As a person who suffers anxiety, I feel like you've really captured the feeling well - the constant edginess, the crying for no apparent reason, the trembling etc. Well done!

Penny admires Jack's bravery. She's said so on multiple occassions. 'Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.' Jack demonstrates this resistance by returning to school, where everyone dwarfs him and at least one wants to harm him.

I suppose he can't just go sit at Cait's table during lunch, but he's lurking around school like a secret agent, constantly on edge, unable to relax. He's got to do *something*, otherwise the tension itself will hurt him.

Of course, I say those things as a reader cheering for Jack. From a more objective viewpoint, the tension you instill keeps the reader's attention and makes us crave the next chapter. So it's a good technique, so long as there is an occassional release to the intense pressure-cooker like situations.

I'm just waiting for Cait to finally appear. I'm *wanting* her to appear at this point. It's like when the guy goes into the dark basement at night to check on creepy sounds. At some point you just want freddy krueger to *appear*, even if the protag takes a few slashes to the face. :)

I just watched a show called "13 reasons why" on Netflix, and the show was eerily similar to this story. The characters match those from the show to this story and even the setting is the same. The one thing differing is that the victim in the show commits suicide and I'm wondering if Jack ever considered death as an option since he has been taking shit left and right.

I have been waiting for this chapter for a lot time. The moment when Jack gets his balls back after they were taken from Caitlin. He finally gets on that bus and takes on the daily struggle of school.

Jack sat next to a kid who was 8 or 9? How old is Jack again? Are they both going to the same school? Something doesn't seem right.

Ah, so Jack's vision is so bad that he can only look at Delon's shoes as he follows him. Since Jack didn't want to make much eye contact, his blurry vision may have indirectly helped him.

I still don't know what to think of Alex. I still think she is an enemy and the glasses are just a fake sign of trust. Maybe Cailtin had them remake Jack's glasses custom made with a built in tracker so she can keep track of Jack constantly. Why else was Alex following Jack to class? She was leading him to a trap. Alex should be naturally faster and beat him to the door, but she let Jack go first so she can make sure he doesn't escape. Sneaky alpha girls.

I think Jack needs to workout a little. Or atleast do some stretches. Get that blood flowing instead of feeding the world and cowering. He needs a confidence boost more than ever. If this mental torture continues, I fear he might take drugs or something, anything to ease the pain.

Will Jack get a "fuck it" moment where he just doesn't care anymore? Will he proclaim to the school about the abuse and start talking to people boldly without care? I'm sensing that he might explode on someone with anger. He broke down in tears with Penny and Alex just now, but Jack still is bottling up that frustrated emotion.

Penny has returned to comfort Jack again. I wonder how this relationship will progress.

I can't wait for the next chapter!