Raising Awarness Short Story

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The story is about girl who is an RA in a college dorm. She suddenly wakens up by a phone call stating that there are two boys fighting downstairs. She rushes downstairs and finds three boys fighting, the second one is yelling about how he does not want to leave. She asks what is going on and they tell her that the David the second boy, who was yelling and feeling down and they decide to give him alcohol. David decide to kill himself if they took the shots away from him. They try to take the scissors away from him and calm him down. Soon the police arrive and David’s family, they take him to go get help.
The theme of the story is about raising awareness because David has a mental problem that he needs help with. However, his friends do not

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