and I heard the telltale sound of a vacuum. I shut my eyes as I banged my head off the tree, whispering to myself. “So f*****g stupid.” I felt the tears burn behind my eyes again and I pushed up from the ground and whirled to face the tree. I punched it over and over, screaming my anger. “So f*****g stupid.”
Megan made her way back over to me as I pummeled the tree. “Amy?”
I just kept hitting the tree. But the tree never splintered, never broke, and that pissed me off even more. “f**k YOU.” I punched harder, waiting for the blood, the pain, but nothing came.
“It won’t.” Megan called out.
I whirled. “WHAT?”
“The pain…it won’t happen.” Megan nodded to the tree. “That tree isn’t real, Amy.”
“W hat the hell are
