Pick Me Up!

GET OFF ME!

Firing up my games console, I settled down on the sofa for the night with a cuppa and a blanket.

After a busy week seeing support workers, who helped me with my mental health, I was excited for a cosy Friday night in playing video games – it was my way of relaxing.

But after 30 minutes of playing Minecraft, I noticed my phone flash. It was a Facebook friend request from someone called Lexi-Rose Crawford.

Who’s that? I thought, the name not ringing a bell.

Clicking onto her profile for a closer look, suddenly I twigged.

I’d met Lexi at a youth club I went to when I was a teenager – but back then I knew her as a boy called Kassy.

He seemed nice enough and we had a common interest in gaming, but I only knewclub became less and less frequent, and eventually we lost touch.

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