I stare at the place for a few seconds as my eyes widen at what I see there.
A beautiful mark of the full moon sits, half-covered with Gray clouds, and a bat is flying around it.
Did I get a tattoo yesterday? It is the thought that crosses my mind. How did this mark come on my neck?
I run my fingers on the mark shiver runs through my body. I kind of like it there. It feels like it belongs there on my body.
With all the questions and debates running through my mind, I get ready for college. I try not to make any noise; I had enough of their bullshit yesterday night.
I don't want to listen to the same today as well. So, I prepare a simple breakfast and arrange the table for the family. Without any concerns, I slip out of the house.
When I reached the college, It was still early. I collected my things from the locker for the first class. I make my way to my classroom.
It was empty, and because I came so early for the course and I didn't get any sleep last night, I flopped on my seat, letting my bag drop to the side of my chair. I rest my head on my disk.
I don't know how long I slept.
'Look at her. How can she sleep after doing such a nasty thing.'
'I haven't seen such a brazen person in my life.'
'If it were me, I would commit suicide or have never left home. Look at her sleeping...'
'Such a wh*re, I don't want to share a class with her.'
I shift because of the noise around me.
'Look at her sleeping like a princess' I hear Tina's voice in my dream.
I furrow my eyebrows together. The voices felt too real. I soon realized it wasn't a dream.
Someone fists my hair and yanks my head up.
"Ahh...!!" I scream because of the pain. The base of my hair stings because of the strong pull. As I open my sleepy eyes, I see Tina and her friends surrounding me from all sides with smug smiles on their faces.
I see Tina snuggled up to David's body, or it's David that has hugged her tight, making her stuck to his body.
His hands are on Tina's abdomen, caressing her smooth skin. To their right is Jemmy and to the left Catherine and John. The one who has my hair in her hand is Katy, who was my best friend once upon a time.
We used to be so close when we were kids, but she started to join Tina's group as we grew up.
At first, she never bullied me. Even if she doesn't want to be my friend, it's fine as long as she doesn't make my life difficult. But I was totally wrong.
When we were in 6th grade, she liked a boy in our class. When she confessed to him, she learned the truth that he had a crush on me.
She started to hate me from that point onwards. She started going out with Tina's friend circle. She even started to ignore me when I tried to talk to her.
When things got pretty wrong with me, I tried to corner her to make her talk to me. She was the only friend I had. I couldn't lose her.
Otherwise, I'll be lonely. I'll never have any friends as everyone fears David and Tina. Nobody will talk to me, what will I do at that time?.
When I forced her to talk to me, she was unwilling to look into my eyes.
I remember when Tina came from behind Katy and told me that all the ideas of bullying me were given by her, my best friend.
Katy hated me so much that she didn't want me to live a single day peacefully in this college.
She thinks because of me she couldn't get together with her first love. When I told her I didn't even know that boy, she just laughed at me like I was a joker and said just me being born and staying alive is my fault.
Just because I existed, he didn't look at her, didn't like her. I sometimes think, What type of logic is that, is her brain is made of sand or something??
So, my existence itself became Taboo for them.
Tina finds fun in bullying me, but Katy has made it her mission to make me suffer for the wrong that I didn't even commit.
After discovering the situation, I was so sad and disappointed by her. Tina was so happy seeing my breakdown in Infront of her and her friends.
When I caught Katy's eyes, I could only see an endless hatred for me. There was no trace of the previous friendship we had with each other. She looked like a complete stranger to me.
From that day onwards, she stopped pretending to be a good girl. Whenever she spotted me in college, she started calling me mean names like b*tch, s*ut, wh*re, etc.
At first, it used to hurt hearing it from her. I cried every day to make myself sleep because of exhaustion.
That's when I decided I didn't want to have friends ever again. I don't need anyone in this life. I can be my own friend. I can only protect myself and my heart from these heartbreaks and cheating when I stay alone.
Nobody will hurt me if I don't make friends with anyone. I'm alone is enough for me and myself to survive in this cruel world.
As I recall those days, my eyes are filled with tears, the pain I suffered. "Who do you think you are, Sleeping beauty?"
"Answer me, you B*tch." I blinked at her words, not understanding since I was in my own world recalling the past. A hard slap on my face made me come back to the present.
"What do you want from me? Let me go" I struggled under her hand to free my hair from her tight grip.
"Oh, Look who is finally talking" John's voice rang in my ears as I turned to his side, pulling Katy's hand away from my hair. I just glare at them all before standing up from my chair.
I push them aside, making my way towards the door away from all of this. Nobody stops me from leaving, which is odd, I think. As I reached the front of the classroom, nearing the door, David's loud voice rang in my ears.
"With whom did you spend yesterday night?" Colour drained from my face as he continued, "did you both have fun? How was it?"
The whole class got Pindrop silent at his words.
When those words leave his mouth, the class gets Pindrop silent. I know it's normal for girls to lose their virginity so early, but it's not okay to exhibit it to the whole city. We have a reputation to maintain, and people are a little old-fashioned in this small city. Their mindset is not as open as people living in big cities. And people are a little conservative and suspicious of anything new. Our city is so tiny that it is unmapped on the country map. It's like a group of people arrived here and cleared a small part of the forest to construct houses and make a living in them. Everybody knows everyone in this city. And everybody will know that I lost my virginity before turning 18, before my marriage. And it will be taboo in everybody's eyes. I'll be a shameless person now in their eyes. And what comes after that is a judgemental eye every time I leave the house. If this incident is known by my manager at work, I will have
I wanted to yell at her for what she did to me. How can she have the face to say it was me sleeping around the town for fun to lose count of the men I slept with. Is she sane? "It was all you and your…." "Okay, what's going on here?" professors voice cut my argument, and the whole class became silent. "Nothing, sir, just a health argument between us sisters," Tina replayed, eyeing me to keep my mouth shut. "Whatever she said," I replayed, making my way towards my chair. Everyone parted with a look of disgust when I moved near them like I was a plague. Even if the professor noticed, I'm glad he did not comment on that. What would his reaction be if he knew the situation? Well, he will know about it by the end of the day. My seat was near the window. I started looking outside, not interested in listening to whatever the professor said. My class is situated on the third floor, and I can get a pretty view of the forest behi
When the time hits 5 o'clock in the evening, school ends, and now I have one hour to reach the hotel to report for my job. I wonder if I can keep this job now, I'm sure everyone knows whatever happened in the college by now. What will they think about my work ethic now? I tried so hard to secure this job. With my hard work and passion, I made an impression on my Manager. And now It's all gone, for a lie Tina and her friends waved for me. Well, it's not entirely false. I lost my virginity to some asshole Tina has arranged for me whom I can't even identify, even if the man passes just by my side. But I'm not being as shameless as s*ut and sleeping around in the town. Why is she hell-bent on making me regret being born and living with them? It was familiar for everyone to see the welled-up tears in my eyes, and I could always see the pettiness they felt towards me. And it always hurts more when I see those looks people give me when they hear about my suffering and losing my family
"And what scent are you talking about?" Elizabeth raises her eyebrows at Susan with a look of determination on her face. Only she knows how much fear she had in her heart. It took all Elizabeth's effort to stop her body from shivering because of the fright. Susan stops laughing and stands straight, but a small smile remains on her face. It only makes Elizabeth more nervous. "You know you always smelled like fresh roses and sandalwood. Now you are not. Did you perhaps change your perfume" This is weird. Elizabeth doesn't use body perfume. Elizabeth doesn't have the money to buy it even if she wants to. How can Susan smell roses and sandalwood from me? "What do you mean I smell like roses? I don't use perfume. How can you smell the scent from my body when we don't even interact with each other?" when Elizabeth asked her this, Susan looked like she was taken aback by her question. "I-" Susan struggles to form a proper answer, "I live in the woods, so my sense of smell is a little sh
When Riya told me she wanted to talk to me privately I couldn’t express what I was feeling was its fear or hopelessness or both. Both Jack and Susan go silent on us which makes me more nervous about the conversion I’m going to have with Riya. They look at me with concern-filled eyes and gives me an assuring look that calms my heart and mind. Even though I talked to them today only I feel some type of connection has formed with them I didn't even feel it when I made friends with Katy. It feels like I formed a bond with them in such a short time and knowing someone in here cares for me and my safety. they are there for me behind my back praying for the best for me I can see that in their eyes. Even if my own family was present here they would never care about me as much as these two cared for me at present. And the irony of this situation is a stranger that I meet today is more worried for me then my own family. And whatever situation I'm currently in is because of som
“So, is there anything you want me to know or you want to tell me anything, you have a chance now Lisa” she continues with a blank face. “I – I’m... I’m s-sorry” I hide my face from her not having the courage to face her demanding and questioning look. She doesn’t say anything just sits there may be thinking how to break the news to me that I’m fired. “Why are you sorry Lisa?” she questions me. Does she want to hear it from my mouth only? Why? Was it not enough to hear it from others she wants me to tell her everything in detail? I pursue my lips and whisper in a low voice “You must have heard the rumors about me”. “Yes, but I want to know if they are true or not from you only” “Yes, they are true I -” she cuts my sentence in half “So, you are really from that family” “Family? Which family?” Confusion clear on my face what is she talking about when was there any rumor about my family. “Off course Greenwood family” she looks at me expec
Her words give me a glimmer of hope and comfort I needed. I wanted someone to tell me not to mind the others talking behind my back, to stay confident and face whatever comes to me. I'll stand by your side to support you and encourage you. And for a minute I thought she will be there for me when I need her by my side. "You know I wasn't lying when I said you can talk to me any time about your problems" she squeezes my hand "I'm all ears and I'll be happy to guide you as an elder sister, I mean it". I hug her tight as the words leave her mouth I'm very grateful to her, this is exactly what I need at this moment of my life, Thank you I say hoping my sincerity reaching her. “Thank you so much I needed that” I express my gratitude towards her earning a pat on my shoulder. “Now what is this about the scheming sister you have mind explaining to me,” she says look of anger crawling back to her face, and I’m glad to know it is not directed at me. I hesitate f
When I was in my own world Riya brought me back to the present time. “Do you remember anything about that person or what room did he stay in we can find out who is he and make a complaint about him”I try to remember anything that could help us with this but nothing comes to my mind so I shake my head at her “No, I don’t remember anything it’s very vague I don’t remember much I only remember the brown eyes of that person and…” I furrow my eyebrows trying to catch something which passes fast through my mind “or was it red?”“Red? You are saying you saw red eyes?” Riya questions me seriously, then there it is that look she knows something that I don’t know. I want to ask her what it is that she knows but not telling me but I fear it may be something I don’t want to know or something she doesn’t want to tell me.“I don’t know maybe brown Who has red eyes anyway&rd