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Her Story 1
'It's fine.' Is it really OK or not? We are born in this world without knowing what will happen to us. In this world full of challenges, struggles, ups, and downs, it is the world we live in now. We experience things we do not want to happen. We encounter things we did not expect to occur in the first place. Different people, different realities in life. Life is not fair for all of us since we all experience other struggles on our own.

"Hey! Wanna come with us? We're going to grab some milk tea later after school." Sammy asks.

"Next time! I need to go home early today!" I spoke. Sammy makes a face and turns his back to me. "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" I just shrugged my shoulder and continue doing my business. I need to go home early today since my mom asked me to. She said we'll have some dinner with the Sanchez family tonight. I actually don't want to come, but she said it's important, so yeah! Just go with it.

I'm in my first year in college right now and taking up medical technology course. I don't know what comes to my mind and choose this course, it's so hard, but anyways, since my class ends at 5pm and the bell just rang stating that it's already 5 and my professor just dismissed us. I organized my things and placed them in my bag. My driver is probably waiting for me now. I'll go straight to the restaurant where we'll be having dinner because my mom said I need to be there before 6:00 pm. Gosh! Early dinner today!

"Hi, Mr. Cherith!"

"Hello, Ms. Amara!" He greets and opens the car door for me. "Thanks!" Mr. Cherith is one of our personal drivers. He is the one who always drives me to school and, of course, someone who picks me up at school or somewhere where I go.

"Is mom and dad are there already?" I asked.

"Yes, they are already in the restaurant waiting for you, Ms. Amara." Wow! They are so early. What a punctual parent I have. I kind of didn't get it to them. I am always late from school or even events that I need to come to. Today, I think I'll be on time because my mom was kind of serious when she said that it is an important dinner for them. Like, why do they need to tag me along? I am probably just eating there and feel bored.

Mr. Cherith starts driving. I take my earphones in my bag and connect them to my phone and play some music. You know what? I don't know if it's just me or I'm just overreacting, but I feel like I am out of this place. They say when you experience being alone, having peace of mind with just yourself is addicting, and I think I am feeling it now. I always want to be alone, and I don't want to engage myself with anyone. I feel at peace when I'm just with myself but also feel empty at the same time. When people start talking to me, I feel lazy to answer them like I don't have an interest in talking to them. I always want to sleep and do nothing. When something happened, I find myself not concerned or interested in it. Is that normal? I'm still… fine, right?

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