Over time, Lizzie’s grief had taken ahold of her in ways none of us were equipped or mature enough to handle, and by the start of second year, Lizzie and Hugh’s relationship, along with a lot of her relationships with other friends, had completely unraveled. I stuck in there with her, taking on her mood swings and erratic behavior because I loved her like a sister, but it wasn’t easy. Especially when she focused all of her pain on Gerard because of a rumor that involved his stepbrother. It sucked because Liz and Gerard used to be really good friends before that. We all were. We had this tight
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