Luna

I think that changed a lot of my self-esteem, which in turn changed the way that my life looked.

It's really true.

I feel like I've lived 20 different lives since that happened to me because I've been like 20 different people.

I think people underestimate the power of looking inward and the work is hard and I'm still struggling to be totally honest.

But I think by accepting it for what it is, even the lawsuit and the entire way that the school handled everything, knowing that I have 100% given my all and done my absolute best here, I've done everything I could to survive.

to protect myself, to protect my fellow classmates, to protect girls in the world from this happening, I think that takes a lot of the guilt away.

I did go.

That was the first time I had seen him since he had gotten arrested.

It was really early in the morning and it was in one of the bigger cities.

The night before I submitted my victim impact statement to my district attorney and my victim witness advocate.

It was a good drive and I went with my parents.

I think that we had to be there at like 8.30 in the morning.

It was terrible.

That's too early to do something like that.

But we got there.

They took my family and I in and we sat in the courtroom.

It was a really little courtroom.

We were on the left-hand side.

I think it was his mom and his grandmother were on the right side.

There was the clerk of courts, the DA and the victim witness advocate, and then the judge.